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From: Michal P. <m.p...@gm...> - 2017-08-29 20:34:25
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Hi AstroTortilla developers, I would like to contribute to the project by sending some of the code improvements. I have attached the modified files and tried to summarized changes in the PNG files as well as some sources for the coding practise: * https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008 Comparisons to singletons like None should always be done with is or is not, never the equality operators. * https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html It is good practice to use the with keyword when dealing with file objects. This has the advantage that the file is properly closed after its suite finishes, even if an exception is raised on the way. It is also much shorter than writing equivalent try-finally blocks * https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed Chained comparisons are faster than using the "and" operator. Write "x < y < z" instead of "x < y and y < z". One think I was not sure about --> this "f = file()" statement.... Mange hilser fra Denmark Michal Powalko |
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From: Matxinenea <rgo...@on...> - 2017-07-27 23:08:30
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Hi, friends First I´ve to say is that software have helped me to do not use my Gemini hand-controller (I have a Losmandy G11). But, the problem is that I have to solve the images in manual mode: I take the frame, transform to fit and use the option Bookmarks Add from solved image, and copy (by hand) the AR-DEC coordinates in the MaximDL. I would like that the software had automatically, but it´s no possible. Astrotortilla connects to mount (Gemini Telescope Net driver), but not to Backyard EOS (Image 01, setup) and yes to Maxim (image 02, setup), but afterwards not solve the image. Is the any problem in the settings? |
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From: Joseph K. <he...@me...> - 2017-02-28 13:58:43
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Is there any plan to develop macOS support? Thanks, Joe |
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From: kachas l. <kac...@gm...> - 2016-12-14 17:40:30
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Estimados amigos Les mando este email para sugerirles si pueden añadir a ese maravilloso software como es el ASTROTORTILLA. El software BackyardNIKON para poder usar nuestras camaras nikon con su gran programa. Les deseo que sigan adelante con este gran proyecto. Muchas Gracias Dear Friends I send this email to suggest if they can add to that wonderful software as is the ASTROTORTILLA. BackyardNIKON software to use our nikon cameras with your great program. I wish you to continue with this great project. Thank you so much |
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From: Kevin S. <k.s...@mc...> - 2016-04-06 01:45:56
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Hello,
First thank you for this incredible software!!...It's so helpful for my
imaging workflow...I greatly appreciate all your hard work.
I have a problem that arose on my imaging laptop, windows 7 and cannot pin
point what caused it.
I get the following error (below) when trying to solve....bit IF I run AT as
an administrator...everything works fine.
Always running as an administrator is not a good workaround since that
causes problems with other programs. I did not change any folder
permissions. I cannot imagine what prompted this.
I have tried a complete uninstall and reinstall...no change.
The user account I use is has administrator privileges.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you!
Kevin
Debug Log:
2016-04-05 20:18:07,470 - astrotortilla.LogFrame - INFO - Log level changed
to 'Debug'
2016-04-05 20:18:20,480 - astrotortilla - INFO - Connecting to camera...
2016-04-05 20:18:20,496 - astrotortilla - INFO - Exposing: 0.20 seconds
2016-04-05 20:18:26,579 - astrotortilla - INFO - Reading image from camera
2016-04-05 20:18:26,579 - astrotortilla - INFO - Solving...
2016-04-05 20:18:26,579 - astrotortilla.AstrometryNetSolver - DEBUG -
Executing: solve-field -b /etc/astrometry/backend.cfg --sigma 70 --no-plots
-N none -L 45 -H 70 -u arcminwidth -D \"`cygpath -a
\"c:/users/kevin/appdata/local/temp/solveru7komo/0\"`\" \"`cygpath -a
\"C:/atest3/New folder/M81M82_solve_001.fit\"`\"
2016-04-05 20:18:29,653 - astrotortilla - INFO - Reading input file 1 of 1:
"/cygdrive/c/atest3/New folder/M81M82_solve_001.fit"...
