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Feb 1, 2004 8:40 pm
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Is there any way to clip the area outside the FOV circle in the telescope view? I'm trying to generate a chart of the 2004 Venus transit. In high power...
I had previously been running skytools 2.1c on win98 with no problems. I just installed win2000 (from scratch, not upgrade) which went well. I reinstalled...
Insert the CD, launch SkyTools, click the configure button (it's between the data and the night vision mode button), go to the data installation tab, change...
eeexxxcellent! no more disk error but, when i try to "restore" from the backup i made, "restore" won't recognize that the file exists on the disk ... between...
Hi Mike, ... The .oxp files are the Skytools 1.x format for sharing SkyTools observing lists. The .stx files are the newer SkyTools 2 data sharing format...
Hi Dave, ... That's a problem I hadn't considered before. There is no way to clip at the FOV circle. I was going to suggest changing the color of the circle ...
Hi, ... What typically causes this is pointing the restore path at the backup directory rather than at the directory just above it. The program wants to list...
... I forgot to mention that SkyTools 2 can't read the old oxp file format. I made the assumption that all old observing lists of interest would be converted...
Greg, OK, thanks for the explanation. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking an option. I've decided to just get around that by restricting my plot...
Greg, If we have .oxp files and there is no related .stx file, is something available to allow us to convert the .oxp files, or must you do it? I am going to...
Hi, ... Maybe. The sun and planets are drawn separately from all the other objects for technical reasons, which puts them last by nature. There may be...
I have a question about SkyTools' rendering of a planet's moons -- specifically Saturn's. Is the software indicating that a moon (or moons in this case) are...
Hi Louis, ... Yes. But it looks like something has gone wrong. The moons are disappearing at a location inconsistent with the direction of the sun... I don't...
Does Skytools display the size of ccd chip over the object selected? Thanks, Doug ... From: skytools@yahoogroups.com To: skytools@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hi Doug, ... Not yet. At the moment SkyTools is primarily a visual observing tool. Eventually SkyTools will fully support imaging. When it does it will show...
Greg, I trust you will accomodate entering rectangles of arbitrary size and rotation? I'm still shooting film (up to 4x5"), and being able to lay out my...
Hi, When I print a telescope chart on my LaserJet 4000 the stars are much smaller then on the print preview screen (I have star size correctly adjusted for...
Hi, ... Unfortunately it's not as straight forward to adjust the printed star sizing as it should be. It's funny: people usually have the opposite problem...
... I haven't worked out the details yet, but the primary system will work similarly to the telescope simulation charts: you enter your ccd/photographic...
Hi, Thanks for replying so quick - this is great software by the way. Unfortunately after following the help exactly I still can not adjust the star size for...
Hi, ... not adjust the star size for my laser printer. I am printing modern and have adjusted the modern chart with the correct star size. Also the print...
... I've noticed something with font sizes, on two different computers (my desktop and laptop). Both are running XP, one Home, the other Pro. When I specify a...
Hi, Could you try to adjust the star sizes so they look too big on the print preview? Maybe it will be correct for the print? Could you try changing the...
Hi Greg; I can't remember if anyone's asked, but would it be possible/practical to include one's entries under 'Notes' in the 'Search' function? I've logged...
Is there any way to print a telescope chart that shows two finder scope views: One for a non-magnifying, red dot finder, and another for an optical finder?...
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