Activity for AstroTortilla
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Andrew Noyes posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
I've been working through getting AstroTortilla set up (to use with Backyard EOS). While running the set up I get the attached error. Anyone else have this problem? FAFF * The software downloaded fine as far as i can tell when hitting next. * I can connect my camera and telescope * BYE is communicating with AstroT * when I try and plate solve through BYE or from File Open Dialouge i get an instant No Solution in 0.0s * The log sayes ERROR Trace back (most recenet call last) * I've tried diableing...
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Bryan Cashion posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
John Where are you entering the focal length? The Astrotortilla GUI does not require it. You can enter Scale Min and Scale max to cover the entire range of FOVs that you might encounter. It would add a few seconds to solution, but noting drastic. A solved image will display actual field of view dimensions. From that you can calculate f.L. if you know your camera sensor pixel size and pixel dimensions. Bryan
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john fisher posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
I’m new to this but can I put on 0 for focal length and get my effective focal length from this? I have a sct 9.25 and depending on spacers the fl changes so I need to know what indexes to get. Sent from my iPad
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ptitprince posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
after capture and solve i have this message in log , see join files. The file backend.cfg is not present... I installed in win 10 AstroTortilla-0.7.0.0-x64 and cygwin setup-x86 and cygwin x86_64 but it is the same result. thanks
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Tweefo posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
New user. I get a "Failed to Solve" message in the end. It took a photo and goes trough the process, so it communicate with the camera. The problem seems to be not communication with the mount. I set it up using this : https://www.lightvortexastronomy.com/tutorial-setting-up-and-using-astrotortilla-for-plate-solving.html The connection is ASCOM scope and then Celestron.
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bill rowe posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
huh. Thanks very much for the link. As I read that thread the 41xx indexes may be appropriate for my 3.5 degree FOV. The 4100 set is an alternative index set for wide FOV imaging, not recommended for anything narrower than 3 degrees.
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Geof Lewis posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
Hi Bill, I found this on the Sourceforge discussion threads https://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/discussion/issues/thread/d65716a5/#a153/fe9b which seems to explain the differences between the indexes. Regards, Geof From: bill rowe bill2009too@users.sourceforge.net Sent: 19 November 2020 16:55 To: [astrotortilla:discussion] general@discussion.astrotortilla.p.re.sourceforge.net Subject: [astrotortilla:discussion] 4111 vs 4211 fits files I'm shooting with a FOV of 3.5 degrees and experiencing very...
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I'm shooting with a FOV of 3.5 degrees and experiencing very slow solves and total failures. I noticed today that astrometry.net had solved my image with a 4111.fits vs the 42xx I have in my directory. I googled and found the 41xx set at http://data.astrometry.net/4100/ . I put them into the data directory and now i get 10 second solves. That's great but does it make sense? what are the 41xx fits files vs the 42xx files?
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Doug German posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Hi guys Getting back into astro after about 4 years away and I just set my old kit up and hoped it would work. Everything was fine bar Astrotortilla, which used to work fine. I use APT, PHD2, CDC (Cartes du Ciel), and Astrotortilla, all on an old vista laptop. All the software versions are no doubt old versions, but it's an old laptop and as I say it all used to work a treat. Having slewed to the target with CDC, which works fine, I then hit Capture and Solve in Astrotortilla, the camera takes an...
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I’ve heard that Astap is better than PS2, but I’ve not tried it. Get Outlook for iOShttps://aka.ms/o0ukef From: Ned Smith smithn01@users.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 4:32:53 PM To: [astrotortilla:discussion] general@discussion.astrotortilla.p.re.sourceforge.net Subject: [astrotortilla:discussion] Re: Connecting ASCOM Camera I use SiTechServo for mount control. It comes with PlateSplve3 so I already have its indexes. I should be using that. Duh. I do asteroid occultations so I use...
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Ned Smith posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
I use SiTechServo for mount control. It comes with PlateSplve3 so I already have its indexes. I should be using that. Duh. I do asteroid occultations so I use Astap stand alone because it has a feature that circles the asteroid in a solved image. Thanks again. On 7/16/20 10:01, Geof Lewis wrote: Hi Ned, Sorry that I couldn’t be more help. I’m also not particularly computer savvy. I recall that I had issues with FITS files with AT, so I think I ended using jpeg for solving, but I’m not sure about...
