Bug & Enhancement Reports

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Open Issues

Note: The list below does not imply that any or all of the bugs or enhancements shown will be fixed or implemented. The list does not include major enhancements and new features planned for future releases. If items disappear mysteriously from this list, it is probably because they have changed status and will be implemented in a later release.

ID Type Platform Title
728 Bug All Resizing FOV chart problem
729 Bug All Plan document list column spacing
768 Bug All Cancelling Plan Wizard causes hangup
769 Bug All Cancelling printing causes hang up
944 Bug All Resource "At Site" functionality not working properly
982 Bug All Moon rise/set info has discrepancies
1010 Bug Windows Reduce flickering of various graphics
1037 Bug All Highlighting changes not reflected in Sky chart
1038 Bug All CdC V3 problem (and solution)
1042 Bug All Problem with DSS Image badge
1043 Bug All Ratings in Edit Global Observations dialog incorrect
732 Enhancement All Scripting: Change scripts to have a unique extension
734 Enhancement All Plans for other atlases
737 Enhancement All Catalogue annotation cross-referencing
738 Enhancement All Export/Import of catalogue annotations
752 Enhancement All Adjust single column width
761 Enhancement All Mark observed objects in FOV/Sky charts
772 Enhancement All A method of reliably assigning a catalogue item
774 Enhancement All Editable Transparency scale
805 Enhancement All Fix the sizing problem for dim stars in the FOV
807 Enhancement All Construct colour images from red and blue DSS images
816 Enhancement All Use NED to retrieve DSS images (faster)
817 Enhancement All Make white-on-black DSS images from black-on-white
818 Enhancement All Add binning as a DSS option to reduce download times
819 Enhancement All Printing of global observations
825 Enhancement All UT dates for new observations
830 Enhancement All Add document properties to plans
832 Enhancement All Add "Apply" buttons to Preferences and Resources
840 Enhancement All Remove annoying search when Installer starts
868 Enhancement All Get text info for FOV objects
877 Enhancement All Reordering user images
878 Enhancement All Jupiter moon transits and shadows
888 Enhancement All RA/Dec telescope movement
891 Enhancement All Default DSS image size
894 Enhancement All Scripting: Make Canvas images/tables clickable
900 Enhancement All Scripting: Add pragmas
902 Enhancement All Scripting: Add colour capability
907 Enhancement All Enhance reliability of Sky Tracker interface
908 Enhancement All Sorting Set times
929 Enhancement All Scripting: Add the ability to draw lines on FOV charts
936 Enhancement All Default resources by site
940 Enhancement All Scripting: Get Rating strings
945 Enhancement All Allow user configuration of Plan Creation Wizard criteria
946 Enhancement All Hierarchical structuring in user-contributed plan window
947 Enhancement All Allow searching by linear size rather than area
951 Enhancement All Ability to move and rotate reticles on the FOV by dragging
952 Enhancement All Reassigning user images to observations
959 Enhancement All Saving multiple user-contributed plans
981 Enhancement All Custom highlighting does not take user horizon into account
997 Enhancement All Show all objects in catalogue window
998 Enhancement All Marking objects as "unsuccessfully observed"
999 Enhancement All Ratings for double star observations
1000 Enhancement All Print/export "best pairs" for 30 minute intervals
1001 Enhancement All Toolbar in plan window
1002 Enhancement All Improve FOV catalogue selection
1004 Enhancement Windows Improve GUI when Large Fonts selected
1005 Enhancement All Add "poor seeing" horizon
1011 Enhancement All Identify major constellation stars
1015 Enhancement All Save and load highlighting configurations
1016 Enhancement All Allow the telescope to be used if the date is fixed
1017 Enhancement All FOV object/font colour
1018 Enhancement All User-assignable menu keyboard shortcuts
1019 Enhancement All Allow zoom and pan on Sky chart
1020 Enhancement All Find nearest user object to cursor on Sky chart
1021 Enhancement All Determine tab target for clicking Sky object
1022 Enhancement All Add "Viewing Order" column
1023 Enhancement All Hide rejected alignment stars
1024 Enhancement All Associate reticles with finder scopes
1025 Enhancement All Eyepiece reticles
1033 Enhancement All Associate telescope type with telescope resources
1034 Enhancement All Open Sky/FOV charts in separate windows
1035 Enhancement All Add N,S,E,W captions to DSS images
1036 Enhancement All Add catalogue selection to Setup Wizard/Catalogue Manager
1039 Enhancement All Add NOMAD support
1041 Enhancement All Forcing multiple objects to stay together when sorting

Resolved Issues

ID Type Platform Status Version Title
731 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Rise/Set graphic set time
740 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Closing and saving untitled document
744 Bug All Closed 2.0a1 HTML files with ".html" extension not recognised in the Help menu
745 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Centre FOV On does not work
748 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Editing ratings of global observations
749 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Global observations of planets do not have data attached
750 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Transit time incorrect
751 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Script upload interrupted by closing window too soon
756 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 DST in southern hemisphere bug
762 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Sky EWNS does not affect direction indicators on planning tab correctly
763 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Problems with bad coordinates on non-US operating systems
767 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Using the delete key on the Planning list will often delete two entries
788 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: APPlanObject.Rise and APPlanObject.Transit return same value
789 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Jupiter and satellites at incorrect orientation
790 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Autostar Tour glitches
794 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Exception when sorting supernova data by date
795 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Cannot output AutoStar tour with just the Name field
810 Bug All Closed 2.0a1 Observation printing bug
811 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Script uploads do not work
814 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Double stars in WDS not showing properly in FOV
824 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Adding objects from catalogue window re-orders plan
826 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Catalogue-to-plan crash
831 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: Multi-line static text caption expands EditParameters dialog horizontally
