I would like to be able to limit the Observing Plan list by azimuth, between 5º and 170º, for example. The Asiair Pro platesolve has difficulties for objects close to 0º azimuth. I mainly do EAA and my observation window ends at 180º (I don't want to do meridian flip). The Observing Plan gives me objects outside this range and makes it difficult to see the ones that really interest me, filtering by azimuth would help a lot...
It would also be nice to be able to limit them by Altitude, between 30 and 70º, for example, I don't want to photograph at low or too high altitude.
Maybe this can be done, but I can't find a way.
Thanks for your attention
Hello,
We have been having quite the discussion about EAA. It may be helpful to review some of those threads, Look for recent posts by EmeraldHillsSkies.
The main takeaways are:
1. SkyTools is not yet intended to be used for EAA. I am working on adding EAA to SkyTools Visual Pro edition for later this year.
2. SkyTools has a way of doing things, one that relies on modeling what you can see in the telescope. The current version does not directly model what you can see in your camera, so it may appear to not work well. As the poster above discovered, ignoring these features altogether can lead to frustration and then it is natural to ask for features that may appear to be obvious fixes. But the EAA version will eliminate the need for these things.
3. It is possible to kludge a telescope by adjusting its aperture and the parameters of an eyepiece such that it will display a similar field of view and similar faint objects as in camera. It may be worth doing this because then you can use SkyTools (mostly) as intended. Once this is done, the Start, Best, and End times will naturally avoid objects that are too low. There usually isn't any need for other concerns, as the Begin, Best, and End times include all of the parameters that help you get a good view.
4. I am also working on ways to avoid unnecessary meridian flips. This is already a feature in SkyTools Imaging.