2016-04-05 20:18:30,854 - astrotortilla - INFO - Traceback (most recent call
last):
2016-04-05 20:18:31,040 - astrotortilla - INFO -
ioutils.c:605:run_command_get_outputs Command failed: return value 1
2016-04-05 20:18:31,040 - astrotortilla - INFO -
augment-xylist.c:585:backtick Failed to run command:
/usr/lib/astrometry/bin/image2pnm.py --sanitized-fits-outfile
/tmp/tmp.sanitized.C7v3c5 --fix-sdss --infile /cygdrive/c/atest3/New\
folder/M81M82_solve_001.fit --uncompressed-outfile
/tmp/tmp.uncompressed.SOWkxR --outfile /tmp/tmp.ppm.hr74qi --ppm
2016-04-05 20:18:31,056 - astrotortilla - INFO - ImportError:
ImportError("ImportError('No module named numarray',). Cannot import either
numpy or numarray.",). No usable array package has been found. Cannot
import either numpy or numarray.
2016-04-05 20:18:31,056 - astrotortilla - INFO - raise ImportError, `e`
+ ". No usable array package has been found. Cannot import either numpy or
numarray."
2016-04-05 20:18:31,056 - astrotortilla - INFO - File
"/usr/lib/astrometry/python/pyfits/__init__.py", line 48, in <module>
2016-04-05 20:18:31,056 - astrotortilla - INFO - import pyfits
2016-04-05 20:18:31,056 - astrotortilla - INFO - File
"/usr/lib/astrometry/python/astrometry/util/fits2fits.py", line 21, in
<module>
2016-04-05 20:18:31,072 - astrotortilla - INFO - from fits2fits import
fits2fits as fits2fits
2016-04-05 20:18:31,072 - astrotortilla - INFO - File
"/usr/lib/astrometry/bin/image2pnm.py", line 185, in image2pnm
2016-04-05 20:18:31,072 - astrotortilla - INFO - (imgtype, errstr) =
image2pnm(infile, outfile, sanitized, force_ppm, no_fits2fits, extension,
mydir, fix_sdss)
2016-04-05 20:18:31,072 - astrotortilla - INFO - File
"/usr/lib/astrometry/bin/image2pnm.py", line 253, in convert_image
2016-04-05 20:18:31,088 - astrotortilla - INFO - mydir,
fix_sdss=options.fix_sdss)
2016-04-05 20:18:31,088 - astrotortilla - INFO - File
"/usr/lib/astrometry/bin/image2pnm.py", line 325, in main
2016-04-05 20:18:31,088 - astrotortilla - INFO - sys.exit(main())
2016-04-05 20:18:31,104 - astrotortilla - INFO - File
"/usr/lib/astrometry/bin/image2pnm.py", line 328, in <module>
2016-04-05 20:18:31,104 - astrotortilla.AstrometryNetSolver - DEBUG - Pid
6688 exit code 255
2016-04-05 20:18:31,104 - astrotortilla - INFO - No solution in 4.5s
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From: Lunam S. <sea...@ro...> - 2015-06-24 16:13:00
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I installed astrotortilla and set it up but I keep getting this error: 0 [main] bash 3308 find_fast_cwd: WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. Please report this problem to the public mailing list cy...@cy...I have not been able to get astrotortilla to solve any image. sometimes I get the error that a JPG, FITT or TIFF file cannot be read. In all astrotortilla cannot be used with my windows 8 La unica limitante al exito es nuestra propia actitud derrotista y el temor a vivir la vida.... http://members.tripod.com/~Gandalf001/index.html The only limitation to succeed is our own attitude and the fear to live the life http://members.tripod.com/~Gandalf001/English/index.html |
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From: Jackson, C. <Chr...@in...> - 2015-06-18 12:22:22
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Guys, are you aware that avast detects a virus/malware [Win 32 evo-gen] when trying to download the 32 bit version of your software from sourceforge I have tried all the different mirrors with no success. I'd love to get your plate solving approach integrated into my astrophotography process. Is there anywhere else that I can download the software from in 32-bit format or can you suggest how I should approach this? Thank you Regards Chris ________________________________ Copyright (c) 2015 Intelligent Energy Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Intelligent Energy Limited. Registered in England. Company Number 03958217. Registered Office: Charnwood Building, Holywell Park, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3GB, United Kingdom. For further details go to www.intelligent-energy.com<http://www.intelligent-energy.com>. This email and any attachments are confidential and intended for the recipient only. Do not use, copy or disclose to anyone. If received in error, please immediately contact the sender by e-mail and permanently delete the email and attachments. Contents of this email may not reflect the views of Intelligent Energy. E-mail is at risk of accidental or deliberate data corruption. It is advisable to obtain written confirmation of any important content before relying on it. All emails may be intercepted and/or monitored for operational and business reasons. ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ |
