diff --git a/NINA.Test/View/FramingAssistantViewTest.cs b/NINA.Test/View/FramingAssistantViewTest.cs
index 99e8bf1c72..c1c6813eb0 100644
--- a/NINA.Test/View/FramingAssistantViewTest.cs
+++ b/NINA.Test/View/FramingAssistantViewTest.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 
 #endregion "copyright"
 
+using CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input;
 using FluentAssertions;
 using NINA.Core.Enum;
 using NINA.CustomControlLibrary;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Input;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using System.Windows.Threading;
 
@@ -212,6 +214,70 @@ public void ProjectionSelector_TracksStaticOfflineStaticTransitions() {
             GC.KeepAlive(host);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void ZoomButtons_AdjustFieldOfViewWhenOfflineSkyMapIsLoaded() {
+            EnsureApplicationResources();
+            using FramingAssistantTimeContext timeContext = new FramingAssistantTimeContext(() => DateTime.Now, startTimer: false);
+            SourceContext context = new SourceContext {
+                FramingAssistantSource = SkySurveySource.SKYATLAS,
+                SkyMapAnnotator = new SkyMapAnnotatorContext { DynamicFoV = true },
+                TimeContext = timeContext
+            };
+            int zoomInCount = 0;
+            int zoomOutCount = 0;
+            context.ZoomInCommand = new RelayCommand(() => zoomInCount++, () => context.SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV);
+            context.ZoomOutCommand = new RelayCommand(() => zoomOutCount++, () => context.SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV);
+            FramingAssistantView view = new FramingAssistantView { DataContext = context };
+            Window host = new Window { Width = 1280, Height = 800, Content = view };
+            host.Measure(new Size(host.Width, host.Height));
+            host.Arrange(new Rect(0, 0, host.Width, host.Height));
+            host.UpdateLayout();
+            DrainDispatcher();
+            NINA.WPF.Base.View.ImageView imageView = FindDescendants<NINA.WPF.Base.View.ImageView>(view).Single();
+            Button zoomIn = FindImageViewButton(imageView, 0)!;
+            Button zoomOut = FindImageViewButton(imageView, 1)!;
+            TextBlock scale = (TextBlock)imageView.FindName("PART_TextblockScale");
+            string initialScale = scale.Text;
+
+            zoomIn.RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs(Button.ClickEvent));
+            zoomOut.RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs(Button.ClickEvent));
+
+            zoomInCount.Should().Be(1);
+            zoomOutCount.Should().Be(1);
+            scale.Text.Should().Be(initialScale);
+            GC.KeepAlive(host);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ZoomButtons_RetainImageScalingWhenOfflineSkyMapIsNotLoaded() {
+            EnsureApplicationResources();
+            using FramingAssistantTimeContext timeContext = new FramingAssistantTimeContext(() => DateTime.Now, startTimer: false);
+            SourceContext context = new SourceContext {
+                FramingAssistantSource = SkySurveySource.NASA,
+                SkyMapAnnotator = new SkyMapAnnotatorContext { DynamicFoV = false },
+                TimeContext = timeContext
+            };
+            int commandCount = 0;
+            context.ZoomInCommand = new RelayCommand(() => commandCount++, () => context.SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV);
+            context.ZoomOutCommand = new RelayCommand(() => commandCount++, () => context.SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV);
+            FramingAssistantView view = new FramingAssistantView { DataContext = context };
+            Window host = new Window { Width = 1280, Height = 800, Content = view };
+            host.Measure(new Size(host.Width, host.Height));
+            host.Arrange(new Rect(0, 0, host.Width, host.Height));
+            host.UpdateLayout();
+            DrainDispatcher();
+            NINA.WPF.Base.View.ImageView imageView = FindDescendants<NINA.WPF.Base.View.ImageView>(view).Single();
+            Button zoomIn = FindImageViewButton(imageView, 0)!;
+            TextBlock scale = (TextBlock)imageView.FindName("PART_TextblockScale");
+            string initialScale = scale.Text;
+
+            zoomIn.RaiseEvent(new RoutedEventArgs(Button.ClickEvent));
+
+            commandCount.Should().Be(0);
+            scale.Text.Should().NotBe(initialScale);
+            GC.KeepAlive(host);
+        }
+
         [TestCase(10, 2, 0, 20, 12)]
         [TestCase(10, 0, 0, 20, 8)]
         [TestCase(20, 2, 0, 20, 20)]
@@ -277,6 +343,10 @@ private static System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T> FindDescendants<T>(Depe
             return null;
         }
 
