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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 _____ ...
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...
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...
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. . . ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hi guys, it's been a long time since I last looked in you all. Hope all is well for one and all. I am running my Toshiba Satellite A110 laptop with Ubuntu...
For anyone else running into this, it was a mismatch between the version of Ubuntu I was using and the version of wine I needed. Upgrading to 8.1 and...