834 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Objects of type "W Dwarf" don't plot at anything in the FOV
842 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Missing cached DSS images
843 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: line number indication not working
848 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Stack overflow exception when retrieving GPS coordinates
850 Bug Windows Fixed 2.0a1 Hangup on startup caused by large subfolder
853 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Save As... prevents previous file from being opened
858 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Fix Date/Time always sets seconds to zero
859 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Setting observation time is out by 1 or more seconds
860 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Import with degrees symbol doesn't work
863 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Bad sorting order in transit column
865 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Fix AAVSO Recent Data features
866 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Fix AAVSO Light Curve feature
871 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Compressed mode printing bug
873 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 FOV/Binocular problem
876 Bug Windows Fixed 2.0a1 AAVSO night vision problems
879 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Delete Conditionally doesn't work with strings
881 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Script: APCatalogueObjects not persistent
882 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 NexStar connection problem with AS mount
889 Bug Windows Fixed 2.0a1 Night Vision mode selected text
895 Bug Windows Fixed 2.0a1 DSS index not being saved correctly
901 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: Changing object fields does not change Planning tab
904 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Crash at end of DSS image download
910 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Transferring local observations doesn't update Global Obs window
915 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 User images of some objects cause exception crash
916 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: Cannot set observation fields
917 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Global observation cross-referencing causes slowdown
921 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Problems with large observation database
922 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Special characters in user-contributed plan names
923 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 User Images may not be stored uniquely for solar system objects
924 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: Canvas.IsUserImage always returns false for solar system objects
928 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Argo Navis catalogue export problem
930 Bug Windows Fixed 2.0a1 AstroPlanner logo turns blue in night vision mode
931 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Refresh Objects from Catalogues problem
933 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Telescope setting not being saved
937 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Observations with UT time
939 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Rendering a complex FOV
941 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Reticles not showing on DSS image window
942 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 ODM considers all eyepieces, even if not available at current site
949 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Saving Greek characters to Plan Text files
950 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 FOV Alt/Az rotation incorrect in southern hemisphere
953 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: Sorting the Observing list doesn't sort Planning list
958 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Jupiter moons out by 180 degrees
960 Bug Windows Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: Speak command doesn't work
961 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Printing DSS images doesn't print reticles/FOVs
962 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Plan windows occasionally forget their positions
968 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Cannot search Tycho II catalogue
969 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 ID sorting problem
971 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: PlanGMT returns wrong value
973 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 PageSetup problems
974 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Large Notes field causes column heading mess
975 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Sorting Chart# column sometimes doesn't work
977 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Bad position angle for some double stars in FOV
978 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Incorrect separation being shown in FOV for high declination double stars
979 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Observations logged with common names or Bayer designations not cross-indexed
980 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Argo Navis plan upload problem
983 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Constellation names on FOV charts
985 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 User images being reversed horizontally and/or vertically
986 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 AAVSO VSP Chart feature is broken
989 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Argo Navis Download dialog crashes
990 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Argo Navis downloads hang up if data contain the "@" character
991 Bug MacOSX Fixed 2.0a1 Beeping when connected to EquinoX
992 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 AstroPlanner crashes under wine in Linux
1014 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Crash if catalogue selected to display in Sky chart has no magnitude field
1028 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Cross-reference Objects to ID can cause bad IDs
1030 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Eyepiece FOV drawing in black-on-white
1040 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: SunRise/SunSet return incorrect values if twilight does not occur
1044 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Jupiter satellites inverted in FOV
1045 Bug All Fixed 2.0a1 Spiral Scan problems
1047 Bug Windows Fixed 2.0a1 Scripting: MonthNames, etc. in wrong encoding
1048 Bug All Fixed 2.0a2 Avoid using V1 preferences in V2
368 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Implement syntax highlighting for scripts
370 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add comet/minor-planet export for Astromist
608 Enhancement Windows Implemented 2.0a1 Handle CdC V3
