Re: [guide-user] Guide 8 draws nigh

Paul Schlyter Jan 9, 2002

> Hi
>
> Here is my opinion of the ongoing discussion of various alternative
> astronomical programs: Yes, there is other software around that
> can plot
> the Tycho star catalog, the SAO or the GSC and various . But I
> think that the most important feature of Guide compared to these
> products
> is its enormous flexibility. There is nearly nothing you cannot do
> with it, its file formats are open and well documented (or else you
> can always ask Bill for some binary file formats), and it is very
> easy to link own data with Guide.

I fully agree with all that. To this, add that Guide often is first
with some feature: it was first in including the Guide Star
Catalogue, and later it was first in including the Hipparcos
Catalogue. I think it also was first in including high-precision
ephemerides for natural satellites of the planets.

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