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6476
hi, im new to this group so, sorry if this problem was dealt with already! always used guide with xp but now w vista i get all kinds of problems: - no milky...
arie.nagel
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Feb 4, 2008
2:06 pm
6477
I'm using Guide8 on Vista64 for a while now, and the only thing I found, tha didn't look that nice are the toolbar buttons, the spaces between them are to big....
Markus Funke
astrofreak85
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Feb 4, 2008
2:47 pm
6478
Markus, that can be fixed, simply go the Guide Icon, right click and select properties, select compatibility tab, check the "disable visual themes". It should...
Denis
denis0215n3
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Feb 4, 2008
3:43 pm
6479
Hi Arie, (Scratching head) I doubt these things are actually Vista related. There _are_ some known Vista issues, described a bit (and solutions provided) at ...
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
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Feb 5, 2008
1:17 am
6480
<sigh> I do seem to have a lot of problems getting comet data from the MPS. Guide shows comet c/2008 C1 at high dec. I enter this data under my observatory...
Lawrence Harris
ldjhandm
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Feb 7, 2008
5:57 pm
6481
I am not sure just what you are trying to do, but if it is to get a location of C/2008 C1 Try these two things. Go to Extras in guide and click on "Add MPC...
Robert Elliott
stargazer54742
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Feb 7, 2008
7:06 pm
6482
Right now I am having trouble downloading the "soft2un.txt" file from MPC site (probably down or having trouble). The computer gives a site timeout window. But...
Woodchuk
chukychukwood
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Feb 7, 2008
11:38 pm
6483
Hello Bob Yes, I realise all the facilities within Guide (I have been using it since Guide-2). Guide shows me exactly where comets are (as you know). I use...
Lawrence Harris
ldjhandm
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Feb 8, 2008
11:54 am
6484
I am using Guide on my observatory computer to locate comet Kohoutek 75P. The location is given on this computer, but I have just installed Guide on my main ...
Lawrence Harris
ldjhandm
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Feb 10, 2008
8:57 pm
6485
Lawrence I just looked at the MPC observable comets list for Feb 08 and 75P is not listed. I seem to remember looking for this comet several years ago without...
Robert Elliott
stargazer54742
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Feb 11, 2008
7:57 pm
6486
I dug a bit deaper into the IAU listing of comets and fount the following: The nature of an object can further be indicated by an initial prefix. In ...
Robert Elliott
stargazer54742
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Feb 11, 2008
8:14 pm
6487
I have an old file "comet00.dat" that has the comet Kohoutek P/75 in it. Here are the numbers from the file. If you can sort out hte spacing. P/Kohoutek (75P)...
Woodchuk
chukychukwood
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Feb 12, 2008
8:27 am
6488
Hello all So that you understand the background here, my wife and I were newlyweds when this comet was discovered and we tried to see it with my telescope....
Lawrence Harris
ldjhandm
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Feb 12, 2008
11:26 am
6489
Hello How to display Earth shadow? Now is visible Moon eclipse and I don't know how in Guide8 display Earth shadows. Adam...
Adam Hurcewicz
adam_hurcewicz
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Feb 21, 2008
1:58 am
6490
Just checking in to see if any one knows when Guide 9.0 will be released? Patrick...
discoverer98
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Feb 29, 2008
2:37 am
6491
Hello Patrick. One of FAQ that when Guide9 will release is the one nobody knows. But I expect it'll be after "UCAC3" releace in this spring. Kouda, Masaki...
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koudamasaki
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Feb 29, 2008
5:16 am
6492
My Guide 8 has been acting strangly, displaying Messier objects bunched up an an area above the ecleptic. And today it refused to boot from the hard drive,...
barringtonri
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Feb 29, 2008
7:46 pm
6493
Thanks Kouda, That makes sense. Hope it will be out by early this summer. Patrick...
discoverer98
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Mar 4, 2008
5:48 am
6494
Ah but as far as I know UCAC 3 has now been delayed until the autumn. See http://ad.usno.navy.mil/ucac/ As Bill has never made any noises about the delivery of...
Owen Brazell
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Mar 4, 2008
8:03 am
6495
Do we already have - or could we have a second CCD camera frame available and offset? I want to set up a guide camera frame near to the main CCD frame to ...
Lawrence Harris
ldjhandm
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Mar 4, 2008
6:15 pm
6496
Hello Lawrence, ... do you mean a guider chip with a fixed separation and orientation (as many of the SBIG cameras have) or a second independant camera? For...
Bernd Brinkmann
b48doher
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Mar 5, 2008
8:31 am
6497
The guider chip has a fixed relative position. I cannot see anywhere in Guide where one can be activated. The menu option only offers one (main) camera frame...
Lawrence Harris
ldjhandm
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Mar 5, 2008
11:19 am
6498
Hello Lawrence, ... the answer is in this link I gave before: http://www.projectpluto.com/update7.htm#guider_chips It is an (like many others) undocumented...
Bernd Brinkmann
b48doher
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Mar 5, 2008
12:47 pm
6499
Hi Lawrence, If you have a "standard", off-the-shelf camera such as an SBIG or MegaTek camera, you can just select your type of camera. Guide already...
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
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Mar 5, 2008
9:50 pm
6500
Hi Owen, At one time, I _was_ planning on having UCAC-3 be a major new part of Guide 9.0. I'm no longer holding my breath for UCAC-3 (though I'll be...
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
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Mar 5, 2008
9:50 pm
6501
Hi Pete, Sorry for the late reply to this! Something must have gone wrong in the update. You should _not_ be asked for a password when you unZIP that file....
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
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Mar 5, 2008
9:50 pm
6502
Hi Adam, A very belated answer to this one: Guide doesn't show the earth shadow. Something I probably ought to add at some point. It would be well if the...
Bill J Gray
feliks314159
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Mar 5, 2008
9:50 pm
6503
Hi Bill, Glad to hear some more noises about 9.0. I hope you can get glimpse around those corners by springtime. I am ready to upgrade. Patrick...
discoverer98
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Mar 6, 2008
3:10 am
6504
Many thanks to both Bernd and Bill. Just after posting my last (!) I found the part referred to in the link - and blushed appropriately ;-) Bill - it is a...
Lawrence Harris
ldjhandm
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Mar 6, 2008
11:17 am
6505
Hello Bill, ... here you can find the setup, but without dimensioning: http://www.starlight- ...
Bernd Brinkmann
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Mar 6, 2008
12:23 pm
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