Feature request: Add ASTAP plate solve option

Posted by basilr on Mar 02, 2021; 5:08pm
URL: http://astroimagej.170.s1.nabble.com/Feature-request-Add-ASTAP-plate-solve-option-tp1508.html

I have found the ASTAP plate solve routine is MUCH faster than using Astrometry.net (using a local install of  ANSVER). Windows 10 OS. ASTAP frequently solves in less than 5 sec, while the same image can take 30 - 60s with Astrometry.net (even with fine tuning the constrain parameters).

The ASTAP program can be found here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/astap-program/

Thanks for your consideration.