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Old 19-12-2014, 12:25 AM
themos
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Hello

Here is Version 1.0.3 with the ability to use a local astrometry.net solve.

When you first run it, the Local buttons should be disabled. You need to go to AstroTortilla and create two new configurations, called PPA_coarse.cfg and PPA_fine.cfg. You can just copy the one configuration that works for you to both these names (I use AT's File -> Load Settings... and File -> Save Settings...). If those files are present, PPA will, on restart, have the Local buttons enabled.

Personally, I created two "Backend config" files for astrometry.net's solve-field command: one with just the 4100-series indices that is good for widefield images and a second one with just the 4200-series indices. The first time you do a local solve in PPA, the PPA_coarse is used, in subsequent solves the PPA_fine is used. We only copy these AT settings:

Backend config, Downscaling, Scale minimum, Scale maximum, Scale units, Cygwin shell, Custom options.

In future, depending on feedback, we may only steal settings from one AT settings file.
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