692 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Show "reticles" for all eyepiece FOVs as an FOV option
700 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add ability to open Catalogue windows when no plan is open
723 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Merge plan feature needs generalising
724 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add licencing feature
726 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Modify app to remove dependencies on unsupported databases
727 Enhancement MacOSX Implemented 2.0a1 Remove voice control feature
730 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: DoubleClick for more than one list
733 Enhancement All Closed 2.0a1 Add Chart# to Planning list
735 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Make telescope limit alerts more understandable
736 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Sky Commander catalogue export tweaks
739 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Refresh from catalogue warning
741 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Non-truncation on Excel export
742 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Deleting objects with observations
743 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Increase window size "memory"
746 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Planning and Observing lists unified
747 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Increase minimum required screen dimensions
753 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Fix Date should lock in current date/time by default
754 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add Sunrise/sunset time buttons to Fix Date dialog
757 Enhancement Windows Implemented 2.0a1 Get Daylight Saving rule info from the OS
758 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Annual rise/set graphic contextual menu item
759 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Include DST start/end time
760 Enhancement All Closed 2.0a1 Sky Commander "favourites" support
764 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add relative moon position info (1)
765 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: MoonPosition and SunPosition
766 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Adding "special" objects to a plan.
773 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Be able to change Seeing scale from pop-up menu
775 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Specify export line endings
776 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Be able to change import/export settings
777 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Be able to avoid opening plan files at startup
778 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add a default sort order for plans
779 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Be able to access List Windows from 2nd script
780 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Play an MP3 track
781 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: MinimumSlewSort using application parameters
782 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: MinimumSlewSort starting at given RA/Dec
783 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: ListWindow refresh
784 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Sequential writing to ListWindow
785 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: ListWindow line/cell formatting
786 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Send object coordinates to external app
787 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: SaveXXXValue/RestoreXXXValue globally
792 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add minimum exit pupil size to Filter Resource
793 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Save Canvas to an image file
797 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Create a new script containing embedded prefix files
798 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Astromist export/import support for Pocket PC
799 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Option to suppress progress window on searching
800 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Confirmation dialog with one button
801 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Ability to drag between two points on the FOV and see distance and angle
809 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Copy DSS image to clipboard
812 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Refresh Objects from Catalogues enhancement
813 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Ability to store file paths in observations/objects
815 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Display observation times with seconds
820 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add relative moon position info (2)
821 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Enhancements to User-contributed plan download/upload
822 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add yyyy-mm-dd date format for observations
823 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Improve the date parsing capabilities
827 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add ability to add Argo Navis prefixes to plan objects
828 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Access plan descriptive info
829 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add information as to user-contributed plan contents
833 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Selecting multiple telescopes/eyepieces
835 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Add ability to connect and disconnect telescope
836 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add ability to turn telescope tracking on or off
837 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Allow more control over Astromist object naming
838 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Give warning when exporting Astromist user catalogue
839 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Add file existence routines
841 Enhancement Windows Implemented 2.0a1 Improvements to Night Vision mode
844 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Reading/writing to TCP/IP ports
845 Enhancement Windows Implemented 2.0a1 Improve Night Vision mode
846 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Be able to choose file extension when saving text files
847 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Add indexed access to object user fields
849 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Make Delay() cancellable
851 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Preference setting for script Canvas fonts
852 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Access to preferences for printing fonts
854 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Option to disable Canvas printing
855 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Ability to change caption of EditParameter's "OK" button
856 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Additional push buttons in EditParameters
