Hi Sander, I wanted to thank you and the others who helped me with the installation of the compact HST Guide Star Catalog. I was able to ftp all the files needed and now CDC shows me stars down to 15 mag or better. I will not be loading the USNO catalog; way more info than this old boy needs. :) I agree that we are very fortunate that these catalogs are free to download and use. Thanks again and happy viewing the real or virtual skies!
Edward --- In [email protected], Sander Pool <san...@...> wrote: > > > It also took me a bit of playing around to get the catalog added to CdC > correctly. Of course we should be thankful for having *free* access to > both CdC and all these catalogs. > > Just wait till you try to get USNO or UCAC2 :) > > On the plus side Patrick's new site ap-i.net has a wiki so it should be > easier to add documentation for these types of issues. Should you feel > 'contributive' you could do the writeup and submit it for inclusion. > > Sander > > iccd1 wrote: > > > > OK, I now have a better idea of what I need to do. I will download > > "FTP Commander 8" when I get home and download the needed files. From > > there, it looks like CDC will do the rest. Thank you for your help and > > information. It would be nice if the readme files were clear as to > > what needes to be done, but I have grown use to scientist being vague > > and at times pointless with thier "help" files. Good thing we have > > these forums to make sense out of the chaos. :) > > > > > > >
