P. Clay Sherrod Apr 2, 2013
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From: "tom" <loeblt@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Guide Question
> Hi,
> The Ucac4 and USNO A2 catalogs take me down to 19+ magnitude. My issue
> is that there are too many stars showing when I zoom out and I am trying
> to figure out how to control the rate at which the magnitudes (and hence
> the number of stars showing) decrease as I zoom out.
>
> Also I would like to understand in the Extras menu/Toggle User Data
> sets, how to fill in the individual catalog values for Limiting
> Magnitude, and especially the Show At option...
>
> Tom
>
> On 4/2/2013 6:42 PM, P. Clay Sherrod wrote:
>> I doubt that you are going to see any stars to 20th magnitude on Guide; the limit
>> is
>> imposed by the star catalog that you have defaulted to with the program and I am
>> not
>> aware of any star catalogs that are commonly used that go down that deep. The
>> sheer
>> size of such a catalog would be far beyond the capacity of your computer to hold
>> it.
>>
>> Dr. Clay
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "tom" <loeblt@...>
>> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:39 PM
>> Subject: [guide-user] Guide Question
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Normally, when I view the screen for my ccd size showing the ccd frame,
>>> I want to see 20th magnitude. As I zoom out there are fewer stars
>>> showing but presently there are still too many stars showing in the
>>> wider views. How do I change the rate at which the stars disappear as I
>>> zoom out without changing the zoomed-in values of 20th magnitude? I use
>>> the mouse wheel to zoom.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
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