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13119
Ed- I'm new here but you can change the color of the symbols, Try changing them to A bright color. That should solve your problem , at least to see the...
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Oct 20, 2009
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13120
Hi, Jim: I'm on to the color change thing. I'm turning everything to white because I'm working with a red plastic filter over the screen to preserve night...
Ed Edwards
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Oct 21, 2009
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13121
Hi folks Just recieved the new UCAC3 astrometric database dvd and can`t seem to access the info with any software I have. Is there anyway Skymap can be made to...
ashleyparkuk
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Oct 24, 2009
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13122
Greetings, My Vista 3 machine crashed and I've replaced it with a new one running Vista 64. Of couse, I'm unable to install SMP because the installer itself...
Gary B
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Oct 26, 2009
4:05 pm
13123
Gary, do you have a laptop? If so, your in luck :) If Skymap is installed on the laptop, just copy the ENTIRE Skymap Pro directory (from the laptop) onto a...
David Crum
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Oct 26, 2009
4:25 pm
13124
The problem is that I do not have SMP11 on another machine. My new PC is a laptop, running Vista 64. I never installed SMP on my office desktop since I don't...
Gary B
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Oct 26, 2009
6:14 pm
13125
Just wondering if it works ok. Thinking about upgrading, would be doing the 64x road..........
davidc22002
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Oct 26, 2009
8:02 pm
13126
OK, So I'm an idiot. I just have to live with that. I used the disks to install SMP10 on my desktop, upgraded that to SMP11, and then copied both the SMP11...
Gary B
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Oct 26, 2009
9:42 pm
13127
Excellant!! ... -- Sent from my mobile device...
David Crum
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Oct 26, 2009
9:59 pm
13128
You will have the same problem as Vista 64 in that the installer will not work, copy over an installation from a 32bit installation. You will have to install...
Mark Crossley
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Oct 26, 2009
11:33 pm
13129
Thanks Mark :) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
David Crum
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Oct 26, 2009
11:40 pm
13130
... Contact our publishers, Gary ("support at marinesoft dot co dot uk") and they'll send you a full SkyMap installation CD which will work on 64-bit Vista....
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Oct 27, 2009
7:41 am
13131
... Just to clarify - the installer will work fine for anyone who's bought SMP11 or SkyMap Lite in the last year or two; we're now using a 32-bit installer...
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Oct 27, 2009
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13132
Thanks for the clai=rifiactio Chris - I didn't know that, or I'd forgotten! Mark 2009/10/27 <chris@...> ... [Non-text portions of this message...
Mark Crossley
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Oct 27, 2009
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13133
Thanks Chris! Regards, Gary...
Gary B
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Oct 27, 2009
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13134
I was not aware of it either. Very nice :)...
davidc22002
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Oct 28, 2009
12:26 am
13135
Little problem here. Have been using SkyMap for years, currently Ver 10, to control both an LX-200 and AutoStar ETX-60. After a break of several months I go...
vls3936
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Oct 31, 2009
10:58 pm
13136
Just noticed I forgot to mention that I have an LX-200 classic so total different handbox than the ETX. Ells...
vls3936
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Oct 31, 2009
11:13 pm
13137
Are you using the native Skymap drivers, or the ASCOM interface? Do anyother programs work? Regards Mark 2009/10/31 vls3936 <egdutton@...> ... ...
Mark Crossley
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Oct 31, 2009
11:22 pm
13138
Mark, I'm using native Skymap drivers and an not familiar with nor do I have any other scope control programs. Messed around with a few other planetarium...
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vls3936
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Nov 1, 2009
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13139
Chris - I observe at 9200ft, sometimes at 14,000ft. My horizon is the pacific ocean. Is there a way for SMP to show me the visual horizon related to my...
kevindcornwell
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Nov 2, 2009
4:47 am
13140
... I'm afraid that's not a facility offered by the program. Sorry. Regards, Chris...
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chrisskymap
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Nov 2, 2009
7:49 am
13141
With a little calculation, you could move your SMP location towards your view direction, to take account of your "height of eye". This link tells you all about...
Nigel Tasker
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Nov 2, 2009
4:38 pm
13142
... From: "Nigel Tasker" <nigeltasker@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [skymap] Re: Archeological...
Chris Marriott
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Nov 2, 2009
5:11 pm
13143
Tried the ASCOM drivers, SM didn't appear to recognize them but I didn't put too much effort into it. Then I tried a Meade-wed combination of another star...
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vls3936
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Nov 3, 2009
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13144
... There are only a small number of possibilities: 1. The PC's serial port. Is it a USB serial port? Do you have any other means of testing it? 2. The cable....
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Nov 3, 2009
7:53 am
13145
Hello...   I have the 18 CD set of RealSky. I was looking on the Skymap website and it indicates that Skymap can "manipulate" the images of RealSky. that is,...
Michael Hotka
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Nov 3, 2009
2:46 pm
13146
Hi Mike, SkyMap contains its own functions for unpacking the data from the RealSky CDs, and can superimpose a RealSky image on top of a SkyMap chart. It will ...
Chris Marriott
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Nov 3, 2009
4:54 pm
13147
Kevin, If I've done the math correctly, the angle of the horizon (assume the Earth is 4000 miles in radius) is: arcsin(4000/(4000+h)) where h is your height...
Wm. Schwittek
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Nov 3, 2009
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13148
I think you said it was a Meade scope. Try this in your quest... _http://www.weasner.com/etx/autostar/as_testing.html_ ...
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