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From: Abraham S. <ash...@ho...> - 2014-12-03 17:07:04
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Hi there! I would like to use a powerflex MTS with ASCOM and serial connection. My motors though are slow Vixen MT-1 ......does your program allow for slew speeds that are controllable like at 8x and 16x ?? Thanks Abraham |
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From: Nicholas P <par...@gm...> - 2014-08-27 11:42:49
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Guys hello, i am trying to download the index files from either the International sever or Finland server and always after some time, the download fails....is there any problem with the server ? Is there any other place to download the index files ? Thank you Nikolas |
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From: David F. E. <df...@mi...> - 2014-07-18 14:16:24
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I apologize if this is not the correct place for questions, but I need guidance regarding Astrotortilla programming. I am writing a series of utilities for my own system (.net C# and Visual Basic), and need to understand how to interface Astrotortilla with my programs... specifically, how to send the command to start a plate-solve from a .net program? How to retrieve plate-solve results and assign them to a variable? Is there some kind of a .net interface for programmers? I have posted this question in the Sourceforge 'discussion' forum, but have not received an answer... any additional information would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks, --Dave Emery |
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From: Astrojantools <ja...@as...> - 2013-10-29 18:14:54
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Hi Astrotortilla Team, my name is Jan Spieske and I'm the developer of AstrojanTools (www.astrojantools.de). Some users ask me to implement an interface to Astrotortilla. Because I'm very impressed of this tool and find it very useful, I took the interface specification to APT (that would be the way I prefer for a realisation) and realised it last weekend. Are you interested in integration of AstrojanTools ? Then I have some suggestions to extend the communication with AstrojanTools with some features. Best regards Jan |
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From: Michel H. <m....@sk...> - 2013-10-03 08:02:22
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Dear Sir, I am very interested by Astro Tortilla, it is why I will like to study the user manual. The problem is that this manual seems not available on the site. Can you fix that? Regards, Michel |
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From: Wolfgang B. <wb...@fh...> - 2013-08-26 06:07:07
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my mount is equipped with an ioptron 8401 gotonova
controller and their ascom driver version 2.10, a com
language driver.
computer is running win xp pro.
my ascom version is 6.0.0.0, 6.0.6056.1963 (which works with
stellariumscope and phd utilizing the above mentioned ascom
driver).
program version is AstroTortilla-0.5.2.0-fixed-x86.exe
trying to connect to the controller from astrotortilla, i
can select the scope. displaying controller properties is
working ok, but no connection is established (actions still
grayed out, although status reads ascom telescope.
when quitting astrotortilla an alert pops up about an error
message in AstroTortilla.exe.log:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "astrotortilla\gui\MainFrame.pyo", line 670, in
OnChoiceScopeChoice
File "astrotortilla\engine.pyo", line 270, in
selectTelescope
File "astrotortilla\telescope\ASCOMTelescope.pyo",
line 142, in connected
File "astrotortilla\telescope\ASCOMTelescope.pyo",
line 125, in _connect
File "win32com\client\dynamic.pyo", line 560, in
__setattr__
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Ausnahmefehler
aufgetreten.', (0, u'iOptron.Telescope.1', u'Could not
open port COM2', None, 0, -2147352567), None)
can't interpret that one.
only when i choose "Telescope simulator for .NET" there is
no error message and a connection is established which
displays all the works when i exercise the simulator.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
p.s.: tried this venue, because my previous mail was without
consequences over the wekkend.
