Hi Steve,

if you have a look at the structure of the files of the full NOMAD you'll see the files are packed in some way. So a standard TDF file will not work.
I would be interested in a display of full NOMAD data at GUIDE too.
Maybe a added command line at the file "guide.dat" could lead GUIDE to the NOMAD data at hard disk.

Let's wait for Bill's comments.

Cheers,

Oliver

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "stevenkath" <srkak@...> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I'm not sure if this has been covered before or not ...
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> I have used the Vizier download feature for the NOMAD catalogue with success. However, I have NOMAD (both the short 15th mag version and full 96GB version) on hard drive for other software and was wondering if I could incorporate it instead to generate more visually realistic charts than my current strategy of UCAC2 when away from a network connection? Would I have to write a TDF file? Has anyone already done one?
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> Thanks,
> Steve Kerr.
>