On 24-Jul-01, Bill Eaves wrote:
>> Hello,


Hello Bill,


>> Is anybody out there.


Just about!


>> Those nice people at yahoogroups sent me an email that
>> they may close down this list as it has not had any
>> postings for a while. So please post something to keep
>> it going :o)


Only too happy to oblige


>> I recently used DU to print out star maps for the
>> southern hemisphere as I went to an observatory in
>> South Africa and then on to Zambia for the total
>> eclipse.


Yes, the print option is one of my most used functions of
DU. Mind you, the print reports function gets a hammering
as well...


>> I am still scanning my eclipse photos and they will be
>> on my web pages at
>> http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/eaves/eclipse2001 which
>> at the moment only has a front page. Expect some more
>> pages and images soon !
>>
>> Some of the wide deep sky shots I took in South Africa
>> can be seen at
>> http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/eaves/southernskies
>>
>> I will be adding more photographs shortly. DU is coming
>> in useful for identifying all the objects on the
>> photographs. A pity that Dan has not implemented the
>> rendered DSOs in the Amiga version as that would make
>> identification much more easy than the current method
>> of just displaying circles. Come on Dan, most of us do
>> have graphics cards nowadays you know !


What's a graphic card Bill? :-)


I think the idea of rendering DSO's was mooted some time
back on this list. One day, one day...


>> Regards,
>>
>> Bill.