Hello, Have Guide and have it on a notebook running Windows 3.11. Program GPF's after a couple screen redraws. Was there a cure for this that I missed. Dan...
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Claude Serquet
Claude@...
Aug 5, 2000 8:33 am
I'm wondering if it is an easy way to open gif files from guide. I have a few pictures of celestial objects I would like to show my kids, and I thought a good...
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Oliver Kloes
100.337340@...
Aug 6, 2000 10:10 am
GIF-FILES: I had have similar thoughts like Claude some time ago, but a little bit different: Using a gif-file of the sun as a solar bitmap. ...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Aug 6, 2000 7:39 pm
Hi folks, Claude mentioned adding images in the .NOT files... not a bad idea, although (as he mentioned) this doesn't work yet. In theory, I may rig up Guide...
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sandymc456@...
Aug 6, 2000 9:31 pm
Bill, Is there anything in the plans for having an option to put Guide in "tracking" mode for telescopes with DSC whereby it can query the DSC for coordinates...
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Michael Mattiazzo
mmatti@...
Aug 7, 2000 3:31 pm
... Hi All, I don't think GUIDE can read gif files at the moment? However, it can display ST6 and FITS files. Which raises another question. I have attempted...
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fb4a042@...
Aug 7, 2000 4:11 pm
... I frequently match FITS from the DSS downloaded from: http://arch-http.hq.eso.org/cgi-bin/dss I never tried to use Charon for the match, but instead loaded...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Aug 7, 2000 6:38 pm
Hi folks, Sandy, about the "scope updates": yes, I probably will make that sort of adjustment at some point. In fact, it already works that way for...
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Denis Boucher
boucherd@...
Aug 7, 2000 10:40 pm
Bill, I have been trying to find and modify the file that displays Palomar globular clusters. Palomar 4 is display 3 degrees lower than it should. This was an...
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Claude Serquet
Claude@...
Aug 8, 2000 8:45 am
Hi Bill, Maybe the idea of having file names in the .NOT files has been a little bit over estimated in the following mails. I thing it's probably simpler that...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Aug 8, 2000 7:07 pm
Hi folks, I've just posted an updated version of Guide on my site. As you'll see, the updates are not especially major. You can now display and enter times...
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Denis Boucher
boucherd@...
Aug 9, 2000 1:07 am
Thanks Bill, Look forward to Guide 8 but in the meantime I will use with your suggestion. Minor errors are not a problem but this one was to large to pass...
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Masaki Kouda
fp6m-kud@...
Aug 9, 2000 1:54 pm
Hello Bill. I downloaded updated 'guide7.zip' and try to use new features. ... (8 Aug 2000) Ability to switch the display of times to the GST, LST, TD, and LMT...
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Claude Serquet
Claude@...
Aug 9, 2000 2:58 pm
Great work, Bill ! Thank you a lot. The .NOT file extension is exactly what I dreamed about....
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Aug 9, 2000 3:51 pm
Hi folks, <Groan> Unfortunately, Masaki Kouda is correct; the time zone list file wasn't correctly updated. As a matter of fact, the version posted was...
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Massimo Corbisiero
ms.cor@...
Aug 9, 2000 8:39 pm
Hi, in guide 7 there is a star named T bootis near arcturus but help inform tha the position are not accurate. There is a real star in that position or the...
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Richard Mallett
100114.573@...
Aug 9, 2000 8:53 pm
To : Bill Gray Any news on the improvements for the Moon (displaying colongitude, different colours for the name labels, adding a marker for libration) that we...
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M.Lessard
mario.lessard4@...
Aug 10, 2000 1:02 am
Hi all... How do I find something like Ced34 or UGC 9749 in Guide 7 ??? Thanks in advance for the reply... \ Mario...
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M.Lessard
mario.lessard4@...
Aug 10, 2000 1:18 am
Oupps...forget about the UGC...I just found "Upsella" in the go to menu... but I still want to know the way to find Ced's objects......
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Aug 10, 2000 4:35 am
Hi folks, Massimo, about T Boo: when Guide says the position "isn't accurate", that's a relative term. The star will still generally be pretty close to the...
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mgedawson@...
Aug 10, 2000 9:36 am
The MPC NEOCP ephemerides positions are in the following Format: 01 22.54 +43 36.1 To locate the position in Guide I have to (manually) change them to: ...
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Tim Hager
thager@...
Aug 10, 2000 11:39 am
T Boo has an interesting story. Going from memory only, it was discovered as a fading star during the making of the Bonner Durchmusterung in 1860. I believe...
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Laurent Zimmermann
zmn@...
Aug 10, 2000 5:18 pm
Some weeks ago, Lawrence Harris asked how to find asteroids with names such as "2000 EB173". Indeed, Guide doesn't recognize such reference as a valid asteroid...
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Richard Mallett
100114.573@...
Aug 10, 2000 9:30 pm
... you're looking for with the colongitude; that's given already, in the "more info" section for the moon. << In Tables | Lunar Data, the Colongitude column...
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Laurent Zimmermann
zmn@...
Aug 11, 2000 12:59 pm
Hi all, In messages of 14-15 july, it was question of "Mel Bartel's functions for Guide". What are those "functions" ? (Perhaps I have deleted the mail giving...
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Owen Brazell
owen@...
Aug 13, 2000 8:07 am
Are you going to use the new SAC 7.2 version in Guide 8 Bill or are there insufficent changes to warrant this ?...
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Andre Germain
germain@...
Aug 14, 2000 1:34 pm
Bill, would the following be possible for Guide in the near future. You'll probably tell me some is already supported by guide: 1) Inversion menu: Can it have...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Aug 17, 2000 3:18 am
Hi folks, First, I should mention that anyone running Guide in Russian, Japanese, or Italian ought to grab the current "language" files from the Web site....
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Paul Schlyter
pausch@...
Aug 17, 2000 5:47 am
... This isn't the ONLY option. Another option would be to use e.g. Gauss' method to compute the orbial elements from three ephemeris positions. If you want...
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Richard Mallett
100114.573@...
Aug 17, 2000 9:42 pm
... column is blank." That _was_ true a while back, but it ought to work now! Perhaps you've not tried it recently? << Yes, but then I haven't downloaded...
