Hi All: It's my first time to speak in this group! Thanks for your reading. Recently I begin to observe comets by the images from Xingming Observation(Mt.Nan...
My impression has been that Astrometrica’s photometry is not designed to report either m1 or m2 for comets. More knowledgeable people here probably know...
Hi, all. I recently installed Astrometrica on my laptop, but I'm unable to connect to Online Help. When I click on the Help tab and go to Help Contents, I get...
... I don't thnk this is the problem. This affects only "old" *.hlp- files, whereas Astrometrica has a html-Help file (compiled html, *.chm). Cheers, Herbert...
After Astrometrica has done a plate solution on the stars in the field of view, raise the aperature radius setting under the Program tab of Program Settings ...
Hello, I'm new to this mailing-list: my name is Giovanni Sostero; together with some other friends, I operate the Remanzacco Observatory (MPC code 473). I'm a...
... Ah - ok, didn't remember that correctly! Was just a guess... ;) *.chm normally shouldn't have any problem. Two more guesses: a) There are problems with a...
Thank you, Matthias (and Herbert). Below is the path that I get when I right-click on the pane in the Help menu where I get the message "The address is not...
Is there anyone else running Astrometrica under Windows? Would be interesting to know if someone else encounters the same problems with the online Help... ...
Regarding cometary magnitudes: The "total" and "nuclear" magnitudes trace back mostly to visual observations. For CCD measurements, it would be better to give...
I assume you are querying the use of Astrometrica under Vista, rather than XP..... I have a laptop which came with Vista [not my choice.... laptop was the...
I have it.. I have never run it yet, since it was just yesterday I could finally gathering 32 bit FITS images... Help works just fine on Windows XP w/ ver 4.4 ...
I don't think there's any downside. As I understand it, it's just a matter of trying to account for the geometric distortions that any optical system will...
Herbert, I have Astrometrica on my desktop in my office, using Windows XP Professional SP-2. The Astrometrica.chm help file does not work, no matter how I try...
Gerald McKeegan
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Dec 10, 2007 7:16 pm
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After a little Google-search, I found this: http://www.foxpert.com/KnowlBits_200705.htm Sound as if this might be useful to those who can't display the online...
Hello Giovanni, I wold not easily say that using high order solutions has no drawbacks. Using a higher order fit will *always* give you maller residuals, but...
Just to complete the list of compatible OSs. I am running Windows XP, Home Edition, SP2 (up-to-date with all Microsoft updates). Help works fine either from...
Herbert, That was easy! I made the change and the Help files work great now. Thank you! Gerald...
Gerald McKeegan
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Dec 10, 2007 8:25 pm
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Thanks, Herbert-- That was the answer. I went into the Astrometrica directory, right- clicked on the Help file (rather than calling it up from within ...
... The page I linked to says: "This error message is part of Microsoft's attempt to make Windows more secure. After all, if you don't read the help files, you...
Dears John and Herbert, thanks for your reply. With our current set-up (0.45m, f/4.4 reflector + KAF1001E CCD) we have a field of 43'x43', and the lack of...
Giovanni, ... Try a search for "distortion" in the online archive of this group. You should find good messages e.g. by Rob McNaught. The faster the optics and...
... Besides storing two-dimensional images, FITS can save pixel values in a third dimension. This is sometimes used to store a series of images (where one can...
... If your FITS files contain mutiple-HDUs, you can easily extract each HDU and write it into a separate file with a small but extremely powerful module from...
I asked without proper research first. I answered my own question a few minutes after I sent the message. The program I used to capture the image used the 3rd...
Hello, I have this error time ago. I used a Canon 350D, I select B&W option or extract luminance channel, and since then I have no problem again. Greetings, ...
Herbert, One other thing I was wondering. The Help page, when called up, is titled "Astrometrica Online Help". Is there actually an online component to the...
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