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From: "Serge Theberge" <astrophoto@...>
Hi Rick,

Please send me the update as well.  Thanks.

Serge

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From: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Krejci
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:09 AM
To: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [whatsup-astro] Re: Whatsup


Thanks, Jerry!

To let others know, Jerry noticed that cut and paste didn't work
right, nor did exporting to a file.  If you need these updates and
bought the released version, let me know and I'll send you the update!

Rick


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "zaunjl" <jlzaun@...> wrote:
>
> Just a note to say I purchased this program after trying the demo
and
> immedately found a problem with the copy and paste. I e-mailed Rick
> and it was fix'd in less than an hour!!! Wow keep it up rick. I do
> like this program as it is. I tested it and compared it to my "The
> Sky" for accuracy and could not find anything wrong. I love it! Now
> Rick if you would just add a print button   :) :)
>
> Thanks, Great Job
>
> Jerry Z
>







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Hi Rick,

Please send me the update as well.  Thanks.

Serge

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From: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Krejci
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:09 AM
To: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [whatsup-astro] Re: Whatsup


Thanks, Jerry!

To let others know, Jerry noticed that cut and paste didn't work
right, nor did exporting to a file.  If you need these updates and
bought the released version, let me know and I'll send you the update!

Rick


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "zaunjl" <jlzaun@...> wrote:
>
> Just a note to say I purchased this program after trying the demo
and
> immedately found a problem with the copy and paste. I e-mailed Rick
> and it was fix'd in less than an hour!!! Wow keep it up rick. I do
> like this program as it is. I tested it and compared it to my "The
> Sky" for accuracy and could not find anything wrong. I love it! Now
> Rick if you would just add a print button   :) :)
>
> Thanks, Great Job
>
> Jerry Z
>







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yes, I'd like the update.
thanks

--- Rick Krejci <randckrejci@...> wrote:

> Thanks, Jerry!
>
> To let others know, Jerry noticed that cut and paste
> didn't work
> right, nor did exporting to a file.  If you need
> these updates and
> bought the released version, let me know and I'll
> send you the update!
>
> Rick
>
>
> --- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "zaunjl"
> <jlzaun@...> wrote:
> >
> > Just a note to say I purchased this program after
> trying the demo
> and
> > immedately found a problem with the copy and
> paste. I e-mailed Rick
> > and it was fix'd in less than an hour!!! Wow keep
> it up rick. I do
> > like this program as it is. I tested it and
> compared it to my "The
> > Sky" for accuracy and could not find anything
> wrong. I love it! Now
> > Rick if you would just add a print button   :) :)
> >
> > Thanks, Great Job
> >
> > Jerry Z
> >
>
>
>
>
>


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Thanks, Jerry!

To let others know, Jerry noticed that cut and paste didn't work
right, nor did exporting to a file.  If you need these updates and
bought the released version, let me know and I'll send you the update!

Rick


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "zaunjl" <jlzaun@...> wrote:
>
> Just a note to say I purchased this program after trying the demo
and
> immedately found a problem with the copy and paste. I e-mailed Rick
> and it was fix'd in less than an hour!!! Wow keep it up rick. I do
> like this program as it is. I tested it and compared it to my "The
> Sky" for accuracy and could not find anything wrong. I love it! Now
> Rick if you would just add a print button   :) :)
>
> Thanks, Great Job
>
> Jerry Z
>

Just a note to say I purchased this program after trying the demo and
immedately found a problem with the copy and paste. I e-mailed Rick
and it was fix'd in less than an hour!!! Wow keep it up rick. I do
like this program as it is. I tested it and compared it to my "The
Sky" for accuracy and could not find anything wrong. I love it! Now
Rick if you would just add a print button   :) :)

Thanks, Great Job

Jerry Z

----- Original Message -----

From: kurt_friedrich

To: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:28 AM

Subject: [whatsup-astro] Whatup did me some good!

