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mld900@anusf.anu.edu.au (Murray Dow) writes:


>|> 
>|> one year ago, i bought a shareware called skyglobe. it's useful 
>|> for observing the sky (my version is rather slow, but new ones
>|> are certainly better). you should be able to get it from a 
>|> shareware club
>|> -- 
>The version of skyglobe I have only calculates the moons position
>once a day, so that it moves in jumps. Does any one know if new versions
>have fixed this?
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>Murray Dow                         GPO Box 4 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
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>mld900@anusf.anu.edu.au

  Yes that problem is fixed.  I just tried version 3.5 (3.52 I think) by
  zooming in on the moon, telling SkyGlobe to track the moon, and
  stepping by 1 minute steps.  The moon appeared to move smoothly
  against the background stars.  There are a number of new features in
  the latest version.

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