I used the "Download latest orbital elements" and that seems to have worked for me. Also, under the General Settings tab, the "Show Coments" value was originally set to 4 not 10 as was mentioned previously. I changed that to 15 as well.
Bill Bob Rose wrote: > All I did was change the Absolute mag number in the comet file I > used in V3 and it names Holmes in a 90d view and displays a tail > when zoomed in. Did you make sure you turned comets on? Also after > you edit the comets file you will need to tell CdC to load it. That > is in the "load MPC" tab in setup. The only other thing is I > did "Save Configuration" as I want comets to display on startup for > the time being. > Bob > > > --- In [email protected], "Lenny Schmidt" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Doesn't show on the chart. Did I overlook another setting? >> >> --- In [email protected], "Bob Rose" >> <bobrose500@> wrote: >> >>> It is a good question since I was not clear. In the string of >>> numbers for each comet the next to last is it absolute >>> > magnitude. > >>> The last one is the slope, I think. Anyway change it to -4.5 or >>> something close to that. The entry for 17P would look like: >>> 0017P 2007 05 4.5276 2.053218 0.432564 24.2712 >>> 326.8646 19.1126 20071027 -4.5 6.0 17P/Holmes >>> After adjusting the Magnitude. >>> Sorry for being in a hurry this last morning and not being clear. >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
