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Error In (Orientation Of) Field Of Scope Display (Answer: Will Be Reviewed For A Future Update)

1. When modeling the telescope 's field of view (eyepiece or CCD), it is oriented only in horizontal coordinates. Even if you choose as the base plane of the grain field - equatorial coordinates (below in the field settings) - the field still revolves around the zenith, not the pole of the world. Even if you look at a map of the sky in equatorial cooordinates. It is not correct. But at the same time (even in horizontal coordinates) the field is not oriented exactly.

2. The rotation angle of the field relative to the base plane is adjusted by the slider. This is not quite correct and convenient. It 's hard to adjust the exact angle. Say 90 degrees or another. It is necessary that the flipping angle of the field can be painted parametrically - by entering a whole piece of degrees. Or even the choice is horizontal or vertical orientation of the frame. Please add this feature.

3. Whether it is possible (not sure whether it is feasible) to add a "pixelization" function when selecting a CCD field (on/off) would be useful. When you increase the field more and more, a "net" (of thin lines) appears that shows the size of individual pixels. It would be useful to compare how many pixels in the photo will occupy the disk of the planet, the detail of the Moon 's relief, the resolution for stars.

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    Keiron Smith Official comment
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    Michael Grehov

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    Keiron Smith

    HI Michael, 

    We will review this for a future app update and follow up with you if required.

    Thank you for this report!  

     

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    Michael Grehov

    Thank you very much for your quick response. I 'll be happy to fix that. I hope you understood? I 'm bringing you more pictures explaining the problem.

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    Alan Fitzsimmons

    Just wondering if there was any update on this? We were using Mac SkySafari 6 last week to plan first light images on a new facility, and not having the field of view oriented along Equatorial RA/Dec coordinates was a bit annoying.

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    Michael Grehov

    This feature "field of view" orientation  again does not work in the new version (6.8.6.3) of the program. Apparently, programmers took as the base code - an unadjusted version of this program.

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    Keiron Smith

    We will review this for SS7 on Android - ETA early-to-mid 2022.

    Thanks!

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