... Hi Michael, Thanks for sending me the link. One problem (at least for me) is that the program will not run on NT. Berthold ... Berthold Hamburger - Cellist...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Dec 2, 1999 2:54 am
Hi folks, This is only loosely related to Guide, but... I just got a Circular from the Minor Planet Center, announcing the discovery of a nova in Aquila...
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Jost Jahn
Jost_Jahn@...
Dec 2, 1999 8:23 pm
Bodenteich, den 02.12.99 Hallo guide-user, the number of list members was 41 on 1999 December 01. Please take the promote link for the list on your WEB pages. ...
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Jan Manek
jmanek@...
Dec 3, 1999 3:37 pm
Hi all, as I'm now working on a czech version of Guide, I've came to a dilemma. What's the problem ? The _submenu_ hotkeys = the underlined characters in ...
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Jan Manek
jmanek@...
Dec 3, 1999 3:37 pm
... In earlier version worked following (but in recent version of Guide doesn't work either of the described methods :-( ) ... Jan Manek Stefanik Observatory...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Dec 3, 1999 6:54 pm
Regarding Jan's inquiry about "logical hotkeys for a language" vs. "keeping the hotkeys as they are in English": I think I can offer a simple way to keep both...
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S O'Leary
Tede@...
Dec 5, 1999 7:12 pm
Hey everybody We saw the nova from here in Northern England last night. (I've never seen one before - thanks, Bill.) I showed it to my kids using 10 x 40 ...
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Berthold Hamburger
behambu@...
Dec 5, 1999 9:09 pm
Hi, First of all, sorry for Off-topic Jahn! Just wanted to mention that I put a photo of the Nova on my homepage. The link is: ...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Dec 6, 1999 9:27 pm
Hi folks, I have posted an update to Guide on the Web site. At present, only the 32-bit (Windows 95/98/NT) version is posted, and it is not linked in to the...
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Masaki Kouda
fp6m-kud@...
Dec 8, 1999 9:25 am
Hi Bill, I downloaded and enjoyed new function of predicting artifical satellites. What a great function! I think it'll be very useful function on Guide. On...
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Jost Jahn
Jost_Jahn@...
Dec 9, 1999 9:07 pm
Hallo Masaki, am 08.12.99 meintest Du in /guide-user ... It would be wonderful, if Guide can do additional all things like http:// www.heavens-above.com...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Dec 10, 1999 3:01 am
Hi folks, Another 'almost-update' has been posted at: http://www2.projectpluto.com/new.htm NOTE THE 'WWW2'. The '2' is needed because my Internet provider is ...
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James
ejge@...
Dec 11, 1999 11:44 am
Hello everybody, This is a test post to see if everything is working ok. I am from Sydney, Australia where the skies are blue in the daytime and orange at ...
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Masaki Kouda
fp6m-kud@...
Dec 12, 1999 2:29 pm
Hello. I downloaded and used latest Guide. I love new redraw function. Bill gave us very usefully function, not only satellite. This function gave me...
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James
ejge@...
Dec 13, 1999 11:37 am
I agree, It would be great to see a calculating ephemeris like The Observers Companion in Dance. I use Dance to calculate all occultations, eclipse etc then...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Dec 13, 1999 11:49 am
Hi, I was just looking at the Venus-Jupiter-Saturn conjunction on 17th/18th May 2000 with Guide. It will look a bit iffy with the three planet only about 4 deg...
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N. Foldager
nf@...
Dec 13, 1999 4:35 pm
... But Dance has one very important advantage: it is a proper gravitational simulator, so that you can simulate all kinds of pertubations. I wish other...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Dec 13, 1999 6:00 pm
Hi folks, Those of you who want to edit Guide's lists of city names, or are interested in the dataset of two million city names that Jost mentioned a few...
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N. Foldager
nf@...
Dec 13, 1999 6:53 pm
... OK, Bill. I'm happy that you are aware these possibilities. So, who knows. May be you some day get borred... :-) Best regards, Niels Foldager Copenhagen ...
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j.van.gijsen@...
Dec 13, 1999 8:45 pm
Hello Guiders, Sometimes I use images from "the real sky" within Guide to compare to astropics taken with my digital camera (MX5c). Does anyone knows a trick...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Dec 14, 1999 2:57 am
In reply to Jan's question about... "...Does anyone knows a trick to estimate the magnitudes of stars that are not in the guide database but on the real sky...
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Pierre Laporte
laportepierre@...
Dec 14, 1999 11:57 pm
Hello, Guide users. I have been following this discussion group since the beginning. I find it very interesting all discussions on Guide and all preliminary...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Dec 15, 1999 10:46 am
Pierre, I don't think that it should be a worry about other languages - Guide is the only astro software I know of which combines many different languages. ...
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Masaki Kouda
fp6m-kud@...
Dec 15, 1999 2:36 pm
Hello, Guiders. ... Yes. So I use Dance for so-long days. ( I used Dance last week to find where 'Ceres' and 'Pallas' was found.) Dance is very usefull...
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Octavi Fors Aldrich
octavi@...
Dec 15, 1999 5:03 pm
Hi everybody,
first of all, I must congratulate the list-manager, because I think it's
been an interesting idea to create such a forum of guide users. My...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Dec 15, 1999 6:49 pm
Hi folks, I've just posted an updated 'random.htm' page, to include some further discussion of how geonames work in Guide and how they can be translated to...
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Jost Jahn
Jost_Jahn@...
Dec 16, 1999 5:35 am
Bodenteich, den 15.12.99 Hi guide-user, this list is at first an English language list. I think, if you attach an English summary of the mail, SOME mails in...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Dec 16, 1999 11:04 am
Hello Guiders I agree that this is primarily an English language group and I can see the point that it will get confusing if posts from lots of languages are...
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Andre Germain
germain@...
Dec 16, 1999 6:37 pm
Splendid idea - a Guide mail server. Just three notes: I'm certain you all agree the monumental task Mr. Gray has undertaken with pride and loving attention in...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Dec 17, 1999 8:54 am
I have just seen Guide in S&T's top 25 products of 1999. Well done Bill, a brilliant acheivement. Keep up the good work. I hope everybody has a great christmas...
