I was building an observing list this morning based on Sue French's latest column in the November S&T, which is objects in Cepheus. I can find no Cederblad...
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James, You may also want to download and install ASCOM: http://ascom-standards.org/downloads.html Its freeware and alows SkyTools to talk to ServoCAT equipped...
James, Al you need is your SkyTools CD, the 2.2e upgrade file on your laptop and the same for the Real time plug-in including your registratin info for the...
... Setting ... object. ... the ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hi Marcia, For charting purposes (printing), you should use the Interactive...
... can ... as I ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Use the Designation Search Tool, & Diffuse Nebulae as the Ref Database;...
Hi Marcia, ... If you don't have the eyepiece view zoomed out to far as SH noted, it may be that your telescope settings has a mistake in it. Check your ...
Hi Eric, The Cederblad nebulae are listed under "Other designation" for nebulae. You can type "Cederblad xx" into the quick search. Sharpless 2-140 is...
I've added a number of images for various objects, but would now like to add many more, and in the process create a logical directory structure for images. Is...
David Levy has discovered a morning comet in Leo, currently less than a degree north of Saturn. It is reportedly magnitude 9.8 and about 3' in diameter. It...
Greg, Due to our firewall at work, I am unable to update the current comets; so I go to your download site to copy and then import the latest files. I did so...
Hi Jack, ... Yes, that should be the latest one. The date in the file index doesn't mean anything; the web site providers stopped allowing file indexes to be...
... "Big Blob" definitely isn't right, although the TV-85 is capable of sowing quite a few stars with its large field of view; if you zoom that out you can get...
Hi Ron, ... Not from within SkyTools. You might be able to do it if you are handy with a file tool like grep or can write your own simple programs. The image...
Greg, I guess the problem stems from how I am saving the file prior to importing it into SkyTool. I have been just right clicking on the link and then trying...
Hi Jack, ... That procedure should work just fine. There could be a problem the other way around--if you left clicked and the browser opened the file in the...
Thanks Greg. I'm sorry I missed the Cederblad catalogue - should have been able to find that one. I know that issues of this type are unavoidable to some...
Forgive me for jumping on an old thread but this is really a topic I needed more info on. I have recently been bringing my laptop into the field with SkyTools ...
I am trying to plot this for my local times and it is telling me 0 found. On S&T Oct page 63 tells me otherwise but since its an american magazine doesn't...
Try changing the Occultation's?Transits to Appulses within 2 degrees. Set the date to 2006 October 8 Over a period of 4 days Above or below Horizon----- Day or...
Greg, I am playing around with Vista RC1 and testing it with all my favorite programs. ST2 seems to install and work fairly well, except that restoring from a...
Hi, ... It may also simply be that the parallax for some locations means the event does not occur. The parallax shift at the distance of the moon is rather...
Hi Robert, ... Well, of course. But I'm not expecting much trouble, if any. SkyTools has always been a 32-bit program and is about as vanilla as they come. ...
Good explanation however it is viewable from my location, and being in the S&T mag this month I selected on Boston which is on the list and it still didn't...
I'm downloading Vista RC2 as I type - so I'll proceed with your proposed scenario: clean Vista RC2 install, followed by a clean ST2 install. I'll then move...
I'm downloading Vista RC2 as I type - so I'll proceed with your proposed scenario: clean Vista RC2 install, followed by a clean ST2 install. I'll then move...
Went to get the updated information for comet Swan and ST wasn't able to download the files - including the asteroids and supernovea files. Minor hiccup or...
... able ... files. ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I hadn't updated my 'Current' lists since July, so just did, to help check. All went well, no hitch, hic or burps! ~8) ...
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