alfredo caronia Oct 24 10:38 PM
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> Hi Alfredo,
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> There are a lot of different options here.
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> Guide 9 uses UCAC3 for its star maps, much as Guides 1 through 8
> used GSC.
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> You can get Guide 8 or 9 to display UCAC4. To do so, you will need
> the UCAC4 disks, and the very latest Guide 8 or 9 software.
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> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm
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> ...which also has instructions on how to get UCAC4 to appear. (Which
> does seem to be giving people trouble. I plan on clarifying the
> instructions a bit.)
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> You can also upgrade to Guide 9, if you wish. The new version is
> described a bit at
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> http://www.projectpluto.com/guide9.htm
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> If you just want to go ahead and order, try this page:
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> http://www.projectpluto.com/guide9a.htm
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> The next problem is getting a copy of UCAC4. USNO distributes it on
> a double-sided DVD. (The data comes to about 8 GBytes.) Copies have been
> slow in coming. Send me your mailing address, and I can get a copy to
> you at no charge; however, after you have copied the disks, I will ask
> you to mail them to somebody else.
>
> -- Bill
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