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Hi Ned, Sorry that I couldn’t be more help. I’m also not particularly computer savvy. I recall that I had issues with FITS files with AT, so I think I ended using jpeg for solving, but I’m not sure about that. I use PlateSolve2 (PS2) with SGP, with ANSVR as a back up blind solver. PS2 works great provided you are very close the the target coordinates, but I sometimes need the blind solve failover. ANSVR is basically the same as Astrotortilla, uses the same Index files, but places them in a different...
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Thanks for responding again. I have SGP. I'll give it a try. I normally use SharpCap but its Plate Solve function is jammed up by some interfering code. I am not competent computer wise to fix it. My images are FITS files generated by a QHY 174 GPS. On 7/16/20 05:38, Geof Lewis wrote: Hi Ned, Sorry, but I have no idea what that means. I see that you already asked the question on the Astrototilla discussion thread over on Sourceforge, which is probably a better place to ask, so hopefully someone there...
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Hi Ned, Sorry, but I have no idea what that means. I see that you already asked the question on the Astrototilla discussion thread over on Sourceforge, which is probably a better place to ask, so hopefully someone there may be able to help? I did a search on that phrase and found a previous discussion about it (https://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/discussion/issues/thread/a8488c96/?limit=25#14ef), not that I understand any of it. Perhaps try messaging Laurie, or Antti Kuntsi direct to see if you...
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All is well until I press the "Capture and Solve" button. Camera Error: unsigned byte integer is greater than maximum.
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Hi Ned, It’s good that you got it working, well done. Just a heads up, if you turn on the log it will report which index solved the image. Regards, Geof Get Outlook for iOShttps://aka.ms/o0ukef From: Ned Smith smithn01@users.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 5:47:53 PM To: [astrotortilla:discussion] general@discussion.astrotortilla.p.re.sourceforge.net Subject: [astrotortilla:discussion] Re: Initial Download Fails Removed 4200 thru 4204. Added 4207, 4208. No solution after "a long time"....
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Removed 4200 thru 4204. Added 4207, 4208. No solution after "a long time". Added back all I had removed. Solved in 162 sec. Tools> Go to Image, select image get error mesg. Error No Telescope. If I select an ASCOM telescope, even though it is not powered up, solution continues. Weird stuff.. Time for me to declare victory and leave the field. Thanks for your help. On 7/12/2020 4:35 PM, Geof Lewis wrote: Hi Ned, I don't see any attachment. With that FOV I doubt that you will need the 4201 - 4204 indexes....
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Sorry Ned, I've been out for the last 2 hours looking at comet Neowise. Ok, so I understand that message. If you are just loading images when not connected to anything instead of selecting your telescope / mount from the drop down list, I recall that there is an option for 'load file' or similar words, so you need to select that. I no longer have it installed, but hopefully that makes sense. Regards, Geof From: Ned Smith smithn01@users.sourceforge.net Sent: 12 July 2020 22:56 To: [astrotortilla:discussion]...
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When I use "Go to File" and pick an image I get Error"No telescope"? On 7/12/20 16:35, Geof Lewis wrote: Hi Ned, yes you can solve any image just by loading it - no need to be connected to anything. Geof Ned Smith 34.893N, 85.471W
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Hi Ned, yes you can solve any image just by loading it - no need to be connected to anything. Geof From: Ned Smith smithn01@users.sourceforge.net Sent: 12 July 2020 20:59 To: [astrotortilla:discussion] general@discussion.astrotortilla.p.re.sourceforge.net Subject: [astrotortilla:discussion] No Telescope Can AT be used to solve an existing plate without being connected to a telescope? No Telescopehttps://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/discussion/general/thread/22517981e7/?limit=25#7110 Sent from...
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Hi Ned, I don't see any attachment. With that FOV I doubt that you will need the 4201 - 4204 indexes. $206 looks a reasonable fit, but I think adding the 4207 range and possibly 4208, which is just a single index file might, give you better cover. This document is a good resource if you haven't already seen it. https://buildmedia.readthedocs.org/media/pdf/astrometrynet/latest/astrometrynet.pdf See Section 1.2 on numbered page 3 (page 8 of the entire document) for matching Indexes to FOV. If you can't...
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Can AT be used to solve an existing plate without being connected to a telescope?
