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Man this is not a user friendly feature. It works eventually. I have often had trouble with it.
Firstly it won't plate solve unless the image is saved. So that save images box has to be checked.
Secondly when working out the image scale that is for 1x1 binning. If you are using 2x2 or 3x3 then you multiply your image scale. So the image scale entered is for the binning you have set your camera to.
Lastly you need to have the north position angle pretty close. I use CCDsoft. So I do a plate solve in CCDsoft first and then take the north angle off the result and enter it.
Camera has to be connected in the camera tab I am pretty sure.
Otherwise its a matter of having enough stars in the field (not usually a problem).
When it works it feels simple but getting there is too hard. It needs to be simplified in my opinion.
Greg.
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