--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "shugal333" <shugal333@...> wrote:

>
> Thanks for that Bill.
>
> So does the PC have to be connected to the web to get comet data ?
> If so, is there another way as the machine I run Guide on isn't online.
> (Sorry if this has all been covered before in other threads)
>
>
> Thanks
> Stuart
>

Hi, yes there is another way:
ask a friend of yours to dowload the file for the comets from this
site:http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft02Cmt.txt
and the asteroids from one or all of these:
1)http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Distant/Soft02Distant.txt
2)http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/CritList/Soft02CritList.txt
3)http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Unusual/Soft02Unusual.txt
Later copy those files in the GUIDE folder.
Good luck, Stefano