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I don't know what I should have received. My FOV is 19 x 12 arcmin. I requested indexes 4201 to 4206. I received the following: index-4201-(00 - 11) " 4202-(00 - 47) " 4203-(00 - 47 " 4204-(00 - 47) " 4205-(00 - 11) " 4206-(00 - 11) Plus several txt and other files. When I run AT through SarpCap, I It runs for a bit then gives attached error msg. If I run AT stand alone I get this message. (see attached) What do you think? On 7/11/2020 8:45 PM, Geof Lewis wrote: Hi Ned, Can’t you see the folder where...
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Hi Ned, Can’t you see the folder where the files were saved? Geof Get Outlook for iOShttps://aka.ms/o0ukef From: Ned Smith smithn01@users.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 1:08 am To: [astrotortilla:discussion] Subject: [astrotortilla:discussion] Re: Initial Download Fails Thanks for responding Geof. Stuff was coming down for 2 hours so I must have most of it. How can I tell what I am missing? On 7/11/20 16:26, Geof Lewis wrote: Hi Ned, Have you managed to download any of them? Do you know...
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Thanks for responding Geof. Stuff was coming down for 2 hours so I must have most of it. How can I tell what I am missing? On 7/11/20 16:26, Geof Lewis wrote: Hi Ned, Have you managed to download any of them? Do you know which indexes you need as I've probably got them all on a HD somewhere. Regards, Geof From: Ned Smith smithn01@users.sourceforge.net smithn01@users.sourceforge.net Sent: 11 July 2020 20:32 To: [astrotortilla:discussion] general@discussion.astrotortilla.p.re.sourceforge.net general@discussion.astrotortilla.p.re.sourceforge.net...
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Hi Ned, Have you managed to download any of them? Do you know which indexes you need as I've probably got them all on a HD somewhere. Regards, Geof From: Ned Smith smithn01@users.sourceforge.net Sent: 11 July 2020 20:32 To: [astrotortilla:discussion] general@discussion.astrotortilla.p.re.sourceforge.net Subject: [astrotortilla:discussion] Initial Download Fails I have tried three times to download the needed indexes. Each time after about 2 hours, it says Sorry download failed. Ther is plenty of...
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I have tried three times to download the needed indexes. Each time after about 2 hours, it says Sorry download failed. Ther is plenty of SSD space left. I would appreciate any suggestions to make the download complete.
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lenny shaffer posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
Using AT beta 0.8 and am curious if there's a way to add a delay between the solve. slew and before the next image is taken. I often find that the next image starts before the mount has completely stopped resulting in elongated stars. Maxim DL 6, Atik 383 mono camera, HDX110 mount under Green Swamp Server.
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I have an image which is partially obscured by a pillar but solves online with index-4116.fits. The same image fails to solve locally and i see the message above in the log. My understanding is that signal 11 is a segmentation fault - could an obscured image cause it? Other images from the same camera solve locally. I've attached the log. Thanks for any help.
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David posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
I tried overiding the high DPI scaling behaviour in the compatibilty tab, as suggested above, but this made the AT window look worse. Also it did not prevent the error message 'C\ASTROTORTILLA\AstroTrotilla\AstroTortilla.exe' (error 15106: user stopped resource enumeration' from occurring. I have installed AstroTortilla 0.8 Alpha-1 x64 and I use a win10 x64 based processor, 64 bit operating system with Trend Micro antivirus. Any further suggestions would be welcome. Regards David
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NJSG posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
HI I was wondering if you could make availabel your method of connecting to nebulosity. In using Astrotortilla the interface to Nebulosity seems very smooth . I'd like to incorporate a similar interface in my mosaic program I'm writing. If you want to contact me off group you can get me at njsgastro@gmail.com. Thanks Nor
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AstroManRick posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Antti, Thanks for your reply. If you are actually planning a re-write of AT, you may be interested in knowing that, after I started using AT, I saw that there were a few things that I wished that it did that were not in the program. Being a retired developer, but not conversant in Python, I write a version of AT in C# and added the features that were on my wish list. I mention this only because it may be of interest should a re-write be planned. Because I use my own version of AT for my use, I was...
