Mitch, I read through several threads but never really found the magic bullet to making this work other than change the scale minimum and max and mess with the...
by the way, thanks for the hint about the sigma value, i had not known about that. the "problem" with astrotorilla is that it hides the inner workings of the...
One of the settings I found that made solves much quicker was --depth 20,40,80. It can be added to the end of xtra line (xtra = --sigma 1 --no-plot -N none...
... Dan, Part of the issue with getting Astrotortilla working as one wants it to lies in the fact that Astrotortilla is a work on progress not a finished ...
Ross, Thanks for posting that, looks like a good suggestion, not one I have seen before. I'll definitely have to try that next time I run AT... Mitch... ... ...
Ross, I tried using the -d 20,40,80 (after setting the sigma back to 1) and it fails to solve images. I get an error in the log and it doesn't try to solve ...
Hi Rick, Thank you for such a detailed reply. I will definitely try the things you suggest and report back. Where do you find the log file if you are using the...
Hi Mitch, All of the info from you and Rob and Rich have been very helpful. It's a lot of information to digest and I will be spending tonight working on it,...
I have been playing with adding -d 20, 40, 60 and it works for me but seems to increase time to resolve... I also tried using -d 20 alone, and in some cases...
Ok, I think I found the problem with why it wouldn't solve the same image a second time, but I can't say I understand it... This is the default install Custom...
Jerry, Welcome to the wonderful world of Unix! AstroTortilla launches the command-line solve-field tool that is installed as part of astrometry.net. It is...
Hi Rick, Thank you for those detailed command line parameters. Although I have to say the only reason I even tried this was because of the AstroTortilla GUI...
I guess solve-field is one of those things where the settings are quite dependant on the individual setup. I have been tinkering and refining mine for about...
Hi Rick, I changed N to "none" and I'm still finding big files in the Cygwin/tmp directory that are not being deleted with names like: tmp.ppm.8tEpiu and some...
Jerry, I don't have a definitive answer. My guess is that they are temporary files that are created by the astrometry solve process and that they can be...
Jerry, They should be deleted but I think this is normal behavior. On a typical unix machine, tmp is cleared on reboots or through automated scripts. Windows...
Mitch, I'm having much the same problem as Jerry. I have the reinstalled the 0.5.2.0 version, and have indices 4207 and I downloaded Jerry' image (the same...
Al, Your settings may work for your equipment, but fail for an image taken with someone else's gear. Try changing your settings as follows: sigma 100 (in...
Rob, I'm having the same problem. I take it that "solve-field -z 4 IMG_7023b.JPG" (or at tleast the "solve-field -z 4" part of it) is something that should be...
... < Snip > Hi Al, Unfortunately you have deleted the part of the log file I need to see or else it did not get to SImplexy or skipped it for some reason. I...
actually astrotortilla creates the command line behind the scenes. if you put "4" in the Downscaling field in the AT GUI then -z 4 should get automatically...
Ahhhh, and this 'splains my problem with a "new" refurb T3i. (Beta 5) Last night the camera would not shift into "Bulb", although I was able to use the Canon...
H Dan and Rick, It's easy enough to delete them. I'm just glad I found out they were there. I have been in a situation out in the woods where a certain program...
Hi Guys, I have managed to get AstroTortilla to solve images that I have shot with a variety of focal lengths and I'm quite happy with it now: 2,794mm 1,025mm ...
seems plausible that the images have significant barrel distortion... maybe try a lens correction in Lightroom if you have that and see if it can solve the...
that is a good question, i don't know. but since the algorithm works by matching polygons, if there's enough distortion i can see that it could have problems. ...
This is not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping someone can help. Using BYEOS B5 I got AT to plate solve quickly, but about half the time it does not slew the...
