Re: [guide-user] Charon

P. Clay Sherrod Nov 2, 2009

Charon is not obsolete and is an incredibly useful tool.
Lots of folks still using it out here Bill.....

Clay
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Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
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: "Bill J Gray" <pluto@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Charon


> Hi Chris,
>
> Dunno why Charon wouldn't work in XP. It may be some issue
> not actually related to XP.
>
> Best I can suggest is this: I've posted an update to Charon
> at http://home.gwi.net/~pluto/charon.zip (about 342 KBytes). The
> update includes some workarounds for a video problem reported
> some time ago by Clay Sherrod, and the ability to use UCAC-3.
>
> Not much else has happened with Charon for a long time, though.
> I've been very impressed with the work of folks such as Brian
> Warner (Canopus), Herbert Raab (Astrometrica), and Bob Denny
> (PinPoint). I've thought that the programs they have written
> have made Charon obsolete, so I've been directing my efforts
> elsewhere.
>
> -- Bill
>
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