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Antti Kuntsi posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Close to dead, and in two parts. First off, the old Astrometry.net Cygwin packages were so out of date and full of potential security issues I had to pull them offline. The FAQ on has an alternative way to get it working using the 0.8 test build, and if you're running Windows 10, then the Windows Subsystem for Linux might also serve as a possible part of a better solution that the old cygwin packages. Second, my trusty old dev setup let out the holy smoke, and the dev tools used to make AT don't...
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I have the same problem...Trying to install AT 0.7 on a new Windows 10 x64 PC. All accesses to http://astrotortilla.kuntsi.com are failing. Going there by typing the URL into the address bar I get a 404 error (page not found). IS THIS A DEAD PRODUCT???
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Ansring my own question: Dounloaded the 0.8 version and CYGWIN_ANSRV and every thing is working properly. Nor
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I am unable to get AT working on my windows 10 64Bit pc. USing Greensamp ASCOM mount driver and NEbulosity4 Ascoom camera driver. Everything connects properly and am able to down load image from Nebulosity but when I try to solve it it's a no go. I've attached my config file and the log file . Is there some informationa on what the log file is trying to tell me? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Nor
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That's great Lenny, Glad that you got it sorted. It is usually best to run all apps without 'run as admin' checked, though some require it checked during initial installation / set up, but may be unchecked for normal operation. Cheers, Geof Sent from my iPad On 23 Sep 2019, at 02:39, lenny shaffer lenny-shaffer@users.sourceforge.net<mailto:lenny-shaffer@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: That turned out to be it. Maxim was not set to Run as Admin. Thanks- Multiple issues of Maxim DLhttps://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/discussion/general/thread/4afea72433/?limit=25#7192/5595/303d...
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That turned out to be it. Maxim was not set to Run as Admin. Thanks-
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Hi Lenny, I'm no longer either a Maxim or an Astrotortilla user so I can't check any settings, but this sound very much like what happens when you have one app running as administrator and the other running normally (as user). You might want to right click on both Maxim and Astrotortilla icons (or executables) to check whether either of then has 'run as administrator' checked. If it does then uncheck it and you should be goog to go. Good luck, Geof From: lenny shaffer lenny-shaffer@users.sourceforge.net...
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I'm using 0.8 with Win 10 64 bit. When I start Maxim I connect to the cameras and filter wheels and set the coolers to on. When I sent to scope to an object or alignment star for the first time Astrotortilla will start another instance of Maxim. I've already got one open. How do I stop AT from doing this and use the one that's open??
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When I start Maxim I connect to the cameras and filter wheels and set the coolers to on. When I sent to scope to an object or alignment star for the first time Astrotortilla will start another instance of Maxim. I've already got one open. How do I stop AT from doing this and use the one that's open??
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I've had AT working before but the it stopped working. I did a removal and clean install but now I get this error on the install: astrotortilla - INFO - 0 [main] bash 1232 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com When my previous version stopped I was getting a message to see the log file every time I closed the program. This is the x86 version under Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Does anyone have a solution?
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I've had AT working before but the it stopped working. I did a removal and clean install but now I get this error on the install: astrotortilla - INFO - 0 [main] bash 1232 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com When my previous version stopped I was getting a message to see the log file every time I closed the program. This is the x86 version under Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Does anyone have a solution?
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Luis Barneo posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
I'm new in this forum. Recently I downloaded Astrotortilla v. 0.8. I own a Celestron11, mount Gemini1 level4, ST-402 SBIG camera, The SkyPro with Add-on, CCDOps and CCDsoft. With this equipement how can I setup Astrotortilla? I put the astrometric index in relation to the FOV. In "Telescope": Ascom Telescope. But what in "Camera". ASCOM camera is not possible. TheSkyPro is not include in the list. Then? Waiting some help, thanks, lbarneo
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Allen Force posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
I just installed AT 7 for 64 bit. I did not get any error pop-ups but I did notice a number of errors in the Cygwin setup log at c:\cygwin\var\log. I don't know how meaningful these errors are but I deleted and reinstalled and got the same thing. There was a line that McShield and McAfee might not be installed which I would expect. There was another that it couldn't get a setup.ini file from http://astrotortilla.kuntsi.com and when I tried to open that site all I got was an Internet Information Server...
