Those old standbys, Burnham and Webb in their delightful handbooks frequently refer to stars only by their Struve reference (greek capital Sigma). I have...
HI, I've just drawn a track of Venus for the transit on June 8th using SMP10eval It seems to estimate 1st contact around 9.00am and 4th contact around 6:00 pm...
... angle "eps", ... Thanks a lot! :) ... external ... I thought of this because I myself tried to combine the data in the catalogs I mentioned. In the case of...
... around ... pole. ... Hi, check if your location and time zone are set correctly in SkyMap. Then check if planets are drawn to "Correctly sized outlines"...
... around ... pole. ... Hi Rod, The transit starts around 0530 UT and finishes around 1130 UT; these times vary very little with your geographical location,...
AHa - I'm beginning to see my problem! There are TWO moving objects in my field of view here. If I set my map time to 5:00 on June 8th then generate a track...
Hi, I am trying to display only star data from my external catalogue, I wish to turn off all the stars on the map that are not from this cataolgue. I have...
Many thanks, Chris. I have found the star databases chapter, but no mention of Struve. Since the SkyMap help index contains no entries for 'catalogues' or...
... From: "Ian Hannaford" <yahoo@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:10 PM Subject: [skymap] Switching off star display...
I think I can solve all your problem. You want to get local position of Venus infront of the sun with repect to your local. It's not a simple tasks here are...
Would it be possible to make the value of TDT available to the user of Skymap? This could be done in two ways. 1) Add the value of TDT to the items that can be...
... So it is - or at least TDT-UT is. It would still be helpful on occasions to have the value of TDT itself available in the status bar. ... Point taken. ...
... onto Sun" ... then use ... it is better to lock into venus, because when zoomed in large enough, the center of the sun becomes too far away from the edge...
Howdy all; I hope that this will answer your question, this is a portion of the introduction to the Saguaro Astronomy Club Double Star Database, ver. 2.1....
I know these posts are Spam and as such do no warrant any reply as Chris deals with it, but it struck me as funny when I read "Only Indians need apply", at...
For those that do not have the right gear to watch the transit, NASA is broadcasting it on internet. Goto http://sunearthday.nasa.gov for a timetable. ...
... NASA is broadcasting it on internet. ... It's perhaps worth noting that no special equipment is needed to watch the transit - a cheap pair of binoculars...
On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 10:26:36 -0000, chrisskymap wrote, in ... I have lashed a pair of binoculars to a camera tripod with duck tape with a cardboard screen...
Chris, There seems to be a probable with this tool. For instance, when I update these it takes only a second rather that the usual longer time, and for...
On my web page linked below, I illustrate how I achieve proper image orientation of a comet relative to the star field using SkyMap Pro 10. It is considered...
Hi Julian, Now that you mention that and I do not know why, I had trouble yesterday after uploading the comets, satellites and asteroids list from the fixed...
... Hi Julian, I've just tried downloading all three myself. The comet and satellite data is fine, but the asteroid catalog seems to be messed up on the FTP...
Chris, Thanks. I see I misused a word-probable. Meant problem. Being distracted by Harry Potter and my 6-year-old-daughter. Julian ... From: Chris Marriott...
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