Hi, While setting up to photograph the recent flyby of 2007TU24, I downloaded the latest MPCORB.DAT and set up SkyMap Pro 11.0.4 to plot the asteroid's...
Chris, With all due respect, using SkyMap Pro, I recalculated the asteroid position with elements obtained after the flyby (pretending it was a different...
Dick, I don't know anything about this subject but I did read somewhere that most ephemerides are computed in geocentric coordinates which show what you would...
Bill, Thanks for the suggestion. I believe the SkyMap calculation uses topocentric coordinates, at least for placing the little blue dot. On the other hand,...
I'm currently trying to write my own ASCOM driver to use with SkyMap. I've got the ASCOM platform, I've created my setup screen. I can therefore get all done...
Ben What interface is your driver using? By that I mean, is it a native SMP driver that appears in the SMP driver list, or is it an ASCOM driver that you...
Ben Sorry that did not format very well :( What interface is your driver using? By that I mean, is it a native SMP driver that appears in the SMP driver list,...
Dear Mark, Thank you that is extremely helpful indeed. I am using the ASCOM interface and I've got so far as creating a vb project, amending the setup dialog...
Dear Chris, Using Skymap Pro 10, I notice that delta T is about 75 sec for year 2008 in the program. The actual value is 65 sec. Is that any plan to correct...
... Hi Luc, I am aware of the problem but unfortunately I'm not doing any development work on SkyMap at present due to ill-health. I'll have a look and see if...
Hi everybody, unfortunately i relied on Skymap and missed 2007TU24 by 2°09'. To sort out the problem, i did some less demanding observations of Pan (4450) at...
Hi Luc / Chris, I don't really know if this is an acceptable workaround, but since 10 sec time is easily converted in longitude, could it be a good idea to ...
... Hi Luciano, Thank you for the help. This will correct the rotation of the Earth but the position of the Moon stays calculated on TDT with 10sec too much. ...
... since 10 ... idea to ... westward, ... for ... the ... not ... Sorry you have to add the 2,5 min to the longitude and SUBSTRACT de 10 sec from the UT Time ...
Having now got my ASCOM driver to connect successfully (thank you Mark for telling me which properties had to be set), I would now love to know what SMP does...
Ben The SMP driver just sets your ASCOM driver 'Connected' property to False, and then releases the instance of the driver in COM. You need to handle the...
Mark, extremely helpful again. Thanks. Got my driver "working" - in a virtual sense! Ben ... False, ... when you ... Mark ... to ... particular ... advance....
I'm gathering info with the intent of running my 24"StarMaster with Sky Map Pro 11. Has anyone done this with success. Please share your experience by posting...
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