Re: [guide-user] Why do I love Guide?

aeroceu@sapo.pt Feb 19, 2011

You have the invaluable suport of B. Gray and all its users
, no other computer program reflets such honestity and so many for so litle
Antonio Alves
From Lisbon -Portugal and Salvador - Bahia

Citando navillus95472 <joeblow0@...>:

> I've been a Guide user since version 3. It's on every computer I
> own (including my Mac using an XP emulation). At the public
> observatory where I'm a docent we use TheSky for controlling the CCD
> imaging telescope which is on a Paramount, so I'm reasonably
> proficient with that.
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> The observatory is now well into a project of building a 1 meter
> telescope which will use Mel Bartel's ALTAZ tracking system. I
> suggested we use Guide for pointing the telescope. The response
> was, "People already know how to use TheSky. Why should they learn
> a new program? What's so great about Guide?" ... a fair question,
> and to be fair, the response also included, "We could use both.
> Just pick your preferred software when starting up."
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> Now I must admit, I dislike TheSky. It seems overly complex and
> clumsy. It often doesn't have the information I want (or I just
> can't find it.) I don't like how it looks, and it very expensive.
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> I realize that these objections are (except for expense) either
> purely subjective or could just be the result of my relative
> unfamiliarity with TheSky compared to Guide. I've been using Guide
> so long every that every other planetarium program just looks wrong.
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> Please help me answer their question, "What's so great about Guide?"
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