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#51

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).

#52

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.

#53

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/

#54

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.

#55

Announcements / Observatory 2.0.7

Last post by Sander Berents - May 03, 2024, 04:58:49 AM

https://codeobsession.com/news/2024/05/03/observatory-2-0-7/

#56

Announcements / Observatory 2.0.6

Last post by Sander Berents - April 08, 2024, 01:42:39 AM

https://codeobsession.com/news/2024/04/07/observatory-2-0-6/

#57

Announcements / Observatory 2.0.5

Last post by Sander Berents - March 25, 2024, 11:30:56 AM

https://codeobsession.com/news/2024/03/24/observatory-2-0-5/

#58

General Discussion / Re: Termination Reason: Nam...

Last post by Sander Berents - March 20, 2024, 10:11:50 PM

I cannot reproduce it. But Observatory 2.0.5 will contain two new settings that may solve the issue for you:

• The ability to disable library versioning (the Time Machine integration);
• Explicitly set the number of CPU cores to use for importing.

I am still working on a few other items before releasing it.

#59

General Discussion / Re: Termination Reason: Nam...

Last post by Tailspin45 - March 20, 2024, 12:00:14 PM

Are you actively working on the next update or should I look for another solution (Observatory is useless to me as things stand)?

#60

General Discussion / Re: Termination Reason: Nam...

Last post by Tailspin45 - March 13, 2024, 11:01:23 AM

Sounds like a plan. I look forward to the next update.