Crosshairs

[Astro]

When taking a set of images for stacking I align the crosshair on a star so I can adjust the telescope if (when!!) tracking goes off. A number of times now I've caught the mouse pad on the laptop and moved the crosshair. Is it possible to lock the crosshair in place? Thanks for any help.

[admin]

Hi,

no, there isn't a way to lock the crosshairs, sorry.

You could use the 'Pixel Value Readout' tool - that lets you see both the brightness *and* the X/Y co-ordinates of any pixel. That would let you note down the X/Y position of a star in view, so you could put it back at that point later in case it moved. On the whole though, I think that would be *less* convenient than the crosshairs for the times when you don't knock the mouse accidentally.

cheers,

Robin

[Astro]

Thanks again Robin. I believe that the ability to lock the crosshairs in place would be a good feature to add to SharpCap.

[podumal]

Hi,
I second the request. It happened so many times to me to accidently click and move the crosshairs.

Please, please, make moving the crosshairs accidently a bit harder. Maybe, ctrl-click instead of just click.

Thanks.