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I just installed AT 7 for 64 bit. I did not get any error pop-ups but I did notice a number of errors in the Cygwin setup log at c:\cygwin\var\log. I don't know how meaningful these errors are but I deleted and reinstalled and got the same thing. There was a line that McShield and McAfee might not be installed which I would expect. There was another that it couldn't get a setup.ini file from http://astrotortilla.kuntsi.com and when I tried to open that site all I got was an Internet Information Server...
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Sathyakumar posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
I use a GSO 6inch f4 newtonian with my Canon 500D and I get a 2.5x1.4 deg (3 sq deg) FoV. I have put in scale minimum as 1 deg, scale max as 3 deg, but there is no solution in 4.2s it says. Also, I can only load JPEG/TIFF images and not RAW files for solving using file open dialogue. no clue whats happening here.
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Yugant Bhargav posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
This is so easy to fix just open properties on desktop icon and click the compatibility mode tab. click tick box for Override high DPI scaling behaviour i.e. scaling performed by "System" You can thank me now...:) P.S: You can manually select the icon type in properties as well under shortcut tab
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Kevin Phelan posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
I am running 0.7.0.0 and I have it plate solving but when it tries to move the scope I get the following error. I am connecting to BackYard Nikon and to an LX200 GPS scope thorugh ASCOM Poth V6. Any thoughts on what the issue is?
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Damian Costello posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Here is a log view after I slewed to a random target, then selected a image from last night for the capture and the log til AT gets stuck on Re-Centering: 2018-02-13 21:18:04,789 - astrotortilla - INFO - Connecting to camera... 2018-02-13 21:18:04,790 - astrotortilla - INFO - Exposing: 25.00 seconds 2018-02-13 21:18:11,361 - astrotortilla - INFO - Reading image from camera 2018-02-13 21:18:11,361 - astrotortilla - INFO - Solving... 2018-02-13 21:18:11,470 - astrotortilla - INFO - 1 [main] bash 12188...
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New to AstroTortilla and I have been having an issue getting Astrotortilla to plate solve. I am able to capture an image and it seems to solve it, but it will then say Re-centering and the mount will not move. I have followed this website as my guide: Light Vortex Astronomy - Tutorial (Imaging): Setting up and Using AstroTortilla for Plate Solving The equipment I am using is an Atlas Pro mount, Orion 6" astrograph reflector, and Canon T6 DSLR The software I am running is EQmod, Stellarium w/ StellariumScope,...
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Martin Veasey posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
Thanks Antti - that's very helpful. Part of my difficulty was that I was being too aggressive on my search radius. I've now had some limited success with the Stellarium approach and this led to my first successful night in the field last night ... at least until we got a snow shower ...
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You probably need to be able to generate gnomonic projection. At least PixInsight has a script for generating realistic catalog based star fields with many different projections that should work.
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Has anyone had any success with generation of artificial starfields to use in testing AT? I've got the system working but don't want to use valuable imaging time in the field in getting experience, fine tuning the software and selectively removing unnecessary index files. I've tried using Stellarium (removing object labels, constellation and coordinate lines) and screen saving but no success as yet ...
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The maintenance for current version is pretty close to not-there. There is a plan for a rewritten new version, but as AT gets developed effectively only on starry nights the current climate isn't helping.
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Keith Rainey posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
Has development stopped for AstroTortilla? I haven't seen updates on the beta for over a year. I love this program and I am just wondering about its future.
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avfc1874 posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Noticed the incorrect operation of the program AstroTortilla when saving or opening the configuration file if the path to the folder contains Cyrillic.
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John I solved your image (see attached screenshot) in 90 s. I set Scale Min at 0 and Scale Max at 180 (degwidth) Note that the solved FOV is slightly offset from yours. I suggest trying to solve with ScaleMin at 0.2 and Scale Max at 2 and see what happens Bryan
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Peter Did you use the Tutorial to install? Attached are the settings that I just used to solve M86 in 26s on an HP 1.86 GHz, 8 GB RAM laptop. I started the Scale Low / High at 1 and 2 (degwidth) As Kevin notes, once AT solves an image, it will reset the Min/Max to bracket the image more closely. Of course, this means you have to reset the Min/Max when you change equipment. Also, note that I use astrometry.net 0.8. This removes the FAST_CWD error (at least for me). See https://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/discussion/general/thread/1be21dff/...
