glad that we got a good new feature out of this discussion
With the current sequencer step to go to an asteroid and also the new UI inclusion of asteroids in the deep sky annotation and the catalog for GOTO, is there anything we are still missing either in the UI or in the sequencers? I'm only using these new features for testing, so I might miss noticing things that would make life easier or even make things possible that are currently impossible...
Last night the sky unexpectedly cleared of clouds and I was able to reuse SC on deep-sky objects with 15-second exposures in livestacking. While waiting, I noticed that several asteroids (which were not the subject of the evening) were being noted. Very fun!
The new bright asteroid annotation and sequencer features are great for both beginners and researchers.
That looks very interesting. I recently decided to start using SharpCap for my asteroid astrometry imaging as well. My workflow for measuring known asteroids typically involves 3 to 4 exposure sets per asteroid, with 5 exposures each and an appropriate pause between sets.
Have there been any further updates on this since last August, or is that still the current status? At least the manual doesn’t list MOUNT GOTOMPCORB in SharpCap / The SharpCap Sequence Editor / Available Steps yet.
Personally, what’s shown here would probably be enough for me. I would also create the SCS file myself in a program. That way, one can also add data for obejcts from Neo Confirmation Page that aren’t found in the mpcorb.dat file itself.
But other stargazers with different interests would surely also find it helpful if they could simply enter the name of an asteroid. A feature like “the x brightest asteroids” in SharpCap would likely suffice. But something like that has already been mentioned.
The key for my part is being able to update the coordinates regularly. And this seems to work according Carlo. Great!
I’ll definitely start by creating a file manually and testing it out. Weather and time permitting...
But other stargazers with different interests would surely also find it helpful if they could simply enter the name of an asteroid. A feature like “the x brightest asteroids” in SharpCap would likely suffice. But something like that has already been mentioned.
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Nevermind. In the meantime, I've gone through the update notes. Everything's covered there, and the current status is clear. I'm looking forward to testing it...
yes, I did add a selection of asteroid data to SharpCap - something like all the asteroids predicted to be above magnitude 15 in the next 3 years or similar, so that there is a selection of data for casual observers to dip into. You'll also find that there is a selection of bright comets in recent versions too, although you need to keep your SharpCap up-to-date to have that data refreshed regularly.
Of course, one day I will have to get around to updating the documentation
