Hi folks, I've just made an (essentially bug-fix) update to the software on the Web site. It seems MPC has made not one, but _two_ changes in the way asteroid...
Hi Bill. I downloaded 2 May version, and try to maku list of pass of satellite. Unfortunally its problem is not fixed. I hope you fix this. Masaki Kouda...
Hi Masaki, I swapped a bit of mail with Jari Suomela about this bug, but we were unable to track it down. Your post caused me to take another look at the...
Hi Bill. Thanks for working the problem. I downloaded and checked this problem on "4 May 2007" version. But I got another problem... bug and serious problem. ...
Hi Bill. I think my computer is fixed to use Guide. I did basic fixing way... delete all files of Guide, re-install, then update. I update to "4 May 2007"...
Bill, There does appear to be a bug in the sat. listing. I am using the May 5 Guide update. Regardless of which satellite.tle file I use, it appears that...
Hello Bill, ... it works for me. ... This is also ok for me. Clear skies Bernd Bernd Brinkmann Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18 Herne, Germany e-mail:...
Hi Bill! I was wondering why dwarf planet 134340 Pluto is still being listed under the > Got to > Planet tab. Is it for traditonal or sentimental reasons or ...
Bill, "Right-click|More info" works fine for me with 5 days listed. However, this the _only_ way I can get more than one pass listed in "Tables|List satellite...
Hello Wolfgang, Pluto is major object of dwarf planet. And the first spacecraft for Pluto is named as "New Horizon". The software "Guide" created by...
Hello Masaki! I like Guide very much. I've been using it since- when? Version 3? Or 4? Can't exactly remember. However, that doesn't answer my question. There...
Hi Wolfgang, Odd you should mention this... at the time of the "what's a planet" controversy, I got a lot of questions from those who know what I do about my...
Interesting! I think I know what going on. It's seem the bug, is related to the satellite name, of all things. Why, while using guide to get pass info, I...
Hi Bill, Hi All, Loking at more info data for some deep sky objects, I noticed that the data of the SAC_72.dat file, are displayed for NGC objects, but not for...
Hi Bill Honestly, Pluto is still a planet, a dwarf planet. But in fact it was never treated like a major planet and up to now the best image we have is a...
Hi Bill Honestly, Pluto is still a planet, a dwarf planet. But in fact it was never treated like a major planet and up to now the best image we have is a...
... If a "dwarf planet" is a "planet", then why isn't also a "minor planet" a "planet"? Or you could have it the other way around if you like: if a "minor...
Hi Paul Back then the planets were split into two groups, the "major/ principal planets" and the newly created (sub group) "minor planets" for the relative...
Hi folks, I am reasonably sure that I have now fixed the bugs (there was more than one!) affecting artificial satellites. If you visit the "in-testing" update...
Reply to: Wolfgang Benz ... Since Wolfgang is asking for responses here (even though it is not Guide related) let me just say that the IAU definition (as he...
Hi Bill. Congratulation! "List satellite pass" problem was fixed ! And new feature, "Add to trail" in "More Info" is good idea ! I wonder you think better...
My thoughts exactly. Thank you Richard Mallet When will they decide to separate the gas giants from the terrestrials And I have observed Pluto every year since...
Bill, Take a look here: http://platformx.sourceforge.net/Name/index.html I noticed that the star identified as "C" with a stated magnitude of 11.46 isn't shown...
Hi Dave, You can see this star in A2.0 or UCAC-2 or CMC-14. Not surprisingly, it's missing from GSC; that catalog is disappointing, at best, when it comes...
... Thank you very much, Bill, for a highly detailed (and FAST) answer! I played with the CMC-14 (and others) as well as the image from DSS-1 and saw exactly...
Hi Bertrand, A late reply on this one: you noted that SAC 7.2 data is shown from NGC and IC objects, but nothing else. That is indeed the case. I was able...
Hi Bill, Steve Coe, the author of the SAC databases, informed me that version 8.0 is underway. It should be published any time now and it contains a few...
I have been trying to install Guide-8 under Vista. The 'install to HD' option appears not to work, even though I have included the 'minimum install' as well ...
Hello Lawrence.... Bill has provided a zipped file to allow installation to Vista. You can find it on the Guide8 updates. As for astronomical program...