Hi Bill,

It was a matter of having Common Name displayed which overrode the mag.
label. I was printing out a chart showing the path of (4) Vesta over a
couple of weeks time, and was hoping to show both the magnitude of nearby
stars and the names of a couple of the brighter stars (like Vindemiatrix and
Spica) so others could i.d. those stars. So, in some cases, it would be
handy to have both items displayed, although most would know that Spica is a
mag.1 star (or at least pretty bright!), but I wouldn't have had a clue what
magnitude Vindemiatrix is without looking it up.

Thanks,
Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 5:38 PM
Subject: [guide-user] Missing magnitude labels


> Hi Doug,
>
> Two possibilities leap to mind.
>
> First, see if some other label (Greek letter, Flamsteed number,
> star name, etc.) is shown. If you've got those set to display (in
> the "Star Display" dialogue), they take precedence over the
> display of magnitude labels. I doubt that's the case here,
> since Vindemiatrix would probably be similarly affected...
> but it's worth checking.
>
> The second, more likely, culprit is label collision. Guide does
> a decent job of moving labels around to avoid having them overlap
> one another. But you can get cases where it does the equivalent
> of scratching its head, rearranging the labels some more, and
> giving up, because it can't find a place to fit in a label. If you zoom
> in and, as the labels spread apart, the one you're looking for
> comes into view, that's a likely scenario.
>
> -- Bill
>
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