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Re: connect to Servocat

Greg Crinklaw — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:51:07 GMT

Hi Ed, I know people use the ServoCat regularly with SkyTools, but I don't know the specifics of how they are configured. Hopefully a ServoCat user out there

Re: Searching for Struve-designated double stars

Greg Crinklaw — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:46:58 GMT

... It's not a matter of "corrections." That was just a kludge I added to SkyTools 2 after it was released so that people would be able to look up double

Re: Searching for Struve-designated double stars

starhopper44 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:31:39 GMT

Oops! Greg replied while I was composing....and tryin' to figure out how to make the UC 'Sigma' symbol appear in here, & now see that din't work either -- so

Re: Searching for Struve-designated double stars

starhopper44 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:24:41 GMT

Bob, is this SkyTools 2 or 3? Why I ask is, First, you might know this, but for some background: F.G.W. (or 'Wilhelm') Struve used the designaton 'Sigma' (Ó),

Re: Searching for Struve-designated double stars

Ray — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:12:34 GMT

... I use the ADS number to bring up the double star I want to plot on skytools. A good book to have is the night sky observers guide. they list all the ADS

Re: Searching for Struve-designated double stars

Greg Crinklaw — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:22:58 GMT

Hi, ... The reference to Struve in the help is an unfortunate left-over from SkyTools 2. It doesn't apply to SkyTools 3. In fact, there are more than just

Searching for Struve-designated double stars

lagassebob724 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:37:02 GMT

The help file ("Star Designation Formats") suggests that to search for a multiple star using its Struve designation, I should enter "Struve" followed by a

connect to Servocat

edf — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:28:32 GMT

I can hook to sky commander and do "push to", I am using a servocat adaptor and cable (which works well with The Sky 6), but I can not get it configured right

Re: The Herschel 2500

Rod Mollise — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:51:16 GMT

You never know... ;-) Peace, Rod Mollise Rod's new book: _Choosing and Using a New CAT_ Available Now! ... From:

Re: The Herschel 2500

starhopper44 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:58:19 GMT

Preachin' to the choir, d00d! Sir Bill was a MOFO! I used to date his sister, y'know. (Yes, I'm THAT old!!) ~8> Hey Rod....I've got a Babe Ruth baseball I'll

Re: Embedded reference data

starhopper44 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:49:55 GMT

Oh, they'd done a bit more than link to it. The Wiki entry at one time was an outright copy-n-paste from your page's contents. Trust me, I know.* With no

Re: The Herschel 2500

starhopper44 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:44:23 GMT

*LOL* - that's kewl. Doubly so with that 'Pot 'o Gold' Ms. Dot found for you. Just a casual glance at the list contents, volume-wise, could as much as say

Re: The Herschel 2500

Greg Crinklaw — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:34:43 GMT

Hi Rod, ... Wow, Rod, that is so cool! Sometimes I like to pretend I'm Sir William and pick a random part of the sky to sweep for "new" discoveries.

Re: Embedded reference data

Rod Mollise — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:33:15 GMT

And that's the beauty of the thing. ;-) ... From: skytools@yahoogroups.com [mailto:skytools@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Crinklaw Sent: Friday, November

Re: Embedded reference data

Greg Crinklaw — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:23:27 GMT

... You put a page on the web and people link to it. That's just how the web works. Greg -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New