Hi Bill,

What confused me in #2 was the help verbage - "that is, the
time at which it will next be well placed for observing". Perhaps that should be modified.

Thanks for listening.

Pete

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> > 1)I generated a GRS Transit report for 360 days. Every transit time is red.
> > I thought red meant is was below the horizon?
>
> Not always, I'm afraid. Thanks for the catch. It'll be fixed in
> the next update. (Which, incidentally, will mean fixes for both Guides
> 8 and 9.)
>
> > 2) I right clicked on Jupiter and selected more info. GRS transit time is
> > red and is below the horizon. However, according to help - "that is, the
> > time at which it will next be well placed for observing". I'm confused.
>
> True; that 'more info' gives you the next time the GRS transits,
> but doesn't take into account when Jupiter will be above the horizon.
> It's just the next time it'll transit, as seen from somewhere. With
> the update, though, you'll be able to make a list of transits for
> X days, then pick out the green ones. (Though some of those will
> occur during daylight... the red/green/yellow corresponds only to the
> altitude of the target object; I don't have a similar, at-a-glance
> way of distinguishing daylight vs. twilight vs. nighttime events.)
>
> -- Bill
>