ive tried all the platesolvers and none will work. any idea why this is? will provide logs if necessary
heres the log file
Any help ive got a clear night tonite to test my rig out? please respond.
The issue is that the PlateSolve2 solver you attempted to use received an invalid image scale hint:
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] ************* SOLVE HINTS ****************
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] SOLVER: PlateSolve2
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] BLIND: True
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] METHOD: Max Regions
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] RA: 5.57945640868028
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] DEC: 22.009825285205
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] SCALE: 0
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] EXP. LEN: 1
[03/12/26 23:24:42.888][INFO][Telescope Thread][PS;] ******************************************
Likely also an issue is that an exposure length of 1 sec will typically be inadequate as input data to a solver.
by scale do you mean settings and specs on the camera tab? Ive got that filled out.
angle=0, scale=.39, pixel width=3326, height=2504.
also every time i put in scale for my camera it goes back to 0. so i got to change the scale, isnt.that suppose to save once put in.
when it does solve does it center the object? because last night I centered the target and it didnt center for some reason. It said it plate solved and centered but it didnt show the galaxy?
Correct. That’s the one
This happens to some users in v4.4. It has been corrected in v4.5. While it is technically beta, it’s stable and will likely actually be released this weekend.
Sequence Generator Pro 4(64-bit) (BETA) – Sequence Generator Pro
If you are referring to a target’s behavior when it starts, yes, SGPro will iteratively slew to the target, solve, sync, then re-slew until you are on target.
you missed my edit. i put the platesolve on 2x2 and it solved. also i can right click the sequence and center it there. i tried to center it and it said it platesolved and centered it, but it didnt center the target?
Yes, it should center the target. As to why, I can’t say without taking a look at logs showing the failure… there are just too many variables involved to guess.
this was last night it solved a couple of times but never centered the object. also it failed a lot too. i scanned the log file and the scale is.78 but the real scale was .39. dont know why it did that. thanks
Heres the log from last night it solved with ASTAP but it didnt center the target. also included is a picture of it solving but not centering.
The scale is always stored at 1x1 binning so if you store a scale of 0.39 and take plate solve images using 2x2 binning (which you are), the plate solver will receive a hint of 0.78, so in this case the hint is correct.
This is because the configured target in your sequence has no location specified:
Happy to take a look, but the attached logs do not contain any centering attempt. You can use SGPro to send the logs… no need to find and package them up manually.
how do you center the object. i thought you just press ‘sync’ in the platesolve tab. also i right clicked ‘center this target’ in the sequencer and it doesnt center. what do you do to center the object is there a setting or something? what about center the object when a subexposure is downloaded. would centering there do it?
The sync button does not center the target, it simply plate solves the current location and syncs your telescope to that solved location.
Typically centering the telescope on a target is not a human-monitored process and is executed as part of a normal sequence. That said, if you need to manually perform target centering, you can provide target coordinates in target settings and, anytime afterward, right click the target and click one of the centering options.
For additional info on Target Settings:
yeah you said there was no centering in the logs. how would i center or how would i center a target?
Please see the documentation I posted above starting Traget Context Menu