Bill,

That link is not your usual kind and it starts a download so I will ask, unzip the file in the Guide8 folder, correct?

Clear, Dark Skies!

Dave Birmingham

Birmingham Astronomical Observatory
Harvard MPC/ H53
Thompsonville, IL
37° 56' 28.7" N / -088° 46' 18.5" W
ele. 516 ft/ 157 m
12" LX200GPS s/n 05008
ASO SuperCharge # 243-2012
Main Imager SBIG ST-402ME-C1

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>