Hey folks,
just wanted to share a quick update about the new coordinate handling in Voyager Web Dashboard (v1.2.4 Phoenix) Virtual FoV.
I’ve finally implemented a real “sanitizer” for the coordinate input box—now you can paste pretty much any format you like, and it’ll get parsed and converted on the fly.
No more having to remember if you need a dot or a comma, or if you’ve got to use “h m s” or colons or degrees… it’s all accepted, and the system will sort it out for you.
You can throw in stuff like
11:57:35,3 +53:22:24,9
or
186,736°, +41,269°
and it’ll work just as well as the classic
12h 34m 56.7s, -45d 12' 34.5"
or even object names like
M31
and so on.
There’s also a little tooltip now (see screenshot) showing you all the accepted formats—honestly, it covers more than I thought possible. You don’t have to stress about how to write coordinates anymore; just copy and paste them, even from European format (comma decimal notation).
On the technical side: before parsing, the code now automatically converts decimal commas to dots, strips out random degree symbols, and does its best to “guess” where RA ends and Dec starts, even if you forget a separator. There’s probably some edge case I haven’t thought of—so if you manage to break it, you win a virtual cookie and my eternal respect.
This should make centering Virtual FoV a lot more forgiving.
If you want to see it in action, here’s a screenshot:
The version is called 1.2.4 Phoenix (because after wrestling with coordinate formats for days, I felt like something needed to rise from the ashes…).
If you want to check it out, the link with this version is here:
Voyager Web Dashboard 1.2.4 Phoenix
Let me know if you run into any weird edge cases or if you have a format you think should be accepted but isn’t!
And as always, clear skies!
Note: This version is still considered beta—so please use it with a bit of caution, especially if you rely on Voyager for your real imaging runs. I recommend double-checking any critical operations and reporting anything odd you notice. Feedback is more than welcome!