PyFlashToGPS 1.0.5

Processes flash-tagged SharpCap FITS recordings to insert GPS accurate timestamps

PyFlashToGPS is a command line utility to analyze a flash-tagged FITS video and add GPS accurate timestamps to the DATE-OBS meta-data for each frame.

usage: PyFlashToGPS [-h] [–verbose] [–QHY174GPS] [–fits FITS_path]

flash_times

A utility to add GPS accurate timestamps to flash-tagged FITS videos.

positional arguments:

flash_times UTC times for first and last flash. Example: “2023-09-02

13:45:10 2023-09-02 13:47:05” (the quotes are needed!)

options:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--verbose

Verbose output (used during development)

--QHY174GPS

If file came from a QHY174GPS camera, a comparison report is made between the GPS timestamps

--fits FITS_path

Full path to FITS folder - enclose in quotes if spaces are present