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...
I'd appreciate any help anyone may be able to provide with this question. After the recent acquisition of a Celestron C5+, I've been evaluating commercial,...
Hello Jack, I have tried to reproduce it at 1600x1200 but I can't see the effect. Can you save your HNSKY settings to the small .HNS file and send by email to...
Hello...or do I say Hallo?? Earlier I downloaded a version of HNSKY 2.3.0L4 and didn't do much with it...I then got a Gemini G11 mount and was having great...
Lynn, Updating is very easy. As you alaready indicated, just download the zipped HNSKY.EXE file only and upack it in the HNSKY folder typically C:\HNSKY. You...
Hi all I am a newby to hnsky and was wondering if anyone is using eqmod with hnsky.If by zooming in on an object and I cannot see the target but by using the...
Hi all ;) Using DDE I can communicate with HNSky with the "telescope" and "center" server items. My questions are: Is there any way to "zoom" the location...
... One has to be careful only to replace the existing hnsky.exe file and not the other two files included in the update, IF the existing files are much larger...
Greetings. First off, I wanted to know if anyone was having a problem with a mysterious FITS error. When I turned on FITS, I got a red error message on the...
HI Everyone, I just received my DVD from the USNO containing the UCAC3 dadabase. I'm in need of assistance in properly installing it into the hnsky folder,...
We are waiting for Han to rewrite the code and issue an update for HNSKY so it can read UCAC3.. Glad to hear I am not the only one! As to installing it,...
Tonight the support for UCAC3 was included. Removed support for the UCAC2 database. version 2.3.1ß download: www.hnsky.org/hnskyp2.zip // UCAC3 official star...
In HNSKY this will look like 3UC: 7000042. Search function will also find 7000042 ... How does this work, as I have never been able to search this way in...
Hello Derek, You can search for any object, PPM, Tycho, GSC or UCAC3 star number. They all identified by an integer. Star Polaris has 3UC number: 359000252 I...
Hi to all! Great to see that the UCAC 3 can be used with HNSKY! I searching for a Mosaic - Tool to prepaire Search Fields for my CCD Survey (see SBSS at yahoo...
To all, UCAC2 is re-enabled again in version 2.3.1ß2. Released today HNSKY version 2.3.1ß3. You can toggle between UCAC2 and 3 in the settings menu, shortcut...
To all, FYI, I removed some messages nr 1092..1095 and 1098 and 1100 since my email address was included in the text due to forwarding. This just to prevent...
Hello I recently downloaded the Hello Northern Sky program and was quite happy to see that you can couple/compare photo material with a part of the map. How...
Ra, The instructions are at: http://www.hnsky.org/hns_fits.htm You have to identify mark and enter the positions of two stars with this program and save the...
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