Hi Chris, To get the current GCVS, download ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/B/gcvs/gcvs_cat.dat (about 6184 KBytes) to your Guide directory. You can then ...
Hi Larry, "... It would be interesting to watch binaries, and Jupiter's satellites revolve in orbit..." For the former, Alt-J and '11' will indeed toggle off...
Hi John Thanks for the quick response. I thought that was the case, but I have forty years of research notes on this computer, and I'm paranoid about trying...
Alt J entries are usually toggles, so if alt J 11 turns something off, alt J 11 turns it back on, and the reverse. Try it and see. Cheers John...
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Hi Bill, If I turn proper motion off with "ALT-J 11" as you say in your update, how do I recover it? It would be ineresting to watch binaries, and Jupiter's...
"...Once I started the Guide 8 program I did have to press ENTER to redraw the screen." Wups! I see the 'setup.htm' page says that this is an unresolved ...
Thanks Bill on the new setup for Windows 7, I did what you said and everything is OK... Once I started the Guide 8 program I did have to press ENTER to redraw...
So far, the only issue with Windows 7 (that I know of!) is one that also caused some trouble for some people in Vista: the 'setup' program fails. The fix...
I would like to ask a question, I use Guide Version 8 in my windows XP but know just tried to install it in my new HP computer with Windows 7 (64 bit) and it...
Now, this is a bit newer. Around early November data started being made available from the NASA MAST server ...
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Below is the tdf that'll let folk use the AAVSO VSX data as a Guide 8 file. Beware wordwrap on the url. Basically, you go here :- ...
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Wanna play with CoRoT stuff? Well, it used to be a bit tedious, needing the download of fits files from esoteric data servers, files best viewed in the java...
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C Spratt wondered :- "Is there a way to update the variables listed in Guide8 to include the latest 79th Name-List of Variable Stars?" The 79th Name List is...
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Thanks all, Bill, at one time I took hours to collect all the cameras I could find and add them(even if they matched another camera) and then an update(i...
Hi Scott, That question sounded vaguely familiar. I dug through old e-mails and found that I'd answered it for somebody back in 2005. So I'll recycle my...
Hi Don, As Bernd indicated, most of the cameras you mention are included with the current software, which I'd recommend getting anyway just due to various...
When you right-click on a quasar, it gives you the redshift value. Is there a chart somewhere, or an "easy" calculation to find out the approximate light year...
Bill, I too am appreciative of your continued support of Charon. I may mess it up from time to time but you have always been there to help me straighten it...
...and we appreciate the continued support. Small numbers do no necessarily translate into small accomplishments via Charon. (Furthermore, we know you live...
Hi Peter, all, "...Another vote for : 'Please do NOT discontinue support for Charon.'" No worries; I had, and have, no intention of doing so. There are...
Hi All, Another vote for : "Please do NOT discontinue support for Charon." I have completely automated Charon for tracking and general plate solving. My own...
Thanks. That got TOFFSET working for me. However, Guide snapped out of the time problem on Sunday on its own and has been working fine since then. It was only...
Will do Bill. Thkx...joe :) "May You Go Among The Imperishable Stars" Joe Mize www.cav-sfo.com Chiefland Astronomy Village, Fla. ... From: "Bill J Gray"...
Hi Joe, I'd strongly recommend getting the current version. Many bugs have been fixed since then, and many improvements made in how the program works. I...
I too always wait for excuses to make changes....sounds like this might be a good time! Dr. Clay _____ Arkansas Sky Observatories MPC H45 - Petit Jean Mountain...
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