http://stargazing.net/astropc/doc/ecatinfo.html
According to the website, see above, the download is about 300Mb. May be trying to find a copy on a CD may be easier?? --- In [email protected], "iccd1" <ic...@...> wrote: > > Thank you all for your help. I see that more details from my side is needed > so here it goes. > > 1) I started by following the links provided by CDC to the Compact HST GSC: > "http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/ftp/cats/i/255/GSC_ACT/"; since I do not have a > FTP application. > > 2) Downloaded the following file: "src.tar.gz" > > 3) Using 7Zip file manager I decompressed the ".gz" file to get the "src.tar" > file and untared the "src.tar" so that I now have "*/src/src" subdirectories. > In "*/src/src" I have several text files and other files but there does not > appear to be any data files and nothing that CDC will recognize to go from a > red to white file location from the HST Catalog setup. > > I think I am downloading a source tarball here, and if I was using linux/unix > I could cope, but with a Win system I am a bit lost. Am I downloading the > wrong file? There are a lot of file listed above the "src.tar.gz" file. > > > --- In [email protected], "ken4optics" <kenm.harrison@> > wrote: > > > > Edward, > > Should be as straight forward as highlighting the file in the tick box and > > the file location box stays "white" - if it turns "red" then either the > > file is not in that location or the file format is wrong. > > > > Setup/Catalogue/ CdC "Stars" tab/ down to the "HST GSC Compact" - tick box/ > > Set min 0, max 3/ (find file on your PC) ie G:/GCS_ACT > > > > I found over the years I had "collected" many slightly different versions > > of the CSG ( ie from TheSky V6, Astroplanner, etc etc); these were NOT > > recognised by CdC. > > The "correct" version is GCS_ACT, has 27 folders: > > bin/bin-dos/Nxxxx/Sxxxx/SRC. > > Hope this helps. > > > > --- In [email protected], "iccd1" <iccd1@> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I would like to install the compact HST guide star catalog. I am using > > > CDC 3.14 on a Windows XP Pro machine and have the 7Zip file manger > > > application. I have read the instruction on the CDC 3.14 documentation > > > page several times and tried to follow them several times with no > > > success. If anyone could walk me through the procedure it would be very > > > much appreciated. Thank you. > > > > > > Edward > > > > > >
