Don Ellington Mar 17, 2009
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> 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.
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> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com>, "Ben Hudgens" <bhudgens@...> wrote:
> >
> > Here is what I do to get 'info' on the deep sky object. Especially
> when in a crowed star field.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Hope that helps. Ben
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