I tried looking at the "Mice" galaxy pair in both the telescope simulation and the interactive atlas. One of them appears to be called "Flaming Star", which I...
Hi, ... I'm still looking into this one. It may be an, umm... "feature." It may also be that I broke something when I made the recent fix. ... Sorry, but...
Hi Art, ... This is something I have thought about, but until now nobody had suggested they wanted it. I'll add this to the new feature list, but I'm sorry to...
... And when are you going to start working on version 3 ??????????????? LOL!!!!!!!! Have a nice week end.... Best Greetings From SWITZERLAND Phil ICQ 3128404 ...
Hi lou, ... At exactly what point does SkyTools complain that the path is invalid? That might help me understand what is going wrong. The only time I have a...
Hi Don, ... Yikes! That's a good one. Yes, this is some sort of catalog error (probably mistyping on my part). Thanks, Greg -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical...
Uh, when do you *think* it might be ready? <g> Just kidding! Thanks for the consideration. Now that you're in the frame of mind... Wednesday and Thursday I...
Hi Art, ... Unless I'm misunderstanding you, there already is an altitude limit. Use the altitude filter, which offers the following choices: Above or Below...
Hi all, Attention comet observers: The SkyTools 2.0t update is now ready for download. I made some major revisions to the way supplemental comets are handled...
Hello, A question, I just imported the skyhound observing list, many of them have notes attached on them, If for some of those objects, I have already notes on...
Hi Phil, ... This is one of those issues that keeps me awake at night (or, well, during the day.. ;-) In fact, this is related to the problem with comet...
This month the Skyhound feature article is "Focus On NGC 6240". This is an interesting find for users of moderate and large telescopes. I call it the...
Greg, Looking at the 2003 May 15 Lunar Eclipse on the Current Events tab, in the Details window at the bottom, there is a column called "Dark %". What does...
Hi Jack, ... That's the percentage of darkness (100% is totally dark, 0% is daylight). ... Yes. I see that's an oversight in the help. This information...
... invalid? I open Data Manager dialog. If I'm not on the "Backup" tab I select it. I press the "Browse" button in the group labeled "Backup Location". This...
... I get this same sort of failure when I tried to backup to a remote file server. If you map the remote UNC name to a drive letter, the backup seems to...
Well, I hadn't really figured out the "airmass" part, so I appreciate the description. That makes good sense. Initially, I *did* select "near maximum altitude"...
Hi all, I have uploaded to my Skyhound website the Asterism observing list from Philip Harrington's "Touring the Universe Through Binoculars" book, kindly...
Greg: I seem to have a problem overwriting the Chart Preference schemes. Following the instructions as outlined in the Help file. "if you use a name that has...
... Sorry. Start SkyTools 2. Open the Data Manager. Select the "Import" tab. Select "Beowse Web". Select "Skyhound" as the Browse Location (the default). Click...
Greetings: Just in case this happens again... Start SkyTools 2. OK Open the Data Manager. OK Select the "Import" tab. OK Select "Beowse Web". OK Select...
Hi Fred, I knew I should have repeated the warning in the second email; one of the "bad feeling" things as I hit the send button. My fault... The Asterisms...
Greetings: Installed "t" update and opened the program. The Phil H. Asterism list is in the Observing List...errr...lists? listings? ...But it's empty... So...
Hi Greg I don't know if anyone else is having or noticing this problem. But I seem to switch chart styles often to see the effects of your simulation for my...
... But I seem to switch chart styles often to see the effects of your simulation for my binoculars and my soon expected 10" scope. ... and open a binocular...
Phil, Not true that "WindowsXP tends to be an unstable OS on any computer not running at 1 gig. or better and prefers a Pentium 4 chip." I've been running it...
Hmmmm... Pretty weird but it's just when I switch to my 10" scope. Any other binocular view and scope view work fine.Maybe I should just delete that scope and...
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