Three problems that I'm not sure how to deal with - Cursor controls - Is there a way to use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move the scope around? Having to...
... ^^^^^^^ AHA! *smecking forehead*...I'm sure that's it. The whole time, there was something nagging my mind that I either knew what it was, or I'd ...
Hi Tom; Cursor controls ~~ kybd arrows: No I don't think so. However, in RealTime mode, right clicking on a chart object then taking 'Slew scope to object',...
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... It stops being "personal" the moment you establish a network connection. If you can, it'd also be good to test Skytools with Data Execution Prevention...
Kent, What magnitude did you find the asteroid to be. A friend and I searched the path several degrees ahead and behind the predicted time line but could not...
... IMO, XP got it right --- you can set up multiple accounts, but you don't have to. Vista is idiotically paranoid. As far as I can see, the vaunted...
I had all kinds of problems with Skytools installed in default folder in Vista. Then I uninstalled and re-installed into "Puplic" area and everything works ...
Hi, ... Yeah, that seems to be the common thread. I've created a support page for installing SkyTools under Vista: http://www.skyhound.com/vista.html I'd...
Looks OK to me Greg. Out of interest, I tried reinstalling to the default location and had a look in the virtualization directory. In theory, Vista redirects...
Hi John, ... Yeah, that's what's been confusing me. At least in theory the virtualization should work. Nearly all the files that see changes are in the...
Is there a way to set the interactive atlas so that the horizon line is essentially flat along the bottom of the screen and stays that way as I pan left and...
Hi Bob, I'm not certain what you mean by, "what you see." Naked eye? at the eyepiece? You can set the Interactive Atlas to horizon mode via the "Chart...
HI All I'm trying to make a list based on the 25 Favorite Double Stars of Spring in the May Sky and Telescope. I can't locate two stars in the list. I'm not...
Hi Phil, ... Those aren't the letter "E" but the capital greek letter Epsilon. This is the designation commonly used to refer to objects discovered by Struve....
The doubles came from the (E) Struve Double Star Catalog. You can find the catalog on the internet, but being new, I can't tell you how to convert it to ST2. I...
Thanks for the info Greg, I've added the stars to my list. One question though, I originally looked at the Struve list in the Designation Search Tool by...
Hi Phil, ... Because so many catalogs have thousands (or even millions) of objects only 1000 or so are displayed at a time. Click the little up/down arrows...
Call up NGC 1555 (Hind's Variable Nebula) on an eyepiece / finderscope chart and it displays the right area of the sky, but NGC 1555 is not plotted there. Now,...
Hello all, I'd be very interested in finding out which version of Vista people are using. Reason being - I'm getting a new laptop and I'd like to know what...
Hello Greg: Is there a way to print the best viewing months on the observing list table? I frequently find myself sorting and dividing my viewing lists by...
Hi Bob, ... I'm not certain what you have in mind: it's pretty easy to determine the best months for a single object, but much more difficult for a collection...
Hi Len, That's a database error (but you knew that). I redid the nebula database last summer for ST3 and I just checked: these are both correct. Thanks, Greg ...
When I originally read your post, I was thinking that it's just a function of your location, the time you want to observe and the RA of the target. However, I...
Hi John, ... Certainly that's the way the program is intended to be used--one list that is filtered to display the best objects to observe on a given night ...
Hi Greg; In the ST2 database, there's an object named 'Red rectangle', noted as a 'Possible Planetary', at 15th magnitude. I received an interesting article...
I had a similar need, & worked out a small 'trick' that might be helpful. I set up 13 viewing lists - one a 'master' & the other 12 set up for each month. The...
Yes Greg, an option for a column on the observing list and printout that would show the optimum months for each object (after selecting the observing time, of...
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