Bug in Guide8?

Laren Dart Feb 27, 2002

Bill,

There seems to be a rather weird bug in Guide8. When I right click on the
Moon for Info, then left click for More Info, Guide crashes. This happens
only on or after the year -999. Set for -998 or earlier, no crash occurs.
As far as I have been able to determine this only happens with the Moon,
and not with any other planets or with stars. I don't know if this was
happening with Guide7 and I simply didn't notice it.

As my interest is in delta T and eclipses before 1620, there has never been
a reason to check for info on the Moon. The first time this happened, I
had set the time and date as dawn of March 5, -1952, the beginning of the
Chinese calendar. When I clicked Info, and then clicked More Info to find
the exact time of New Moon, Guide crashed.

Laren
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