Windows bash script to automatically convert NEF to jpg, plate solve them using the wonderful "All Sky Plate Solver", and then automatically display the image's location (and orientation) in Stellarium.

solve.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
    echo "Usage: solve.sh windows-style-raw-file-with-path [focal length] [pixel size]"
    echo
    echo 'e.g:  ./solve.sh "C:\Users\astroman\Pictures\digiCamControl\crescent nebula\DSC_0027.nef"'
    echo
    echo "Converts NEF to small jpeg using nconvert (XnView), plate-solves it using the great 'All Sky Plate Solver' (http://www.astrogb.com/astrogb/All_Sky_Plate_Solver.html), and showing the position and rotation of the sensor in stellarium using the remote control plugin. (http://stellarium.org/doc/0.15/remoteControlDoc.html)"
    echo "By Shlomi Vaknin"
    exit
fi

FILE_RAW=$1
FILE=${FILE_RAW%.[Nn][Ee][Ff]}.jpg
FILE_LINUX=/mnt/c${FILE#'C:'}
FILE_LINUX=$(echo "/$FILE_LINUX" | sed 's/\\/\//g' | sed 's/://')

if [ -e "$FILE_LINUX" ]
then
    echo "jpg already exists, continuing.."
else
    echo "Convert nef to jpg"
    /mnt/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/XnView/nconvert.exe -quiet -out "jpeg" -q 90 -half_res -resize 50%  -o "$FILE_LINUX" "$FILE_RAW"
fi

# These numbers are matching my telescope and the conversion above. If these numbers dont work, use the GUI's "Setting Assistant" (which uses Astronomy.net online tool).
RES=$FILE.txt
FL=${2:-186}
pz=${3:-3.9}  

echo "Solving (Focal Length $FL, Pixel Size $pz)..."
/mnt/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/PlateSolver/PlateSolver.exe /solvefile "$FILE" "$RES" $FL $pz
echo "Done solving."

RES_LINUX=/mnt/c${RES#'C:'}
RES_LINUX=$(echo "/$RES_LINUX" | sed 's/\\/\//g' | sed 's/://')

if [ -e "$RES_LINUX" ]
then
    content=( $(cat "$RES_LINUX") )
    status=${content[0]::-1}
    if [[ $status == OK ]]; then
        echo "Solving success!"
        RA=${content[1]::-1}
        DEC=${content[2]::-1}
        ROT=${content[6]::-1}

        echo "Pointing stellarium to $RA, $DEC and rotate by $ROT degrees"
        curl --data "code=
                  core.moveToRaDec ($RA, $DEC);
                  Oculars.ccdRotationReset();
                  Oculars.rotateCCD($ROT)
                  Oculars.toggleCCD (true);" http://localhost:8090/api/scripts/direct
    else
        echo "Solving failed.. MAKE SURE IMAGE IS FOCUSED! This script is configured for prime focus, try to find out what pz (pixel_size) should really be in the GUI. "
    fi
else echo "Solving failed.."
fi