Failed Plate solving in Astrobin

Plate Solving AstroBin NGC4038 NGC Objects Galaxy
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Niels_L avatar
Niels_L avatar
I uploaded an image to my staging area and normally it does an auto plate solving. Unfortunately, my last one of NGC4038 did not manage to plate solve... I uploaded it again but still did not.  I have seen this issue before but could not find the forum question again. Apologies if there is a duplicate.

Image: https://app.astrobin.com/i/dhiox9

Any help is highly appreciated! :-) 
Thanks!
andrea tasselli avatar
andrea tasselli avatar
The server is down since yesterday.
Niels_L avatar
Niels_L avatar
andrea tasselli:
The server is down since yesterday.

Ohhhh... Thought it was something I did wrong. Thanks.
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