We have been trying to use B1 for a long time and have attempted to link also. No luck;
recently Bill indicated that he was going to work on a solution and I hope that one is
forthcoming.

Dr. Clay
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Arkansas Sky Observatories
Harvard MPC/ H43 (Conway)
Harvard MPC/ H41 (Petit Jean Mountain)
Harvard MPC/ H45 (Petit Jean Mtn. South)
http://www.arksky.org/

----- Original Message -----
From: "jrhobart" <jrhobart@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:55 AM
Subject: [guide-user] Re: Guide8 not recognizing USNO B1


>
> Has this been resolved?
>
> I have the same symptoms: Guide recognizes UCAC2 and A2, but I have
> not been successful getting guide to recognize B1. I have tried
> various path statements; the current one (that does not work is):
>
> B1_PATH=F:\USNOB
>
> F:\USNOB contains the 180 directories of USNOB. This works
> moderately well with TheSky (a lot of stars).
>
> The Guide8 directory contains usno_b1.idf and usno_b1.tdf dated April
> and May 2006.
>
> Joe Hobart
> Flagstaff, Arizona
>
>
> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay@...> wrote:
>>
>> So CAN Guide8 use the B1 catalog okay? Do we know for sure?
>> Thanks...I will give it a try....
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
>> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [guide-user] Guide8 not recognizing USNO B1
>>
>>
>> > Hi Clay,
>> >
>> > First off... I should warn you that Charon isn't using B1.0
> yet. I think you may
>> > be about to become a beta-tester, though.
>> >
>> > Second... for use in Guide, try using B1_PATH (not
> USNOB1_PATH). That oughta do
>> > the trick. Just for reference, use of B1.0 from the hard drive
> is documented (at
>> > least a little) at
>> >
>> > http://www.projectpluto.com/update8.htm#b1_from_hard_drive
>> >
>> > -- Bill
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
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