Rob, thanks for your reply questions, I'll try to answer by no..

1. I was using ASTAP the past year because it worked. and there was no Stellasolver When Stellasolver 'appeared' in 3.5.1 (I think thats the first version?) it didn't seem to work so I found the ASTAP option was still there and still worked. I will use whatever works especially if it doesn't require any 'outside' or additional downloads. loaded the index files presuming maybe they would work with one of the options. I've tried all the options of internal solver, ASTAP, Stellasolver etc., in Options and always got the same error of "not enough stars' and now all sim images have no stars at all. If the Stellasolver will work w/o downloading or additional files, I'll use it!

2. I did not see the GSC in the Wizard but was looking for it. I'll check again, but if I don't need to load a huge file I'd prefer not to, as per everyone else...

3. I appreciate all the work you and others do, but non-answers are often the case here. When a developer answer to a user problem is, "it works for me", thats a non-answer I got for 2 decades from the IT dept. where I worked. I get it that there are many many devils to be stomped out in so many interconnected and many variety of equipment standards and software. I'm not familiar with athe other versions, but the Mac version always seems to be in beta. I posted this same problem in your 3.5.3 beta test request. I've got no clue why plate solving would stop working in 3.5.2 after working for months. And now not working in 3.5.3 either. Whether thats due to something in beta that hasn't been tested or something else only you can answer. Unfortunately being a tester is somewhat at 'odds' with being someone who is just a user and needs astro-imaging software to work on those good nights which are sometimes very few. Its great when its works!

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