Sebastià Torrell Mar 25, 2008
>
> Hi Sebastià,
>
> As a partial workaround for the situation you describe,
> I've added the following feature: if Guide is run with a
> command-line argument such as
>
> guide8 -oA265,75
>
> then it will start up looking at azimuth 265, altitude
> 75 (near the zenith, a little south of due west). You can
> combine this with adjusting the time; for example,
>
> guide8 -t+1h -oA265,75
>
> would tell Guide to show the sky as it would appear one
> hour from "right now", looking at that same alt/az position.
>
> But this doesn't address the other question you asked,
> about having Guide be able to go to a particular fixed alt/az.
> I'll have to get back to you on that one!
>
> The various comments on this make me think that maybe
> Guide ought to be working like this:
>
> If you're in "alt/az" mode (zenith is at the top of the
> screen, the horizon is level), then when you exit Guide
> and later re-start the program, the alt/az should be left
> unchanged. That is, if you shut the program down looking
> a little bit above the southwestern horizon, the program
> should start up looking at the same point above the horizon.
> If an hour has gone by, the stars will be shifted by 15
> degrees.
>
> If you're in any other mode, including the default
> "celestial coordinate" mode (celestial north is at the top
> of the screen), things should continue to work as they do
> now: when you exit Guide and re-start the program, it
> should start up centered on the same RA/dec as before.
>
> Unfortunately, this isn't as easy as it might sound.
> I will give it some thought, once this update is solidified!
>
> -- Bill
>
>
>
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