Hello Thomas,

> 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.

right click on a planet. Click on "Darstellung", click on options. Then you can
remove the "Gradnetz" and swith to different maps. For Mars you have "Schattiert"
(that's what you see as standard), two ALPO maps from 1995 and 1997 and a Viking
map. Also you can change the contrast and the brightness of the display.

All these changes have to be made separately for each planet or moon. Perhaps
Bill can implement a radio button to switch on/off the "show features", "Label
features" and "Lat/lon grid" globally for all objects.

> 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, 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 >

Clear skies
Bernd

Bernd Brinkmann

Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18
Herne, Germany

e-mail: info@...
http://www.sternwarte-herne.de