ASTAP plate solver use in SGP

@han wrote:

ASTAP is a new free astro program having a native internal plate solver. It is command line compatible with PlateSolve2.exe 2.29 and can work with SGP as a PlateSolve2.exe substitute by simple replacing the PlateSolve2.exe executable and adding the star database in the same directory… The ASTAP plate solver is an own idevelopment, not depending on an external programs.

It has the following advances:

• The lastest version 0.9.114 can do blind solving in minutes.
• Not dependent on Cygwin. Installation is simple.
• Doesn’t require an accurate image size in degrees. Only roughly the image height in degrees. Much more tolerant then PlateSolve2.
• Command line compatible with PlateSolve2.exe but ASTAP has an own command line {preferred}

Please try it and if you think it is beneficial, I would suggest to add ASTAP as an option to the SGP Plate Solve menu.

Home page:
http://www.hnsky.org/astap.htm

Command line:
http://www.hnsky.org/astap.htm#command_line

PlateSolve substitute:
http://www.hnsky.org/astap.htm#platesolve2

Astap can do more but that is not of interest here.

I’m the programmer of both ASTAP and HNSKY planetarium program. There is no commercial interest. The programs are free to use.
Han
The Netherlands.
www.hnsky.org

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