Ben,


You can use Tables -> Create star list and enter the desired limit
magnitude. Then in the new window select Edit and the result appears in a
Notepad window, where you can select and copy data and then paste them in
Excel.


Laurent Zimmermann
http://users.skynet.be/zmn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Davies" <alhajoth@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:54 PM
Subject: [guide-user] proper motion


> I was getting star coordinates from Guide to put into a spreadsheet
> and couldn't find a convenient way to get the current coordinates as
> adjusted for proper motion. Guide seems to plot the positions of
> stars taking PM into account, so I ended up going to level 20,
> putting the cursor on the image and copying down the RA and Dec.
>
> Is there an better way to do this?
>
> And on the same subject, is it possible to get the information on a
> star to the Windows clipboard? That would eliminate one source of
> error and be much quicker.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben Davies
>
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