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- From: sterner@warper.jhuapl.edu (Ray Sterner)
- Subject: Re: PC Software
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 13:49:15 GMT
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- mld900@anusf.anu.edu.au (Murray Dow) writes:
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- >|>
- >|> 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
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