Plate Solving
Turning images into coordinates
This table shows how the imaging software manages plate solving. Self-contained means the imaging software only needs a connection to a camera to perform plate solving
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| Product | Built-in Plate Solver (Self-Contained) | Built-in Blind Solver (Self-Contained) | All Sky Plate Solver | ANSVR | nova.astrometry.net (Internet connection) | PinPoint | PlateSolve 2 | TheSkyX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACP [1] | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| CCD Commander [3][4] | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| CCD AutoPilot [4] | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Maxim DL [2] | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | N |
| Prism | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Sequence Generator Pro [5] | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| TheSkyX | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Voyager | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
- ACP includes the PinPoint plate solving engine (full version)
- Maxim DL Pro Suite includes PinPoint LE, a “light” version of PinPoint, for plate solving
- CCD Commander can use PinPoint LE via Maxim DL.
- CCD Commander and CCD AutoPilot can use CCDSoft for plate solving. CCDSoft is no longer sold, updated or supported
- Sequence Generator Pro also supports Elbrus