You are of course quite right, John. I meant the SAC database. Sorry - another senior moment I'm afraid....
Thnaks for the warning on "Save Settings" I hadn't thought of that. As to the external catalogues, I suppose that is why there is the first column in the Size Tab under Preferences/Catalog and Object Parameters. Regards, Peter John Mahony wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Peter Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> All working now, thanks, John. >> >> There are a couple of points that others may not realise, though. >> >> 1. The B objects are accessable from the SAO catalogue. I discovered >> this whilest trying to solve my problem before I got your reply. >> > > SAO? That's a star catalog. I think you mean the SAC (Saguaro Astronomy > Club), which is a collection of interesting deep-sky objects from many > catalogs > > >> I've not confirmed this for sure, but I think you also have to select >> the "Save position and Options" choice on exiting the program, otherwise >> it forgets about it. >> > > Yes, but only once. There are so many possible catalogs that the program > doesn't assume you want all of them to be active every time you use the > program, unless you "save" the option to use that catalog. > > > Once you get the basics set up the way you want, check the "don't ask again" > box when the "save options" box opens when shutting down. After that, if you > want to save a new change, click preferences>save options. Note this will > save _all_ current settings, so be careful how you use this. > > A few features have their own "save options" button in the relevant window. > > If you want to bring back the "save options" window when shutting down, click > preferences>"ask confirmation before to exit". > > -John > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- Peter Lloyd Bedfordshire, UK. 51º 56' 47"N 0º 32' 05"W http://www <dot> astrolloyd <dot> tk http://www.madpc.co.uk/~peterl/
