Good evening to all,
OK this is my first message here, though I've been a member of this group for about two weeks, so let me first introduce myself. My name is Pierre Paquette, yes I am French speaking, but English has always been very present in my life, specially more so since I have an English-speaking girlfriend since August 2004. ;-) I live in Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada, but considering the light pollution there, I generally observe from other places, typically a private land located about 60�km NNE of it. I've been an amateur astronomer for 2/3 of my life, i.e. for 20 years now. I'm 31 years old. At the age of 20, I became the (youngest ever) president of the Montreal Astronomical Society (la Soci�t� d'astronomie de Montr�al) and the Montreal French Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. I served a 1-year term, then founded the Polaris Amateur Astronomers Group. I've been using Cartes du Ciel / SkyCharts for about 3 years now, I lost track really (I used it on many different computers, none of the old ones still in my possession). I use it in English since November; before, it was in French. (Yes I know I can change it in Preferences -> Language, but I prefer it in English now that my whole system is in English since an unwanted reformat by the repair guy.) So that's it for my presentation. Should any of you want to know more, just feel free to ask. My website is www.starpete.tk and contains some information about astronomy, in both French and English, whereas that of the Polaris Group, www.astropolaris.ca, is only in French. My question now... Is there a way to NOT display the horizon in horizontal projection? The closest I found is to set it to black and leave the "Invisible" option unchecked in the "Chart appearances", but that leaves a (white) line where the horizon is, though I can see the stars through it. P.S. To answer John Malony's question: the French word "cartes" comes from the Latin word "charta", meaning "paper", and apparently it's the case for the English word "chart" as well. � une de ces nuits� / See you in the dark! � Pierre Paquette www.starpete.tk Groupe d'astronomes amateurs Polaris www.astropolaris.ca -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 2005-01-16 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.13 - Release Date: 2005-01-16 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EA3HyD/3MnJAA/79vVAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
