AstrophotoWebStack

A web interface for astrophoto stacking

Create a .env file:

SECRET_KEY=123ada
HOME_DIR=/mnt/astrotmp/
SIRIL_CLI=/usr/bin/siril-cli

The home dir is the directory where the individual project folders are to be stored. The current type of folder organization supported is:

ROOT_DIR

• PROJECT_NAME
  • LIGHTS
    • LIGHT1.fit
    • ...
    • LIGHTN.fit
  • DARKS
    • DARK1.fit
    • ...
    • DARKN.fit
  • FLATS
    • FLAT1.fit
    • ...
    • FLATN.fit
  • BIAS
    • BIAS1.fit
    • ...
    • BIASN.fit
  • MASTERS
    • MASTER_FLAT.fit
    • MASTER_BIAS.fit
    • MASTER_DARK.fit
• PROJECT_NAME2
  • ...
• PROJECT_NAMEN

The folder name does not matter, it is selected in the APWebUI. The masters are to be stored in a separate folder, in order to be used (and selected).

Currently, .xisf images are not supported, will be added in a future version (hopefully).

Installation (APWebUI)

pip install pipenv
pipenv install
pipenv --venv
> /home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/AstrophotoWebStack-xxxxxx

now update scripts/app.wsgi with the path to the virtualenv.

Apache configuration

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName 192.168.0.1

	WSGIDaemonProcess flaskapp user=stacker group=stacker threads=5
	WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/AstrophotoWebStack/scripts/app.wsgi

	<Directory /var/www/AstrophotoWebStack>
			WSGIProcessGroup flaskapp
			WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
			Order deny,allow
			Allow from all
	</Directory>

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/apstack_error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/apstack_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

use the correct IP address and path to the app.wsgi file.

Installation (stacker)

Install pysiril from wheel:

pip install pysiril-0.0.15-py3-none-any.whl

Install siril executable:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lock042/siril
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install siril

(newer version, on normal apt there is an older version)

Now you can run the stacker.py script or automate it with cron (run it automatically every x minutes when it is not already running).