Mohamed
Mohamed replied to the topic 'EKOS Align Doesn't Seem to be Working for Me' in the forum. 3 years ago

Hi Richard,

I found that you are using the latest version of KStars 3.5.2, BUT your solver is trying to remotely connect and authenticate to somewhere else. Keep in mind that the default option of remote is disabled, and I have been using the new StellerSolver with success

The following is from your log...

[2021-03-26T21:22:38.399 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Image received."
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.462 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Automatically downsampling the image by 2"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.481 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Evaluating Installed RAM for inParallel Option.  Total Size of Index files: 2.44583 GB, Installed RAM: 15.5053 GB, Free RAM: 12.0155 GB"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.482 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "There should be enough RAM to load the indexes in parallel."
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.482 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.482 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Starting Internal StellarSolver Sextractor with the 4-SmallScaleSolving profile . . ."
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.557 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Stars Found before Filtering: 182"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.558 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Removing the stars with a/b ratios greater than 1.5"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.558 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Keeping just the 50 brightest stars"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.559 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Stars Found after Filtering: 50"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.559 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.559 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Configuring Online Solver"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.560 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Authenticating. . ."
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.560 CDT DEBG ][   org.kde.kstars.ekos.capture] - setAlignStatus:  4
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.666 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] ReadScopeStatus: TrackState is <2> "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.666 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] CMD <:GR#> "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.667 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] RES <07:40:32> "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.667 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] VAL [7.67556] "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.667 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] CMD <:GD#> "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.669 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] RES <-02:02:50> "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.670 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[SCOPE] VAL [-2.04722] "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.670 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] CMD: <:Gm#> "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.671 CDT DEBG ][           org.kde.kstars.indi] - Losmandy Gemini : "[DEBUG] RES: <E>, lst 8.317997, ha 0.642442, pierSide 1 "
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.931 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Reply Received"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.934 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "{\"message\":\"authenticated user: \",\"session\":\"gzzlsuj5d8vnv855260yzqumuy6tz0yb\",\"status\":\"success\"}"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.937 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Authentication to astrometry.net is successful. Session: gzzlsuj5d8vnv855260yzqumuy6tz0yb"
[2021-03-26T21:22:38.940 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Uploading file..."
[2021-03-26T21:22:39.106 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Reply Received"
[2021-03-26T21:22:39.109 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "{\"hash\":\"41acc6883c7f7ddaf80027a861523d6816f6be8e\",\"status\":\"success\",\"subid\":4348365}"
[2021-03-26T21:22:39.112 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Upload complete. Waiting for astrometry.net solver to complete..."
[2021-03-26T21:22:39.114 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Waiting for Processing to complete..."
[2021-03-26T21:22:41.225 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Reply Received"
[2021-03-26T21:22:41.227 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "{\"images\":[],\"job_calibrations\":[],\"jobs\":[],\"processing_finished\":\"None\",\"processing_started\":\"2021-03-27 02:22:40.496105\",\"user\":2633,\"user_images\":[]}"
[2021-03-26T21:22:43.225 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Reply Received"
[2021-03-26T21:22:43.227 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "{\"images\":[10383427],\"job_calibrations\":[],\"jobs\":[null],\"processing_finished\":\"2021-03-27 02:22:41.691268\",\"processing_started\":\"2021-03-27 02:22:40.496105\",\"user\":2633,\"user_images\":[4489266]}"
[2021-03-26T21:22:43.229 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Waiting for the Job to Start..."
[2021-03-26T21:22:51.231 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Reply Received"
[2021-03-26T21:22:51.234 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "{\"images\":[10383427],\"job_calibrations\":[],\"jobs\":[null],\"processing_finished\":\"2021-03-27 02:22:41.691268\",\"processing_started\":\"2021-03-27 02:22:40.496105\",\"user\":2633,\"user_images\":[4489266]}"
[2021-03-26T21:22:51.348 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Online Solver aborted."
[2021-03-26T21:22:51.350 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Solver Failed."
[2021-03-26T21:22:51.369 CDT INFO ][     org.kde.kstars.ekos.align] - "Solver aborted after 12.81 seconds."

So I believe that astrometry.net is not responding with correct plate solving for whatever reason (parameters could be one of them).

Do you want to try the built-in StellerSolver instead?

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