The error is 'lights' No such file or directory 5 lines up from the end. The way Siril scripts work is that normally you would have some parent directory like "M42" then within this you would have sub directories called 'lights", "darks", "flats", "biases" and so on. The scripts then expect the images of each type to be held in each directory. For S50 this is simplified because it simply doesn't generate flats, darks, biases but the simplified S50 script still insists that the light frames are in a directory called lights. So don't just create "Andromeda" and then put all your captured .fits files in it. Instead create Andromeda then within it create Andromeda\lights\ and put all your images in there. Then in Siril set the home directory to be Andromeda and the script will find the images in the lights subdirectory. Answer from wrightflyer1903 on reddit.com
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Siril - New ZWO Seestar script and tutorial
March 29, 2024 - We are pleased to announce the release of a script and tutorial dedicated to Zwo’s new All-in-One telescope, Seestar. The tutorial explains step-by-step how to use the script, and then how to process the stacked image. The proposed script has been designed to automatically pre-process the ...
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Siril - Processing ZWO Seestar images
The script that covers Seestar needs is named Seestar_Preprocessing.
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Script Execution Failed SeeStar S50
The error is 'lights' No such file or directory 5 lines up from the end. The way Siril scripts work is that normally you would have some parent directory like "M42" then within this you would have sub directories called 'lights", "darks", "flats", "biases" and so on. The scripts then expect the images of each type to be held in each directory. For S50 this is simplified because it simply doesn't generate flats, darks, biases but the simplified S50 script still insists that the light frames are in a directory called lights. So don't just create "Andromeda" and then put all your captured .fits files in it. Instead create Andromeda then within it create Andromeda\lights\ and put all your images in there. Then in Siril set the home directory to be Andromeda and the script will find the images in the lights subdirectory. More on reddit.com
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Siril with Seestar - Getting Started With Imaging - Stargazers Lounge
February 24, 2025 - Please! i have a Seestar s50 and am well pleased with it’s performance. I have seen other people using programs like Siril. They all suggest it is so easy and now with a “pre-processing script” even handles Seestar fits images even better. I have downloaded that link, have the mos...
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r/AskAstrophotography on Reddit: Script Execution Failed SeeStar S50
September 3, 2024 -

Hello.

Trying to setup Sirl to run SeeStar Scripts and getting the following errors. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong and how to fix it. Thanks you

18:13:13: Welcome to siril v1.2.3

18:13:13: Supported file types: BMP images, PIC images (IRIS), PGM and PPM binary images, RAW images, FITS-CFA images, Films, SER sequences, TIFF images, JPG images, PNG images, HEIF images.

18:13:13: Setting CWD (Current Working Directory) to 'C:\Users\Randall\Pictures\SeeStar\M31subs'

18:13:13: Parallel processing enabled: using 4 logical processors.

18:13:20: Searching scripts in: "C:\Program Files\Siril\scripts"...

18:13:20: Loading script: Mono_Preprocessing

18:13:20: Loading script: OSC_Extract_Ha

18:13:20: Loading script: OSC_Extract_HaOIII

18:13:20: Loading script: OSC_Preprocessing

18:13:20: Loading script: OSC_Preprocessing_WithDrizzle

18:13:20: Loading script: RGB_Composition

18:13:20: Loading script: Seestar_Preprocessing

18:13:20: Loading registration method: 1-2-3 Stars Registration (deep-sky)

18:13:20: Loading registration method: Global Star Alignment (deep-sky)

18:13:20: Loading registration method: Two-Pass Global Star Alignment (deep-sky)

18:13:20: Loading registration method: Image Pattern Alignment (planetary - full disk)

18:13:20: Loading registration method: KOMBAT (planetary surfaces or full disk)

18:13:20: Loading registration method: Comet/Asteroid Registration

18:13:20: Loading registration method: Apply Existing Registration

18:13:20: Default FITS extension is set to .fit

18:19:21: Setting CWD (Current Working Directory) to 'C:\Users\Randall\Pictures\SeeStar\M31subs'

18:19:35: Starting script C:\Program Files\Siril\scripts\Seestar_Preprocessing.ssf

18:19:35: ############################################

18:19:35: #

18:19:35: # Script for Siril 1.2

18:19:35: # June 2024

18:19:35: # (C) Cyril Richard

18:19:35: # SeeStar_Preprocessing v1.1

18:19:35: #

18:19:35: ########### PREPROCESSING SCRIPT ###########

18:19:35: #

18:19:35: # Script for Seestar Deep Sky images where

18:19:35: # darks, flats biases are not provided. Only

18:19:35: # lights are needed.

