Alan Cahill Apr 10, 2009
>Alan Cahill (J94)
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> this is the window - enclosed - that i see in the past update of
> Guide 8 !
>
> I think that were introduced some changes!
>
> Bye!
>
> Alfredo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alfredogmail
> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [guide-user] Use of mpcorb.dat
>
> Thes are the - enclosed - windows that i see in Guide 8 version
> june 08! Are the same for you? Thanks!
>
> Alfredo Caronia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alfredogmail
> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 6:04 PM
> 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
>
> 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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