Hi Bill,

before my posting I updated the mpcorb.dat file. And I had changed the
display settings several times.

It is really strange because after a setting change to show only the
first 100 numbered asteroids, Guide still shows this group of objects
with the wrong apparent brightness.

The only way I can switch them off is to change the mag limit below
their wrong reported bright magnitudes. Meaning a limit setting to +2mag
for asteroids does hide them.

Of course I have checked the guide.exe file too. It is the latest
version from April 19th, 2012. My PC system used is W7 64bit, German.

Regards
Gerhard
www.dangl.at


Am 05.05.2012 03:56, schrieb Bill J Gray:

> Hi Gerhard,
>
> I was about to reply, "_That's_ strange... the bug is
> definitely fixed." And it is (and I'm pretty sure it's the
> same bug that Lawrence is reporting.)
>
> However, your post caused me to realize that it's not
> enough just to apply the update. There will still be a cached
> file that contains the wrong data. To persuade Guide to
> re-build that file correctly, the simplest thing to do is
> to download a new 'mpcorb.dat' file. (Clay has probably done
> just that; that's why he's not seeing these bizarrely bright
> asteroids.) When Guide sees that the new 'mpcorb.dat' doesn't
> match the one it was using, it'll rebuild various files,
> including the one that has some H=0.15, G=0 objects.
>
> If you don't want to download a new 'mpcorb.dat', you can
> go to Extras... Asteroid/Comet Options. If the check-box for
> "Show All Asteroids" is checked, un-check it. Then set the
> number of asteroids shown to, say, 100 (meaning only the first
> hundred numbered asteroids will be shown).
>
> This will cause Guide to re-build the mangled file. Then
> you can go back to Extras... Asteroid/Comet Options, and set
> things back the way you had them.
>
> -- Bill