hi Bill,

thanks for the response!
I must give that scope indicator another try.
at present it does not work - could this have something to do with
the ASCOM?

thanks for the response on the more accurate filtering for objects.
I shall look forward to that!
I am sure many other people are also interested in this feature.

best regards,
dietmar

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dietmar,
>
> "...I understand, once guide 8 is connected to the drive-
system, it
> should display an indicator on the screen that continuously updates
> to show where the scope is pointed...?"
>
> Yes. This is described at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/update8d.htm#scope_indicator
>
> Basically, you'll need to turn on a toolbar button that toggles
> the scope indicator.
>
> "...is there an optional set of parameters to enter, that allow
a very
> specific search for objects like: 'display galaxies of peculiar size
> (let us say larger than 10 arc minutes)' that would help enormously
> in my research for objects I'd like to image."
>
> Unfortunately, no. The only way to filter galaxies is by
magnitude.
>
> I have some vague plans for taking advantage of Guide's user-
added
> dataset capability to do more complex filtering, so you could say,
> "show me all edge-on galaxies with sizes between 7 and 10 arcminutes
> and surface brightness greater than such-and-such
Rmags/arcsecond^2".
> One _can_ filter asteroids by orbital parameters, and I may add a
> similar filter for artificial satellites (so one can show geosats
> only, or Molniyas only, or non-debris, etc.) But nothing apt to
> be completed soon.
>
> -- Bill
>