I knew I had a good clear night tonite, so I used whatsup seriously
and based on that I chose  NGC2403 which is not something I would have
thought of without the program.

http://tinyurl.com/8z4kd


AP130 f/8 for 18x2min and 37x3min at NGC2403 with my Canon

Kurt

I knew I had a good clear night tonite, so I used whatsup seriously
and based on that I chose  NGC2403 which is not something I would have
thought of without the program.

http://tinyurl.com/8z4kd


AP130 f/8 for 18x2min and 37x3min at NGC2403 with my Canon

Kurt

Try submitting it to Sky and Telescope for inclusion in their New
Product Showcase.  It takes a few months for it to appear, but the
cost is free.

Doug Anderson
Shoestring Astronomy
www.ShoestringAstronomy.com


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Krejci" <randckrejci@...>
wrote:
>
> I've done a little bit of self promotion that brought all of you on
> board here, which I truly appreciate!!!
>
> I'm struggling with how to keep the momentum going.  Word of mouth
and
> objective reviews will probably do worlds more to get people to try
it
> than anything I can say.
>
> So please feel free to tell your astro-buddies or even post a mini-
> review on areas you frequent.  I'd appreciate it!
>
> Thanks for your support!
>
> Rick
>

--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Krejci" <randckrejci@...>
wrote:

>Yep, That was it. I recently had to reformat my harddrive due to a
nasty virus. Guess i never set it back.

Thank.

Keith,

> Hmmmm...do you have mountain time selected on your computer
clock?
> That's where it gets it from.
>
> Based on previous feedback, I'm going to add the GMT dev to the
city
> list and/or allow it to be used entered and saved as a default.
Doing
> it automatically from the clock seemed like a good idea, but it
seems
> to have too many pitfalls (including planning a astro trip).
>
> Rick
>
>
> --- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <esteskkkk@> wrote:
> >
> > So on the GTM deviation I set it for MST which is -7. How do I
save
> > this? Evertime I open the program its at -8.
> >
> > Keith,
> >
>

I actually had that originally, but I removed it to save space.

The main reason I stuck with 800x600 is that I have a Sony Palmtop
computer (U50) that I have as my scope and camera control.  I usually
control it through 802.11G from indoors using VNC.  It's limited to
800x600.  Normally I don't do planning with it, but one thing I want
to do in a future release is to integrate with ASCOM and allow GOTO's
directly from Whatsup.

Regardless, I can hopefully make things customizable enough now that
those running widescreed can take advantage of their real estate,
while those with tiny resolution can still function.

I'm not at all looking to do planetarium functionality, since that's
been done fairly well already.  I'm trying to fill in the gaping
holes for planning an imaging session, or for that matter an
observing session.

Rick

--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Serge Theberge"
<astrophoto@...> wrote:
>
> Rick,
>
> You might want to consider displaying both N/S/E/W an the degrees
> together, e.g. N-0, S-180, etc. to avoid any confusion.
>
> Serge
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Krejci
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:40 AM
> To: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [whatsup-astro] Re: dah ... is 0 degrees north? part 2
>
>
> Kurt,
>
> Yes, 0 degrees is north.
>
> I oriented the pie like most planetarium programs look if you zoom
out,
> with West on the right.  Like you said, it's as if you're looking
up.
>
> Rick
>
>
> --- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "kurt_friedrich"
> <kurt_friedrich@> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe I see my problem.  As I look at the pie wedge, I would have
> > expected 90 deg to be east, and therefore, on the right.  But
maybe
> > you are thinking of it looking up to the sky, and not down?
> >
> > Kurt
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Hmmmm...do you have mountain time selected on your computer clock?
That's where it gets it from.

Based on previous feedback, I'm going to add the GMT dev to the city
list and/or allow it to be used entered and saved as a default.  Doing
it automatically from the clock seemed like a good idea, but it seems
to have too many pitfalls (including planning a astro trip).

Rick


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <esteskkkk@...> wrote:
>
> So on the GTM deviation I set it for MST which is -7. How do I save
> this? Evertime I open the program its at -8.
>
> Keith,
>

Rick,

You might want to consider displaying both N/S/E/W an the degrees
together, e.g. N-0, S-180, etc. to avoid any confusion.

