That function must be check ON. Perhaps you do not have it toggled in the User
Datasets....

Dr. Clay
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Arkansas Sky Observatories
MPC H45 - Petit Jean Mountain South
MPC H41 - Petit Jean Mountain
MPC H43 - Conway West
http://www.arksky.org/

----- Original Message -----
From: "alfredogmail" <alfredoc49@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Use of mpcorb.dat


> thanks! OK!
>
> But in the recent update of Guide 8, i do not see, in Extras menu, in Guide , the
> option, "Use MPCORB", both in gray color, than in function! Perhaps is no more active
> this function?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bye!
>
> Alfredo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Ellington
> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [guide-user] Use of mpcorb.dat
>
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> http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/MPCORB.html
>
> click on one of the links
> login with
> username: anonymous
> password: your email address(you have to type an email address
> something@...)
>
> Don
>
> alfredo.caronia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Use of mpcorb.dat in Guide: To use the datasets in Guide, move either
> > the mpcorb.dat or mpcorbcr.dat file into the Guide directory. The
> > Extras menu in Guide has an option, "Use MPCORB", shut off by default.
> > (If it is grayed out, it means that Guide can't find either .dat
> > file.) When you use the toggle, Guide will swap to use of MPCORB data.
> >
> > This has several pros and cons. Foremost among the advantages of
> > MPCORB is that it is completely up to date, reflecting the latest
> > orbits computed by the Minor Planet Center. The first Guide 7.0 CDs
> > were made in November 1998, and plenty of asteroids have been found
> > since then or had their existing orbits improved. For example, MPCORB
> > contains numbered asteroids past 14000; the first Guide 7.0 CDs only
> > go up to 9826. "
> >
> > This is the in guide , but
> > I am not able to activate and display this function
> >
> >
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