I think I know what is causing the problem. First do not use you mark
file to set the position on the above the Sun. Start the settings from
your Earth location with appropriate altitude, do the settings as
mentioned previously using location menu then Ctrl-f5.... and it should
work.

Denis

Mollet-Cornelis wrote:

> Well, not over here ;-). I can fill in any latitude (even a negative one), the view isn't changing: above the solar system and nothing but above.
>
> And I really can't think of any other setting that could have an influence on this. Tried the "inversion menu": changed from Ra/Dec to Ecliptic North up. That changes the view slightly, but has no influence on the "latitude behavior" of Guide.
>
> I guess the contents of the "startup.mar" could tell us, but I really wouldn't know which parameter to look at ;-)
>
> BTW: I'm running the May 5th version of Guide.
>
> Philippe,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Denis
> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 3:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [guide-user] A view from above
>
>
> Latitude of 0 degree put you at the equator of the Sun while longitude
> may give you different view of where the planets are. It does work fine
> for side views, latitude -90 to 0 to 90 varies from bottom view to side
> (equatorial) to top.