Serge


-----Original Message-----
From: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Krejci
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:40 AM
To: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [whatsup-astro] Re: dah ... is 0 degrees north? part 2


Kurt,

Yes, 0 degrees is north.

I oriented the pie like most planetarium programs look if you zoom out,
with West on the right.  Like you said, it's as if you're looking up.

Rick


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "kurt_friedrich"
<kurt_friedrich@...> wrote:
>
> Maybe I see my problem.  As I look at the pie wedge, I would have
> expected 90 deg to be east, and therefore, on the right.  But maybe
> you are thinking of it looking up to the sky, and not down?
>
> Kurt
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So on the GTM deviation I set it for MST which is -7. How do I save
this? Evertime I open the program its at -8.

Keith,

Rick,

Thats exactly what I was looking for. West of the meridian and the SW
corner. I'll play around with the program some more tonight. Let you
know if I have any other questions.

Keith,

--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Krejci" <randckrejci@...>
wrote:
>
> Welcome, Keith!
>
> The pie chart should help with this...
>
> If you set 90-360 (inclusive) you will get everything West of the
> meridian and everything in the SE quadrant as well.  The pie in
> Whatsup has North on top, and W on the right, since this
is "looking
> up"  oriented (like a planetarium program).
>
> If you want to only get objects to the West, you can either set 180-
> 360(inclusive) for min and max of az, or set 0-180 (exclusive).
The
> pie should look identical.
>
> The examples in the field description web page may help as well...
> http://www.whatsup.ricksastro.com/DetailedHelp.htm
>
> Rick Krejci
>
>
>
> --- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <esteskkkk@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone, I just downloaded Whats up last night. What a cool
> little
> > program! It should help me out a lot with my imaging sessions. I
> just
> > want to make sure I have my AZ inclusive range set right. I have
a
> > light dome to the East, so I want to exclude this portion of the
> sky. I
> > set my range 90 min 360 max. Does this sound right?
> >
> > Keith Estes
> >
>

Welcome, Keith!

The pie chart should help with this...

If you set 90-360 (inclusive) you will get everything West of the
meridian and everything in the SE quadrant as well.  The pie in
Whatsup has North on top, and W on the right, since this is "looking
up"  oriented (like a planetarium program).

If you want to only get objects to the West, you can either set 180-
360(inclusive) for min and max of az, or set 0-180 (exclusive).  The
pie should look identical.

The examples in the field description web page may help as well...
http://www.whatsup.ricksastro.com/DetailedHelp.htm

Rick Krejci



--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Keith" <esteskkkk@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, I just downloaded Whats up last night. What a cool
little
> program! It should help me out a lot with my imaging sessions. I
just
> want to make sure I have my AZ inclusive range set right. I have a
> light dome to the East, so I want to exclude this portion of the
sky. I
> set my range 90 min 360 max. Does this sound right?
>
> Keith Estes
>

Hi everyone, I just downloaded Whats up last night. What a cool little
program! It should help me out a lot with my imaging sessions. I just
want to make sure I have my AZ inclusive range set right. I have a
light dome to the East, so I want to exclude this portion of the sky. I
set my range 90 min 360 max. Does this sound right?

Keith Estes

esp since most folks doing DSLR or CCD work will
certainly be working at a higher resolution than
800x600, and all the laptops made for the last ?6
years do 1024 at least.

Kurt

--- astrophoto@... wrote:

> Rick,
>
> I think you are limiting yourself too much at
> 800x600. I would standardize on 1024x768.  That will
> give you a lot more space to work with and I doubt
> too many people out there would buy your software
> and operate at 800x600.
>
> Serge
>
>
> > This may lead me down the larger road of allowing
> customization of
> > column content.  I like ther current compact
> format, and want to keep
> > it usable at 800x600.
>
>
>


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Rick,

I think you are limiting yourself too much at 800x600. I would standardize on
1024x768.  That will give you a lot more space to work with and I doubt too many
people out there would buy your software and operate at 800x600.

Serge


> This may lead me down the larger road of allowing customization of
> column content.  I like ther current compact format, and want to keep
> it usable at 800x600.

