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10888
Chriss i am thinking of Upgrading from v10 to v11,but have you any further upgrades planned.If you have, have you any idea when.Because i might wait.Thank...
warbrickbob
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Mar 2, 2006
10:40 am
10889
Hi Robert, I never pre-announce new versions. All I can say is that there won't be a new version in the next month. Regards, Chris ... From: "warbrickbob"...
Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
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Mar 2, 2006
12:16 pm
10890
Hi, I am writing to let people know that MapMuse.com has added nationwide maps of Observatories, Planeteriums and Astronomy Clubs to its services. Following...
cijedc
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Mar 2, 2006
8:40 pm
10891
Chris, I would much appreciate an improved horizon tool. I am Plagued by trees and getting their aproximate outline into the program would be very useful. I...
Martin Cole
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Mar 3, 2006
10:59 pm
10892
... I've got a 14,000 foot high mountain to the north, plus I'm at 3600 feet to start with. I've learned if I want to see the Moon rise with a particular star,...
therese hamilton
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Mar 4, 2006
1:55 am
10893
... I know this sounds barking mad, but, as a (temporary) work-around, have you considered cutting some horizon masks from paper or card and using Blutack or...
Chris Lawley
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Mar 4, 2006
11:07 am
10894
Wow! That takes me back to that really old blonde joke, Chris. A blonde secretary was upgraded from a typewriter to a word processor and the next day they...
Terry Trees
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Mar 4, 2006
2:40 pm
10895
I am sure I am doing something stupid :-) but, whenever I do a track for a satellite, I do the pass prediction in wide field, then I like to zoom in (very...
David
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Mar 4, 2006
3:59 pm
10896
... From: "David" <davidc2@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 3:08 PM Subject: [skymap] Satellite question/redrawing on...
Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
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Mar 4, 2006
4:38 pm
10897
That was the problem Chris :-) Thanks!!! Dave ... From: skymap@yahoogroups.com [mailto:skymap@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marriott Sent: Saturday,...
David
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Mar 4, 2006
6:28 pm
10898
C/2006 A1 Pojmanski is the brightest comet in the sky at present. It is a naked eye object for anyone with a dark eastern horizon. It should be an easy target...
Dennis Persyk
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Mar 4, 2006
9:28 pm
10899
... From: "Dennis Persyk" <dpersyk@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:28 PM Subject: [skymap] (OT) Pojmanski is bright, so...
Chris Marriott
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Mar 5, 2006
9:23 am
10900
Chris, iam using Skymap Pro8 and was reading in message 10612>10614 there are problems with converting to a asteroid.dat file.Is there a solution for that...
Walter van de Velde
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Mar 5, 2006
9:40 am
10901
... From: "Walter van de Velde" <pa0alw@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:40 AM Subject: [skymap] Astorb.exe ... Hi...
Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
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Mar 5, 2006
12:17 pm
10902
Hi Walter/Chris, The updated astorb.dat file format doesn't allow the asteroids to be viewed at all in SMP8; I've had to modify the astorb.dat file to the...
Mark Thingy
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Mar 5, 2006
8:27 pm
10903
Chris, No, actually I hadn't. I don't usually manage to think laterally (or should I say horizontally?) like that. (:)) It would work for the general level 2...
Martin Cole
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Mar 5, 2006
10:10 pm
10904
Chris/Mark, The problem on my side is that i try with ASTORB.EXE(8jan1999)convert the astorb.dat to a asteroid.cat file, i get the following message[Input file...
Walter van de Velde
pa0alw2000
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Mar 6, 2006
8:23 am
10905
... From: "Mark Thingy" <sherbet_10@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [skymap] Astorb.exe ... Hi...
Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
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Mar 6, 2006
8:50 am
10906
Hello Walter, The issue is that the astorb.dat file is a plain ascii text file with fields defined merely by their widths. The original format allowed 5 digits...
Mark Thingy
sherbet_10
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Mar 6, 2006
1:03 pm
10907
Mark,Chris Everthing is now clear.Thanks for the reply. Regards Walter ... 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com...
Walter van de Velde
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Mar 7, 2006
9:23 am
10908
... It wasn't exactly an original thought - they used to do something like this in the early video games. ... Bet it's not as easy as it sounds - First get...
Chris Lawley
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Mar 8, 2006
1:15 pm
10909
Hi Chris Using SkyMap Pro 11, since i connect my telescope SkyWatcher EQ6 Skyscan GoTo working with configuration set to "Celestron Nextar 5/8", the whole set...
GIRAUD PAUL THEO
polgiraud
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Mar 9, 2006
5:45 pm
10910
There's no way to do this in SkyMap at the moment, but it is on the "to do" list, although I regard it as low priority. It's worth nothing that, if you use...
Chris Marriott
chrisskymap
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Mar 9, 2006
6:42 pm
10911
IIRC someone on this list wrote a utility that grabbed the time from a GPS to set the PC and stuffed the lat/long into the Skymap registry locations? Perhaps...
Mark Crossley
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Mar 9, 2006
7:48 pm
10912
Though its not the same as a standalone GPS unit, I do use a small utility written by someone in the Nexstar community to download the GPS time from my Nexstar...
Martin Cole
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Mar 9, 2006
10:13 pm
10913
Hello Chris, I have asked a similar question earlier and I think that you once gave an answer, but I can't find it anymore on the e-group (I always have ...
Victor Reijs
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Mar 12, 2006
10:22 am
10914
... From: "Victor Reijs" <geniet2003@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:22 AM Subject: [skymap] numerical model used ... Hi...
Chris Marriott
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Mar 12, 2006
12:21 pm
10915
C/2006 A1 Pojmanski had a very fast relative speed of motion, 7 arc seconds per minute on March 4, making it a prime candidate for animation. It is now 5.9 arc...
Dennis Persyk
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Mar 13, 2006
7:11 pm
10916
Hello Chris, At this moment I am in Ottawa, so timezone GMT+5 (as I have configured that in my Windows clock window). If I have both local and UTC time in my...
Victor Reijs
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Mar 14, 2006
9:17 pm
10917
DC-3 Dreams has released its latest Astronomy Automation software package, ACP Observatory Control Software Version 4.2. This new release contains over 50 new...
Bob Denny
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Mar 14, 2006
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