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John Kulin modified a comment on discussion General Discussion
Hi, I had Astro Tortilla working nicely but it has now stopped working and fails to solve, I have done a clean install and re-install yet it still fails. I ran the log files and this was the clipping from it: - The images was upload to : - http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1844926#annotated Ignore the slight drift and out of focus, as until I had sorted the problem out then wasn't going to go to the effort until resolved. Tried again this morning using the file, here's the link to the log file:...
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Hi, I had Astro Tortilla working nicely but it has now stopped working and fails to solve, I have doen clean installs and re-installs yet it still fails. I ran the log files and this was the clipping from it: - The images was upload to : - http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1844926#annotated Ignore the slight drift and out of focus, as until I had sorted the problem out then wasn't going to go to the effort until resolved. Tried again this morning using the file, here's the link to the log file:...
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Hi, I had Astro Tortilla working nicely but it has now stoped working and fails to solve, I have doen clean installs and re-installs yet it still fails. I ran the log files and this was the clipping from it: - The images was upload to : - http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1844926#annotated Ignore the slight drift and out of focus, as until I had sorted the problem out then wasn't going to go to the effort until resolved. Tried again this morning using the file, here's the link to the log file:...
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Peter - sounds like you and I are int he same boat. I was able to get AT to solve a number of photos from 2 different setups. If I set my min/max at 0, 180 after the first solve (maybe 150 seconds), AT over writes the min/max and the second time it solves it much faster. Important to note I am only doing this by reading jpegs not live. That comes when the skies clear. But still getting that FAST_CWD error. Kevin
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Peter Fassler posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Hi Bryan, latest update is that I could finally solve some of my photos, however, it took ages to solve. One photo took over 500 seconds and other one took ove 900 seconds, while your test photo of the M86 took just over 33 seonds to solve. Anything in the settings I can improve to get faster solving? My PC has 8 cores and 16 gig of ram with an i7 chip...(so this is not slow processor problem) on Windows 10? Thanks for your input Peter
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I have been struggling with this for the last few days. Bryan - I have followed your tutorial and can get M86 to solve in less than 30 seconds. The problem I am having is some of my photos will solve and some will not. It has been crappy weather here for the last week, so all my testing is being dopne with files. A few work, more than a few do not. I have been try8ing to compare files to see what works best - any thoughts on what it is - contrast or? I have determined the number of stars found is...
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Hi Bryan, the latest up date of my story, I have now been able to solve your M86 photos an 33 seconds after I changed the custom options from the sigma information to the downsample2 overwrite info and the scale min/max to 1 and 2 respectively. Now I will try to solve some of my photos. My smallest deg is 0.23 and my max is 1.6 degrees...with different scopes and cameras. So I set the min/max to 0 and 2 degrees respectively. I'll keep you posted> Thanks Peter
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Bryan, I tried to run the M86 image and it did not solve in just over 5 seconds. I also read your instructions which comes together with the M86 image and I found one instruction telling me to run the set up of cygwin within the AT program files. When I tried this I got again error messages (see screenshot). So I am not sure if I need to run this set up or not and while I used the first indicated window for the dowload (as per the screenshot photo) I tried many different locations on this download...
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Peter Have you tried running the image of M86 provided in the Install Tutorial? https://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/discussion/general/thread/1d35f7ae/ Bryan
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I stil have the problem that I can't get AT to work...while I have no problems with other software to plate solve nothing works for me with AT. I wonder if I have I problem when installing AT as there is always this message. (see enclosed photo). I have downloaded cygwin files seperately for the formats I need and tried to install them all over the places for AT to find it but my plate solving is ended within 2 seconds with no results. So far I am trying to plate solve photos I have on my hard disk...
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https://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/home/Configuration/
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Ok - figured out what you were talking about, but mine is in the default location.. are you saying to move it?
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WHere is that default config file and its name? Sorry if these are basic questions, but just stareting to try and use AT and having a bunch of issues (well learning curve). Kevin
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Sorry - I am a little thick.... can you explain a little slower how to correct that issue? Kevin
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Dave, The ansvr install is still a little old but if it's working then stick with it. A few hints: The speed improvement is likely due to the Scale Refine = 0.1. After the first solve, it adjusts the Scale Min and Scale Max parameters to the image width +/- the scale refine (so in this case, +/- 10%). Note that the Scale parameters are only for the width of the image. Keeping those numbers close together will speed up solve times dramatically. The downsample can help if you have large images. It...