I put in a plug on the WilliamOptics group.

Kurt

--- Rick Krejci <randckrejci@...> wrote:

> I've done a little bit of self promotion that
> brought all of you on
> board here, which I truly appreciate!!!
>
> I'm struggling with how to keep the momentum going.
> Word of mouth and
> objective reviews will probably do worlds more to
> get people to try it
> than anything I can say.
>
> So please feel free to tell your astro-buddies or
> even post a mini-
> review on areas you frequent.  I'd appreciate it!
>
> Thanks for your support!
>
> Rick
>
>
>
>


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I've done a little bit of self promotion that brought all of you on
board here, which I truly appreciate!!!

I'm struggling with how to keep the momentum going.  Word of mouth and
objective reviews will probably do worlds more to get people to try it
than anything I can say.

So please feel free to tell your astro-buddies or even post a mini-
review on areas you frequent.  I'd appreciate it!

Thanks for your support!

Rick

I can definitely see that...

This may lead me down the larger road of allowing customization of
column content.  I like ther current compact format, and want to keep
it usable at 800x600.

There's also a bug where selecting nebula selects planetary nebula as
well...I know I had fixed that one sometime in the past, but
somewhere it got lost...

Rick


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, <astrophoto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Rick,
>
> I would prefer local transit time as I always plan ahead of time.
In my location I image mostly past the meridian, so local transit
time tells me when I will start imaging.
>
> Serge
>
> >
> > From: "Rick Krejci" <randckrejci@...>
> > Date: 2006/02/11 Sat AM 12:02:55 EST
> > To: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [whatsup-astro] Re: A few more suggestions
> >
> > OK, guys...Would you rather see time until meridian transit, or
local
> > transit time.
> >
> > My leaning would be Doug's suggestion of time until transit.  If
I
> > put local transit time, I would always end up doing the math to
> > answer the question "how long until a flip is needed".
> >
> > Plus it was easier :)   I already have it implemented...
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Anderson" <doug@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree with the suggestions Serge made in an earlier post.
Here
> > is my
> > > wish list (some communicated in early emails, but I thought I
would
> > > post them here for others to comment):
> > >
> > > 1) Add column for meridian transit time
> > >
> > > 2) Add GMT deviation to location selection database
> > >
> > > 3) Some sort of indicator as to when the moon will be in out.
I
> > know
> > > this is a more difficult feature to add, so maybe this would be
an
> > idea
> > > for version 2.
> > >
> > > This is a nice tool already, Rick.  Keep up the good work, and
best
> > of
> > > luck.
> > >
> > > Doug Anderson
> > > Shoestring Astronomy
> > > www.ShoestringAstronomy.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Hi Rick,

I would prefer local transit time as I always plan ahead of time. In my location
I image mostly past the meridian, so local transit time tells me when I will
start imaging.

Serge

>
> From: "Rick Krejci" <randckrejci@...>
> Date: 2006/02/11 Sat AM 12:02:55 EST
> To: whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [whatsup-astro] Re: A few more suggestions
>
> OK, guys...Would you rather see time until meridian transit, or local
> transit time.
>
> My leaning would be Doug's suggestion of time until transit.  If I
> put local transit time, I would always end up doing the math to
> answer the question "how long until a flip is needed".
>
> Plus it was easier :)   I already have it implemented...
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> --- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Anderson" <doug@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with the suggestions Serge made in an earlier post.  Here
> is my
> > wish list (some communicated in early emails, but I thought I would
> > post them here for others to comment):
> >
> > 1) Add column for meridian transit time
> >
> > 2) Add GMT deviation to location selection database
> >
> > 3) Some sort of indicator as to when the moon will be in out.  I
> know
> > this is a more difficult feature to add, so maybe this would be an
> idea
> > for version 2.
> >
> > This is a nice tool already, Rick.  Keep up the good work, and best
> of
> > luck.
> >
> > Doug Anderson
> > Shoestring Astronomy
> > www.ShoestringAstronomy.com
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>

OK, guys...Would you rather see time until meridian transit, or local
transit time.

