I know this topic has been brought up here before, but is there any plan to make Guide 8.0 compatible with ASCOM or ACL-based telescope control systems? In my...
Hi Steve This is my only problem with Guide now. I use Guide for all planetarium work eg., comet and asteroid locations, but it will not communicate via ASCOM...
I agree with Steve and Lawrence. Especially for imagers, the lack of ASCOM integration is becoming a bigger and bigger shortcoming in Guide. I still wouldn't...
Can Guide8 control an AutoStar based scope? AutoStar is not listed in the Scope Control dialog box. I tried searching the archives, but wasn't able to find...
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Hi Joe, Yes, you should use the LX-200 radio button. The command sets are indeed not entirely identical. But the portions used by Guide are identical. I...
Thanks Bill, I was hoping so, since I bought TheSky6 Pro and am not happy with it. I find myself going back to Guide every time. Joe ... sets are ... actual ...
Hi Marco, Um. I was about to reply that this is _not_ possible. Then I checked the code and realized that I added this as a "test option" a while back. Hit...
Hi! I tried to observe the comet P/Harrington-Wilson the other day, bu according to this http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/1952B1/index.html it has not been ...
Hi Mikkel, as far as I know "Extras | Add MPC comets/asteroids" adds comets, which are not included at the database of GUIDE and updates the data of the...
Hi! Thanks for your reply, Oliver! ... Agreed! But in this particular case it's a comet that has the orbital elements of a periodic comet, but the comet has...
Hello Bill, hello Guide users, the following mail was posted on the german CCD-list, from which I ... http://www.stoff.pl/ Newsletter says: "As you might...
Just use the tle=file option of guide to use data from space track It can be found under settings. So get access to space track, download the file, put in the...
Hi Bernd, Kevin, all, As Kevin suggests, you can get Guide to use _any_ TLE file; it doesn't have to be one of those provided via the direct links ("click...
Hi, I am doing CCD imaging and would like to add my PINPOINT plate resolved images to GUIDE8. Is this possible, without using Charon? Any help appreciated. ...
Hi folks, A rather small dataset, showing 32 stars very close to Sirius. These were observed as part of an effort to see if another companion (aside from the...
Hi folks, An "in-testing" update is now available at http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm The usual warning applies: this is indeed "in testing", so please ...
Hi Josch, That might be possible, yes. Could you please send me an example image that's been run through PinPoint? As I recall, PinPoint will add WCS (World...
Bill, it would be nice to have a switch (like the one for DSS images) to toggle WCS based images on and off. I would like to send to you an image, but the...
... I find that, say for the iss, the mag value given is different when I use a tle file with no mag data, along with the above way to get the mag data, then...
Hi Kevin, There are some odd things going on with the magnitude data. I asked Mike McCants about this not long ago. Seems the magnitude data in the ...
Bill; Reading your recent post to the Guide user group, "(For those wondering what UTC vs. UT1 is..." reminded me of one of my pet peves. How does Guide manage...
Hi Joe, Local (and Greenwich) sidereal times, and local mean time, are available in the Time Zone menu, near the bottom of the list. You _could_ just go...
Thkx Bill. Does LST compute the 'actual' Siderial time based upon the location's coordinates? I'll give it a try...joe :) "May You Go Among The Imperishable...
Hi Joe, "... Does LST compute the 'actual' Siderial time based upon the location's coordinates?" Yes. (Otherwise, it might still be 'Local' Sidereal Time,...
Hi Bill, Thank you very much for the quick update! I have a little (stupid?) question: how switch on this new feature? I have downloaded the new test version...
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