Hi,
I asked this question 2 years ago. As the weeks passed by without any answer I reiterated my post. After 2 years still no answer so I hope you can consider this a legitimate question that deserves an answer.
In SNP+6 I entered the telescopes, lenses, cameras, Barlows and eyepieces just once then the "FOV" Pane let me display the correct FOV using any combination of equipment on the fly. This is a great feature that facilitates the planning of my photographic sessions. I have never been able to use it in SNP+8 because I am under the impression that I have to define all the combination of equipment one-by-one. I own 7 telescopes, 8 CCDs, 2 DSLRs, 4 Barlows, quite a few eyepieces and many lenses. If I were to register all the combinations of my equipment one-by-one it would make for thousands of entries which is just not an option. Is there some pane that I am not aware of that let me use the FOV indicator the way it worked in SNP+6?
I started entering the equipment but had to give up:
Another topic: In many regions of the sky, I can zoom in and reach stars at mag. 18-19. But around Sirius as an example they all seem limited to around 11-12 and I really would need more reference stars. Are they just missing from the database or can I download a more complete database?
Thanks for your help