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#41

General Discussion / Re: QL FITS etc not working

Last post by Sander Berents - July 23, 2024, 10:16:32 AM

Observatory has its own Quick Look plugin that handles FITS, XISF and SBIG images, not just FITS files. There is no need for QLFits if you have Observatory.

See https://codeobsession.com/forum/index.php?topic=96.0

Previously the problem was caused by QLFits or the system's LaunchServices database. QLFits uses the old Quick Look API that has been deprecated since macOS Catalina (10.15). Observatory 2 uses the modern Quick Look extension API. If you want to use QLFits, then please ask its developer. You can disable the Observatory plugin in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Extensions > Quick Look.

#42

General Discussion / QL FITS etc not working

Last post by Tailspin45 - July 23, 2024, 09:44:02 AM

Can't use Quick Look on FITS files

Tried

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qlmanage -r;qlmanage -r cache and restarted Finder but no joy.

#43

Bug Reports / Forum search database error

Last post by Tailspin45 - July 23, 2024, 09:33:52 AM

Repeatable error when searching forum using Search box

#44

General Discussion / Re: Plate Solve Challenges

Last post by Sander Berents - July 19, 2024, 04:12:50 AM

The bottom 1/3 will cause a lot of confusion for the star detection phase of the plate solver. You may want to try it by cutting the bottom 1/3 of your image, or by blackening it with image processing software.

I would also try that with the blind plate solver and its "Upload whole image" option (increase the timeout value in that case as well).

Observatory's platesolver already automatically limits itself to the center of an image if needed though. I therefore also wonder if it's an issue with the plate scale. Do you have an estimate of the plate scale (arcs seconds / pixel)? You may want to specify that in the plate solver (click the toggle on the left in the dialog box to see the setting).

#45

General Discussion / Plate Solve Challenges

Last post by ztresearch - July 18, 2024, 11:56:05 PM

I am new to Observatory and am trying to plate solve landscape images in order to make measurements of features of aurora and transient luminous events. I have attempted to plate solve the attached image, but have been unsuccessful using solve and blind solve (using the raw file). Would appreciate any thoughts and suggestions on this endeavor. Thank you, Tom W.

#46

Announcements / Observatory 2.0.8

Last post by Sander Berents - May 29, 2024, 07:58:13 PM

https://codeobsession.com/news/2024/05/29/observatory-2-0-8/

#47

General Discussion / Re: Bias thumbnails in a varie...

Last post by Sander Berents - May 03, 2024, 05:05:18 AM

This has been resolved in Observatory 2.0.7. Quick Look in Observatory 2.0.7 will no longer debayer bias, dark and flat calibration frames, even if it detects a bayer pattern in the header.

#48