Hi, all. I would like to either create or import an external catalog in Cartes du Ciel with the Meade alignment stars. Now, I was going to write my own...
... Read the instructions at the top of the "additional catalogs" page where you downloaded this catalog. I don't understand the differences myself, but this ...
If I point the skychart view to certain very specific regions of the sky, only half or three-quarters of the view displays any stars at all. For example, I am...
Which version are you using? There was a bug up until a version or two ago where if you zoomed way in and used the internet resources to fill with deep ...
Sorry, I should have noted that. I had been using 2.75 and just upgraded to 2.76 when this problem cropped up. Had no effect though. Frank ... From:...
Has anyone put together a collection of FITS images for the messier objects? I have been searching for one all morning with no luck. Thank You Matt Ozor...
Matt, I have not seen a set on the web thought I think there is a set available on a CD somewhere. Fairly Raw images of all the objects are available on the...
I've been using Patrick's Sky Charts for awhile now, and have always been able to download the latest iridium and Visual TLE files from Mike McCants website...
How do I get SAO info in the INFO window? Stars all seem to have their HIP designations, but no SAO catalog # shows in the information window. I've installed...
What are the steps for putting a catalog together? I've captured almost all of the Messiers (some better than others), I never considered that I might be able...
Steve, Try turning off the Hip catalog in Preferences/Catalog and Object Parameters under the Catalogs tab. CdC's info uses the catalog for info in the order...
You could download them from the DSS (either using CdC itself via the "internet resources" globe icon- select "images", or straight from the source at ...
... Hi: There really isn't one. To get the elements, you must be registered with Spacetrack. That is, have an account. This was a political decision. ...
You can get TLEs from Celestrak <http://www.celestrak.com>, but I think you need to register at Space-track.org to get a user name and password. From...
I found a nice collection of FITS for deep sky images from the Hallo Northern Sky web site: http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm There are two sets one in color...
Skychart should see how Hallo handels images - much nicer. You can zoom and pan in real time. It can parse directories for images for you. ... source at...
If you click the camera icon, you can navigate through your directories for an image. I don't know if CdC reads the RA/dec, image scale, or orientation of the...
... the chart. ... You already can in V3. Look in Setup/ Pictures. Pretty neat to have the images of DSO displayed rather than the symbols. Zooming and panning...
I have upgraded from 3.0.7 to 3.0.8, and I cannot see FITS images anymore. "Scan directory" returns 0 images. Anyone else experiencing this problem? Dmitri...
I think I had this happen when I upgraded. What happened to me the path was changed and I had to re-point V3 to the path that contained the images. Also note...
Thanks. Unfortunately Sedna is in Cetus, which is very low down in the constellation Cetus and is only visible from my location in January, too low to be of...
Hi, Printing charts with v 2.76 on an HP 5550 is no problem but v 3.08 I just installed will give me a message of 'illegal operation' or sometimes spit out a...
I am new to this group and I am new to CDC. I downloaded the program tonight and installed it (2.6?) and maybe I went hog wild on catalogs and other files...
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