i guess i haven't made myself clear, i appolgize. the icon for the globular clusters does not appear!! not for galaxies or open clusters, in fact, not for any DSOs! the exception is the globulars in M31, they show up. if i 'goto' M44, i see stars, but no indication there is a cluster there. not even the label appears even though it is checked on the display|data screen.

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "Ben Hudgens" <bhudgens@...> wrote:
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> Here is what I do to get 'info' on the deep sky object. Especially when in a crowed star field.
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> Point the mouse at a part of the symbol . Example....Glob cluster, I right click on any part of the 'circle' and that will give you the info screen. Open cluster, right click on any part of the segmented circle symbol.
> A galaxy with the ellipse, just zoom in to see the symbol clearly and right click on it. Very seldom will it report info on a nearby star.
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> Hope that helps. Ben
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