857 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add target distance from sun
861 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add target distance from sun (2)
862 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Switch off the "Show FOV" feature when caching DSS images
864 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Allow backup/restore/reset of preferences
867 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Show IDs for USNO stars in FOV
869 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Implement AAVSO Variable Star Plotter (VSP)
870 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Implement Danjon seeing scale
872 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Slewing from the Sky chart
874 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Improve AAVSO object creation
875 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Retain AAVSO chart window size
883 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Naming Astromist Files on Export
884 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Remove Custom Features
885 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 AAVSO VSP charts via contextual menu
886 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Open AAVSO Chart dialog from Observing list
887 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 AAVSO Chart dialog object selection
890 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Paste picture from clipboard to Canvas
892 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Flip DSS images horizontally and/or vertically
893 Enhancement Windows Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: COM support
896 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Allow passing of OLEObjects to/from OLEObjects
897 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Allow write access to global observations
898 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Avoid exporting Name to Argo Navis if ID is the same
899 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Help menu items to report bugs, etc.
903 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add ability to update telescope, eyepiece, etc. lists on-line
905 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: ListWindow.Read/Write changes
906 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Enhance observing list entry if RA/Dec=0
909 Enhancement Windows Implemented 2.0a1 Text editing window problem
911 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Export user site horizon
912 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add chart column support for Atlas of the Night Sky
913 Enhancement Windows Implemented 2.0a1 Add automatic HTTP proxy support
914 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 User image subfolders
918 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add password-protected HTTP proxy support
919 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Multiple highlighting colours
920 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add a method to re-index the DSS image cache
925 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Add ability to test whether plan has Fix Date set
926 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Script download dialog ordering
927 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Allow magnitudes to be displayed with 2 dec places
932 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Allow rise/transit/set graphics to display full 24 hours
934 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Extra routines for epoch conversion
935 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Constellation column in search results
938 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Adding object notes to observation notes
948 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Take visual aid into account in DSS display window
954 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Ability to enter numerical values for Reticle and FOV rotation angles
955 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Show angular radius of offset camera reticles
956 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Access custom reticle information from a script
957 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add chart support for Taki's Star Atlas
963 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Create an object based on mouse position in FOV
964 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Centre the reticles in the FOV on the mouse position
965 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Centre the reticles in the DSS Image window on the mouse position
966 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Scripting: Enhance ParameterDependency() method
967 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Make HP slewing more remote-imager-friendly
970 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Multiple selection in AAVSO Chart selection window
976 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Easy slews to common objects
984 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Save As dialog should remember last saved folder
987 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Bring AAVSO VSP chart feature up-to-date
988 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Invert chart colours when in night vision mode
993 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add # of observed objects to plan window title
994 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add Transit altitude column
995 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Allow "Lookup Synonyms" from within a catalogue window
996 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Remember catalogue chooser hierarchy
1003 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Ability to change colour of LED display
1006 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Show selected eyepiece "reticle" in FOV
1007 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Cross-hair reticles
1008 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Choosing colour of reticles, etc.
1009 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Add cardinal points to Rise/Set graphics
1012 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Different colours for observed/unobserved objects in the FOV
1013 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Allow Lookup Synonyms from FOV and Sky charts
1026 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Separate options for constellation names and figures in Sky chart
1027 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Colour of FOV reticle in Sky chart should be same as FOV chart
1029 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Support "Stars and Planets" chart numbering
1031 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Find out where AstroPlanner has stored its various components
1032 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 Associate finder scope with telescope resource
1046 Enhancement All Implemented 2.0a1 If Telescope option in FOV is on, show FOV at telescope position