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#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

han.k — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:43:01 -0000

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ModelCreator, a free, official tool provided by 10Micron to automate model building

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

han.k — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:42:16 -0000

I'm personally not using Nina but others do use it with a 10micron mount. Probally best is to ask for help in the Nina Discord discussion group. Or you could use the CCDciel program instead which I could help you much better with.

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

Adam Klein — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:38:50 -0000

Is there a way to build a 10u pointing model outside of NINA? I can then see if it's an issue with the 10u plugin.

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

Adam Klein — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:34:42 -0000

Right. Here’s the thing - it appears that 10u pointing model or NINA isn’t passing the image to ASTAP correctly. I can plate solve with NINA using the exact same image using the plate solve button.

So the 10u plugin - or NINA isn’t pointing to the correct .fits file or the file is getting corrupted. Any ideas?

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

Adam Klein — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:34:39 -0000

So the 10u plugin - or NINA isn’t pointing to the correct .fits file or the file is getting corrupted. Any ideas?

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

han.k — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:05:58 -0000

Yes strange. With your field-of-view of 3.9 x 2.6 degrees, even a one second exposure should see a massive amount of stars and solve easily. There is something wrong with your setup. The header indicates IMAGETYP= 'LIGHT'

Han

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

Adam Klein — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:25:03 -0000

Looks like a dark or bias frame -

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

Adam Klein — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:16:18 -0000

I just opened the .fits file and I just see snow - there's no image. So strange - I'm able to see images in the image view field and NINA platesolves when I press the button. But the 10u .fits file is snow.

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

Adam Klein — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:54:19 -0000

Here's the

#39 ASTAP - NINA - plate solve failing not enough stars

Adam Klein — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:40:01 -0000

Thanks - I've tried to lengthen the expsosure time - and have used 3, 5, 10, 30, and 60 second exposures. I'll send the log and an image - thanks for the help!!

Adam