James, Vista 32 is subject to the same memory limitations as XP 32. The problem is an x86 architecture limitation, not an XP vs Vista issue. You can put 4Gb ...
Can someone explain how I can maintain certain defaults as a zoom in to different levels? For example, if I use my mouse to draw a square around Jupiter, the...
... Hi John, Please read the "Introduction to View Levels" chapter of the SkyMap help system - it should answer your questions. Please don't hesitate to ask if...
Due to the small number of idiots who think that this group exists to promote their "spamming" activities, I've changed the group membership to "restricted"....
Chris, Great news! Thank you. Terry ... From: skymap@yahoogroups.com [mailto:skymap@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of chrisskymap Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:47...
... I'm not sure if SkyMap can do it, but the answer is "about 6000". Obviously, from any given location you can only see half of these at once, and...
Yes, but you have to edit the file "SkyMap Pro 11\Data\Location.dat" with a text editor - Notepad? The format is: Lat Long TZ Name Just copy a nearby location...
Chris, Thanks, this resolved my issue plus it gave me a bonus feature! On another note, I mostly lurk on this group but pick up great ideas. Thanks for a great...
HI John, I think there is an easier way to save your own locations. Click on the little world icon. Input the data there and then save it with save as xyz.smp...
Hi, We who use ecuatorial mounts do have the problem that we have to make a meridian flip. Is there some way to put in the Map of the sky a line which marks my...
I would like to use Sky Map Pro 9 to control my scope on its Vixen GP mount using the Vixen Starbook-S controller via Ascom. Although the appropriate telescope...
Stuart When you select the ASCOM driver in SMP, the COM port selection should grey out. All the communication settings are then configured within the ASCOM ...
Mark Thanks for that. I have just managed to achieve a connection (Skymap told me that the scope was under computer control), but then immediately got an error...
Just a thought, but if you add the LST to the status bar (File>Preferences) you will be able to estimate when how close LST is to the RA. When RA = LST the...
Hi Tim, Thanks, yes I have LST on the staus bar but as you know a 1000 pictures say more then a 6 digit number on the lower right bottom :-)) regards Rainer...
Hello all, Is anyone using a Prolific USB - Serial converter under Vista to control an ETX scope ? Regards Nick Thompson [Non-text portions of this message...
One of the cornerstone projects of the IYA2009 shall be the 100 Hours of Astronomy, which includes 24 hours of sidewalk astronomy. This means that astronomy...
Nick I have used a (no name) Prolific under Vista to control my G11 Gemini without any problems. I fact I have two different ones that have both worked fine...
Hi, I use a Maplin converter that has the prolific chip set under XP. This chipset is in the recommended group of reliable units on the EQMOD forum of which I...
My friend as a scope which uses the Synscan system,he uses SkyMap to guide this.He has now bought a Celestron Nextstar,can he just connect this to SkyMap and...
I'm not sure about the built-in drivers, but the ASCOM platform certainly has drivers for all the Nexstar models (I think there is one Celestron driver, and...
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