
Since it works so well, a solver command line interface was added to the program. Astrometric measurements are performed using PinPoint LE, widely recognized as the most powerful and accurate package available today. Photometric measurements are made using best practice median-mean and partial-pixel algorithms vetted by professional astronomers. The solver engine was developed as an essential part for the stacker. MaxIm DL also includes advanced photometry and astrometry capabilities. No INDI interface was ever foreseen or planned for the stacker part of the program. I could setup my raspberry PI3 for testing but at the moment it is only used as a development tool. The parameters (binning, search field.) can be configured in the program and will be saved if you leave the program via file, exit.Īt the moment, I have no INDI setup (only Windows & ASCOM) so testing using INDI is a little difficult. The RPi4 hosts EKOS/KStars, indi-server, PHD2, Astrometry plate solver and. So the complete command line could be something like This description results in a remote-control setup with the following items. Other details like field of view, initial position will be extracted from the fits file header. In principle if the input is a fits file, it would only require the fits file name as command line parameter. Furthermore, make sure that the Astrometry driver is selected in your equipment profile. To use Astrometry in StellarMate from a remote Ekos on Linux / Windows / Mac OS, make sure to select Remote option in Ekos Alignment Module.

Creating a remote astrometry file install#
That 's what I understand from the screens shots. For any additional index files, you need to install them as necessary.

Probably a script could work, but there seems no need for since you can specify path, solver name and parameters in the remote setup.
