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... Interesting article - thanks! SkyMap uses the "standard" IAU magnitude formulae for Mercury and Venus. These are known to be rather inaccurate at low...
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chrisskymap
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Nov 26, 2009
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... That's great and it is very useful too ;)! Thanks..., little genius!...
pucksblues
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Nov 25, 2009
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13156
Hello Chris, Perhaps you are already using these magnitude formula for mercury and venus, in that case, just 'delete' it: ...
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Nov 25, 2009
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Hi there Alan, That may be so, but like you said, "you located the ideas which worked" and pointed me in the right direction, and thats what matters, thats one...
CARL R.E. MILLS
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That's great Carl. I didn't come up with the idea's themselves but I'm glad I located the ones that helped you. ==================== Looking Up, Alan, W4WMM ...
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Nov 24, 2009
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Hi there Alan, Wey hey, I copied all the files across and now its up and running, a big thank you and cheers. Carl. ... From: CARL R.E. MILLS To:...
CARL R.E. MILLS
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13152
Hi there Alan, Thank you for a prompt reply, i am not very good with computers but i will try what you have suggested. Thank you. Carl. ... From:...
CARL R.E. MILLS
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Nov 24, 2009
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13151
Carl, I searched the archives and came up with a couple of answers that may help you; good luck. ==================== Looking Up, Alan, W4WMM IMLTUG...
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Nov 24, 2009
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13150
Hi there every one, Sorry to trouble every one with an old subject, but i have just bought a brand new computer running Vista and my copy of skymap will not...
CARL R.E. MILLS
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Nov 23, 2009
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13149
Image and matching SkyMap Pro 10 screen shot at http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm Clear skies, Dennis Persyk Igloo Observatory Home Page...
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Nov 11, 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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Nov 4, 2009
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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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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
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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
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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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chrisskymap
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Nov 3, 2009
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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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Nov 3, 2009
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... 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
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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
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... I'm afraid that's not a facility offered by the program. Sorry. Regards, Chris...
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Nov 2, 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
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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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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
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13136
Just noticed I forgot to mention that I have an LX-200 classic so total different handbox than the ETX. Ells...
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Oct 31, 2009
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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
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13134
I was not aware of it either. Very nice :)...
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Oct 28, 2009
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Thanks Chris! Regards, Gary...
Gary B
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Oct 27, 2009
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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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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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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
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13129
Thanks Mark :) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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