Re: Guide8 not recognizing USNO B1

jrhobart Mar 20, 2008

I found it. Joe


--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "jrhobart" <jrhobart@...> wrote:
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>
> Bill,
>
> I get a password protected message for Guide8.exe. Where do I find
> the password?
>
> Joe
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> --- 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
> >
>