It is very odd that the master creator of Charon would undermine it in such a
way, but I have heard similar.
Beyond a doubt, Charon is the best astrometric program out there and far easier
to use and keep maintained/updated than any other.

I think the obsolescence issue is that it is DOS based and with the advent of
Windows Vista, DOS is no longer supported by Bill Gates. Bill (Gray) has
indicated many times his desire to upgrade to a Windows based application for
Charon, but as yet I have not seen anything on this.

Frankly, I keep seven computers on Windows XP Pro simply to run Charon and a
handful of other astro applications that do not like Windows 7. I have no
desire to change....either to something besides XP PRO or Charon.

Dr. Clay
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Arkansas Sky Observatories
MPC H45 - Petit Jean Mountain South
MPC H41 - Petit Jean Mountain
MPC H43 - Conway West
http://www.arksky.org/

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From: "mgedawson2000" <mdawson@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 4:11 AM
Subject: [guide-user] Charon


>I noticed that Bill describes Charon as 'nearly obsolete'. Actually, when used
>as a 'digital finder' none of the newer 'better' programs even come close.
>Charon can identify a field when one is as far as 5 degrees from the object of
>ones desire. Bills comment is a bit like calling a toaster obsolete! Incidently
>Charon (recently installed) won't open.I remember this one but its been a few
>years......There was some fix (deleting some file. May have been a tdf) anyone
>remember?
> Matt
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