+        private static Button? FindImageViewButton(DependencyObject parent, int column) {
+            return FindDescendants<Button>(parent).FirstOrDefault(button => Grid.GetColumn(button) == column);
+        }
+
         private static void ConstructInHost() {
             Window host = new Window {
                 Width = 1280,
@@ -351,6 +421,8 @@ private sealed class SourceContext {
             public SkySurveySource FramingAssistantSource { get; set; }
             public SkyMapAnnotatorContext SkyMapAnnotator { get; set; } = new SkyMapAnnotatorContext();
             public FramingAssistantTimeContext TimeContext { get; set; } = null!;
+            public ICommand ZoomInCommand { get; set; } = null!;
+            public ICommand ZoomOutCommand { get; set; } = null!;
         }
 
         private sealed class SkyMapAnnotatorContext : INotifyPropertyChanged {
diff --git a/NINA.Test/ViewModel/FramingAssistantFieldOfViewTest.cs b/NINA.Test/ViewModel/FramingAssistantFieldOfViewTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75c970522e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NINA.Test/ViewModel/FramingAssistantFieldOfViewTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#region "copyright"
+
+/*
+    Copyright © 2016 - 2026 Stefan Berg <isbeorn86+NINA@googlemail.com> and the N.I.N.A. contributors
+
+    This file is part of N.I.N.A. - Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy.
+
+    This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+    License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+    file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+*/
+
+#endregion "copyright"
+
+using FluentAssertions;
+using NINA.ViewModel.FramingAssistant;
+
+namespace NINA.Test.ViewModel {
+
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class FramingAssistantFieldOfViewTest {
+
+        [TestCase(1, 1, 1)]
+        [TestCase(1, -1, 1.5)]
+        [TestCase(200, 1, 180)]
+        [TestCase(200, -1, 200)]
+        public void AdjustFieldOfView_RespectsBothDirectionsAtMinimumAndMaximum(
+            double fieldOfView,
+            int delta,
+            double expected) {
+            FramingAssistantVM.AdjustFieldOfView(fieldOfView, delta).Should().Be(expected);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NINA.WPF.Base/Interfaces/ViewModel/IFramingAssistantVM.cs b/NINA.WPF.Base/Interfaces/ViewModel/IFramingAssistantVM.cs
index 6260ee9cf0..8858f93c9e 100644
--- a/NINA.WPF.Base/Interfaces/ViewModel/IFramingAssistantVM.cs
+++ b/NINA.WPF.Base/Interfaces/ViewModel/IFramingAssistantVM.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public interface IFramingAssistantVM {
         SkySurveyImage ImageParameter { get; set; }
         IAsyncCommand LoadImageCommand { get; }
         ICommand MouseWheelCommand { get; }
+        ICommand ZoomInCommand { get; }
+        ICommand ZoomOutCommand { get; }
         bool NegativeDec { get; set; }
         double Opacity { get; set; }
         double OverlapPercentage { get; set; }
diff --git a/NINA.WPF.Base/View/ImageView.xaml.cs b/NINA.WPF.Base/View/ImageView.xaml.cs
index 75e2d75679..a16712b4fd 100644
--- a/NINA.WPF.Base/View/ImageView.xaml.cs
+++ b/NINA.WPF.Base/View/ImageView.xaml.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ public ICommand RightMouseButtonMoveCommand {
             set => SetValue(RightMouseButtonMoveCommandProperty, value);
         }
 
+        public static readonly DependencyProperty ZoomInCommandProperty =
+            DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(ZoomInCommand), typeof(ICommand), typeof(ImageView), new PropertyMetadata(null));
+
+        public ICommand ZoomInCommand {
+            get => (ICommand)GetValue(ZoomInCommandProperty);
+            set => SetValue(ZoomInCommandProperty, value);
+        }
+
+        public static readonly DependencyProperty ZoomOutCommandProperty =
+            DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(ZoomOutCommand), typeof(ICommand), typeof(ImageView), new PropertyMetadata(null));
+
+        public ICommand ZoomOutCommand {
+            get => (ICommand)GetValue(ZoomOutCommandProperty);
+            set => SetValue(ZoomOutCommandProperty, value);
+        }
+
         public static readonly DependencyProperty ScrollEnabledProperty =
             DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(ScrollEnabled), typeof(bool), typeof(ImageView), new PropertyMetadata(true));
 
