--- In [email protected], "Marc Fokker" <marcus_fok...@...> wrote: > > I'm not running Vista. But I don't expect this is a bug, because the > program with my computers (WinXP and SuSE Linux) do fine. Probably > the display of those objects is switched off. > Can you check your settings? From the documentation I can do some > suggestions. > > How to activate (or deactivate) the display of the objects: > http://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/documentation/menuchart#show_objects > or > http://www.ap- > i.net/skychart/en/documentation/object_bar#object_group_b > > Good chance that you have set the display filter for comets and > asteroids to a value by which there aren't objects left to display. > Try Setup -> Solar System -> Comet. Now, at he bottom of > the "General" tab, you can change the value "Show comets [x] > magnitude fainter than the stars". Set this to a rather high value, > for example to 12. Choose a FOV of 90 degrees, and display the > ecliptic somewhere in the center. Now I expect you will have some > comets displayed. They may be hard to find. You can switch them on > and off by clicking at the comets display button. > You can do the same for the asteroids. > > A last suggestion: Did you prepare the monthly data for the > asteroids? I guess so, otherwise have a look here: > http://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/documentation/solar_system#asteroid > > Success, > > Marc Fokker > Marc
Thanks for the feedback. All this was done and the comets do show up on the chart. What I was looking for was having the comet data appear in the Ephemeris Calendar. The planets data etc is there but not Comets nor Asteroids.
