Solve might be bad (auto center)! New solve coordinates deviate too far from current position

I’m posting this for a friend having problems with the same target time after time showing the same error message about coordinates deviating too far.

SGP 3.1.0.449

The message is definitely erronous and i’ve found the reason.
As can bee seen from the paste of the logfile the target is close to RA 00:00:00 so i’m pretty sure the problem is that the solve is on the minus side of RA 00:00:00 while the target is on the plus side.

[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ************* SOLVE HINTS ****************
[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] SOLVER: ASTAP
[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] BLIND: False
[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] METHOD: Max Regions
[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] RA: 0,00898212716158042
[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] DEC: 63,188671875
[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] SCALE: 7,00645
[02/11/20 20:40:23.136][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ******************************************
[02/11/20 20:40:23.460][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASTAP Param: RA (RAD) - 0,00235151539203587
[02/11/20 20:40:23.460][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASTAP Param: DEC (RAD) - 1,10285037418109
[02/11/20 20:40:23.460][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASTAP Param: Width - 1508
[02/11/20 20:40:23.460][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASTAP Param: Height - 1208
[02/11/20 20:40:23.460][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASTAP Command Line:
[02/11/20 20:40:23.460][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] C:\Program Files\astap\astap.exe 0.00235151539204,1.10285037418109,0.05122408806543,0.04103361961740,3000,C:\Users\Ola Skarpen\AppData\Local\SequenceGenerator\Temp\psXSolve_1.fit
[02/11/20 20:40:24.464][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASTAP: read APM file…
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ASTAP: Exit state -> ValidSolve
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ********** SOLVE ATTEMPT INFO ************
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] SOLVER: False
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] SUCCESS: True
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] CONF: 999
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] BLIND: False
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] RA: -0,0107991085226258
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] DEC: 63,4813115481777
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] SCALE: 7,00633
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] FLIPPED: False
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ANGLE (EON): 276,72
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] MSG: Valid solve.
[02/11/20 20:40:24.965][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] ******************************************
[02/11/20 20:40:24.973][INFO][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] Checking to see if solve might be bad…
[02/11/20 20:40:24.973][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] Solve might be bad (auto center)! New solve coordinates deviate too far from current position.
[02/11/20 20:40:24.973][DEBUG][Main Thread][SQ;CE;] Adding sequence level notification: A Plate solve during auto center might be bad! New solve coordinates deviate too far from current position. Sequence will abort (or recover) in 10 minutes, return to the machine to resolve this issue!
[02/11/20 20:40:25.030][DEBUG][Telescope Thread][SQ;CE;] Sending Notification: Alert - A Plate solve during auto center might be bad! New solve coordinates deviate too far from current position. Sequence will abort (or recover) in 10 minutes, return to the machine to resolve this issue!

That’s what they all say. You don’t have to be embarrassed. jk…

Ok, I’ll take a look.

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The error here was that the solver is reporting a negative RA. The is corrected in 3.1.0.451.