You keep having problems with plate solving and the answer is automapper. You do not need maxim for tpoint automapper. Just pinpoint. It will fix your problem. Spend the $120. Once you use it you will realize why everybody has been banging on about it.
Brett
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Well I give up.
Just to let you know. I used one image several times in a row today and tried to get a plate solve. It would do it if:
The view in the sky was near to the stated image scale. It will not plate solve if the view is not near the employed image scale. That is just weird.
By way of example, if I used the USNO catalogue the calculated scale each time would reduce and plate solve more stars. See images. If I used the UCAC2 catalogue the reverse would happen. That is; the scale would continue to increase and the view would take in more skies and plate solve less stars.
I really don't know what to do now. I cannot get this software to work for me and I don't want to buy more software so I can run AAGautomapper. I would need to buy maxim and pinpoint. I have read and read the manuals and I cannot seem to get this right. This is no doubt why I get so many errors in the plate solves. I am tempted to ask Software Bisque for my money back and forget the whole thing. So fed up with this software.
What do I do now???
I know the USNO stars are there as I did not have the fainter star option bright enough. Got that sorted.
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