Image Overlay Example

[JimTaylor-Iowa]

Leveraged some of the work of others and Aaron's guidance, hints, tips and tricks.

Here's my current Overlay configuration for a new Allsky box - first one built and saw first light last night, and more work to be done.

# size:60 [Use 60 for higher resolution cameras]
# xy:-25,15 (Upper Right)
# anchor:ra (Right Justified)
# color:150,150,150
{timestamp:%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S}
# color:150,150,150
Lat {latitude:0.0f} Long {longitude:0.0f}
# color:150,150,150
Tiangong {tiangong_up:s} [{tiangong_next_h:0.1f}h/{tiangong_next_alt:0.0f}°]
Hubble {hst_up:s} [{hst_next_h:0.1f}h/{hst_next_alt:0.0f}°]
ISS {iss_up:s} [{iss_next_h:0.1f}h/{iss_next_alt:0.0f}°]
Temp {sensor_user_10:0.1f}°C
Humidity {sensor_user_12:0.1f}°C
Dew Point {sensor_user_19:0.1f}°C
Clouds {sensor_user_14:0.1f}%
# xy:-25,-450 (Lower Right) [Use -15,-450 for size 60]
# color:150,150,150
Sun {sun_alt:0.0f}°
# color:150,150,150
Mercury {mercury_alt:0.0f}°
# color:150,150,150
Venus {venus_alt:0.0f}°
# color:150,150,150
Mars {mars_alt:0.0f}°
# color:150,150,150
Jupiter {jupiter_alt:0.0f}°
# color:150,150,150
Saturn {saturn_alt:0.0f}°
# color:150,150,150
Moon {moon_phase:0.0f}% {moon_alt:0.0f}°
# xy:15,-450 (Lower Left)  [Use 15,-210 for size 60]
# anchor:la (Left Justified)
# color:150,150,150
Stars {stars:d}
# color:150,150,150
Kp-index {kpindex:0.2f}
# color:150,150,150
Smoke {smoke_rating:s}
# xy:15,15 (Upper Left)
# color:150,150,150
Exposure {exposure:0.6f}
# color:150,150,150
Gain {gain:d}
# color:150,150,150
Camera {temp:0.1f}°{temp_unit:s}
# color:150,1500,150
Stretch {stretch:s}
Stacking {stack_method:s}
# color:150,150,150 (default color)
# additional labels will be added here
Sunset {sun_next_set}
Twilight {sun_next_astro_twilight_set}
Sunrise {sun_next_rise}

[WirthmU]

Thank you for the nice overlay and the information provided!

How did you manage to have the moon picture apart from the text?
Mine looks like this:

The overlay is the following:

# size:60 [Use 60 for higher resolution cameras / 30]

# xy:15,15 (upper Left)
# anchor:la (Left Justified)
# color:150,150,150
Camera Pi-HQ IMX477
Exposure {exposure:0.2f}
Gain {gain:d}
Camera {temp:0.1f}°{temp_unit:s}
Outside {sensor_user_40:0.1f}°{temp_unit:s}
Humidity {sensor_user_42:0.1f}%
Sunset {sun_next_set}
Twilight {sun_next_astro_twilight_set}
Sunrise {sun_next_rise}

# xy:-15,15 (Upper Right)
# anchor:ra (Right Justified)
# color:150,150,150
{timestamp:%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S}
Lat {latitude:0.0f} Long {longitude:0.0f}
Tiangong {tiangong_up:s} [{tiangong_next_h:0.1f}h/{tiangong_next_alt:0.0f}°]
Hubble {hst_up:s} [{hst_next_h:0.1f}h/{hst_next_alt:0.0f}°]
ISS {iss_up:s} [{iss_next_h:0.1f}h/{iss_next_alt:0.0f}°]

# xy:-15,-420 (Lower Right) [Use -15,-450 for size 60]
# color:150,150,150
Sun {sun_alt:0.0f}°
Mercury {mercury_alt:0.0f}°
Venus {venus_alt:0.0f}°
Mars {mars_alt:0.0f}°
Jupiter {jupiter_alt:0.0f}°
Saturn {saturn_alt:0.0f}°
Moon {moon_phase:0.0f}% {moon_alt:0.0f}°

# xy:15,-200 (Lower Left)  [Use 15,-210 for size 60]
# anchor:la (Left Justified)
# color:150,150,150
Stars {stars:d}
Kp-index {kpindex:0.2f}
SQM {sqm:0.2f}

[aaronwmorris]

The Moon image overlay is a separate overlay from the text. Its about half-way down on the Overlays tab. There is a separate X,Y coordinate for the upper left corner of the moon image.

[WirthmU]

Thank you - that did the trick.

[WirthmU]

What might that be? It looks like some additional Text but there is none in the overlay definition.

[aaronwmorris]

That could be the Moon Mode indicator...

[WirthmU]

Where would I switch this off?

[aaronwmorris]

There are 2 possible additional items that can be added to the overlay. The moon mode indicator and the Eclipse (solar & lunar) indicator. They added at the last position at the end of the overlay.

If you want them to be be removed, you can just add a bogus location outside the image boundary at the end of your overlay template. The text will just be rendered where you cannot see it.

# xy: 5000,5000

[ldb20151]

JimTaylor-Iowa,

Thank you for the detailed overlay -- you helped me solve the moon location issue as well as bringing to my attention that sunrise/set/twilight data is also available. Somehow I missed that in the wiki.

I noticed you also have Cloud %. Are you getting that from an API or an actual sensor? I have looked at the APIs but haven't figured out how to implement them. I have my own temp and humidity sensor and would need to ensure the API didn't interfere with the local sensor info. Just curious.

-Larry

[aaronwmorris]

The Cloud percentage data you see on my allsky cameras comes from the OpenWeather API.

https://openweathermap.org/api