There seems to be a problem with the astorb.dat file, the effect seems to be that the Ra of asteroids shown using astorb.dat is about 12 hours out.
This seems to be because the formatting is wrong, possibly because the number of characters for the asteroid number changed from 5 characters to 6. This was mentioned as causing Y2K type problems but I've not heard of a solution. I fixed it for the first 20 records by manually deleting a space at the start of each line but don't fancy doing that for the rest, is there a better solution around? Chris Andrew Sprott wrote: > Hi Bob > > Thanks, I'll try that tomorrow when the beer has emptied my body. We managed > to locate > Vesta with Red-Shift using a 10" Dob, but tomorrow - providing the sky is > clear - I'll set > up CDC with our NTC plug-in. > > Andrew > http://astronomy.crysania.co.uk > > At 02:21 29/12/2005, you wrote: > >>Sure, bring up Catalogs, then select the Asteroid tab. I don't think >>Vesta made the CBAT list in 2005 so click the Astrob button; leave the >>1รจ at 0 and Max Nb at 500 is OK. Hit the refresh and Vesta should >>appear. I believe Vesta is at opposition in 2006 so it should make the >>CBAT list next year. Don't forget to select Vesta if you want to chart >>it. If you don't have the Astorb files loaded goto Files menu, Online >>Resources, Asteroid elements Astrob, click to download it download it. >>Bob >> >> >>--- In [email protected], Andrew Sprott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>wrote: >> >>>Hi Folks >>> >>>Is there a catalog for the Asteroids? In particular Vesta. >>> >>>Andrew >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>---------- >>YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS >> >> * Visit your group >> "<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skychart-discussion>skychart-discussion" on >> the web. >> * >> * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> * <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> * >> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the >> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. >> >> >>---------- > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ 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/
