Thanks, John. I'll give it a try. Actually I was also playing with the latest v3 beta, and it turns out that "common names" is now one of the star label options, exactly what I was looking for. He also added another feature that I was kind of missing - quick buttons to go forward/backward a given time unit.
All in all version 3 looks REALLY nice, I wonder when it out of beta. Have a great weekend, Paul --- In [email protected], John Mahony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- pnasci2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is there a way to ONLY show the common names for stars if they exist, > > and leave the others blank? > > Not quite, but you can come close. Click preferences>labels>options. In this > window, under the last column "limit magnitude", set the number for the "stars" > row to about 3 or 4 or 5 (lower number will label more stars). At 5, only the > brightest stars are labelled. At 3, a few will be faint enough to not have > common names. > > IIRC, this number means how much brighter (in magnitudes) a star must be > compared to the lower limit you set for _displaying_ stars, in order for it to > be labelled. So the specific number in the previous paragraph will be affected > by the magnitude limits you set for displaying stars. I've changed the > magnitude limits in my copy of the program and don't recall what the defaults > are, so YMMV. > > -John > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 >
