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Originally Posted by Spookyer
I looked up the Pinpoint website but I gather you have to get a disc sent from the USA?
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You can buy the license only version and download the software and star catalog(s). You don't need the CD.
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Originally Posted by mithrandir
Have you tried astrometry.net? If you are happy with the online solver http://nova.astrometry.net you can download and run your own. Runs on Linux and Cygwin, but you do need about 20GB for the indexes. |
Astrotortilla uses the astrometry.net engine and catalogs.
I use Astrotortilla for blind solving (usually just for initial set up) and PinPoint for the bread and butter plate solving. Both work well for me. You do need to tweak the settings on Astrotortilla for best performance.
Cheers,
Rick.