Does SGP talk to Planewave's PWI AutoFocus?

[han]

The HFD values displayed in the image by SGP beta from 2 ? weeks ago are still based on the internal algorithm. So ASTAP is not fully integrated.

Easiest way to demonstrate the star detection is to use the ASTAP image inspector (ASTAP viewer, tools, image(CCD) inspector) on a global cluster image. The HFD value annotated should be pretty constant especially for out of focus images

I think you can do the same with PlateSolve2. It will also show the used stars for solving.

See for example:

ASTAP and PS2 in the region of M13

All images I received solve now reliable in version 0.9.422 just released. It is only available from here: http://www.hnsky.org/astap_setup.exe This was a major overhaul of the solver. I tried several approaches and found one which works well. You can now switch off the option “slow” I have considered updating the database and remove the global cluster center stars but the problem is wide spread. Now ASTAP ignores detected database quads with dimensions smaller then found in the image. As a …