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Re: PC Software

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From: SOUDAN sebastien
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:03
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sterner@warper.jhuapl.edu (Ray Sterner) writes:

>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?
>>-- 
>>Murray Dow                         GPO Box 4 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
>>Supercomputer Facility             Phone: +61 6 2495028
>>Australian National University     Fax:   +61 6 2473425
>>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.

>  Ray Sterner                     sterner%str.decnet@warper.jhuapl.edu 
>  Johns Hopkins University        North latitude 39.16 degrees.
>  Applied Physics Laboratory      West longitude 76.90 degrees.
>  Laurel, MD 20723-6099

great! do you know if new versions are available by ftp?
thanks in advance
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From: soudan@ufrima.imag.fr (SOUDAN sebastien)
Subject: Re: PC Software
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