AstroTortilla Reviews

Don't bother: this software doesn't work. File "AstroTortillaGUI.py", line 93, in <module> File "AstroTortillaGUI.py", line 86, in main File "wx\_core.pyo", line 7981, in __init__ File "wx\_core.pyo", line 7555, in _BootstrapApp File "AstroTortillaGUI.py", line 33, in OnInit File "astrotortilla\gui\MainFrame.pyo", line 31, in create File "astrotortilla\gui\MainFrame.pyo", line 531, in __init__ File "astrotortilla\engine.pyo", line 84, in __init__ File "astrotortilla\engine.pyo", line 351, in _list_subclasses File "astrotortilla\camera\ByEosCamera.pyo", line 13, in <module> File "win32ui.pyo", line 12, in <module> File "win32ui.pyo", line 10, in __load ImportError: DLL load failed: The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail. Traceback (most recent call last):

Great peice of software !! The scope is right on the target within 1mn !! Thanks to the dev team

Very nice software.. BUT ! I have a question.. Where are the *.FITS ( which are downlaoded at time of installation ) files stored under Windows 10 ? since i am searching for them, but can't find them.. Thank you Martin

I heard about this program on various astrophotography list servers, so I decided to try it out. This is one of the best programs in my astrophotography arsenal for the moment. I had it up and running in about 20 minutes after I downloaded the 4100 set of plate solves. Incredible piece of software. It used to be very frustrating to center the target on those small ccd chips. No longer a problem and the program has a polar-align helper, to boot. Whoever wrote this program is a genius.

For a free software this provides an indispensible functionality, allowing me to quickly align and drift aligh my mount. Yes, it takes some time to configure but when you are done its the best

The best and only plate solving software. Setup is super easy following one of the tutorials online, once setup it just works and completely cuts out any setup time in terms of alignment, and automatically centers every object. Just utterly brilliant.

The best software for plate solving!

have had this app since v0.1 never used in field till this past weekend with v0.7.x.. other then an error on startup... this app works PERFECTLY. iterative polar alignment made extremely easy. and a Must Have Tool for goto mount alignment sync and/or astrophotography framing.

I have used AT for a few months now. It is an extremely helpful application. I find it is reliable and quick. I no longer have to build pointing models for astrophotography. In order to improve it more, especially for new users, it would be good to have more detailed explanations of what the parameters and options do in the windows interface. For example it would be great to know that scale can be expressed in different ways.. This would help to set AT up initially for new users. Thanks very much to the authors of this software, i recommend it to all folks using goto mounts for astrophotography.

AstroTortilla is nothing short of magic. Astrophotography would be nearly impossible without it. An absolute must have.

Thank you for your work.

Thanks for Astrotortilla, it's perfect!

Thanks for updates ;)

Even without integration with BackyardEOS this is the most exciting, game-changing piece of astro-software yet. From attaching the scope to the (polar aligned) mount to guided imaging in 2-3 minutes. No star alignment required, super-accurate goto's, goto a previous image for multi-night imaging... fantastic. The GUI needs some polish though... it's not the most intuitive and integrated help is very limited. Solving is fast enough and has not failed me yet. Having this running on a Win7 -64 laptop alongside BYE (albeit using a manual method to get the BYE images into AT), PHD, Stellarium and EQASCOM has made imaging a breeze and a pleasure. I now spend more time thinking about what to image next than anything else...great work guys!

Amazing fast solving and pin-point GoTo with no star alignment. With my HEQ5 pro I'm going from parked to being on target in two slews. Amazing utility. P.S. did I say it was amazing?