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From: pzabczyk <pza...@po...> - 2013-07-29 08:52:49
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Hello, I found your software amazing and now I can’t imagine live without it. There is one last thing missing and probably easy to implement: It would be good to have information about angle difference between current frame and master frame (go to image). There should be additional checkbox - "repeat until 1 degree" - it would be very helpful during rotating camera (or telescope) to back to position from few months ago. Later you could add option to connect rotator via ascom to fully automatize all operation. |
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From: Antti <mi...@gm...> - 2013-05-12 16:49:53
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On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:36 PM, < ast...@li...> wrote: > Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 23:44:57 -0700 (PDT) > From: Robert Brian Brown <bro...@ya...> > Subject: [Astrotortilla-devel] Needed- Config settings for > Astrotortilla > To: "ast...@li..." > <ast...@li...> > Message-ID: > <136...@we...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi > > I run a SSD drive on C: and most of my apps are on another larger 6TB > drive. > > Can you please consider adding config settings that can be saved to let > Astrotortilla create its temp files somewhere other than c:\windows? [for > example when reading from ascm camera] > This should be user configurable, it would save disk thrashing my ssd as > well as keeping files to where I want them to be, > > Many thanks > Robert > Hi, AT doesn't write tempfiles to a hardwired location, rather it uses the system (per-user) temp -directory. It also has a config parameter for overriding that to a fixed directory, although that directory is not scrubbed between sessions. This is somewhat covered in the AT wiki on configurations. -Antti |
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From: Robert B. B. <bro...@ya...> - 2013-05-02 06:45:06
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Hi I run a SSD drive on C: and most of my apps are on another larger 6TB drive. Can you please consider adding config settings that can be saved to let Astrotortilla create its temp files somewhere other than c:\windows? [for example when reading from ascm camera] This should be user configurable, it would save disk thrashing my ssd as well as keeping files to where I want them to be, Many thanks Robert |
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From: Lauri K. <lau...@ik...> - 2013-02-19 12:19:49
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> > Let me know please if this way is not the right one to contact the team. > We're happy to receive feature requests via the Discussions page at http://astrotortilla.sf.net/ too. > The feature i would like to see in the future is ASCOM multiple instances > to share telescope driver (eqmod) with TheSky and others applications. > If you want to connect multiple software to a single ASCOM mount driver, it's the job of the driver, not AstroTortilla. EQMOD already supports this. Lauri |
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From: Maurilio C. <mau...@ho...> - 2013-02-18 01:10:24
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Hi, Let me know please if this way is not the right one to contact the team. I'm using Astrotortilla V0.5 under Windows Vista with EQMOD and Nebulosity (APT sometimes). I'm in Brazil and we have no Polaris star. Astrotortilla help me a lot on southern polar alignment. You are doing a great job. I experienced some stability issues when Astrotortilla is passing parameters to backend and vice-versa but is working fine most of time. The feature i would like to see in the future is ASCOM multiple instances to share telescope driver (eqmod) with TheSky and others applications. Best regards, Maurilio |
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From: Jussi K. <jus...@gm...> - 2012-12-19 07:12:42
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Kelsey Golden <kcg...@gm...> wrote: >> Hi Kelsey! I've been out of town and I'm finally back, and I'm still >> having a few issues with Astrotortilla. Does it matter if one uses the >> newer index 4000xx series or is it better to use the older 2000xx series? Either/both should work, the most important thing with indexes is to have the ones that match your image field size. >> For some reason, I only have the link to the 4000xx series. Secondly, I >> have uninstalled Astrotortilla and during reinstall, I keep being told my >> .ini file is newer than the one I'm installing. I've used the cygwin >> setup.exe file which is supposed to update the file, but keep getting the >> same warning error. Perhaps it makes little difference, but I'm still >> having issues... The .ini isn't removed by uninstall. You can simply overwrite it (the installer provides an option for that, right?), or remove by hand, then re-install. -- jussi |
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From: Kelsey G. <kcg...@gm...> - 2012-12-18 17:39:19
