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A missing solved Field of View in Align Module / Load & Slew

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A missing solved Field of View in Align Module / Load & Slew was created by Jean-Claude JESIOR

I am simply amazed by the power of the Align Module / Load & Slew feature : it can solve any jpg within seconds !
May I say a wish ? It would be even nicer if the solver gave the field of view of the solution !

Example of a solution of the Andromeda Galaxy picture found on the net :
2022-03-14T09:39:56 Target is within acceptable range. Astrometric solver is successful.
2022-03-14T09:39:56 Target is within  00° 00' 27" degrees of solution coordinates.
2022-03-14T09:39:56 Solution coordinates: RA (00h 44m 38s) DEC ( 41° 21' 06") Telescope Coordinates: RA (00h 44m 39s) DEC ( 41° 21' 24")
2022-03-14T09:39:56 Solver completed after 0.65 seconds.

Very nice but adding a field of view would be even nicer
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Last edit: 1 year 6 months ago by Jean-Claude JESIOR.
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Replied by AstroMuni on topic A missing solved Field of View in Align Module / Load & Slew

The solver shows the FOV in the skymap as a rectangle with the dimensions. Is that what you are after?
 
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Replied by Chris Kuethe on topic A missing solved Field of View in Align Module / Load & Slew

I, too, would like to see this.

When I run `solve-field` directly, I get something like the output below, the specific part we're looking for is `Field size: 1.92052 x 1.08107 degrees`:
Reading file "./NGC_2174_Light_319.axy"...
  log-odds ratio 230.823 (1.75903e+100), 31 match, 0 conflict, 29 distractors, 35 index.
  RA,Dec = (92.5504,20.266), pixel scale 3.60149 arcsec/pix.
  Hit/miss:   Hit/miss: +++++++++++-+--+++++++-++-+++++-----+--+-------+----+------+(best)----------------------------------------
Field 1: solved with index index-tycho2-09.littleendian.fits.
Field 1 solved: writing to file ./NGC_2174_Light_319.solved to indicate this.
Field: NGC_2174_Light_319.png
Field center: (RA,Dec) = (92.550207, 20.265681) deg.
Field center: (RA H:M:S, Dec D:M:S) = (06:10:12.050, +20:15:56.452).
Field size: 1.92052 x 1.08107 degrees
Field rotation angle: up is -35.4181 degrees E of N
Field parity: pos
Creating new FITS file "./NGC_2174_Light_319.new"...
Creating index object overlay plot...
Creating annotation plot...
Your field contains:
  NGC 2174 / Monkey Head Nebula
  NGC 2175
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic A missing solved Field of View in Align Module / Load & Slew

So the solving in Seconds is the functionality of StellarSolver and I hopefully made it even faster in this version 2.0.  When Stellarsolver solves an image, part of the solution is in fact the field size.  And as was pointed out, it is part of the output from the solver.  I am confused what part is missing Jean-Claude?
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Replied by Jean-Claude JESIOR on topic A missing solved Field of View in Align Module / Load & Slew

Rob, what I would like to be added to the solution is an explicit field of view like `Field size: 1.92052 x 1.08107 degrees` mentioned above by Chris.
But even without the field size the solver is already a piece of cake.
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