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I'm uploading them now. 2 files (sky tools 1 ems.jpg and sky tools 2 ems.jpg). These are the first and last physically entered logbook entries for Saturn....
I can't seem to be able to find this double star using Skytool 2. Over on the cloudy nights forums, I see references to H 3945 being a pretty double star. I...
Uhhh, what if you don't know the common designations? Common to whom? The fact that C and H catalogs exist and the fact that there are many amateur astronomers...
Hi Walter, Other designations for this star that are recognized by SkyTools are: HD 56577, SAO 173349, PPM 252026, HIP 35210, BD -23 00117, CD -23 05189, GC...
Hi Walter, ... To date nobody has ever asked for the Herschel designations. I wasn't aware than any amateurs had reason to use them. After all, they were ...
Hi Mark, ... I see the problem now, thanks. I guess nobody has entered them out of order before! ;-) I've put it on the bug list. Thanks, Greg -- Greg...
Hi Greg, Again, thanks for the quick response. ... The same reaon why we NGC sumbers, to designate an object. Besides, are you sure amateurs don't use them? I...
Hi Walter, ... Every reference that I am aware of, short of the original Herschel catalog, uses NGC numbers. But please read on because I think we are ...
Thanks Greg. I really appreciate your explanation. I think I am understanding more about how catalogs work. The last thing I want to do is sound pedantic or...
Walter, I understand your frustration. But this is how astronomy *is*. Neither I nor SkyTools is at fault. There is no governing body that determines ...
Greg- Thanks for clarifying that the NGC numbers are for DSOs only. I understand that catalogs are, to a degree, inaccurate. I guess all a really wanted was an...
Hi Walter, ... I am not sure why, because I am very busy and it has nothing at all to do with SkyTools, but I took the time to research this for you. You are...
I am trying to copy the ST2 USER file from my new notebook onto my desktop. I've done this procedure many times before (but not with this notebook) but am...
Hi Kent, My guess is that you are trying to copy files into a forbidden area under Windows Vista. If you have SkyTools installed in the "Program Files"...
Kent / Greg / et al, My laptop died and was replaced (under warrantee) just this week. The replacement laptop shipped with Vista I ran into this very issue...
Hi Keven, It is not a good idea to turn off the firewall for even a few seconds. Also, your suggestions seem unnecessary to me. It is much simpler to install...
Greg, IC 4772 is a galaxy in Lyra, and SkyTools finds it just fine, but on the interactive atlas it is labeled as NGC 6685. The real NGC 6685 is about 2.75...
It's XP Pro. Any suggestions of how to fix it? I think the computer has Norton's loaded but I haven't activated it yet. I hate Nortons. Should I delete it? ...
Hi Kent, ... Actually, looking at the error message again, it is failing to read the files, not write them to the hard drive. I got caught up in the write ...
Dear folks, repeat after me, "Uncle Greg knows best". Apparenlty the problem was a bad disc, and maybe a bad portable drive as well! I tried copying the User...
Greg... I came across this yesterday and while discussing it with a friend a question came up. Will the function described below be carried out with the...
Hi Scott, The answer to your question is "yes." For a GOTO scope SkyTools will command ASCOM to slew the telescope via the telescopes GOTO capability to the...
So for a GOTO scope, you'd need to move the circle then command a slew, right? ... via ... friend a ... out ... scope to ... your ... the ... each ... ...
Hi Scott, ... Now that wouldn't be very cool! No--all you need to do is grab the circle with the mouse and plop it down on another target and the telescope...
I have a NexStar Alt-Az mount and I'm trying to envision how it would respond to such a target move. I would imagine there would have to be a delay of some...
Hi Scott, ... Moving the circle is a "drag and drop" style operation. The telescope slews only once--when the circle is dropped. ... "Commanding the scope to...
Sorry. I'm not meaning to be obtuse. I don't know how other GOTO mounts work, but when you command the NexStar to perform a GOTO, it takes off slewing at max...
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