Hello Bill,

> I've gotten a very small bit of feedback on the currently-posted
> "in-testing" update at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm
>
> but would very much appreciate any reports of bugs. (Also thoughts
> for improvement, with the warning that right now, I'm in bug-fix only
> mode.)

here's an other small bug concerning the CCD frames:

when using the Megatek as CCD camera the positions of the guider chips are wrong:
they have to be at the east and west side of the main chip and the eastern one
has to be rotated by 90 deg. Furthermore the distance between the main and the
guider chips seems to be too large compared with this foto:
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Bernd.A.Brinkmann/megatek/images/die_chips.jpg

> Kevin Fetter mentioned a problem or two with the CCD frame and
> with the "second time" in the legend; I've fixed these problems.
>
> John Greaves mentioned a problem with asteroid display. He's
> getting asteroids to work only over a 200-day span (the span of one
> of Guide's asteroid files; the others are being ignored). I'm still
> investigating this, with no luck so far. If you're seeing this,
> too, please let me know.

I took (2) Pallas as a test: centered on this moving object I animated it for
several years with an increment of 40 days. It works ok (I didn't use MPCORB.DAT).

One more question: What's the difference in animation mode between folowing
RA/dec and Proper Motion? When using centered on RA/dec and a planet (Saturn) is
in the field, it leaves a "trail" of its own on the screen (Level 13). When using
centered on Prop Motion Saturn is drawn ok on the screen. In Display I use
"Direct to screen". The background is that we have an occultaion of SAO 98054 by
the rings of Saturn on Jan 25th here in Germany.

Clear skies
Bernd

Bernd Brinkmann

Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18
Herne, Germany

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