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Article #3820Re: PC Software
From: SOUDAN sebastien
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:03
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
--
SOUDAN Sebastien ESI2/ EUI Grenoble
E-Mail: soudan@ufrima.imag.fr
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Newsgroups: sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!bnrgate!nott!torn!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!julienas!babbage!soudan From: soudan@ufrima.imag.fr (SOUDAN sebastien) Subject: Re: PC Software Message-ID: <C1KC6o.MF2@ufrima.imag.fr> Keywords: For the PC Sender: news@ufrima.imag.fr Nntp-Posting-Host: boole Organization: University of Grenoble (France) References: <C1A77y.1tt@brunel.ac.uk> <C1Ery0.685@ufrima.imag.fr> <1k4jt0INNnq5@manuel.anu.edu.au> <sterner.728142555@warper.jhuapl.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:03:59 GMT Lines: 38