Hi Alfredo, Bernd, all,

Hmmm... the last version of the meteor file I have dates back to 1998.
Bernd, I think you're seeing 2011 Nov 30 because that's the date the file
was copied to your hard drive; if you look at the meteors.dat file in the
'text' file of the Guide 9 DVD, it should have a file date of 1998 Sep 28.

A bit of Web searching turned up this "current" list :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_meteor_showers

However, I'm a little reluctant to use Wikipedia as a primary source.

http://imo.net/files/data/calendar/cal2013.pdf

is considerably better, but not really formatted for our purposes. I'm
wondering if anyone has put together a more modern version of the 'meteors.dat'
file (it need not be in the identical format), and would be willing to send
it to me for posting?

Thanks! -- Bill

On 07/08/2013 04:04 PM, alfredo caronia wrote:
> Hello Bernd!
>
> I need your help again please!
>
> In reference to the last two lines of your email:
>
> "*Mine is dating from Nov. 30th 2011. Know any meteor stream Discovered
> afterwards
> can not be included.
>
> But I think you can edit this file with a simple text editor (not Word)
> after
> making a copy of it. This can be done with many other ASCII files of Guide.
>
> So when you finish you can have the date include them into this file or
> correct the
> existing ones.* "
>
>
> could you explain:
>
> - where you can find data files to the format compatible with Guide 9?
>
> - with reference to which authority?
>
> - and clicking on which link you can find exactly the data you want
> to edit and
> update?
>
> I hope I have asked the question in an understandable way!
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Greetings!
>
> Alfredo Caronia
>
>
>
> 2013/7/8 Bernd Brinkmann <bernd.brinkmann@...>
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Hello Alfredo,
>>
>> the information you are seeing / searching for are in an ASCII file called
>> "meteor.dat" in the Guide 9 subfolder "text".
>>
>> Mine is dating from Nov. 30th 2011. So any meteor stream discovered
>> afterwards
>> can't be included.
>>
>> But I think you can edit this file with a simple text editor (not Word)
>> after
>> making a copy of it. This can be done with many other ASCII files of Guide.
>>
>> So when you have the data you can include them into this file or correct
>> the
>> existing ones. The content of the columns are described at the very end of
>> the
>> file. A more detailed explanation of the content of "meteor.dat" (also
>> what is
>> shown using "more info") is given at the end of the file "cd_data_2.tdf"
>> in the
>> section "file !:\text\meteor.dat".
>>
>> I hope this information is useful for you.
>>
>>
>>> I verified, by searching by Guide 9 with the command "Go to TDF.Object -
>>> Meteor Showers IMO", that are not included various meteor showers
>>> taken from the list IMO used as reference in Guide 9!
>>>
>>> Examples:
>>>
>>> *Northern Daytime omega Cetids (NOC) - Results: Object Not Found.*
>>
>>>
>>> Same results ( object not found) for the following meteor shower:
>>>
>>> *- The shower Eta Lyrids (ELY)**
>>
>>>
>>> - April rho Cygnids (ARC),
>>>
>>> - Comet Halley Age Aquariids (EAQ),
>>>
>>> - The annual Northern June Aquilids (NZC)*
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> and so on .
>>>
>>> Also, if I try to find, with the command "Go to TDF.Object - IMO Meteor
>>> Showers",
>>> the meteor indicated by the following name:
>>>
>>> *Southern Daytime omega Cetids (OCE) *
>>> *
>>> when I type " OCE " , Guide 9 gives this result: " *Radiant** of Meteor
>>> Shower
>>> Omikron-Centaurids IMO (International Meteor Organization) acronym: OCE*
>> ".
>>
>>>
>>> What are the reasons for this?
>>>
>>> However, I suggest finding the ability to make these data upgradeable
>> regard
>>> to the periodic updates of the list of meteor showers that is to be
>>> accordingly amended or supplemented!
>>>
>>> Note: Links used by the undersigned:
>>>
>>> * http://cams.seti.org/maps.html
>>> * http://www.arm.ac.uk/~dja/shower/codes.html
>>>
>>> Regards!
>>>
>>> Alfredo Caronia
>>
>> Clear skies
>> Bernd
>>
>> Bernd Brinkmann
>>
>> Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18
>> Herne, Germany
>>
>> e-mail: info@...
>> http://www.sternwarte-herne.de
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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