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Hi all, It's very handy to take SkyTools 2.2h out to the observing site on my laptop and use the night mode. BUT, these old eyes are getting older all the...
Hi Nicholas, Perhaps someone knows a way to do it in ST - I don't. If all else fails, check & see if you have the Windows app/tool called 'Magnifier'. Take...
Hello, I am trying out Skytools realtime under the stars tonight connecting it to my Obsession 18 dob with servocat/argo navis. The connection works fine, but...
Hi greg, Are you sure the location under the realtime tab is the same as the location under the observation lists tab? Changing the location under the...
Nicholas, et al, There is a simple way to accomplish this. All Windows environments (95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, and even Vista) have the ability to adjust the...
Hi, I wanted to print out a sky simulation chart and email it to a friend to show him what he should expect to see through the eyepiece when looking at...
Hi, I really like Sky Tool's Simulation Charts as they allow you to determine what eyepiece and focal reducer to use(I have entered my Celestron NS11 twice,...
... and 6.3 Actually, you only needed to enter it once, but when you were adding eyepieces to the scope you could add each eyepiece twice, once with the focal...
Hello all, I realized that I left out a step for Vista users. When you "Right" click on the desk top, select "Personalize" to get to the menu for "Display...
Ian, I tested printing to both Adobe Acrobat and MS Office Document Image Writer with no issues. I uploaded the pdf version to the files section in a folder ...
Hi, In order to support activities such as remote observing, where the telescope and computer may be in different locations and time zones, all "communication"...
Hi, ... I expect it to be ready some time later this summer. Greg -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W,...
Hi Ian, The software that allows for converting printed output to a document or PDF is very complicated. Similarly the printed output from SkyTools can be...
I just tried to print simulations in 'photorealistic' chart format to .pdf and it worked very well. Never tried before, but it's a nice option. Jan ...
Hi Greg & Jan, Thanks for your replies. I am running the latest update 2.2h and Windows XP SP2. I have tried printing to my PDF writers and Windows Document...
Hello the list: I, too, am running XP SP 2 & ST 2.2h. I had no trouble creating pdfs of both photorealistic and classic charts and printing them on a...
... All of this discussion of printing to PDFs seems to have missed the point that the problem is in the PDF writer, so it depends critically on what PDF...
Hello all, I too can print to Adobe Acrobat at any level with no issues. A complex chart took about 20 seconds to render on a Dell 1720 ( 2.2_GHz T7500 / 4GB /...
Hi All, I have never had a problem writing to the PDF writer on my desktop PC from all sorts of programs including AutoCad & Starry Night Pro 5. My Laptop does...
Hi Ian, ... There have been no issues reported with respect to printing SkyTools charts in many years now. Other PDF converters have no problems with SkyTools...
Hi Greg, I am running the latest version 2.2h. I have tried the Microsoft Image writer on both my laptop & desktop and the PDF writer on my desktop with no...
Hi, I am running version 2.2h. I have followed the instructions on the website for viewing the current lists by clicking on Data Manager and then selecting the...
Hi John, ... Thanks for this info. on the CCD eyepiece. I thought that might be the only solution. I guess a good idea would be to enter two eyepieces on with...
Hi Ian, ... It may be that our web site was temporarily down or there was some other Internet problem so it is a good idea to try again. Also, depending on ...
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