Maxim - Looking for a way to align images from night to night

[swag72]

With Artemis capture there's a reticule setting that puts a nice reticule type box on my imaging screen so that I can put reference stars in the same place night after night. Is there something similar on Maxim? I've looked but can't find it and there must be something, right?

I'm sure I've read somewhere that there is something, but can not for the life of me find it now.

[Helen]

Open an image, right click and you get the option of crosshair

Helen

[swag72]

Brilliant, thanks!! Can you put that on a continuous exposing framing screen? So wil it default onto every image?

Also, is that it? No other markers on it?

[Helen]

Once its on it stays on until you switch it off Sara. Al's reticle is another option - see here

Helen

[swag72]

Yes have used Al's reticule before. Just wondered if there was a way to have more measuring points on the crosshair screen. So say I have Star X 2/3rd's of the way along the crosshair on night 1, I want to get it right back there on night 2. The Artemis capture reticule is brilliant as it has a crosshair and some circles at various points and some markers too. There's always a reference point available near a star for a quick screengrab then back to it the following night.

With Maxim, doesn't seem as useful and Al's reticule while good, isn't so easy.

Have just tried annotate and putting a circle around a reference star on a screen grab in Maxim, but it's doesn't stay put, so you couldn't use that from hight to night,

[Helen]

Have you sussed pinpoint solving yet? Its really easy to use and will get the centre of the frame spot on for you, you then only have to deal with rotation.

Helen

[swag72]

No, not even tried that yet!! In fact, I've not been using Maxim for capture, but last night as the imaging cam was connected decided to have a little look and think about it. I'll look at that.

[themos]

Search for "Auto Center" in MaximDL's Help, maybe that will help.