It simply does not update the target location when the view position is
updated. It has nothing to do with the point not being in a database.
As an aside I could have used the 'right click->slew here' feature last
night. I had to switch catalogs to get more stars to find the correct
slew position.
Sander
Ken wrote:
>
>
> just had the chance to set-up the HEQ5/ EQMOD and CdC V3....
> Went to View/ Position and changed it arbitrarily to 6 hr and 60deg
> North. This centres those coordinates on the screen but still doesn't
> allow the EDmod to slew/ GOTO the position :(
> It seems CdC ONLY recognises positions from its databases..
>
> --- In [email protected]
> <mailto:skychart-discussion%40yahoogroups.com>, John Mahony
> <jmmah...@...> wrote:
> >
> > I hope so. I'm still using v2.76, but on a closely related issue, I
> always wished it was possible to click on a random point on the screen
> and say "sync here" when trying to sync between CdC and the scope when
> imaging, but it will only let you do that at the position of a
> particular database object. So I have to fudge around with the keypad
> taking multiple short exposures to get an object very well centered,
> before syncing. It would be so much easier to just click on the point
> on-screen that appears at the center of the image and say "sync here".
> >
> > -John
> >
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