Issue centering an image (Beta 8)

[Martyk22]

@d_malleo

Ken,while I might consider purchasing the MFW at some point, I find it troubling having to buy an add-on to get around a bug in the core application.

Try it, it is truly amazing!

[niteman1946]

Agreed.
In my opinion, it’s one of the best of a whole stable of great features.

Mark

[Bhwolf]

@niteman1946

In my opinion, it’s one of the best of a whole stable of great features.

Agree, as well! I’ve had 2 “wow” moments in my astrophotography journey. The first was using PixInsight – despite its learning curve, it just made sense to me. The second was using F&M Wizard in SGPro w/ platesolving, etc.

[d_malleo]

got it - I’m ok with bugs, I understand it’s in the nature of the beast.
I just found the suggestion to buy an add-on to fix this problem somewhat problematic.

[d_malleo]

After giving this a little bit of thought, I believe there is an alternative way of centering a target , until the “center here” feature gets fixed:
By connecting to the mount an external planetarium software that has a FOV function (I use SkySafari via the WiFi scope), it should be possible to center on any point in a captured frame (assuming of course the planetarium FOV is configured correctly!)

[topboxman]

You could try to use your own reference image if you have it or search the internet (i.e. Astrobin.com) for a reference image and use “Center Now” feature. This will frame your captured image based on the reference image. No need to use external software.

Peter

[Jared]

@d_malleo

After giving this a little bit of thought, I believe there is an alternative way of centering a target , until the “center here” feature gets fixed:

You can use Elbrus or pinpoint. This is only an issue when using astrometry.net as your solver. The other two work just fine.

Thanks
Jared