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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Thanks for the data Marcus. So to use the Sky V6 and Automapper 2 I need to download that database?
I use an i7 laptop 64 bit Win 7 with 8gb ram. Its an awesome machine and made processing 16803 images easy. A 1x1 16803 file is 32.4mb so it takes some processing power. With CCDstack 2 I can open as many 1x1 images as I have (haven't had a memory problem yet whereas it was common with a Core Duo 2 and 3 gb ram and Vista or XP).
I did a Precision PEC run last night. The resulting curve was quite small. How was yours? I also did a Polar alignment run with Pempro's polar alignment wizard which seemed reasonably good.
Greg.
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No, you don't need another database to use AutomapperII. However, using the USNO-A2.0 catalogue (in TS6) improves the chances of a plate solve succeeding in areas of sky low in stars (ie away from the galactic equator). If you want it I have it on DVD somewhere.
That laptop of yours would run TSX without issue IMO.
My PE after correction appears to be a sin surve around +- 0.5 arcsec. I expected better.