Hello,

> It just occurred to me that there's another way to get Guide to
> recognize Machholz (1994r). That would be to download the file
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/machholz.txt
>
> Then run Guide and click on Extras... Add MPC Comets/Asteroids,
> and click on the line at the bottom. This will bring up a file-selector
> dialog; select 'machholz.txt'.
>
> 'Machholz.txt' contains the same elements Guide already uses,
> except that I've added in some probably not-very-accurate magnitude
> data. Guide will use these new elements instead of the old ones,
> and 1994r will start to behave "normally".
>
> -- Bill

thanks for your help. I just edited the COMETG.DAT file and it worked.

Clear skies
Bernd

Bernd Brinkmann
Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18

http://www.sternwarte-herne.de
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