Ah, right. It makes sense now. I suspect I shall have to change the position of my virtual observatory to see the objects below the horizon.
Cheers, Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sander Pool Sent: 15 December 2006 14:01 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] Henry Draper Catalogue Mike, I'm sorry I should have said 'prefix' instead of extension. It's what I wrote here: "I then searched for HIP 70890 and got no hits. I then searched for just 70890 and it found it just fine although it was below the horizon." Sander Mike Oliver wrote: > > I believe I have the HIP catalogue properly enabled but I am using V > 2.76 and don't seem to have the "Show object below horizon" option. > However, that should still mean I could search for and find Polaris (I > am about 30 miles ENE of London (Chelmsford). > > I shall try again and see what happens. When you say "CdC should find > the star with the extension", what extension are you talking about? > > May I say how much I appreciate your help and guidance. > > Cheers, > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > <mailto:skychart-discussion%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:skychart-discussion%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Sander Pool > Sent: 14 December 2006 22:43 > To: [email protected] > <mailto:skychart-discussion%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] Henry Draper Catalogue > > Mike, > > I just enabled the HIP catalog in a recent 3.x snapshot. I then searched > > for HIP 70890 and got no hits. I then searched for just 70890 and it > found it just fine although it was below the horizon. I then went to the > > program settings and went to Observatory->Horizon. There I selected the > 'Show Object below the horizon' checkbox. It now finds and shows the > star correctly. > > I think CdC should find the star with the extension. I've recently had > other trouble with searching and logged a bug. Patrick has commented in > it and I need to try out his suggestions. > > Sander > > Yahoo! Groups Links