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Dave Jones modified a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Hi Peter & Bryan Getting back to Peter's original question, I followed the instructions under the Astrotortilla FAQs for installing a newer version of the solver (see "How do I install the astrometry.net plate solver?") and this runs without triggering the Fast_CWD warning. You just need to change the file location of the bash.exe file in the AT setup. Under Win 10, mine was C:\users\Dave\appdata\local\cygwin_ansvr\bin\bash.exe --login -c "%s". I have not tested this extensively but it certainly...
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Hi Peter & Bryan Getting back to Peter's original question, I followed the instructions under the Astrotortilla FAQs for installing a newer version of the solver (see "How do I install the astrometry.net plate solver?") and this runs without triggering the Fast_CWD warning. You just need to change the file location of the bash.exe file in the AT setup. Under Win 10, mine was C:\users\Dave\appdata\local\cygwin_ansvr\bin\bash.exe --login -c "%s". I have not tested this extensively but it certainly...
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Aha, my choice of Planetarium software also. Good news that these work well together.
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Dave I forgot to mention that I use AT with BYEOS now. It works great and makes centering any object very easy. I use both along with Cartes du CIel. Bryan
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Hi Bryan - I think that my machine with limited RAM benefits from having minimal indices - tonight I hope to try AT on my fast desktop machine with 16Gb and a core i7, to compare performance.. I noticed today that different images appear to solve better with different configs, however rather than continue playing with these, I will concentrate on getting it running with BYEOS and solving in real time. Cheers Dave
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Dave Glad to help. Looks like now I should start restricting my indices! Bryan
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Bryan Many thanks indeed for that - I have just tried your settings on a couple of JPEGs and and they are now solving in 12 to 18 seconds (still using a single index file)! I am using an Asus Ultrabook (Core i7 with 256Gb SSD) however it has only 4Gb RAM which is hard- wired to the motherboard and cannot be expanded in order to maintain the small form factor of this PC, but with your settings it is giving excellent results. As I have other scopes/cameras to set up, I will clearly need to include...
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Dave I do not think the error is critical. However, unless your PC is VERY old, 2.5 minutes is quite long. My soultions take 20-40 seconds. I do not restrict the index files. Here are my setttings. Scale refine 0.1 Search radius 45 --downsample 2 --overwrite --noplots
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Hi Peter, I am a very new user of Astrotortilla (5 days) and get the same Warning message using the 64 bit version of AT on Win 10. I have, however been successful at solving photos using settings as suggested on various internet sites. Having entered these (see details below) I fed AT with a number of JPEGS of various targets and found that a few of these solved within a minute or two. I then determined which index file(s) provided these solutions (a single file in all instances for me) and removed...
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I got the following message when installing Astrotortilla and cygwin : couldn’t compute Fast_CWD pointer, please report this problem. I reported this problem to cygwin and got the following answer from Marco Atzeri at cygwin: Hi Peter, it seems Astrotortilla is using a very old version of cygwin, as the problem was solved a lot of years ago. They should upgrade to latest cygwin dll. Regards Marco Has anyone had the same message and what to do about it. As I never get any photos solved with Astrotortilla,...
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Diego Gomez posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
The FAQ section states the following: The current AT installable astrometry.net solver build is very old. It is recommended to install the build made by ADG Software from http://adgsoftware.com/ansvr/ and install without starting the server. You can copy your existing index files to the location where it installs the astrometry.net solver as a cygwin environment. Typically that is under application data folder, on Windows 10 it is C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\cygwinansvr and use that as the...
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andy nuttall posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
I think it's just a mis-spelling, If i use BYE on it's own its usually fine & All the other cameras &items work ( through the simulator) they all say they're Idle apart from BYE it says error & when i shut down AT that error message was sat on my desk top. Andy
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Andy Astrotorilla is a mis-spelling. Is this just in your note or does the config log have a mis-spelling? I use BYEO and V8 without issue. Bryan
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Ive just downloaded the 64bit version 8.0 & i,ve tried it with my dslr 1100d & Neb4 and it seems to work ok as a connection but not had chance to try at night otherwise camera works fine. The reason why i downloaded 8.0 was i cannot get it to work with BYE & it still won't, I get a message saying the log file C:\ program files (x86) astrotortilla\ astrotorilla.exe log.could not be opened. [Errno] permission denied: C:\ program files(x86)\astrotortilla\astrotorilla.exe log this was on ver 7.0 it still...
