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Old 07-01-2019, 04:10 PM
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Hi
While http://nova.astrometry.net/upload was down over the Christmas period, I looked for another way to blind solve.
Found Cloudmaker's Astrometry.app and this particular part of their software package is completely free, no time limit.

Took the app 37seconds to blind solve where the online server, now online again, needs 1:30 minutes.

I admit it took me +1:30 hours to understand a) how blind solving works when there's no online service around and b) which index files to download

At first, I went "the usual way on a Mac": using Virtual Box with XP but couldn't get any freeware Windows app to do what I needed. Very complicated GUIs - and to me, also a very complicated task to get my head around, this blind solving thing.

After that steep but ultimately unsuccessful learning curve on XP, Astrometry.app was a breeze.

Cheers Annette
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