From: Milton Aupperle <maupperl@gmail.com>

Date: December 21, 2014 11:58:04 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] MAP problem

Hi Phil;

I have no real idea what the issue is. Which version of Astro IIDC is this and what sort of subject is it (i.e. moon, sun, planetary etc.) your stacking? Have you tried rebooting the Mac just in case some OSX issue is happening and mucking things up?

This year I did not do a Christmas Card or Image. I got flooded out of my place in March and the new location has no area to image from (faces North East) and lots of trees / buildings - so no new material to work with.

And to everyone still on the list, I hope you all have a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..

Milton Aupperle

On 2014-12-20, at 10:11 PM, Phil pkh111@tampabay.rr.com [Astro_IIDC] <Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Happy Holidays Astro IIDC Group,

I have recently started imaging again and have run into an issue that I have not been able to resolve. Hopefully someone here can help.  When stacking and aligning frames using multiple alignment areas, Astro IIDC quits unexpectedly. Sometimes it quits while stacking regions and sometimes after stacking all regions. This is new as in the past I could use 30 or more areas without any problem. Same old macbook pro and snow leopard. I've set the alignment parameters to the least stringent requirements, tried various sized and number of areas, and have read the help file numerous times. Trashing the prefs and reinstalling the program had no effect. Obviously, I'm missing something. The curious thing is that it did align and stack  successfully three times out of hundreds of attempts. Why??? What did I do right?

By now you are probably smiling at my dilemma but I would really appreciate any suggestions. 

Thanks,

Phil

p.s. Milton, was there a Christmas card print this year?