Ed For most scopes I don't think it is a question of which is superior. The SMP native driver will do all you want if you just wish to drive the scope from ...
Thanks, Mark Very sensible.....and very timely as I am considering getting into autoguided imaging later this year. Thanks again for your response. --ed...
I recently re-installed sky map pro on my computer which after a major crash was re-built including new processor etc. basically a new machine. So I installed...
Since I switched to a PC running Vista 64bit, my SkyMap Pro 11 does not save its configuration. I have to reset level, turn on the compass, etc. every time I...
I am pleased to announce that I have completed my educational video on finding astronomical objects using charts ("starhopping"). SkyMap Pro is featured...
Hi Dennis, Thought it had been rather quite from your neck of the woods. Nice to see you are back in action, especially the challenging 144P Kushida!...
I have a new laptop and installed Skymap Pro 11 onto it by copying the files over. The only problem is that I keep getting prompted for the CD location. I...
... When it asks you for the CD location, simply type in the name of the folder into which you've installed the program - eg "C:\Program Files\SkyMap Pro 11". ...
Yay! I made it to the news in the Philippines. http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/science/8634 Btw Bamm is just my nickname. My real name is Frederick....
Well done, Bam aka Frederick! :-) Very interesting article. Larry ... Laren Dart http://ldart.got.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... I like the quote from Dr. Jesus Torres, chairman of RTU Department of Astronomy: "Knowledge comes through the telescope. It is magical. When people look...
Hi Chris Do I need a new driver to control a telescope from Skymap 11 on a laptop computer running Vista? I note that the drivers in the Drivers folder are...
Last night I imaged five comets in Gemini and vicinity: C/2007 N3 Lunin mag 9.6 C/2009 F6 Yi-SWAN mag 9.9 C2008 T2 (Cardinal) mag 11.6 144P Kushida, mag 11.8 ...
Dennis, Nice going once again, especially Swan given it's low altitude and Wild being at such low mag! Are you going to have a go at all eight just for the...
Hi Dave, Thanks for the kind words. I always used to scoff at observers who entered a Messier Marathon and now I find myself doing my own little comet imaging...
Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin is fading rapidly into the western sky. But it is still a good target, with a 20 arc minute long tail, magnitude about 9.5, and fairly...
Hi Dennis, Another fine image, as we have come to expect. Well done. May I ask what size of selection box (approximately) do you use when focusing, such that...
Hi Dave, (Group members who are not imagers can just ignore this message. I hope there are a few of us imagers on the group besides Dave and me.) I draw a...
Hi Dennis, Thanks for the insight. I will have to give your method, which clearly works, a go at the next opportunity. All the best Dave ... From: Dennis...
Skymap Pro 11 crashed on trying to move forward by 1 day to look at tomorrows mercury/moon conjunction.Stripping all out and reinstalling it via skymap9 and...
I tried reproducing this and it works for me - Skymap Pro 11, Vista Home Premium X64 Mike J. ... From: skymap@yahoogroups.com [mailto:skymap@yahoogroups.com]...
Hi! I have found the problem but how to fix it? I had downloaded the comet catalogue and when trying to run skymap it hangs. Deleating the comet data file...
