han replied to the topic 'ASTAP help please' in the forum. 4 years ago

Your image is easy solvable. The setting for solving looks all good now. The only setting to check is the focal length and so on for the correct image size calculation in degrees. This is set as far I remember in INDI driver. Normally I don't work in Linux/Ekos. We can check it using FITS file created by Ekos.

I assume the temporary fits file in /tmp is deleted or moved to the bin after EKOS is closed. Any FITS file created by EKOS will do for checking. If you have a FITS from EKOS please upload it to nova.astrometry.net and provide the link or make a new one (dark) by the button Capture & Solve. The FITS header even from a dark will tell me if the focal length and sensor/pixel size are set correctly. If its too far off (>20%) the solver will struggle to solve.

You could also do yourself. The solved image from nova.astrometry.net tells that the actual dimensions are 0.66 x1 degrees. If you load any unsolved FITS file from EKOS in ASTAP GUI, the ASTAP status bar should indicated the image dimensions 0.66 x 1 degrees (portrait) or 1 x 0.66 degrees (landcape). See below. If not then your settings are not 100%. Is there any reason for the portrait mode?

Han



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