I just released a new HNSKY test version, v2.2.2ß1 with Moon and Mars images/maps included. It is not completed but works well. Liberation of Moon is...
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Florian
Florian_Boyd
Sep 12, 2003 10:15 pm
Neat! It works! ;-) You might make note that the Mars and moon image files don't go in the fits folder but rather in same folder as hnsky.exe. -Florian ... ...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Sep 13, 2003 8:41 am
Hello Florian, Ooops, yes that was not intended. I finished it yesterday very late and could not test it too much. I was glad, that I finally mastered the ...
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svanclee
svanclee68
Sep 13, 2003 7:10 pm
Very nice, thanks for the program Beste Groeten Stefan Van Cleemput svanclee@... http://users.pandora.be/svanclee ... From: han kleijn To:...
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Fred
poppafred
Sep 15, 2003 7:12 pm
Have been using HNSky for several years and found the Yahoo site this morning. Have really enjoyed your program, Han, and look forward to using it for many...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Oct 11, 2003 9:18 pm
The last weeks it has been quit at this Yahoo group. Here an update on HNSKY: I intend to the release the final version 2.2.2 of HNSKY soon. Today I have...
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Florian
Florian_Boyd
Oct 11, 2003 10:37 pm
... Very nice! In looking through my FITS folder it seems i have two copies of each image... a .fit and a .fit8. I just re-downloaded the hfits1.zip archive...
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Florian
Florian_Boyd
Oct 12, 2003 12:27 am
Something else odd with FITS images. When i zoom in on M16, and then do CTRL-F to display the FITS images, at first i see the new color image of M16, but then...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Oct 12, 2003 8:54 am
Hello Florian, The ".FIT8" is the old extension. Later I have renamed them all to ".FIT" so you can remove all ".FIT8" files. The M16 problem is caused by...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Oct 12, 2003 12:57 pm
Hello All, Jos van Wolput informed me that ngc2360_cma.fit (01-12-22) is identical to the old m16_ser.fit file. That's why Florian hat a problem with M16....
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Florian
Florian_Boyd
Oct 12, 2003 3:00 pm
... But that's what's weird... I already had removed the older monochrome image. I did some more troubleshooting this morning. Seems it's the ngc2360_cma.fit...
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Florian
Florian_Boyd
Oct 12, 2003 3:03 pm
Bingo! ;-) ... From: "han kleijn" <han_kleijn@...> To: <hnsky@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [group: Hallo...
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josephcolosi
Oct 19, 2003 9:57 pm
Hi Han, Would it be possible to add the transit time for on object to the information given when an object is selected with the mouse? Joe...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Oct 20, 2003 7:33 pm
Hello Joe, Possible yes, however I do not want to overflow the user with too much information. I think it is wise to keep the amount of information limited....
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Florian
Florian_Boyd
Oct 20, 2003 9:15 pm
... Since you asked... I'd like a way to measure angular distances by clicking on one object and then a second object and having the angular separation...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Oct 21, 2003 7:30 pm
Hello Florian, Hi, that's already one of the "hidden" features" available. Even I sometimes forget it's there. As soon you pull with the mouse a square while...
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Florian
Florian_Boyd
Oct 21, 2003 7:49 pm
... I'm not sure i understand. If i left-click and drag from the Sun to Venus i get 1020=965x332 in the status bar. The two are about 16° apart. I'm not sure...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Oct 22, 2003 8:21 pm
Hello Florian, The number is the diagonal of the box equals the distance in arc minutes. So to get degrees, divide 1020 arc minutes by 60 equals 17 degrees....
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Oct 23, 2003 1:38 pm
Hello Florian I got a mail from Antoni Clavell. He was referring to the angular distances of double stars and there angle. In those cases the program will...
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han_kleijn
Oct 24, 2003 9:12 am
Hello all, I have finally issued HNSKY version 2.2.2. The asteroid, comet, help file and language modules have all been updated. The program update 600 Kbytes...
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Ken Sikes
ken_sikes
Oct 27, 2003 10:37 pm
I am wanting to do a count of the stars in magnitude ranges in the USNOA2 and am wondering if anyone knows of a program that will do a line by line read of the...
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sigabug
Oct 30, 2003 10:03 pm
Hellow to all: I am trying to update my hnsky to version 222 but when it arrives at 92% it falls. I have Windows 98. thanks for your suggestions. Carlos...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 2, 2003 9:40 pm
Hello Ken, Not to my knowledge. However reading the zones is not too difficult using a dedicated program. The format is described in the USNO readme file. You...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 2, 2003 9:40 pm
Hello Carlos, There have been no other complains, so the files should be okay at my webpage. You could download the smaller update only. Success, Han...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 9, 2003 8:16 pm
To all, For the people with a fast internet connection and interest in the new UCAC2 star catalog, I have prepared a web page how to reconstruct the UCAC2 star...
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Fred
poppafred
Nov 11, 2003 7:21 pm
I went to the site and did an FTP download. Started at 6:30pm and it completed at 3:35am using a 512mb ADSL line. Conversion to text took a bit less than one...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 11, 2003 9:45 pm
Hello Fred, Thanks for the processing time indications. I have had only a few files to play and to do testing. (I should order DSL one day...). 1) The files...
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Fred
poppafred
Nov 12, 2003 2:19 am
Okay, Han, everything installed. Had problems at first but they worked out when I set the max area to the recommended 4.0 x 2.5 size. Guess there is just too...
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han kleijn
han_kleijn
Nov 12, 2003 8:18 pm
Hello Fred, I guess the final version will be just called UCAC. It will be released in 2005. The observations will be finished in 2004. Most likely you can...
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Lozar, Robert C ERDC-...
Robert.C.Lozar@...
Dec 1, 2003 5:11 pm
Hi, I have a lot of FITS images (about 2000, all about 512K in size). Although they look great in HNSKY, it is really slow in putting them up. I cannot tell...
