Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars
- #Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars install#
- #Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars Patch#
- #Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars pro#
- #Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars software#
ℹ️About GitHub Wiki SEE, a search engine enabler for GitHub WikisĪs GitHub blocks most GitHub Wikis from search engines. The BuiltIn Method (Watney's simple star detector) doesn't have anything to configure here, you can however control the detection sensitivity via the configuration file watney-solve-config.yml (parameter defaultStarDetectionBgOffset, try value of 2.0 if you don't seem to be getting enough stars).Ĭonfigure the path to Watney, and you should be all set:īig thanks to Rob Lancaster for adding the support into StellarSolver 2.0! ?️ Page Index for this GitHub Wiki With Internal SEP you can configure the settings in more detail. I can recommend both Internal SEP and BuiltIn Method for Solver - both should work very well.
#Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars install#
The usage is quite simple follow the Quickstart Guide to install Watney CLI and the quad database and then configure KStars on the Ekos Align tab (open the Options) and choose Local Watney:Īll the source extraction methods are supported. This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.Since version v3.5.8, KStars has supported Watney CLI as a solver for Ekos. > and not by other means, correct? Any files under /usr/share/astrometry? > ~/.local/share/kstars/astrometry ? I presume you downloaded them inside Ekos > Can you check if the index files are located in The "Open" button next to the file location opens /usr/share/astrometryĪnd shows all the index files are present. Index File Location as /usr/share/astrometry (blanked out). The Ekos/alignment/options/Index Files Configure-KStars screen lists the The Ekos/alignment/options/ Configure-KStars screen lists The only file in ~/.local/share/kstars/astrometry is an astrometry.cfgĪdd_path /home/zac/.local/share/kstars/astrometry I downloaded the Astrometry index files following the instructions inĪnd installed all the. INDI/Support/Tutorials/Ekos on Raspberry PI Beginner's Guide. I installed KStars/INDI on my laptop essentially following the same Whether the failure to "Capture & Solve" results from the same problem is not clear. The Ekos warning about missing index files seems to be a bug. Re-installing kstars-bleeding does not remove the problem. Attempting to "Capture & Solve" using the simulated camera always resulted in a failure to solve. The automatic "Capture & Solve" follow on, when the module took a simulated image of the sky, repeatedly failed to solve. The solver completed satisfactorily, however, and the simulated telescope slewed to the correct target (M31). With the alignment module field of view set to 128' by 96' invoking "Load & Solve" produced an error message that index files 4205 to 4211 were missing. I then tested the laptop with KStars/INDI/Ekos using the "simulators" profile. The program solved location using images of M31 and the Pleiades.
#Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars software#
Later I tested the laptop and its software alone using Astrometry accessed via the "solve-field" command.
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Otherwise the results were as before with the astrometry solver invoked by "Capture & Solve" never solving. By mistake I set up the field of view in the alignment module to a lower value (13' by 9.8') and the error message this time reported that files 4200 to 4204 were missing (not the 4200 to 4205 when the field of view was set to 19.6' by 12.4). The following night I tried again with the same set up.
#Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars Patch#
I slewed the telescope to Vega to try a different patch of sky but got exactly the same results. The camera was taking images (via the camera module) and these showed several stars. The laptop had a complete set of the Astrometry files from 4200_00 to 4219 (as did the RPi) and these could be accessed via the alignment module options/Index Files buttons. Ekos produced a warning that the Astrometry index files 4200 to 4205 were missing. The "Capture & Solve" function failed to solve repeatedly. I ran into problems when trying to use the Ekos Alignment module. Telescope control using INDI and the KStars star map worked fine with the telescope slewing to the target (Arcturus) and tracking. I was controlling the set up using a KStars/INDI/Ekos client (Kstars version 3.1.1) running on a 64bit laptop using Linux Mint Mate 19 Tara. The camera was on a Celestron C8 with an f6.3 focal reducer giving a field of view 19.6' by 12.4'.
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#Installing astrometry index on ekos kstars pro#
I was running indiserver on a RPi3B+ connected to an HEQ5 Pro and a ZWO ASI185. Recently tried KStars/INDI/Ekos for first time.
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Astrometry solver fails to solve image.Įxpect solver to give solution to location of Polaris in captured simulated image. Ekos reports Astrometry index files are missing when they are present and "Capture and Solve" fails.Īfter "image received" report see error message reporting that index files 4205 to 4211 are missing.