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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Hello Bob, The HNSKY FITS routine is a little slow. 2000 FITS images is a lot. Unfortunally, HNSKY has to read each FITS header to find out if they are within...
Help!!! I have downloaded the UCAC2 star catalog from ftp://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/pub/cats/bincats/UCAC2/bindat/ and have converted an area of it with the...
Hello Michael, Tuesday, December 9, 2003, you wrote: M> I have downloaded the UCAC2 star catalog from Yes, a small errors with UCAC2 present in current...
Michael, I also downloaded the entire cataloge and had some problems. The thread on that group of messages is still on this groups message list. Han walked...
Hello Michael, The software should work for Windows 95, XP or any other Windows version after 1995. I have tested for Windows NT only. The stream error...
Hello Michael, here are the file size of the other .BIN and .TXT files. Please tell me if there are any differences. regards, Han 38,544 z001 31,916 z001.bin ...
hi I am from Mexico, i have the hnsky and a celestron nexstar 114gt, i try to use togheter, but i have a little desviation between the image on scope and the...
I downloaded the basic program and am totally lost! I cannot make out how to configure the program. By that I mean I would like to have a view of my horizon...
hi: you must read all the documentation and help files, but, yes you can have a horizon view, but you need the files suplementes already in the hnsky program...
READ THE MANUAL!! That is the most important thing you can do! Hans' program is different from any on the market and once you know how to use it, you will...
Downloaded the dss fit images and installed them into the fits directory. Now where does one go on the program to get it up and running? Also is there some...
The settings are under the File menu. (Keyboard shortcut is ctrl-E.) HNSky is one of the simplest to configure astro programs i've ever used. Not really sure...
Hello Mario Aguirre, There can be always a small alignment error. The best thing you can do is to calibrate the telescope using the small up/down buttons or...
Hello Florian, I also wondered some time ago. At mid 2003 it was very close to the Sun and was not visibly. Now it is visible and rising around midnight. I did...
... Hi Han, Ceres is rising in early evening actually. It's in Gemini right next to Pollux and VERY easy to find with any sort of telescope or binoculars. I...
... and ... beginner ... ok Maybe "read the manual" was not the best answer to your questions, but if you was ask for a precise thing, may be the answer was ...
... Astroham, I'm still puzzled why the program seems so complicated to you but try these steps... 1. Launch the program then go to "settings" under the "file"...
Well I think this is a good and open discussion. I can understand that some people have other requirements then others. HNSKY is for people using a telescope...
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