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...
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 ... ...
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 ...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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....
... 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...
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....
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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