Hi Bill,


Today I too ran into the "no asteroids shown" problem in Guide 8 using
the 29 May 2006 software. Downloading the MPCORBcr.dat file, placing
it in the GUIDE8 directory and clicking "Use MPCORB" in the Extras
menu solved the issue.
Strangely enough, before using the MPCORBcr.dat file, going to Display
-> Data Shown and selecting the "On" radio button for Asteroids didn't
show any asteroids but it made all SPACECRAFT visible! I could see
where the Voyagers are as well as Cassini and many other spacecraft.
Looks like a file selection problem to me. Anyway, loading the
MPCORBcr.dat file made all spacecraft disappear.


HTH, Wouter van Reeven

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "Laurent Zimmermann" <lzmn@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
>
> I also use the 29 May 2006 version and I have no problem with the
asteroids.
> Even if I enter a name or number in the dialog "Go to an asteroid".
>
> Unlike Bertrand, when I have downloaded an update, I always unzip
_all_ the
> files to my Guide directory. Existing files are always overwritten.
I never
> lost any setting or personalization.
>
> Also I copied the two CD-ROM to my hard disk, rather than using
"Install to
> hard drive...". Of course, I adapted Startup.mar accordingly (18 drive
> C:\GUIDE8\).
>
> I used MPCORB a long time ago and then I erased the .DAT file
(mpcorb.lim
> 29.07.2004 remains). I just downloaded MPCORBcr.dat. Then "Use
MPCORB" was
> no more greyed out and I checked it. Everything was normal. I
unchecked and
> Guide continued tu run normally.
>
>
> Laurent
>
> ----- Message d'origine -----
> De : "Bertrand Laville" <bertrand.laville@...>
> À : <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
> Envoyé : dimanche 18 juin 2006 08:11
> Objet : Re: [guide-user] Re: Only few asteroids without use of MPCORB
>
>
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > Here is my contribution to this problem:
> >
> > - Quick info is OK.
> > "Currently visible asteroids to magnitude 11" gives me presently 10
> > asteoroids, from (1) Ceres to (354) Eleonora.
> > If I click on anyone of these ten, Guide goes to the right one,
with "X"
> > (cross), number and name on the center of the screen. If I click
on "X",
> > the infow window is OK, and the "more info" window also.
> >
> > - Table of current asteroids
> > Through this way also, all is OK. I can choose the magnitude
limit, and
> > Guide shows a table with as asteroids as the magnitude limit is
down. If i
> > click on any, all is OK as above.
> >
> > - Extra/Use MPCORB is grayed out
> >
> > - Goto/Asteroid shows me the usual small window, but if I write, say,
> > ""Ceres, or "1", or any other name or number, Guide tells me: "not an
> > asteroid".
> >
> > I use the 29 May 2006 version, but, as most of my files are
customized, I
> > have downloaded and replaced (as I do for each update) only the
files that
> > have been created of modified after the release of the previous
version.
> >
> > Hope this might be helping you.
> >
> > Bertrand
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bill J Gray
> > To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 7:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: [guide-user] Re: Only few asteroids without use of
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