My device cannot be added to the images!

David Redwine:
I had trouble just entering my Celestron HD800 as the imaging scope.  I tried 800HD  and Edge8,  it just got hung.

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Salvatore Iovene:

Scotty Bishop:
I wish the stuff would have carried over

Sorry for the bother Scotty, the reason why this couldn't be carried over is exactly why we're doing this migration. It's easier if each user does their own because they know what they own even when the naming is a bit ambiguous. Plus, due to there being over 140,000 items in the old database, we cannot have a team of volunteers do it for all. It's a one time process that doesn't take too long, and you can still skip it if you really don't want to be bothered: simply add the equipment using the new form to your new images as you upload them. For future images after the first, it becomes easier because you can quickly add recently used items, and load/save presets.

Frank Lothar Unger:
Sadly I see no improvement yet...

The improvements are many, but not all of them are already available, and will be after a sufficient number of items have been migrated.

For now you can take advantage of the fact that, as we go, the search results will be less and less fragmented, i.e. a search will return more images (previously, due to duplicates and naming inconsistencies, it would not find images by items that are spelled differently but are really the same item).

You can also take advantage of the new equipment explorer page (https://app.astrobin.com/equipment/explorer/) and add filters to find equipment items according to technical specifications.

You also get to see what items are most often used with certain items. E.g. when you see a telescope, you see what cameras it's most often used with. This can be very useful for people new to the hobby, who wonder if certain items make a good combination together.

Real soon, the following is coming:
  - An interface to compare items of the same class, so you can see them side-by-side and compare technical specs
  - A dedicated forum for each equipment item, that notifies users of that item of new posts (unless they opt-out): this makes it easy to connect with users who use the same equipment.
  - Additional search filters in the search page, so you can search by ranges of technical properties (e.g. images acquired with a telescope with a diameter between X and Y)


Finally, if anyone has issues, please contact AstroBin via the official support channel (Help menu at the top), as the AstroBin forums are a place to discuss astronomy and astrophotography, and not AstroBin itself.

Thank you!