Bill,

I get a password protected message for Guide8.exe. Where do I find
the password?

Joe

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Joe, Clay,
>
> As far as I know, several people have been using this... in
> fact, Clay, I thought you _were_ using it in Guide, but not
> in Charon? Does anyone else have comments on this?
>
> I'd do the following:
>
> Make sure you're using the current 'in-testing' update from
> the Web site, at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm
>
> (Clay, I know you're already using this; I just don't know if
> Joe has gotten that update. The update contains a couple of small
> fixes that should make B1.0 display a little more bullet-proof.)
>
> Go to Extras... Toggle User-Added Datasets, and look for
> "USNO B1.0 (from hard drive)". Make sure that it's turned On.
> Look at the "Show at:" values. By default, B1.0 data is only
> shown at fields of view smaller than one degree; it could take
> a long time to draw all the B1.0 stars in a crowded two-degree
> field of view. If it's important to you to have those stars at
> a wide field, and you're willing to wait, play around with
> the upper "Show at" value.
>
> Unless you're really zoomed in, the difference between a
> field with B1.0 stars and one without may be not much. Go to
> a field of view that's definitely in the "Show at" range.
> Try right-clicking on some stars. If you see B1.0 data, then
> it's on.
>
> If that fails, something strange is going on. Your Guide
> folder should have a file called 'usno_b1.txt'. It's a temporary
> plain-text file containing the data for the B1.0 stars in the
> current field of view. Let me know if that's not showing up,
> even when you're in a part of the sky and at a field of view
> where B1.0 stars ought to be showing up.
>
> -- Bill
>