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Antii Is it possible to change the "Repeat until within xx arcmin" criteria to hundredths of arcminutes and/or pixels? Bryan
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Thomas Frize posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
Hi I am new to Astrotortilla, downloaded last week but it won't run. Message get is as follows. The logfile C:\Program Files (x86)\AstroTortilla\AstroTortilla.exe.log could not be opened (errno 13) Permission denied. I then try opening as Administrator and get another message: see the logfile C:\Program Files (x86)\AstroTortilla\AstroTortilla.exe.log for details. I have looked in a log not sure if its the right one but the message says, the application has failed to start because its side by side...
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otisme posted a comment on discussion Bugs and issues
Yep, it solved the polaris.fits I gave it . Just need to start tweaking settings, number of index files to use etc as this was a slow solve: 2017-07-07 13:26:09,849 - astrotortilla - INFO - Connecting to camera... 2017-07-07 13:26:09,865 - astrotortilla - INFO - Exposing: 4.00 seconds 2017-07-07 13:26:32,384 - astrotortilla - INFO - Reading image from camera 2017-07-07 13:26:32,384 - astrotortilla - INFO - Solving... 2017-07-07 13:26:32,493 - astrotortilla - INFO - 1 [main] bash 3480 find_fast_cwd:...
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Thanks Antii. I've some good news. I tried a new path to solve the problem. I uninstalled Astrotortilla from windows then downloaded AstroTortilla-0.7.0.0-x86 and did a fresh install. I pointed to one of the examples files and the first attempt at a solve looked good but complained of no index files ( i hadn't loaded any into data directory). Loading them in and repeating attempt its finally solving against the index files I've loaded. I still need to tweak settings and optimise performance and perhaps...
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The solver lives in the Cygwin world and doesn't understand Windows paths. Since your data is under the cygwin_ansvr -directory, you should be OK with "/usr/share/astrometry/mydata/" as the index location path. //Antti
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Appears to me there's a bug related to "Didn't understand this config file line.." If I point to data.save the original folder for index files in astrometry.net solver, I get that didn't understand message curiously giving the file as "data.save instead of "data.save" in other words the interpreter is missing an apostrophe....no solution found yet
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OK I've narrowed down the problem to the "2017-07-07 09:55:40,897 - astrotortilla - INFO - backend.c:289:backend_parse_config_file_stream: Didn't understand this config file line: "C:/Users/Colm/AppData/Local/cygwin_ansvr/usr/share/astrometry/mydata " Above error given to problem with line pointing to location of index files. I've put the index files in mydata at above location but obviously in linux backend.cfg requires another way to point to that file. i'm no linux expert. I'm stuck at this point...
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https://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/home/FAQ/#how-do-i-install-the-astrometrynet-plate-solver OK I see a possible solve above. I've setup astrometry.net plate solver with info above. Currently downloading index files copied to new location for this plate solver. I don't see anything so far on how to configure settings in AT for the new plate solver... but I'll keep looking around....
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Hi, I believe the local astrometry.net solver can be configured some way to be used with Astrotortilla. Are there steps available to do this?
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Hello, I've installed latest 64bit ver on win 10 over the past few days and though I've downloaded most of the index files when I attempt using eqmod simulator and try to load example image, logfile shows in a few seconds a failure to solve. No extracting sources or loading of index files and running the log in debug mode I get the following output message. 2017-07-02 23:20:49,289 - astrotortilla.AstrometryNetSolver - DEBUG - Executing: solve-field -b /etc/astrometry/backend.cfg --sigma 1 --no-plots...
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Review what index files you are using to make sure they cover the field of view of the images Convert one of the FITS files to JPG and see if AT will solve. If it does, then the FITS header may be incomplete / corrupt. Go through the tutorial from a few years ago. Good luck! Bryan
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Lloyd Linnell posted a comment on discussion General Discussion
I have tried a number of images and cant get Astro Tortilla to solve any of them. They solve quickly when I upload them to Astrometry.net but when I test on Astro Tortilla (no mount connected, camera set for "file open dialog" and pick any of these same files. It goes through all the .fits files, takes forever, and fails on each .fits file. Any suggestions?