@@ -292,6 +308,10 @@ private void OnsvScrollChanged(object sender, ScrollChangedEventArgs e) {
         }
 
         private void ButtonZoomIn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
+            if (TryExecuteZoomCommand(ZoomInCommand)) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             Zoom(PART_ScaleTransform.ScaleX + PART_ScaleTransform.ScaleX * 0.25);
             var centerOfViewport = new Point(PART_ScrollViewer.ViewportWidth / 2,
                                                          PART_ScrollViewer.ViewportHeight / 2);
@@ -300,6 +320,10 @@ private void ButtonZoomIn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
         }
 
         private void ButtonZoomOut_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
+            if (TryExecuteZoomCommand(ZoomOutCommand)) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             Zoom(PART_ScaleTransform.ScaleX - PART_ScaleTransform.ScaleX * 0.25);
             var centerOfViewport = new Point(PART_ScrollViewer.ViewportWidth / 2,
                                                          PART_ScrollViewer.ViewportHeight / 2);
@@ -307,6 +331,15 @@ private void ButtonZoomOut_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
                   PART_ScrollViewer.TranslatePoint(centerOfViewport, PART_Canvas);
         }
 
+        private static bool TryExecuteZoomCommand(ICommand command) {
+            if (command?.CanExecute(null) != true) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            command.Execute(null);
+            return true;
+        }
+
         private void ButtonZoomReset_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
             RecalculateScalingFactors();
             Zoom(fittingScale * 0.9);
@@ -328,4 +361,4 @@ private void PART_Canvas_SizeChanged(object sender, SizeChangedEventArgs e) {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/NINA/View/FramingAssistantView.xaml b/NINA/View/FramingAssistantView.xaml
index 6cdcc51c6e..cc6a23cf65 100644
--- a/NINA/View/FramingAssistantView.xaml
+++ b/NINA/View/FramingAssistantView.xaml
@@ -1341,7 +1341,9 @@
                 ImageRotation="{Binding InverseRectangleRotation}"
                 RectangleFontSize="{Binding FontSize}"
                 RectangleOpacity="{Binding Opacity}"
-                ScrollEnabled="{Binding SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV, Converter={StaticResource InverseBooleanConverter}}">
+                ScrollEnabled="{Binding SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV, Converter={StaticResource InverseBooleanConverter}}"
+                ZoomInCommand="{Binding ZoomInCommand}"
+                ZoomOutCommand="{Binding ZoomOutCommand}">
                 <i:Interaction.Triggers>
                     <i:EventTrigger EventName="SizeChanged" SourceObject="{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=wpfbase:ImageView, Mode=FindAncestor}, Path=PART_ScrollViewerBinding}">
                         <i:InvokeCommandAction Command="{Binding ScrollViewerSizeChangedCommand}" />
diff --git a/NINA/ViewModel/FramingAssistant/FramingAssistantVM.cs b/NINA/ViewModel/FramingAssistant/FramingAssistantVM.cs
index 44c8a5a37c..0a33406b18 100644
--- a/NINA/ViewModel/FramingAssistant/FramingAssistantVM.cs
+++ b/NINA/ViewModel/FramingAssistant/FramingAssistantVM.cs
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ private void InitializeCommands() {
             DeleteCacheEntryCommand = new RelayCommand(DeleteCacheEntry, (object o) => Cache != null);
             ResetObservationTimeCommand = new RelayCommand((object o) => TimeContext.ResetToCurrentTime());
             MouseWheelCommand = new RelayCommand(MouseWheel);
+            ZoomInCommand = new CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input.RelayCommand(
+                () => MouseWheel(new MouseWheelResult { Delta = 1 }),
+                () => SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV);
+            ZoomOutCommand = new CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.Input.RelayCommand(
+                () => MouseWheel(new MouseWheelResult { Delta = -1 }),
+                () => SkyMapAnnotator.DynamicFoV);
             GetRotationFromCameraCommand = new AsyncCommand<bool>(GetRotationFromCamera, (object o) => RectangleCalculated && cameraMediator.GetInfo().Connected && cameraMediator.IsFreeToCapture(this));
             CancelGetRotationFromCameraCommand = new RelayCommand(o => { try { getRotationTokenSource?.Cancel(); } catch { } });
 
