Hello Alan,

Thank you for the suggestion. I got brave enough today to take your
advice and I copied my comets.dat file to another folder and edited
the original and then wiped everything out saving it with only a '0'
on the first line. I then downloaded the two aforementioned files
from the MPC and my comet.dat file went to 854. Though I do not see
double entries Guide8 is still showning double 'X' designators for
asteroids like 2009 DZ, 2009 CO5, etc. There seems to be no
commonality as far as the distances between the designators as some
are more than 125" while others are only a few seconds apart or even
almost on top of one another.

This duplication really makes it confusing to properly center the
selected object.

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Alan Cahill <neoprog@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> What I do is keep a spare Comets.dat that is set to 0. Then when I
need
> to get rid of all of the old data, I just copy it to the Guide
> directory.
> I have a spare copy on my website at
>
> http://www.mountabbeydale.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/comets.dat
>
> I also back up the old file.. in case!
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Alan
>
> In message <gnv0v8+9jmg@...>, Dave Birmingham
> <lone_scope2000@...> writes
> >
> > I am experiencing the same issues as Dr. Sherrod, multiple
object
> > names and designators (X). I wrote to Bill offline about this
last
> > year and was told I should update Guide with his latest patch,
(2
> > Jun
> > 2008) New "asteroid options" dialog/some menu rearrangement,
and
> > also
> > I could download another file at;
> > http://www.projectpluto.com/comets.dat which should have
corrected
> > my
> > problem.
> >
> > The issue has returned and after I read Alan Cahill's
suggestion I
> > revisited the latter file link to compare to mine. Both report
300
> > lines of objects but unless I am not understanding things
there are
> > a
> > number of objects listed twice, same numbers all the way
across.
> >
> > I always download Softo2Cmt and Soft02Unusual from the MPC
site
> > prior
> > to an observing session. I then import these files into Guide
using
> > Extras > Asteroid options > Add MPC comets/asteroids > Add MPC
> > asteroids/comets (last link in the Guide Help screen).
> >
> > I hope my comments have not clouded Dr. Sherrod's issue but I
would
> > also welcome a fix.
> >
> > Dave
> Alan Cahill (J94)
> Abbeydale Observatory,
> Gloucester.
> UK
> http://mountabbeydale.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>