Yes....you are correct Bill and my apology for not being clear on this; I AM able to use the B1
catalog on the star field (charts) screen, but cannot use the star for astrometry nor photometry
reductions with Charon, which is really where the advantage of the B1 catalog is going to be.

Dr. Clay
Arkansas Sky Observatories
http://www.arksky.org/
Observatory Hill Drive, Petit Jean Mt.
MPC/cbat Obs. H41 / Petit Jean Mountain
MPC/cbat Obs. H45 / Petit Jean Mountain South
MPC/cbat Obs. H43 / Conway
MPC/cbat Obs. H44 / Cascade Mountain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Re: Guide8 not recognizing USNO B1


> 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
>
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