AHA! I figured it out (sort of). It works when the image of it is loaded (when I zoom in) but when no image is shown (zoomed out) I get the error. _____ ...
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jesse huth
nexstargpsnut
Feb 20, 2008 9:17 pm
ARG! Again another revelation. It is NOT M1 that has the problem, it is when I click the Milky Way outline that I get the error. One of the Milky Way lines...
1048
star2_watch
Mar 18, 2008 2:36 am
Hello, I am new to the group, but have been using the program for over a couple years...just not too extensively till recently. I want to add my own images...
1049
nexstargpsnut
Mar 18, 2008 4:52 pm
http://hnsky.com/hns_fits.zip This is a program from the hnsky site that can view and even save BMP or JPG images in the FIT format. Go here for more...
1050
klauslms
Mar 18, 2008 7:57 pm
Hello! You can also use Gimp, itīs free!...
1051
star2_watch
Mar 19, 2008 4:04 am
Thanks everyone. I found Gimp yesterday and also have the liberator for photoshop now (had forgotten there was such a thing for that one)...so my next...
1052
jesse huth
nexstargpsnut
Mar 19, 2008 8:12 pm
For deep sky objects, just put them in the fits folder in your hnsky directory. I have had no luck working with the planetary/moon images. I think you...
1053
Eric Solomonson
ericsolo2000
Mar 30, 2008 5:30 pm
I am having display problems with Hnsky (latest build) on my HP Vista laptop. The Tycho catalogue displays in three vertical bands of stars, interspaced with...
1054
ve4alw
Mar 30, 2008 11:45 pm
Hi Eric, I have had sort of the problem with my hp laptop, I have also noticed that the fit images don't display in those darker band areas. You have make...
1055
han kleijn
han_kleijn
Apr 3, 2008 6:15 am
Bill, Eric, I guess it has something to do with Vista or Directx 10. Currently, I have no solution for it. Clear skies, Han Kleijn...
1056
klauslms
May 6, 2008 8:28 pm
Hello all! I have SN 5.8.4 (german version)and some probs with my sky guide options. The weekly events remaining for the year 2005, even I check the...
1057
klauslms
May 12, 2008 1:54 am
Hello all! I have downloaded the UCAC2 supplement for northern declinations. What have I to do with unzipped file? Put in the main directory? Kind regards ...
1058
Derek C Breit
dbreit
May 12, 2008 3:08 am
It can go in its own folder.. Then point HNSKY to it.. See.. FILE.. >> SETTINGS.. On the settings tab right column under USNO.. Click the UCAC2 button and type...
1059
Derek C Breit
dbreit
May 12, 2008 3:11 am
Unless you already HAVE UCAC2.. In which case it goes in the same folder.. Derek http://www.poyntsource.com/New/index.htm ... From: hnsky@yahoogroups.com...
1060
klauslms
Jun 7, 2008 11:35 pm
Hi all, I am looking for a galaxy catalogue, it contains A1021+15=UGC5633=DDO79, for example. I cannot find somthing about the acronym "A". Who nows this...
1061
jesse huth
nexstargpsnut
Jun 8, 2008 1:41 pm
Wow, I can not find reference to it anywhere! Where did you first hear about it? Are the objects you gave just a fake example, or real? Jesse Huth _____ ...
1062
klauslms
Jun 8, 2008 3:40 pm
Hi Jesse, I am afraid, itīs no joke, please look here: http://www.astro.washington.edu/west/rc3/index.html! Maybee you can help me now? Sorry, I have...
1063
jesse huth
nexstargpsnut
Jun 15, 2008 12:53 am
Hmmm, I can still find nothing. I found an email on the site and asked them a few days ago, still no reply. I will let you know if they ever respond or if I...
1064
jesse huth
nexstargpsnut
Jun 20, 2008 9:13 pm
Well, here is the letter I sent and the reply I got from the webmaster. I have no idea to be honest. It was the first name in the RC3 catalog I used. . . ...
1065
star2_watch
Nov 19, 2008 2:46 pm
Is there such a thing for this program?...
1066
Fred
poppafred
Nov 19, 2008 6:06 pm
HNSky uses the ASCOM interface for telescope control. You might want to check with them about a controller. http://ascom-standards.org/ Good luck. Fred ...
1067
Derek C Breit
dbreit
Nov 19, 2008 8:07 pm
When will the file of 10,000 asteroids be updated??? I ask how to do it every so often, but I do not do it enough to ever remember.. ... Derek ...
1068
Fred
poppafred
Nov 21, 2008 12:26 am
Derek, If you go to the group homepage on Yahoo, there is a thread about updating the asteroids that starts with message #1019. Fred...
1069
han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 21, 2008 5:16 am
Derek, My intention was that people would update themselves from ftp://cfa-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/MPCORB/MPCORB.DAT. However I noticed today that the format is...
1070
han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 21, 2008 7:44 am
Derek, The conversion is easy. I already supply a simple program for this on my web page and had forgotten about it. Anyhow the 10000 asteroid database is now...
1071
Derek C Breit
dbreit
Nov 21, 2008 9:30 pm
Thanks Han ! Derek http://www.poyntsource.com/New/index.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1072
Derek C Breit
dbreit
Nov 21, 2008 9:41 pm
When UCAC3 is released, I believe it will be in a different format and that work will have to be done to make HNSKY read the catalog.. If that is the case, I...
1073
Lindberg
limpan12000
Nov 24, 2008 1:39 pm
Its a lot of error in the position for variable star in your software ,GCVS and NSV, because of to old catalogues. New and better catalog is for downloading...
1074
han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 24, 2008 2:35 pm
Hi, yes some work to be done for the GSCV and UCAC3. Maybe in a few months. Clear skies, Han...
1075
Derek C Breit
dbreit
Nov 28, 2008 6:10 am
Thanks Han, and Fred, The asteroid file works great.. It is formatted differently, but works great even without the parentheses.. Thanks! I look forward to...
