Christian Ambros Jun 26, 2013
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> From: JoeMize <jmize@...>
>To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [guide-user] Representations of heaven more attractive in guide 9. For when will that be?
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>As Dr.Clay said, "...."if it ain't broke, don't fix it."", DITTO!!! Guide
>is a Research program providing massive amounts of data and capabilities.
>Capabilities I've never used since Guide4, however it is a great pleasure
>finding information not available in most other programs.
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>Plz don't change the intent of Guide at the expense of prettying things
>up...joe :)
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>"May You Go Among The Imperishable Stars"
>Joe Mize www.cav-sfo.com
>Chiefland Astronomy Village (CAV), Fla
>StarFields Observatory, (SFO).
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "P. Clay Sherrod" <drclay@...>
>To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 1:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [guide-user] Representations of heaven more attractive in guide
>9. For when will that be?
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>> Frankly I do not want to see artificial horizons, tree and house
>> silhouettes, etc.
>> The main reason that I like Guide is that it is incredibly functional and
>> an
>> important tool for astronomers of all levels. We know where the horizons
>> are....we
>> do not need glitz to enlighten our use of a planetarium program to find
>> our way
>> around the sky.
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>> I have four observatories and every one of them use nothing but Guide for
>> practical
>> applications and research. IF I have a school group or some other
>> interested party
>> who wants to see stars coming up over the horizon on a computer I have
>> Starry Night
>> loaded on several computers just for that demonstration.
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>> But I would not trade the utilitarian practicality of Guide for anything
>> to do with
>> glamour or intrigue.
>> As we say here in Arkansas...."if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
>>
>> Dr. Clay
>> _____
>> 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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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Gray" <pluto@...>
>> To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [guide-user] Representations of heaven more attractive in
>> guide 9. For
>> when will that be?
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>>> On 06/25/2013 10:22 AM, Stephen Tonkin wrote:
>>>> I concur with Pierre. I would far rather have planetarium software that
>>>> is clean and extremely functional than that which is pseudo-realistic.
>>>
>>> I've added in a little bit of "pseudo-realism", but almost entirely
>>> in the interest of function. For example, the "realistic" sky (Display,
>>> Background, Realistic) is something I use to give a quick idea as to
>>> how dark the sky might be for a particular observation. The objects
>>> around the horizon (Display, Background, Horizon Objects) helps
>>> me avoid the blunder of thinking I'm going to see an event that will
>>> actually happen below the horizon. (And if I see a rocket ship on
>>> the horizon, I know I'm "observing" from the moon.)
>>>
>>> Some people have modified the horizon and horizon objects to show
>>> what's actually seen from their observing location. This is a bit
>>> of a pain (you have to figure out what the limiting altitude above
>>> the horizon is for a series of points around the horizon), but it
>>> can and has been done. You can then also move/add things around
>>> ("there's a house to the south-southeast; put a dead tree over
>>> here, and a live tree here, and a streetlight here.") This is
>>> documented at the bottom of the file 'horizon.dat'.
>>>
>>> -- Bill
>>>
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