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   The "Make PostScript file" option is described in detail on page 41.
                                                                 
   "Make .BMP File" provides another way to create graphics files for
use in other Windows applications (most Windows paint programs will
import .BMP data).  To use it,  set up your chart in the manner in
which you want it to appear in the image,  and click on this option.
Guide will show the usual Windows "save file" dialog box,  and will
create a .BMP chart with the same dimensions and colors as the current
Guide window.

   "Find Conjunction" and "Show Eclipse" are described on page 59.

   "Install to Hard Drive" is described on page 58.

17a: DSS/REALSKY IMAGES        

   The DSS (Digital Sky Survey) is a set of digital imagery of
the entire sky,  created from scans of Palomar Sky Survey photos
and similar photos from southern sky surveys. It's provided on a
set of 100 CD-ROMs,  or (more commonly) via the Internet.  There
is also a more heavily compressed version, RealSky,  provided on
18 CD-ROMs,  but the image quality suffers a bit from the extra
compression.  The CD-ROM versions of both DSS and RealSky are
distributed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP).

   "DSS/RealSky Images" leads to a dialog box offering controls to
extract images from the CDs,  or download them from the Internet,  and
to control how they are shown.  Some of its controls also apply to a
collection of images of deep-sky images available on the second Guide
CD-ROM;  these are discussed on page 59.  The dialog box looks like this:

______________________________ 
|  DSS/RealSky Images      [X]|
|-----------------------------|
| [x] Show images             |
|    Show at: [ 0] - [1.6]    |
| [ ] Invert images           |
|  [  Clear RealSky images ]  |
|  [  RealSky/DSS from CD  ]  |
|  [     Add DSS image     ]  |
|  [   DSS from Internet   ]  |
|    DSS downloads:           |
|      (*) DSS-1              |
|      ( ) DSS-2 R            |
|      ( ) DSS-2 B            |
|  [ OK ]         [ Cancel ]  |
'-----------------------------'

   If you have some images shown on-screen and would like to temporarily
disable them,  you should clear the "show images" checkbox.  No images

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