P. Clay Sherrod Oct 9 10:29 AM
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From: "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay@...>
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Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] UCAC-3 naming
> Can you please post a direct link to the version that you uploaded?
> Thanks.
>
> Clay
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> Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bertrand Laville" <bertrand.laville@...>
> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [guide-user] UCAC-3 naming
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>> Hi Bill, Hi All,
>>
>> As you suggested, I downloaded the "last" new update, that is the 7 october one.
>> As far as I can juge, all seems working properly:
>> - U3 stars are correctly named 3UCxxx-yyyyyy, and displayed accordingly on the screen,
>> in the info window and the more info one.
>> - when I use the Go-to name option, Guide "goes" towards the right star, that is the
>> star I named in the window of the option.
>>
>> A thousand thanks, Bill.
>>
>> Bertrand
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bill J Gray
>> To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [guide-user] UCAC-3 naming
>>
>>
>> Hi Bertrand,
>>
>> I think some files must have been missing in that update
>> for you to see this misbehavior. As it happens, I've just
>> posted yet another update, with a few changes unrelated to
>> UCAC-3. (You can 'sync' ASCOM scopes, and I swapped in SDSS7
>> in place of SDSS6.) But I'm pretty sure that all files are
>> now present, so the problem should go away.
>>
>> What happened was that for a while, the "official" way to
>> number UCAC-3 stars was by their MPOS number. This number,
>> running up to a bit past 140 million, is apparently intended
>> for USNO's internal use; it's not really relevant for the rest
>> of us, best as I can tell. So USNO shifted to a new numbering
>> scheme, '3UC' plus a three-digit zone number (from 1 to 360),
>> a '-', plus a six-digit number. So, for example, '3UC314-159265'
>> would be a valid identifier. ('3U' was already taken, by a
>> radio catalog.)
>>
>> When you entered '3UC137-322711', Guide found the right star
>> with that identifier, but when you clicked on it, you got the
>> old MPOS number. This is now fixed.
>>
>> More about all this at
>>
>> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm#ucac3_modified
>>
>> -- Bill
>>
>>
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