My leaning would be Doug's suggestion of time until transit.  If I
put local transit time, I would always end up doing the math to
answer the question "how long until a flip is needed".

Plus it was easier :)   I already have it implemented...

Rick



--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Anderson" <doug@...>
wrote:
>
> I agree with the suggestions Serge made in an earlier post.  Here
is my
> wish list (some communicated in early emails, but I thought I would
> post them here for others to comment):
>
> 1) Add column for meridian transit time
>
> 2) Add GMT deviation to location selection database
>
> 3) Some sort of indicator as to when the moon will be in out.  I
know
> this is a more difficult feature to add, so maybe this would be an
idea
> for version 2.
>
> This is a nice tool already, Rick.  Keep up the good work, and best
of
> luck.
>
> Doug Anderson
> Shoestring Astronomy
> www.ShoestringAstronomy.com
>

I agree with the suggestions Serge made in an earlier post.  Here is my
wish list (some communicated in early emails, but I thought I would
post them here for others to comment):

1) Add column for meridian transit time

2) Add GMT deviation to location selection database

3) Some sort of indicator as to when the moon will be in out.  I know
this is a more difficult feature to add, so maybe this would be an idea
for version 2.

This is a nice tool already, Rick.  Keep up the good work, and best of
luck.

Doug Anderson
Shoestring Astronomy
www.ShoestringAstronomy.com

Kurt,

Yes, 0 degrees is north.

I oriented the pie like most planetarium programs look if you zoom out,
with West on the right.  Like you said, it's as if you're looking up.

Rick


--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "kurt_friedrich"
<kurt_friedrich@...> wrote:
>
> Maybe I see my problem.  As I look at the pie wedge, I would have
> expected 90 deg to be east, and therefore, on the right.  But maybe
> you are thinking of it looking up to the sky, and not down?
>
> Kurt
>

Maybe I see my problem.  As I look at the pie wedge, I would have
expected 90 deg to be east, and therefore, on the right.  But maybe
you are thinking of it looking up to the sky, and not down?

Kurt

I would have thought so.

Kurt

All great suggestions, Serge.  Some I've thought about, some not.

I'm going to let things settle for a week or 2 before I dive back
into feature addition mode.  I want to concentrate on stability and
bug fixes before I deviate too much from the release.

But during this time, it would be great to solidify what the users
are looking for, and feedback like yours is especially what I value.

Thanks!

Rick

--- In whatsup-astro@yahoogroups.com, "Serge Theberge"
<astrophoto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Rick,
>
> That's definitely a piece of software that is needed.  Here are the
> suggestions I gave you off-line and a few more (in different order):
>
> 1/ Add column giving the number of hours and minutes before meridian
> flip for each object
>
> 2/ Add column showing transit time
>
> 3/ Add column where one can paste in the URL address of our
favourite
> image of the object (text, not thumbnail)
>
> 4/ User-defined column selection
>
> 5/ Manual data entry mode (in addition to the batch entry that you
> already have)
>
> 6/ Option for catalog(s) to be used (Messier, NGC, IC, Sh, etc.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Serge
>

Hi Rick,

That's definitely a piece of software that is needed.  Here are the
suggestions I gave you off-line and a few more (in different order):

1/ Add column giving the number of hours and minutes before meridian
flip for each object

2/ Add column showing transit time

3/ Add column where one can paste in the URL address of our favourite
image of the object (text, not thumbnail)

4/ User-defined column selection

5/ Manual data entry mode (in addition to the batch entry that you
already have)

6/ Option for catalog(s) to be used (Messier, NGC, IC, Sh, etc.)

Cheers,

Serge

Hey all,

Welcom to the WhatsUp group.  I'm excited about this program...I've
been working on it on and off for about 2 years, although most of the
activity has been in the last month or 2 with all of the clouds here in
Michigan...

I'd like to keep this Board active and a means of making WhatsUp a
better product.  I will encourage you to upload new object files to the
files section to share with others so everyone can use them and tweak
them to their liking.

Anyway, welcome again and I hope you like WhatsUp!

Rick Krejci