I think you click on the planet -> Display - > Options and then choose which
bit map you want to use. That certainly works for me with the latest
version. Mars for instance appears to have 5 choices of bitmap.



Owen



From: guide-user@yahoogroups.com [mailto:guide-user@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Thomas
Sent: 17 January 2011 9:30 AM
To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [guide-user] Re: Lock view onto a planet





Hello Bernd,

thanks for your hint, it works as expected.

Hmmm, I think that years ago my Guide was able to render the planets with
textures. My box is running the latest version of Guide but I did not find
any setting to have planets rendered naturally. I only see globes with
uniform color and lat/long grids. No problem, I don't really need this. Just
wondering were it might be hidden.

BTW: the next version of E&T will finally feature the "individual horizon",
allowing to define an obstructed horizon and have it taken into account for
the determination of observing schedules or best times to view an object
(planets included).

Clear skies,

Tom

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com <mailto:guide-user%40yahoogroups.com> ,
Bernd Brinkmann <bernd.brinkmann@...> wrote:

>
> Hello Thomas
>
> > How can I have Guide to lock onto a solar system object, making it stay

at screen

> > center when changing the date/time?
>
> right click on the object, click on ok, click on animation | animation. In

the

> small pop up window set the radio button "moving object" (bewegtes Objekt

in

> german). When you now change the time by using the arrows of the animation

popup

> window the moving object (planet, comet, minor planet etc.) will be

centered on

> the screen.
>
> Clear skies (and stop the rain)
> Bernd
>
> Bernd Brinkmann
>
> Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18
> Herne, Germany
>
> e-mail: info@...
> http://www.sternwarte-herne.de
>

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