Hi Guide users.

Mark's E-mail prompted me to tell you about a talk I gave in August at the Northwoods Starfest in Wisconsin regarding the upcoming series of occultations of the Pleiades by the moon. You can explore this for your location by placing the moon near to the Pleiades, eg. October 19th 2005 is a good place to start. Right click on the moon and turn on the animation function and set the time span to the moon's Sidereal period so it will always be near the Pleiades for each step. Search for dates when the moon will be near or actually cover up some of the Pleiades stars starting early next year. These occultations occur on a eighteen year cycle when the moon's ascending node coincides with the Vernal equinox and then has extremes in declination necessary to reach the Pleiades.

Good viewing,

Bob Elliott
Lake Leelanau, MI


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From: guide-user@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Mark S Deprest
Sent: Sun 23-Oct-05 12:50
To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [guide-user] Re: Guide Overview and Features Session



--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Alexander Urban
<alexander.urban@g...> wrote:

>
> Mark
> Is it possible to post a summary of your topics? I think then we

would

> 1st learn also something and 2nd would probably think of new

suggestions

> cheers
> Alex

A summary of topics would be a little difficult, the session lasted 2
hrs and covered a lot of material. But a run down of how I conducted
the session might be of use to anyone who is thinking of trying to
hold a session of their own.
First, I used a data projector and projected the program onto a wall.
Second, I started by showing the "out of the box" Factory Default
screen and suggested that as they use the program more and more they
will find that customizing the screen data to fit their needs is the
only way to go. At this point I explained how to "Save a Mark" and
how to "Load a Mark"
Third, I decided that demonstrating each one of the "Pull Down" menus
in order would make logical sense and keep things on track.
As we went through each of the items on each pull down, it became
apparent that a lot of unique features to Guide were often over-
looked due to haste.
By the end of the session a couple of very important features were at
the top of everyones list of things to do. Those features were:
Customize the screen data to fit your needs, then save those settings
as a "Mark"; Customize your "Tool Bar" with your most fequently used
items, tasks,levels, etc.; and lastly just learn to deal with
the "clunkiness of the printing" and blame it on Mr. Gates & Co.
I will keep you posted as to when and how, my next session is and
goes.
Carpe Nocturne - Clear Skies & Dark Nights
Mark S Deprest
Guide user since ver. 3.0






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