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I think there were some recent changes regarding the need for astrometry's index files, at least from reading very recent changes to the readme file via diff on sourceforge. However, I don't know the answer to your question so I have carbon copied the rest of the distribution list in case someone else has an answer. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Bryan Shumaker <cys...@ch...>wrote: > ** > Hi Kelsey! I've been out of town and I'm finally back, and I'm still > having a few issues with Astrotortilla. Does it matter if one uses the > newer index 4000xx series or is it better to use the older 2000xx series? > For some reason, I only have the link to the 4000xx series. Secondly, I > have uninstalled Astrotortilla and during reinstall, I keep being told my > .ini file is newer than the one I'm installing. I've used the cygwin > setup.exe file which is supposed to update the file, but keep getting the > same warning error. Perhaps it makes little difference, but I'm still > having issues... > Bryan > |
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From: Dustin L. <ds...@cm...> - 2012-12-11 16:52:40
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Hi, I'm one of the Astrometry.net developers. I just wanted to point out that we just pushed out a new release (0.40), and probably more importantly, we released some index files based on 2MASS that are GPL licensed. If AstroTortilla switches to using those, you can either package some of those files with AT, or your users can get them without having to send us email (that was silly). cheers, dustin |
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From: Samuli V. <svn...@gm...> - 2012-11-28 15:22:45
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Hi! > From what I > understand there is not yet a feature in Astrotortilla which makes > quantitative use of the errors. One rather adjusts the mount until the > errors reported by AT are minimum, right? That is correct. Right now minimizing the alignment error figures is the way the polar alignment helper is supposed to work. > My thought now is the following. > After the errors have been determined in alt/az use AT to slew to a star, > e.g. near the meridian. Once the mount is pointing to that star use the > errors to offset the scope in RA/DEC. Then use the alt/az knobs to recenter > the mount. That should already polar align quite accurately. Do you agree? It is not a bad idea, and it might be implemented in later versions. I also suggest further discussions about possible new features in AT will be done in the Discussions section of the sourceforge page: http://sourceforge.net/p/astrotortilla/discussion/ The mailing list is mostly a communications channel for the developer team. -- Samuli Vuorinen svn...@gm... +35840-7790309 |
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From: Stephan W <wo...@gm...> - 2012-11-28 15:09:19
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Dear Samuli, thanks a lot for your answer! My questions actually relates to the part after the alt/az errors have been determined. You mention "the alignment helper says e.g. the axis is pointed "too high" and "too east". From what I understand there is not yet a feature in Astrotortilla which makes quantitative use of the errors. One rather adjusts the mount until the errors reported by AT are minimum, right? I just found this article that proposes a method of polar alignment using the alt/az errors in a quantitative fashion: http://celestialwonders.com/articles/polaralignment/StarOffsetPositioning.pdf My thought now is the following. After the errors have been determined in alt/az use AT to slew to a star, e.g. near the meridian. Once the mount is pointing to that star use the errors to offset the scope in RA/DEC. Then use the alt/az knobs to recenter the mount. That should already polar align quite accurately. Do you agree? Do you think that would be something decent to introduce to Astrotortilla? Clear skies! Stephan 2012/11/27 Samuli Vuorinen <svn...@gm...> > Nope, there is no "reference star" which to offset. The telescope is > pointed to east/west and AstroTortilla tells you the error in > altitude, and then near the meridian to tell the azimuth error. AT > tells you where the mount's polar axis is pointed in reference to the > real pole. If the alignment helper says the axis is pointed "too high" > and "too east", you need to turn the polar axis a bit lower and to the > west. Because of the Astrometry plate solver, you do not need to > choose any specific stars to use for alignment. Just make sure the > camera sees enough stars for the plate solving to work. > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Stephan W <wo...@gm...