Plate.UseFaintStars Property

 Plate.UseFaintStars  (read-write, Boolean)
 
Set True to use fainter stars from image. Useful when using a "faint" catalog such as USNO SA (not the full USNO A!).

Syntax

Plate.UseFaintStars [= Boolean]

The property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
Value (Boolean) Set True to use fainter stars from image. Useful when using a "faint" catalog such as USNO SA (not the full USNO A!).

Remarks

This causes the star matching process to use image stars from the middle of the brightness range rather than from the top. Some astrometric catalogs such as the USNO SA (not the full USNO A!), consist of faint stars whose positions can be more accurately estimated in an image. If you are using such a catalog, and Solve() fails, you might consider setting UseFaintStars to True, then calling Solve() again. Often times you will get positive results. We don't recommend this, and the SA catalog has been deprecated.
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