tom Apr 19, 2013
On 4/19/2013 6:01 AM, patrick469034 wrote:
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> Hi Tom,
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> I find this, too. The symbol for a globular cluster is a circle with a cross. If you click anywhere on the circle, you will get the info for the glibular (M13, say). If you click *within* the circle, and you are at a sufficient zoom level, you will get info for the nearest item *within* that circle. As M13 is very bright and has a lot of member stars above Guide's magnitude limit, you will get info for the star nearest to the point you click at.
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> So the thing to do is to click on the circle circumference.
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> Cheers,
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> Patrick
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> --- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, tom <loeblt@...> wrote:
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>> Sorry, I get a yellow circle with a crosshair centered on M13 and
>> anywhere within that area I keep getting Tyco stars wherever I click...
>>
>> Tom
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>> On 4/18/2013 7:55 PM, Denis wrote:
>>> It works fine for me,
>>> Selected M13, show info about M13
>>>
>>> Denis
>>>
>>> On 18/04/2013 3:09 PM, tom wrote:
>>>> Scratch that last email...looks like I have to center the galaxy and
>>>> then the operation works, but it still doesn't seem to work on globulars
>>>> like M13...
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>> On 4/17/2013 10:35 PM, Bill Gray wrote:
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Some other issues that were corrected in this update :
>>>>>
>>>>> As was mentioned on this list earlier, globular clusters were being shown
>>>>> incorrectly. In particular, when clicking on 'more info', you would get
>>>>> all sorts of info about the wrong object! This is fixed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jari Suomela mentioned that when you entered a FITS time, the data could be
>>>>> misinterpreted. '2013-04-10T03:14:15.9', for example, should always be
>>>>> interpreted as April 10th. But if Guide's default is day/month order, it
>>>>> would be interpreted as October 4. This is fixed. (If you just type in
>>>>> '4 10', though, Guide will go back to using whatever order you've specified
>>>>> in the Time Format dialog.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Still no idea on the planet bitmap failure. I made some alterations that
>>>>> _may_ fix things, but am not confident of this. If you're still not seeing
>>>>> planet maps, I'd ask that you check the moon, Mars, and Venus to see if
>>>>> _all_ maps are missing, or just some. If Venus still lacks maps (there should
>>>>> be a radar one and a cloud one), then I'd ask you to visit
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm#venus_bug
>>>>>
>>>>> and click on the "click here to download the new Venus map (about 1.3 MBytes)"
>>>>> link, following the directions on the page to install that map in Guide.
>>>>> Then please let me know what you find; this does have me baffled, obviously!
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Bill
>>>>>
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