Known Object Overlay

This command will mark the nominal position of all known minor planets and comets on the currently loaded CCD images. Besides the packed designation of these objects, the predicted magnitude is also displayed. Please note that the nominal position is calculated from the orbital elements in the MPCOrb database, without taking account for planetary perurbations, so this command is useful for identifying of locating a minor planet on the frames, but should not be used to judge the quality of a measurement.

This command is only available if the astrometric data reduction has been performed on the images, or if the image file headers contain WCS information.

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