Hi, Bill, I told a friend in Bolivia about FindOrbit. He is interested in orbital mechanics and would like to use it to find orbits of the asteroids he ...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Oct 1, 2000 5:29 pm
Hi folks, A few comments on newly-posted software, and MPCORB and FIND_ORB use, and some foreign language changes: NEWLY-POSTED SOFTWARE: I've just posted...
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cspratt
cspratt@...
Oct 1, 2000 7:24 pm
The web page still indicates last update and new software posted as August 8. Any luck with getting Guide 7 to work/slew the Astro-Physics GOTO mounts? Chris....
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Bob Elliott
elliottb@...
Oct 1, 2000 8:05 pm
... I am running a Sept 7th version of Guide 7. Look at:www.projectpluto.com/files.htm There is a post of an update on Sept 8th...
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James Kessel
kessel@...
Oct 1, 2000 11:57 pm
The November 2000 Issue of S&T has a prominant article by Roger Sinnott on the occultation of mu Geminorum (mag 2.6) by 752 Sulamitis (mag 13). Looking at the...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Oct 2, 2000 1:20 am
Hi folks, Thanks for the comments on the incorrect version dates in the updated software. I have made that mistake all too frequently, and have just now done...
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Masaki Kouda
fp6m-kud@...
Oct 2, 2000 12:21 pm
Hi Bill. ... Problem of ZC.tdf is fixed. I thank you very much. But I found other problem... I made other .tdf file to display new zodical catalogue - XZ - . ...
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James Kessel
kessel@...
Oct 3, 2000 1:39 am
Hi Bill: I wonder if it wouldn't be advantageous for you to set up ftp access to your files folder. As it stands that file files.htm needs to be revised every...
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Paulo Cacella
cacella@...
Oct 3, 2000 10:51 am
Hi ! I donīt know if this feature is only of my interest but I have difficulties in finding objects in external catalogs. An example is quasar 3C273. What do...
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Paul Schlyter
pausch@...
Oct 3, 2000 12:18 pm
... Please note that the URL (http://spitfire.ausys.se/psr/zc/zc.zip) given in your zc.tdf is obsolete, and should be replaced by one of: ...
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Masaki Kouda
fp6m-kud@...
Oct 3, 2000 1:24 pm
Hello Paul. ... Thank you for your notice. I didn't access that site after I got data. I updated & uploaded reviced zc.zip on my site. Masaki Kouda...
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Arne Lindengard
arne.lindengard@...
Oct 3, 2000 7:48 pm
... I agree. I have also to do this with external catalogues sometimes, viewing the catalogue in some editor. And sometimes the numbering scheme of the ...
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mark@...
Oct 6, 2000 11:00 pm
A wierd display bug has been bothering me (it's in the Sept 7 version I'm using, but has been around for a while.) If you switch the Display|Background from...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Oct 7, 2000 4:43 pm
Hi folks, I've made progress on most of the bugs reported, and ought to be posting an update shortly. In all cases, I got the errors to appear in very...
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Denis Boucher
boucherd@...
Oct 8, 2000 5:30 am
Hi all, I have installed Windows ME. All appeared to go well except when I tried to save a ephemeris to a text file. I get a kernel error and the program ...
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Jean Monseur
jmonseur@...
Oct 8, 2000 5:18 pm
Hello, Newly arrived on this list. Clear skies to all. I live in France. I use Guide since version 4.0. Can somebody tell me where are the FAQs or the ...
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Don Dillinger
dillingr@...
Oct 8, 2000 5:38 pm
Hi and welcome, Jean! Check the archives at egroups.com (no faq that i am aware of) Don Dillinger Home page: www.geocities.com/Snohomish_Observatory ... From:...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Oct 9, 2000 10:04 am
Jean - Try this address for a message digest back to when this list started. You can do a search there subject matter you are interested in. ...
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Jean Monseur
jmonseur@...
Oct 12, 2000 9:27 pm
Hello, I hoped I could find an answer to my question in the list archive. But I found only 2 or 3 poorly related messages among more than 800. My problem...
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Don Dillinger
dillingr@...
Oct 13, 2000 4:24 am
... AstroMaster. ... or ... to ... I have had much the same response using guide7 and my SkyPilot (Mountain Instruments version of the Tangent Instruments...
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1094-554@...
Oct 13, 2000 6:00 pm
Hey, Has anyone tried running Guide with a SkySensor 2000? This scope is supposed to be LX-200 compatible ?!?, but I've heard no reports as to whether it...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Oct 14, 2000 2:59 am
Hi folks, As I mentioned in my last post, I've fixed the assorted bugs (wrong version date, badly displayed user-added datasets, missing text in 'chart'...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Oct 14, 2000 7:35 am
G'day Mike The only place that I have seen in depth discussion of using a Skysensor 2000 with a PC is with Starlight's STAR2000 system. This is a roundabout ...
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James Ellis
ejge@...
Oct 14, 2000 7:58 am
G'day Jean When I was trying to connect the NexStar5 to Guide, I had a few problems. No1 is to check all the cable connections - this was my problem - the gold...
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Denis Boucher
boucherd@...
Oct 14, 2000 7:16 pm
Bill, I have not been able to replicate the problem. It simply disappeared and no matter what I have tried, everything works. Sorry, if it happens again I'll ...
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Don Dillinger
dillingr@...
Oct 15, 2000 5:52 am
Re: tangent scope control With this last posting of guide7, I have made progress getting the scope control to work, but still can't quite get Guide to follow...
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sandymc456@...
Oct 15, 2000 12:22 pm
In a message dated 10/15/00 12:53:38 AM Central Daylight Time, ... am ... I'm not using your setup but this is how it normally works with my Sky Commander...
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Don Dillinger
dillingr@...
Oct 15, 2000 6:37 pm
... position, ... have ... a ... AHA! This may be my difficulty. The manual does not indicate this procedure...supposedly (p.46) "Click on Slew Telescope....
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Owen Brazell
owen@...
Oct 15, 2000 10:02 pm
Maybe I am doing something wrong but my toolbar.dat does not have these functions in at this line. Do I need an updated toolbar.dat ? There is not one in...
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Bill J. Gray
pluto@...
Oct 16, 2000 12:12 am
Hi folks, Don, Sandy... the Sky Commander does indeed work in a much different manner than the Tangent Instrument boxes. With a TI box (such as the one Don...
