Bill, Denis, Some time ago I also had that problem, but it has disappeared since then. I tried to test what Denis has described but I could not replicate the ...
Laurent Zimmermann
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Sep 1, 2006 7:21 am
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I'd like to use coiled serial cables on my GEM but haven't found any online. Does anyone know of a source for them? I'm looking for two about 2' long coiled...
Hi, After changing the colour of the grid from the default to something other, the grid lines sudddenly were very bold and appeared in a dash- dot-fashion....
Denis, Laurent, I've not figured out why this problem is occurring. But I am not totally surprised that it _does_ happen, because the code for handling .mar...
Hi Thomas, Thanks for mentioning this. I have heard of similar problems with other markings in Guide; for example, one gent set planetary trails to have a...
Hi Bill, The following is for the June 5, 1302 BC eclipse at Anyang, China, using my working Delta T: DELTA_T=-10000,10000:1812.18,88.52,25.77 When I find an...
... isn't a ... a ... would ... Hi Bill, thanks for this info! I'm going to try this. Do you mean that a WM_COMMAND has to be posted with 98+<X> as the first...
Hi Bill and all, I made the comment in the initial messaage under this heading that the latest version of Guide is May 29. However, I'll swear I had a newer...
... Hi Bill, I checked it out and it works. But the 'ra' in the mark file must obviously be 360-ra (in degrees). This holds also for the mark files delivered...
Hi Tom, I've updated the documentation at http://www.projectpluto.com/mar_fmt.htm#1 to reflect the RA oddity. (It's the result of a poor choice I made a long...
Hi Larry, The current version on the Web site is (still) the 29 May 2006 version. At some point, I'll be posting a "test" update that provides more "more...
Hi Bill: I am really looking forward to the update that will allow proper motion vectors for stars in the UCAC2.0 catalogue. This will be of great benefit to...
Hi Bill, I discovered after my post the geomap does not drop out when disc 1 is in the CD drive. I had installed Eclipses/Ocultations to the HD. When I checked...
Hi Bill, thanks for clarifying this point. As you have introduced the 98xx feature just recently in the latest update, I won't use it in my software for...
I am having trouble getting B1.0 stars from the internet. When I use this option, the stars come in REALLY BIG. I can "shrink" them down by going to the...
Bill, we are unable to load any images from the RealSky CDs. The RA/Dec is wrong and the image gets loaded somewhere else. what I did, I rename "get_dss.exe"...
One of the ways to get elements would be to login at Space-Track or you can go to this site http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements and download the 100...
Hi Randy, Easiest way is to get the current version of Guide from the Web site, then click on Settings... TLE=, and select the "Brightest Objects" option....
Hi Pat, That problem showed up a while back, because VizieR (the server through which Guide gets B1.0 stars) did a little change in their formatting of B1.0....
Hi Adrián, The use of the second Guide CD is discussed in chapter 17c of the user manual ("installing to the hard drive"). Basically, that CD contains some...
Bill, RealSky works just fine now. I still would like to know what RealSky renamer is use for. A few people would like to have the option to select a displayed...
HI BILL..! Than you for your comments.! Yes, the installer in hard drive...! I USE GUIDE 8.0 FOR COMETS HUNTER . EXCUSES BY MY ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Bye, Adriàn ...
Bill: I just downloaded the "in-testing" version. The ability to show proper motion with the UCAC2.0 catalogue works great. This will be a real boon to us...
thanks Bill and Denis, Bill, I was using the latest upgrade but position of ISS was not accurate. Went to http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/ and was able...
I have download the 18 september "testing" upgrade. I didn't find info about artificial satellites in Quick Info window. Probably, I have to modify some lines...
i played with guide v 8 from 18 sept in win xp and Me using GOTO asteroids i noticed that with e.g. the asteroids nr 31,32,34,35,36,38 the message "not an...
Hi Bill, Sometimes I like to take a birds-eye-view on things in Guide and set my altitude to something preposterous like 100000 km. Just noticed that this...
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