Hi! An updated version of General Catalogue of Variable Stars has appeared at http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/new.htm. It appears that the...
Hi Bill, Okay. But can I still add places to the regular cities database the way I did before? I don't mind doing it the "hard way", but I'm not sure if the...
Hi Roger, It _could_ be that you are running into a problem because MPC changed many of their URLs a while ago. The old ones were still valid for a while, but...
Hi Larry, "...can I still add places to the regular cities database the way I did before?" If what you mean is "can I edit geonames.dat and add in my own...
I seem to be having a problem, probably user induced, with the MPC report file that Charon generates. I have Guide8 and Charon installed on a Dell desktop...
Hi Bill, "If what you mean is "can I edit geonames.dat and add in my own cities", the answer is Yes. Some comments on the format of the file are given at ...
I'll sheepishly admit that I inadvertantly messed up the Report file name line in Charon. I guess the next time I manipulate a keyboard in the dark I better ...
Hello, Does anyone know the correct slope parameter (G) and absolute magnitude (H) for this comet. I keep on downloading the comet data but it remains at 6 and...
Hi Thomas, Best I can suggest, at least right now, is to use the following logic: this object is in the ballpark of mag 2 now, fifteen magnitudes brighter...
Hi Larry, You're right, you can enter Stonehenge or Machu Picchu or "Bowdoinham, Project Pluto Corporate Headquarters" into geonames.dat. The '!' won't...
Hi Bill, "But if more than one time span is given in the line, the other spans will still be operational; the # will just clobber the first one." The first...
I've used -4.5 and it gives a number close to the current visual magnitudes posted observations on the ICQ page. Chris Spratt Victoria, BC ... five-degree ... ...
Hi Bill and Guide users. Thanks for the tip on getting correct magnitudes for Comet P/Holmes. Your suggestiion got me thinking of a way to get the comet...
Hi Bill (and the others), today I wanted to add my new camera to the "ccds.nam"-file. It's one of those tremendous popular firewire-camera's from "The Imaging...
Philippe Mollet
mollet.cornelis@...
Nov 6, 2007 3:12 pm
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Hi Phillippe, This has _not_ been done for the other cameras. However, the fields of view are all (as far as I know) correct. That says to me that the pixel...
How to plot YB6 stars in Guide is detailed. _Background_ There's a certain amount of fascination with the NOMAD catalogue amongst some. For Guide users most...
Hey All, Been happily running Guide 7 & 8 for a number of years now, until the Windows Blue Screen of Death paid me a visit. >:o( Anyhow, I got everything up...
Hi all, For the past week or so I've been having a problem downloading A2.0 from the internet. I get an 'unknown error' message each time I try. I don't have...
Gary Poyner
gp@...
Nov 13, 2007 7:50 am
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Hi Mark, First thing I'd suggest doing would be to get the current update from the Web site. You'll get quite a few bug fixes in that, including some...
I am not sure whether Guide is able to do this but I would like to be able to identify NEOs from (eg.,) MPCorb within Guide, and then check whether any NEO are...
Hello Lawrence.... If you load ONLY the "neatod.dat" files and add that file under two different names to the Guide folder (neatod.dat and mpcorb.dat).....same...
Hi Bill, Not sure if this is possible for you to program, but I would like to be able to copy the Julian Date from the Time Box to the clipboard using the...
Hiya If you click "Edit" on the menu on the top of a More Info window, in these help subpages, a text copy of that page is immediately dumped into your default...
Can I check that I understand this correctly? I delete the original MPCorb.dat. I replace it with the latest neatod.dat. I also make a second copy of ...
I was interested in doing this, but I am having problems finding the DOWNLOAD.TXT file you refer to. I have Guide8, I have updated it with the latest updates....
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