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- From: soudan@ufrima.imag.fr (SOUDAN sebastien)
- Subject: Re: PC Software
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- Keywords: For the PC
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- 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
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- sterner@warper.jhuapl.edu (Ray Sterner) writes:
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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
- > 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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