04Stefan07 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 It's one of those nights where something had been working so well for such a long time and all of a sudden it wants to break! PlateSolve2 in SGP for some reason doesn't want to solve all the time. I have attached an example where the first attempt was off by a bit, second attempt was almost there then on the third attempt it was stuck on the spiral search and it never stopped. This happened a few times during the night as well where you can clearly see your target in the sub but it cannot plate solve it like it wasn't there. I am using SGP with PlateSolve2. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symmetal Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I used to have similar issues with Platesolve 2 and SGP when solving rich starfields. Tinkering with PS2 setup parameters may help, but I switched to using ASTAP and it's much faster at solving, particularly when off by more than a degree or so where PS2 is slow, and it never seems to fail. SGP has ASTAP as a choice in platesolve setup. From ASTAP webpage download and install the program file and the H17 star database and you should be good to go. Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie alert Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I had a problem with platesplve2 about a year ago with APT.. the file got corrupted in some way and someone mentioned ASTAP ...not that I was unhappy with platesolve2 but yes, ASTAP is really fast and never missed a beat... Not sure if SGP uses it , I'd assume it does.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04Stefan07 Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 Interesting. I will get ASTAP installed and give that a go. Never had an issue with PS2 until now though which is strange! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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