I think the mercury bitmaps may not yet be up as the server returns no
file, or no permission.

At 11:59 11/08/2001 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
> I've held off on posting until I got assorted ducks in a row.
>They're now in something resembling a linear order, and I just put
>updated software on the Web site. These are discussed a bit starting
>on the 'history' page,
>
>http://www.projectpluto.com/hist_idx.htm
>
> The update provides a simple check-box option to switch images to a
>"negative" mode. As was discussed on-list, you could do this anyway,
>but it wasn't exactly simple or intuitive. Some other, mostly minor,
>changes are included, all involving planetary display: airless objects
>are now shown with sharp-edged terminators, new bitmaps are available
>for Mercury, and I've fixed the display of Galilean moons.
>
> Regarding this last: _Sky & Telescope_ included two interesting
>images of Jupiter and moons in the September 2001 issue. To replicate
>the image on page 79, you should use "Go To... Object Name" and enter
>"Voyager 1". Then hit "<"; as was discussed earlier, doing so changes
>your viewpoint to the last object. So you're now viewing the solar
>system from Voyager 1 (and if you look back at Earth, you'll see that
>you're pretty far out of the solar system right now!)
>
> Set the time and date to 13 Feb 1979, 6:03 UT, and center on Io.
>Just as in the _Sky & Tel_ image, you'll see Io on the Great Red Spot,
>with Europa trailing. The match isn't exact, because I've no idea
>what the longitude of the GRS was back then. But it's pretty good.
>
> For the image on page 47, take the same steps, except use Cassini
>instead of Voyager 1, and set the time/date to 1 January 2001, 10:00 UT.
>
> Also: Owen Brazell sent me .TDF files to enable display of Herbig-Haro
>objects and Shakhbazian compact galaxy clusters (sort of an extension to
>the Hickson catalog).
>
>http://www.projectpluto.com/extras.htm#herbig_haro
>http://www.projectpluto.com/extras.htm#shakh
>
>-- Bill
>
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