Hello,
I have having a strange issue when performing plate solving with PlateSolve2 (2.29). The parameters passed from SGPro to PS2 don’t look right for me and plate solving with PS2 always fail.
After digging around, I found the following SGP log:
[09/20/18 17:11:22.676][DEBUG] [Camera Thread] =========== Save file took 2392 ms
[09/20/18 17:11:22.676][DEBUG] [Camera Thread] SGM_CAMERA_PLATE_SOLVER_CAPTURE complete…
[09/20/18 17:11:23.049][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] ************* SOLVE HINTS ****************
[09/20/18 17:11:23.050][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] SOLVER: PlateSolve2
[09/20/18 17:11:23.050][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] BLIND: False
[09/20/18 17:11:23.050][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] METHOD: 2500 Regions
[09/20/18 17:11:23.050][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] RA: 9.44531349234849
[09/20/18 17:11:23.050][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] DEC: 83.3391467784451
[09/20/18 17:11:23.050][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] SCALE: 4.1
[09/20/18 17:11:23.050][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] ******************************************
[09/20/18 17:11:23.411][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: Angle - 0
[09/20/18 17:11:23.411][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: Scale - 0
[09/20/18 17:11:23.412][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: RA - 9.44559430307667
[09/20/18 17:11:23.414][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] FitsFileHeaderData: DEC - 83.3391939339403
[09/20/18 17:11:23.461][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] PlateSove2 Param: RA (RAD) - 2.47277728986788
[09/20/18 17:11:23.461][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] PlateSove2 Param: DEC (RAD) - 1.45454250708669
[09/20/18 17:11:23.461][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] PlateSove2 Param: Width - 2328
[09/20/18 17:11:23.461][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] PlateSove2 Param: Height - 1760
[09/20/18 17:11:23.462][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] PlateSolve2 Command Line:
[09/20/18 17:11:23.462][DEBUG] [Telescope Thread] C:\Users\mxie\AppData\Local\SequenceGenerator\PlateSolve2.exe 2.47277728986788,1.45454250708669,0.04627449623454,0.03498415522886,2500,C:\Users\mxie\AppData\Local\SequenceGenerator\Temp\psXSolve_0.fit
As you can see, the “Scale” parameter in the FITS header portion is 0.
I’ve attached screenshots to show my configuration in SGP.
Configuration window for PlateSolve2:
The following screenshot shows the incorrect region definition when plate solving is in action. The degrees look like wide angle lens. For my setup, it should be around 2.7 x 2 degrees instead of 159 x 120 degrees.
The plate solving FITS frame (bin2x2) could be downloaded from here:
I’ve also tested bin1x1 and bin3x3 and got the same result.
If I use Astronomy.NET instead of PS2, everything is fine. But there are times that I don’t have internet access. I definitely need to setup the local plate solving function.
If Astronomy.NET can solve the plate solving frame, I think there are enough information in the FITS file headers. it just don’t work with PS2 in my installation. (Funny thing is that nobody else around has the same issue).
Thanks!
