... Hi Mark (and Rainer), Frame were (and still essentially are!) envisaged as being primarily of use on a map with a small field of view, where the coordinate...
Hi Rainer, I setup as per your images and the frame stayed firmly put, however, I do see that you have am RA-DEC grid up, BUT, are yoiu sure that it is set to...
... put, ... sure that ... normaly ... then ... scrolling ... Having looked at Rainer's pictures (always a help - thanks!) I see what the problem is. The issue...
Having looked at Rainer's pictures (always a help - thanks!) I see what the problem is. The issue is that, because the map is scrolling in alt/az, the...
... situation does ... perhaps, solve ... Hi Kim, You're right; the problem doesn't occur on maps which scroll in RA (or at least, only to a very minor extent...
Hi Chris I am a bit confused about extracting files and Data Prep. When I download files they are always zipped.When I extract these files I often get two 2...
Hi Kim, As I said I like to have the RA / DEC Grid and scroll in ALT / AZ because for me that is a more logical way to understand the movement of the sky and...
... From: "Francisco Teruel" <teruel@...> To: <skymap@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: [skymap] Data Files and Sdc...
Thank you Chris Now the process is clear. One more question.Once the file is saved in sdc format how does Skymap Pro get access to sdc. files.All the other ...
... Once you have your ".sdc" file, run SkyMap and select the "File/Preferences/External Data/Data Catalogs" menu item. On the "Data Catalogs" dialog, click...
This is just FYI. I wanted to print out an area chart of stars with their magnitudes. After setting the chart to display magnitudes and printing out I decided...
I have still problems under WindowsXP (servicepack 2) to view stars as pinpoints.I know it must be a driver problem for my FX5700 videocard.I have try several...
Chris, would it be possible, as a future enhancement, for users to be able to choose the particular map projection they need? It could be a menu where they...
I have a new web page illustrating the comet, isophotes, finder chart, orbital plot and a short, modem-friendly movie. The comet was an easy find in my 10x30...
Hi Chris. I've just found a bug in Skymap Pro 10.0.0.5. I can't open COM port 11 or port 12! My Sony VAIO doesn't have any native COM ports, so I use a USB to...
Chris I wonder, is this a result of the requirement to call comm ports above 9 by the '\\host\device' syntax rather than just 'device' when using the Win32 ...
Hi Chris. Yes SMP does work fine if the COM port number is lower that 10 (I've not tried COM10 though). When I get time, I'll do a special build of AstroGPS ...
I'm a new user of skymap 9, how can I get the coordinates into skymap, by hand, or are there files to download? Martin Hollemans ... From: "Dennis Persyk"...
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Hi Martin, Here's where I get comet data from: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft01Cmt.txt Copy that file into Notepad (Ctrl A on data,...
Martin, the orbital data of comets (as for other minor objects of the Solar System) suitable for use in the most diffuse sky-charting programs (also SkyMap)...
... Go to the "Library" area of the SkyMap web site, select "Data", and then "Comets". Instructions (and a download link) are there. SkyMap Pro 10 does it all...
Hi Chris. I've just testing trying to open the COM port when configured as COM13 using the \\.\COMx and COMx formats. I'm able to do this without any...
Thanks for your reply, my comet data are up to date now! (sadly, it's very cloudy right now here) Martin ... From: "Dennis Persyk" <dpersyk@...> To:...
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Hi Chris, Wow! That is really slick! No wonder Sky Map Pro 10 is my favorite planetarium program. I wish there was a manual to explain all of these neat...