Hello Shriramana, Yes, you have to download only the Tycho 2+ . The Tycho 2+ contains all available stars from Tycho 1 and 2. Somehow some Tycho-1 stars...
To all HNSKY users interested in Linux. I go the following user report from Jos van Wolput regarding HNSKY under Linux: HNSky (v.2.3.0d) works wel under Debian...
Han, I have downloaded the Tycho 2+ data bases. . .how do I make them the default images on the startup of HNSky? or how do I make them appear after opening...
John - Under the OBJECTS menu, near the top you will see where it lists the MAGnitude... Under that there is a drop box that , when clicked, shows SAO, PPM,...
Derek, thanks for the note. . .I don't seem to have a drop down menu box on the Objects menu for Tyc. . .only for GSC and USNO or SAO. . .SAO is my default....
Yes... Next to where it says SAO there is an arrow that points down... Click it... If you see TYC, then click it.. If not, then you either have not installed...
Hello, First you have to save the tycho files in the hnsky directory as: tyc_hXXX.d32 (XXX is a number) If your catalog is in ascii format you have to convert...
Hi, Trying to use the latest program but keep getting error messages when detecting the scope properties. Run time errors ( with various nos. ) and cannot...
Hi Han What do you think about the idea of displaying Satellites and other orbital objects by importing Two Line Element Sets (.TLE)? Last time I wrote this in...
Hello Christian, Yes answering your idea was still on my list of things to do. Unfortunately we are in the process moving house and change country. This takes...
Hi Christian, A nice freeware satellite tracking program is Orbitron. If you're interested you can get a copy here... http://www.stoff.pl/index.php -Florian...
Hello, Has anybody tried HNSKYand ASCOM together with ETX 90 telescope? Any good Advice? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Jan H Kolstø
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Aug 22, 2004 9:19 pm
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Jan - I have not tried that setup. I have used HNSKY and ASCOM on an LX200... My Advice is to use POTH (Plain Old Telescope Handset)... that is the only way it...
Jan - You would setup the scope with the computer attached... Align the scope like you normally would (with the telescope's controller)... Then Load HNSKY w/...
Hi; I really need some help with Hnsky (ver 2.3.0d)and GSC 1.2 (binary) database. Program works just fine with TYCHO+, but when I switch to GSC, Hnsky shows a...
... I am using 2.3.0e, and I have downloaded the GSC 1.2 using the program WS_FTPlite from Strasbourg this weekend. It works fine for me. Question: how did you...
I believe, I do not know for sure, that the GSC catalog has a limited to the brightness of a star and Vega is WAY to bright to be in it... I know the 2UCAC...
... You could manually download a small subset of the files using Internet Explorer, but you'd be better off using an FTP Client. If you decide to use Internet...
Thanks for the advice, I think I successfully download all binary files (N series *.GSC and S series *.GSC, total well over 200mb. But still hnsky does not...
... chunk ... Each GSC file (e.g. 0001.gsc) spans only a small patch of the sky-- roughly a degree-and-a-half square, depending on declination. If you are not...
Hello kozakblaha, I'm not so often online, since we moved country and house and we are still busy getting organized. Do you still have problems with the GSC ? ...
Greetings to all..... I would like to know if anyone has had experience with HNSKY and the LXD55. My scopes are in Canada and I am here in Germany so testing ...
Hi, Does anybody of you know if it's possible to get a projecten of the CCD window (user defined) in the map? And also if i can define my own telescope field...
... Hi Dirk, Welcome to the group. If you go into settings (CTRL-E) you can set the pointing circles to your telescope field of view. I have mine set to 2°...
Thx, Florian!, is it possible to prevent the program when alligned with telescope, that it stays locked on the telescope crosswithout disabling the telescope...
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