PinPoint
This tab contains information required for PinPoint if the full version is installed.
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Min size - minimum size in pixels for star detection (default = 2)
Sigma above mean - minimum standard deviation of the signal (star) above the background noise for star detection
Border - the number of pixels to ignore around the perimeter of the image when plate solving (default = 4)
Expansion setting will read additional stars from the catalog to aid in plate solving (default 30%)
Use stars will extract stars in the defined magnitude range from plate solving (default -2.0 to 20.0)
Catalog combo lists the current catalogs that are available to be used by PinPoint. Pressing the small information button will open a text file that lists information about some of the available star catalogs. In general, the GSC is an excellent chose for most users. The USNO is useful if faint stars are required
Path is the full path to the catalog chosen
Test Catalog will verify that AcquireStar can access, read and count the number of stars in a 1.0x1.0 degree field centered on RA 00:00:00, Dec 0:00:00 from the chosen star catalog.
Test PinPoint is used to verify that the full version of PinPont has been installed on the PC. Unfortunately, PinPoint LE which ships with MaxIm does not provide plate solving capabilities.
