Josch Hambsch Jan 28, 2007
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laville Bertrand" <bertrand.laville@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Downloading B1.0 stars
> Hi everybody, Hi Bill,
>
> I must say that I have the same problem for a couple of days, may be two
> weeks.
>
> Whatever the field and the localisation,Icick on the B1.0 icon, as I
> always did, and obtain after less than two or three seconds a window where
> it is written: "A connection with the server could not be established".
>
> Then I click the "x" at the upper right corner, to shut the window off,
> and another and smaller window, where is written "OK", and then,
> unfortunately, I can't shut the latter off, whatever I click on or do. I
> can shut Guide, but the OK window remains, and I must shut the PC to
> obtain it desappears.
>
> Hope this can help you, Bill
>
> Regards
>
> Bertrand
>
>
>
>
> Original Message -----
> From: Josch Hambsch
> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [guide-user] Downloading B1.0 stars
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> it worked flawlessly the first time I used it in a star field and since
> then
> I could not get any more data. I tried several fields at different
> places.
> Maybe if you give it a try and report?
>
> You could try around GSC star 919 1647. I did not succeed. It says "A
> connection with the server could not be established".
>
> BTW to search for USNO A2.0 stars also did not work the way you explained
> some mails ago.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Josch Hambsch
>
> http://www.astronomie.be/hambsch
> http://users.pandora.be/hambsch/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [guide-user] Downloading B1.0 stars
>
> > Hi Josch,
> >
> > You shouldn't have to delete anything before downloading more B1.0
> > data. Downloads should simply accumulate. When you want to get rid of
> > all the data, just click on a B1.0 star, then "more info", and you'll
> > see a line reading "click here to delete accumulated data".
> >
> > I'd try again (could be the server was having trouble). If it's
> > still not working, it might be good to know at what RA/dec you ran into
> > the problem; maybe it's a location-specific problem.
> >
> > I vaguely recall that at one time, someone in Europe was providing
> > B1.0 on USB hard disks. Unfortunately, I never got any details on
> > this. He couldn't ship to the US, due to Customs restrictions
> > (probably worried the hard disk contained instructions to terrorists or
> > some such). Barring that, getting a disk from USNO (if possible) would
> > be your best bet, as Mike O'Shaughnessy suggests.
> >
> > -- Bill
> >
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