> wrote: > > Hei, > > > > I just found out about your wunderful software and can't await until the > > clouds disapear to have a first go with it! Thank you for programming and > > sharing your efforts. > > > > In the meanwhile I was wondering about the polar aligment routine using > > plate solving. If I understand correctly the result of this procedure > are RA > > and DEC offsets. But how to continue from there? > > > > Does Astrotortilla automatically add the offsets and slew to a reference > > position to which an offset star has to be centered using Alt/Az > adjustment? > > Or does one have to manually add the offsets after centering a reference > and > > do the recentering? (I am using EQMOD.) > > > > Thanks for your help and best wishes! > > Stephan > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single > > web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, > > SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. > > Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov > > _______________________________________________ > > Astrotortilla-devel mailing list > > Ast...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astrotortilla-devel > > > > > > -- > Samuli Vuorinen > svn...@gm... > +35840-7790309 > |
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From: Kelsey G. <kcg...@gm...> - 2012-11-27 18:57:41
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I would be the wrong one to ask but you did address the distribution list so someone on here might be able to answer. I actually only recently joined this list due to some interest in working on a command line interface for astrotortilla in order to facilitate scripting - no promises on that but if I find time. I do agree that the documentation available does not yield itself to as smooth an install as it could. On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Bryan Shumaker <cys...@ch...>wrote: > ** > Kelsey: I'll spend some time refining my AT indices database; I think it > might be reasonable to put the less frequently used ones in a separate file > with easy access. > It becomes apparent that the AT User's Guide needs a bit of updating. > For example, the grayed-out area for the "Solver" which says "Local > astronometry.net" is never mentioned in the Guide. Instead, it suggests > you scroll through the choices to specify which one you want, which, being > grayed out, you cannot do. If it installs this way on all supported OS > platforms the user's guide should reflect this. I did not realize that the > installation had gone well because of it not being mentioned in the guide. > After I use the program for a while and hopefully get proficient at > it, I'd like to re-write parts of the manual for the complete newbie and > those with very little or no programming or computer experience. A neat > application would be one that links to a program like New Astronomy CCDCalc > (which is free). This little program lets you input the parameters of your > system--camera model, scope focal length, etc. and gives you the exact > field of view numerically as well as a graphic with a few different DSOs > given to show their size in relation to your FOV. > It would be easy then to write a small program that can take that FOV > number and "suggest" the indices to download, including suggestions about > bracketing one's FOV with a few indices on either side..I suppose a table > could be drawn up which does the same thing having a variety of FOVs listed > and the suggested indices, too. > Let me know your thoughts on this :) > > Bryan > > |
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From: Bryan S. <cys...@ch...> - 2012-11-27 18:40:51
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Kelsey: I'll spend some time refining my AT indices database; I think it might be reasonable to put the less frequently used ones in a separate file with easy access.
It becomes apparent that the AT User's Guide needs a bit of updating. For example, the grayed-out area for the "Solver" which says "Local astronometry.net" is never mentioned in the Guide. Instead, it suggests you scroll through the choices to specify which one you want, which, being grayed out, you cannot do. If it installs this way on all supported OS platforms the user's guide should reflect this. I did not realize that the installation had gone well because of it not being mentioned in the guide.
After I use the program for a while and hopefully get proficient at it, I'd like to re-write parts of the manual for the complete newbie and those with very little or no programming or computer experience. A neat application would be one that links to a program like New Astronomy CCDCalc (which is free). This little program lets you input the parameters of your system--camera model, scope focal length, etc. and gives you the exact field of view numerically as well as a graphic with a few different DSOs given to show their size in relation to your FOV.
It would be easy then to write a small program that can take that FOV number and "suggest" the indices to download, including suggestions about bracketing one's FOV with a few indices on either side..I suppose a table could be drawn up which does the same thing having a variety of FOVs listed and the suggested indices, too.
Let me know your thoughts on this :)
Bryan
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