18:19:35: #

18:19:35: # Please, REMOVE all jpg files from the

18:19:35: # directory.

18:19:35: #

18:19:35: # If you find that too many images are discarded

18:19:35: # before stacking, you can increase the value after

18:19:35: # -filter-round= in the seqapplyreg command, line 39

18:19:35: #

18:19:35: # Needs 1 set of RAW images in the working

18:19:35: # directory, within 1 directory:

18:19:35: # lights/

18:19:35: #

18:19:35: ############################################

18:19:35: Running command: requires

18:19:35: # Convert Light Frames to .fit files

18:19:35: Running command: cd

18:19:35: 'lights' No such file or directory

18:19:35: Error in line 30 ('cd'): generic error.

18:19:35: Exiting batch processing.

18:19:35: Setting CWD (Current Working Directory) to 'C:\Users\Randall\Pictures\SeeStar\M31subs'

18:19:35: Script execution failed.

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Siril Tutorial: New Script To Preprocess ALL Seestar Images, Including Mosaics! | Naztronomy
It shows you how to preprocess all Seestar images with a simple script. It started out as a mosaic stacking script, however, I found that it works well for all images. Get the scripts on Github: https://github.com/naztronaut/siril-scripts
Published   May 31, 2025
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Siril Preprocessing Script for Seestars (both regular and mosaic modes) - Smart Telescopes - Cloudy Nights
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Setting Up Sirl for SeeStar S50 - Beginning Deep Sky Imaging - Cloudy Nights
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How to Process and Stack Seestar FITS Files in Siril | Perfect Astronomy
May 20, 2024 - Head over to the official Siril scripts repository and follow the instructions to download and install them, or for what we are after here, click into the preprocessing folder, click on OSC_Preprocessing_WithoutDBF.ssf and download it to your Siril scripts folder. In Windows this is C:\Program Files\Siril\scripts. Once installed, restart Siril. Next, we need to set up a folder to work in: the home folder or working folder. I like to copy the MyWorks folder from the Seestar to my data drive.
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Siril Tutorial: One Script to Preprocess All Seestar Images (Even Mosaics!) - YouTube
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March 27, 2024 - Du musst Starnet++ lauffähig in Siril installiert haben, sonst bricht das Script ab. Nach dem Durchlauf gibt es einen "process"-Ordner, den man löschen kann, und einen "results"-Ordner mit den fertigen Bildern und diversen Zwischenergebnissen.
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Siril's New Script for Seestar Data Stacking & Processing - YouTube
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r/AskAstrophotography on Reddit: Seestar s50 and Siril processing.Please advice.
July 27, 2025 -

Hello fellow astro fans!I am enjoying my s50 for about a month now,ive taken some nice pictures,but my experience trying to process the data with Siril has been not very successful.Ive watched tutorials by Deep space astro ,i use the script for Seestar preprocessing make the 4 folders put my light inside,but alot of the images end up super noisy even after the procesing .The guy says that the loss of data during Stretching should be around 0.1percent , when i select the auto strech algorithm its always showing more than 1.5 or even 2 .And the image always looks better just processed in the app itself.I dont know what i am doing worng please advise.

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r/seestar on Reddit: I dont know how to use siril, whats the next best and easiest way to stack images other than the built in stack on seestar
February 9, 2025 - I don’t use the script, he’ll walk you through Siril GraxPert and GIMP , I now manually stack I less then 10 minutes ... Watch videos on siril. There's not much of a learning curve ... My Seestar photos looked terrible. 7 months of coding later, they don't. ... Finally I was able to properly test my Seestar S50 ...
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Seestar .fit + Siril = problem running script - Siril - discuss.pixls.us
November 10, 2023 - Hello, everyone. I am completely new to post processing but was watching some videos on how to use Siril with the Seestar S50 .fit files and decided to give it a go. After installing Siril, I set up the lights folder on the home directory and tried to run the OSC_Preprocessing_WithoutDBF script, ...
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Siril released new ZWO Seestar script and tutorial – Smart Telescopes Info
Siril, an astronomical image processing tool, announced the release of a script and tutorial dedicated to Seestar Zwo’s new All-in-One telescope. The tutorial explains step-by-step how to use the script, and then how to process the stacked image. The proposed script has been designed to automatically pre-process the raw images recorded by the Seestar and…
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Workflow for Siril processing Seestar images - Astronomy Software & Computers - Cloudy Nights
October 29, 2024 - I am just starting out with Siril 1.2.4 to try to do processing of Seestar S50 output (on a Windows machine). Seestar produces both FITS and JPEG files for both single shots and sequences. Am I reading the Siril documentation correctly, that only FITS files can be used for sequence processing (e....