I'm having the same problem. I ran into the skewed chart problem a few days ago (first time I noticed it). At the time I wasn't doing anything important so I just shut the program down and restarted. Then when I saw your message it occurred to me that the orientation in the search>locate dialog should cure it, but I haven't been able to get a skewed chart again to test it, except by using the 15° rotation arrows, which setting orientation = 0 seems to cure. That makes me wonder if the way I got there originally was by using one of the rotation arrows.
As a short-cut, you can also use the "reset" button in the search>locate dialog. Make sure you click "OK" after setting/resetting the orientation angle. -John --- In [email protected], "Sander Pool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Weird. Now I can't reproduce that behavior. Since I do software and hardware > testing for a living I can't really stand not being able to reproduce > scenarios I care about :-) > > Sander > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sander Pool > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [skychart-discussion] How do I orient a zoomed chart? Print > suggestions. > > > > John, > > I was about to answer my own email (bad netiquette) so thanks for > responding. I noticed that in polar projection north is indeed always up (at > least the last few minutes). In alt-az mode Z is definately not always up. I > tried using the 'search-locate' box but I must be missing something. To > reproduce try the following: > > - select western view > - draw a box around an area of the sky that's off-center > - double click in the box > - note that Z is now not straight up, it's to the side at some angle > > Not sure how to recover from that. Rotation is set to 0 degrees in the > locate dialog. > > Thanks, > > Sander > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/1.XolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
