David s Black

In NINA I connect my camera with " Sky Simulator - ASCOM " driver & Mount with Telescope simulator for .NET This is the image I get when I take a 6sec image -- See attached. The image is auto stretched.

When i check the ASCOM downloaded image it is green & blue (see attached). The sky Simulator "Image" shows a star field but has an orange tint to it. In NINA when I take an exposure (6 sec) it does not show a star field, just noise. What is wrong ??

When i check the ASCOM downloaded image it is green & blue (see attached). The sky Simulator "Image" shows a star field but has an orange tint to it. In NINA when I take an exposure (6 sec) it does not show a star field, noise. What is wrong ??

Well i think this program is broken for me. I have spent several hours tiring to get APT to plate solve with no success. I have uninstalled / reinstalled APT3.90, ASTAP & its data base, Sky Sim v1.0.0RC4. I have used both data bases at its default camera height of 60, i have tried 164 height in the .skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov data base, but when i try 164 in the archive.eso.org data base it reverts to its 60 height. I have also tried older Sky Sim versions & N.I.N.A.

I'm not sure if i have the right information. When i have the sky sim running & full screen, in the image tab, top left of the image, it has a number 32813. In APT the "TemporaryStorage" folders ini file says this: "PLTSOLVD=F CMDLINE="C:\Program Files\astap\astap.exe" -ra 4.232500002 -spd 84.815833329 -fov 2.728273265 -z 0 -r 30 -s 500 -f "C:\APT_Images\CameraCCD_1\TemporaryStorage\ImageToSolve.fit"" I have attached the APT image path. In Hogarth's video, other people in the comments have had the...

Hope you can help. I found out about this program after watching YouTubers Hogarth video. It looked easy enough but I cannot get APT to plate solve. When i click Solve, i receive a "Status: Fail" It says to check the focal length and camera params in Tools. I own a Redcat 51mm so it is set to 250mm & Dia of 51mm (see attached image) I have also hit the recalc button to get the fov & it still fails to plate solve. Cheers In Advance David