Hi, I would like to use Cartes du Ciel to generate an all sky chart which I can then publish on an Astronomy Society webiste. Am I in breach of any copyright...
... As far as I know (though I am by no means an expert on such matters) CdC can be used in publications, because the program is distributed under the GNU...
I can't speak for Patrick, but the following two paragrahs on the homepage ... Why freeware ? I originally developed this program for my personal use, because...
I just updated my one laptop with new versions of ASCOM, NexRemote, and CDC. I'm running a Celestron NexStar GPS 11. Version 3.0.0.9 will not slew but...
Hello, When observing I prefer to have the view refresh automatically so it most closely resembles what's out there. The problem is that in this case the sky ...
Hello, as far as I know 3.0 uses an ini file while 2.76 uses the registry. If this is true, how do I export the settings from one PC to another? There are so ...
... If you switch to polar mode, it will stay fixed on the same starfield (only moving solar system objects will move). But in this case the horizon won't be ...
Hello all, I use Cartes du ciel for almost all of my astronomical activities, including observing and publishing for my website. I think it is one of the best...
Hi, I really need to release a stable version 3.0 as all this issue are solved. ... Use the version 3.0 test version ( http://www.ap-i.net/skychart ) ... This...
Hi, ... longer ... With the version 3.0 you can lock on any object (track in 2.76 terminology). ... screen ... object. In v3.0 the arrow is replaced by a...
... The safer solution is to export a chart (File - Save Chart), reload to the other PC and save the setting. The only thing you have to do manually is...
This is strange because there is no big change in this area between 3.0.08 and 3.0.0.9. The only difference is you can now release the chart locking on the ...
Sander, If I understand your question, you want to select an object and have CDC track that object as it refreshes the star positions as time passes. Without a...
I'm using Sky Charts 2.76. I'm getting differing sunset/sunrise times between the calendar and when clicking on the sky chart. Sometimes a difference of 3...
... object. ... Patrick, I reinstalled 3.0.0.9 and using the simulator slewing to a nearby object sends the scope below the horizon! When I try to slew the ...
Hello Jan, It's quite strange. I don't find such discrepancies here. My best guess(which could turn out to be completely wrong) would be that you have not...
Hi all, In the version 2.xx there was a problem reading the astrob.dat file (asteroids data). It was suggested in this list to remove the first blank in each...
Hi all again, There was a bug also in my application: in the resulting file, the last two data columns were deleted. I didn't see any problem using this...
There are a number of minor "corrections" that might or might not be used for either calculation. For example, is atmospheric refraction accounted for? And ...
Thanks, Navneeth, I just downloaded and installed the the Planetary High Precision update and I'm still getting a time discrepancy. It seems that the times...
Hello John, Yes, you echo my sentiments in that you get ambivalent info within the same application which is somewhat frustrating. The sun's times obtained...
Hi, This is because the calendar use a shortcut to speed the calculation when you request a long range of date. Remember I developed most of the V2 with a...
Thanks Patrick! That explains it and it makes perfect sense. End of story and end of thread. BTW, Sky Charts is probably the most used program on my PC...
I have just released Ver. 7 of RTGUI, which interfaces to Skycharts (see http://www.rtgui.com ). What is new from the perspective of this forum is the function...
I had never heard of your program before, but it looks really cool. So thank you for adding Skycharts support and announcing it here. Thank you very much, ...
Hi, Following the discussion of last week I am currently working on this problem. I found there is still some error with the V3.0.0.9. What I found now for...
Patrick: I've found a couple of bugs in the new Beta that weren't in the old Alpha 3.0.0.9... 1) In the settings for date/time, clicking on "actual system...
Hi, Thank you for the prompt testing! I not even have time to finish the upload for all the system and announce the new version :-) I confirm the two bug you...
