The log appears, to me at least, to indicate that for whatever reason, PS2 is being passed hints that are way off from reality.
Look here :
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] ************* SOLVE HINTS ****************
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] SOLVER: PlateSolve2
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] BLIND: False
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] METHOD: Max Regions
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] RA: 5.62231666666667
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] DEC: -2.92184444444444
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] SCALE: 2.54860049770286
[11-07-18 16:07:41.357][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] ******************************************
Most of that info comes from the FITs header, presumably placed there by whatever application created the FIT file (I presume SGP)
[11-07-18 16:07:41.399][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: Angle - 359.488148458041
[11-07-18 16:07:41.399][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: Scale - 2.54860049770286
[11-07-18 16:07:41.399][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: RA - 5.62231695647545
[11-07-18 16:07:41.399][DEBUG] [Image Plate Solve Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: DEC - -2.92184309597401
The same hints were passed later to Astrometry.
Now, look at Astrometry’s solve results :
[11-07-18 16:10:50.915][DEBUG] [Unknown] Astrometry.NET returned: {“epoch”:“J2000”,“ra”:84.314409099,“pixscale”:11.6726548855629,“radius”:0,“dec”:-2.62303405004,“orientation”:179.771298953234,“parity”:1}
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] ------------ Begin CalibrationResponse -------------
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] dec -2.62303405004
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] ra 84.314409099
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] radius 0
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] orientation 179.771298953234
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] pixscale 11.6726548855629
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] epoch J2000
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] time NULL
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] parity 11.6726548855629
[11-07-18 16:10:50.924][DEBUG] [Unknown] ------------ End CalibrationResponse ---------------
I’m not sure why the file header data is SO wildly off…but I’m as certain as can be that’s why PS2 can’t solve it. It was given an RA, Scale, and Rotation wildly different than what Astrometry reported.
EDIT : Actually, now that I think about it…could Astrometry’s response be in degrees, while the hint is in RA Hours? If so, 5.62 Hr would be darn close to 84.31 degrees…so my whole theory above may be way off base there…though the scale is still quite different as well.