Greetings.

>I recall that you can display a cross in Guide 7 in the center of the
>view, but I
>believe it gets erased or moved if you change viewing coordinates. It
>would be
>nice to have something more persistent.
>
>In fact, it would be nice to be able to plot multiple reference marks.
>Often we
>are following several newly-discovered asteroids. While one could enter the
>elements (if available), it's simpler to use the MPC's predicted
>positions. The
>CCD overlay can then be used to plan how to capture the most objects in the
>fewest images.

This is done pretty easy with ''user Objects'' and the file user_obj.tdf
wich is found in the TEXT directory of the first CD. Copy this file to the
GUIDE directory first. Then switch it on (extras->toggle user
datasets->user objects). Now when you go to a particular RA/dec, add a user
object, and it shows on the map. You can change the symbol in the file
user_obj.tdf and you can put up a toolbar item to ''go to next user
object''. You can also create a TDF file for the MPC's predicted positions.

I hope tis helps for your task.

Eric



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