--- In guide-user@y..., "H.G.Lindberg" <gorlin@t...> wrote:

> The size of star dots and levels in Guide ,driving me crazy......
> How get automatick size of star dots versus magnitude in a

realistic

> way????
> (Vega is bigger then our sun! :o))
> Regards
> Hans-Goran

I guess it's impossible to make stars appear realistic over any wider
magnitude range on a CRT which typically has a dynamic range of
around 100. In Guide it's possible to set the star size smaller than
1 whole pixel which will result in stars being modulated for
brightness instead of size.

I use these these *.mar files for toggling between normal
and "realistic" stars mode. In realistic mode you'll have to pump up
the limiting magnitude a bit. They work reasonaby well for me but I'm
really not sure how well my settings will work for you.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/jimenez/Starsrea.mar
http://www.kolumbus.fi/jimenez/Starsnor.mar

Kind regards
Jari