Thanks for the input. I integrated .hcg into my catalogs in V3. I'm not interested in updating V2.76 so I'll just forget about the other catalogs without .hdr files.
Bob Harris --- In [email protected], John Mahony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2.76 used several methods to add catalogs. Here's the reply I started to write before I realized that you were probably using v3, which I don't know much about: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Many of these are from CdC's main download page, so they are either > automatically installed when you install the program, or you install > them just by clicking on them. > > If > you downloaded the "basic package", then this already includes bsc5 > (bright star catalog) and planets. If you downloaded the "complete > package", then it also includes "satellites" and gcvs (general catalog > of variable stars). If you only downloaded the basic package and then > downloaded these catalogs separately from that page, then you have to > install them separately simply by clicking on them. > > The Herschel and Messier catalogs came from CdC's "additional catalogs" page at > <http://stargazing.net/astropc/external.html>. Instructions for installing them are on the top of that page. > > hcg (Hickson compact (galaxy) groups) is from > <http://www.schoenball.de/astronomie/cdc/cdc_en.htm> > (linked from CdC's download page) > This should have a .hdr file. Instructions are at the bottom of that page. > -------------------------------------------------- > > -John > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: growler3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:42:02 AM > > Subject: [skychart-discussion] Re: Mysterious Catalogs > > > > To John Mahony: I'm using version 3. > > > > To John Stable: Thanks for the info. I'll try the first method. I may > > have to find the downloaded zip files in my "Down Loads" file and > > unzip them again directly into z:\Program > > Files\Ciel\cat\externes\xxx. I think that I grabbed these files when > > I downloaded 2.76 and before I found V3 so that may be the reason > > there is no .hdr file (perhaps 2.76) did not require one). > > > > Once again thank you guys for your help and interest. > > > > Bob Harris > > > > > > > > -- In [email protected], John Mahony > > wrote: > > > > > > Are you using v3 or 2.76? > > > > > > -John > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > > From: growler3 > > > > > > > > Sometime during my initial enthusiasm to acquire CDC, I > > downloaded > > > > everything in sight. Among those downloads were a bunch of > > catalogs > > > > that I can't seem to load into CDC; the setup/catalog/add > > function > > > > seems to want a header (.hdr) file and the ones that I can't load > > don't > > > > have that file. The catalog files that I am talking about are > > alds, > > > > bsc5, darkneb, gcvs, hcg, hershel, messier, ngc6530, planet, > > realsky, > > > > snrs,satellites, and ss2k. Can anyone help me with these? Does > > the > > > > Catalog Generator have anything to do with this? This is all not > > super > > > > important but is great as part of the learning CDC experience. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Bob Harris > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
