Crash Related to Broken SOHO Sun image

[theskyhound]

Hello everybody,

The SOHO sun image that is used on SkyTools charts when displaying the sun is experiencing problems. The image file available for download is corrupted. Unfortunately SkyTools is not handling the corruption as it should, and attempting to display the Sun, and thus the image data, is causing a crash. I am working on a software solution and a workaround. For the time being it is best to follow this procedure:

1. Open the chart you want to use (e.g. the Interactive Atlas) on a target far away from the Sun
2. For each view, open the View Controls and remove the check box next to "Sun"
3. Click Close

This will effectively turn the drawing of the sun off on the charts.

If you want to check to see if they have resolved the problem, visit this link:
https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html#

SkyTools uses the image on the bottom left. When you see an image of the sun displayed there, you can safely re-enable it on the charts. Be sure to refresh the page if you have visited before.

[Hyperion]

The problem seems to be resolved!

[theskyhound]

The problem seems to be resolved!

Thank goodness! I'll have a fix for the crash in the next update, as it could also happen for other jpeg images that are corrupted.