P. Clay Sherrod Aug 29, 2009
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From: "ucac3temp" <ucac3temp@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 6:18 PM
Subject: [guide-user] Re: UCAC3 from VizieR in Guide 8 - a howto
> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay@...> wrote:
>>
>> Again, thanks....
>> I have doubled checked everything, and all appears to be installed and written
>> correctly
>> as you described. The only issue that I can see that does not appear right is the .tdf
>> file, which I copied into a .txt text editing file as instructed. however, when I save
>> it
>> to file, it continues to SAVE as a .txt file, not a .tdf file, even if I place the .tdf
>> extension on the copy I am attempting to save.
>>
>> Something is amiss in the way I am attempting to write this per your
>> instructions....please understand that I am absolutely sure your instructions are
>> valid....this is USER ERROR plain and simple.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated. I could send you the three files that I constructed if that
>> helps....thanks much.
>
> Okay, I may have missed a coupla basics out.
>
> No data will show until you've pressed the download button.
>
> There's probably a limit in Guide to stop you downloading too wide a field. VizieR
> certainly won't accept anything over ten degrees.
>
> So, start Guide. Close it down and restart, that's often a good idea when changing
> things in Guide. Start Guide, zoom into a LEVEL where the field width is about one
> degree or less, don't want to download too much. Press the UCAC3 button on the toolbar
> at top of Guide.
>
> Download dialogue should pop up.
>
> When it's complete start right clicking on likely looking stars and press More Info
> until one has a name starting "3UCAC".
>
> You may just be missing this point. If you've got UCAC2 installed you'll already have a
> star of very similar magnitude and almost the exact same position already plotted up in
> Guide 8, so you've to keep clicking the NEXT button to move on to the next dataset.
>
> ie the star is there, but you ain't seeing it because it is hidden by others.
>
> If you got to the yahoo files I've also included a zip file, you can download that as a
> zip file and take the .tdf from it, I'll try and send you a copy separately via
> attachment too. This should stop this .txt problem or any cut and paste issue.
>
> Again, after that, if it still doesn't work, as it seems Bill's already working on this,
> better to wait for his more straightforward updates.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
>
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