@@ -461,33 +467,36 @@ private void InitializeCache() {
 
         private void MouseWheel(object obj) {
             var delta = ((MouseWheelResult)obj).Delta;
+            var adjustedFieldOfView = AdjustFieldOfView(FieldOfView, delta);
+            if (adjustedFieldOfView != FieldOfView) {
+                FieldOfView = adjustedFieldOfView;
+            }
+
+            CalculateRectangle(SkyMapAnnotator.ChangeFoV(FieldOfView), updatePlacements: false);
+            SkyMapAnnotator.UpdateSkyMap();
+        }
 
+        internal static double AdjustFieldOfView(double fieldOfView, int delta) {
             double stepSize;
-            if (FieldOfView < 2) {
+            if (fieldOfView < 2) {
                 stepSize = 0.5;
-            } else if (FieldOfView < 10) {
+            } else if (fieldOfView < 10) {
                 stepSize = 1;
-            } else if (FieldOfView < 30) {
+            } else if (fieldOfView < 30) {
                 stepSize = 2;
-            } else if (FieldOfView < 50) {
+            } else if (fieldOfView < 50) {
                 stepSize = 5;
-            } else if (FieldOfView < 100) {
+            } else if (fieldOfView < 100) {
                 stepSize = 10;
             } else {
                 stepSize = 20;
             }
 
             if (delta > 0) {
-                if (FieldOfView > 1) {
-                    FieldOfView = Math.Max(1, FieldOfView - stepSize);
-                }
-            } else {
-                if (FieldOfView < 200) {
-                    FieldOfView = Math.Min(200, FieldOfView + stepSize);
-                }
+                return fieldOfView > 1 ? Math.Max(1, fieldOfView - stepSize) : fieldOfView;
             }
-            CalculateRectangle(SkyMapAnnotator.ChangeFoV(FieldOfView), updatePlacements: false);
-            SkyMapAnnotator.UpdateSkyMap();
+
+            return fieldOfView < 200 ? Math.Min(200, fieldOfView + stepSize) : fieldOfView;
         }
 
         private async void ResizeTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) {
@@ -1724,6 +1733,8 @@ public void Dispose() {
         public ICommand ScrollViewerSizeChangedCommand { get; private set; }
         public ICommand ResetObservationTimeCommand { get; private set; }
         public ICommand MouseWheelCommand { get; private set; }
+        public ICommand ZoomInCommand { get; private set; }
+        public ICommand ZoomOutCommand { get; private set; }
         public IAsyncCommand GetRotationFromCameraCommand { get; private set; }
         public ICommand CancelGetRotationFromCameraCommand { get; private set; }
 
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index a28dc06440..aecea33e8f 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ This allows you to safely return to a stable release if needed.
     - The grid and viewport projection can be switched between Equatorial and Alt/Az coordinates, with clear compass direction indicators along the zero-altitude line that remain visible over the horizon overlay, planetarium handedness and correct image and camera orientation.
     - An optional local or custom horizon hides annotations and cached imagery below it, including in wide-field views.
     - Offline-only date and time steppers provide a current or fixed observation context for the map and horizon, while the selected date drives the altitude chart.
+    - The zoom buttons now adjust the offline map's field of view, matching mouse-wheel navigation, while other image sources retain image scaling.
 - **Autofocus & Star Measurements**
     - The native star detector now measures HFR from a centroid-refined curve of growth instead of using a first-moment approximation
     - Local star background estimation now uses a robust sigma-clipped median to reduce bias from nearby stars and outliers
@@ -1735,4 +1736,4 @@ ___
 - Lots and lots of minor bugfixes and improvements
 - Launch NINA with a specific ProfileId via cmdline
 - Integrated with Windows JumpList feature to launch instance with specific profile loaded
-- Enhanced Altitude Check to permit imaging of targets that are below the configured altitude when they are rising in the sky and display a visual cue to distinguish rising versus setting targets
\ No newline at end of file
+- Enhanced Altitude Check to permit imaging of targets that are below the configured altitude when they are rising in the sky and display a visual cue to distinguish rising versus setting targets