Have you tried using this: http://nova.astrometry.net/
Or perhaps I misunderstand your intent? -Dan Heim
On 3/2/2019 9:01 AM, Michael McDonald wrote:
For some reason, ASPS doesnât seem to like my FIT image files. If I take
that same image of M42/Orion and load it into PixInsight to write it back out
as a JPEG file, then ASPS solves the position is 10.3 seconds. Argh!
Mike McDonald
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On Mar 1, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Michael McDonald <mikemac@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:--
But in the meantime, I installed All Sky Plate Solver
(http://www.astrogb.com/astrogb/All_Sky_Plate_Solver.html) for âblindâ
plate solving. I downloaded all of the indices that it says I nee for my
1500mm/3.8um imaging setup. Then I tried it to see if it could figure out
that I was pointed at Orion, using one of my L images from the other night.
It couldnât. So I followed the Settings Assistantâs instruction to
upload the image to Astrometry.net and have it solve the location. I did
that, it succeeded.
http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/2698663#annotated
I then entered the resulting 0.504 arctic/pixel and the Settings Assistant
calculated my focal length to be 1555. So we updated the settings with the
more accurate focal length and reran the solver. It still canât figure it
out! Anyone have any experience with ASPS or have an idea what Iâm doing
wrong? Too many stars? Too saturated? Too much gas? Idiot user?
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