Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
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Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
Hi all,
In the interactive atlas and charts feature - there is an option that is on by default - which controls the display of stars etc - on the chart
The idea is to simulate what one would probably see at the given time one is looking at the chart.
So if I run the program in the middle of the day - wanting to make a chart for a certain object, I may discover the chart is missing things.
It may in fact not display much of anything.
My best option for capturing a usable chart - is to go to a specific objects info and look at that object's yearbar which displays the best month/day to view that object. Select that month/day - then shift days to find a moonless time - and then go for the chart.
Now the chart will show what one would expect to see a chart display.
Does anyone know if this is an option I can turn off?
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In the interactive atlas and charts feature - there is an option that is on by default - which controls the display of stars etc - on the chart
The idea is to simulate what one would probably see at the given time one is looking at the chart.
So if I run the program in the middle of the day - wanting to make a chart for a certain object, I may discover the chart is missing things.
It may in fact not display much of anything.
My best option for capturing a usable chart - is to go to a specific objects info and look at that object's yearbar which displays the best month/day to view that object. Select that month/day - then shift days to find a moonless time - and then go for the chart.
Now the chart will show what one would expect to see a chart display.
Does anyone know if this is an option I can turn off?
Sincere Thanks
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Re: Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
It would help greatly if we knew what piece of software you were talking about?
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Re: Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
The software is CDC /Cartes du Ciel / Sky Charts. I use it for printing charts. They're really good. The program is a wonderful sky atlas.
All I know are these possible solutions:
- the menu Setup>Display
and
- the option Setup>Save configuration now
I save a useful configuration so that the program opens with that as a starting point.
The option Setup>Save configuration on exit is best not used. It is rare that the end of a session is a useful starting point for the next one.
CDC is a map. Stellarium is a planetarium program. To get a quick idea of what the sky looks for for my location and at any point in time I use Stellarium. If I see something interesting in Stellarium, I sometimes turn on CDC to make a chart to star hop there.
Two PDFs made withCDC :
and aCDC example of a finder star hop chart from Vega to the Ring nebula:
All I know are these possible solutions:
- the menu Setup>Display
and
- the option Setup>Save configuration now
I save a useful configuration so that the program opens with that as a starting point.
The option Setup>Save configuration on exit is best not used. It is rare that the end of a session is a useful starting point for the next one.
Two PDFs made with
and a
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Re: Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
Totally sorry!
I thought I was posting this question to the Skyhound software forum.
My BAD!!!
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Re: Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
I use CdC nearly daily. Let me research and answer for you.
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Re: Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
That's very clever. I have Stellarium, of course, and it is fine for what it is. To get a better view of what is on tonight, I settled on Sky & Telescope. (https://skyandtelescope.org/interactive-sky-chart/ ) But I also have similar links for the Beckstom Observatory (Flint, Michigan) and the Dudley Observatory (upstate New York). And they are fine for what they are, but not exactly... So, I will check out Cartes du Ciel. Thanks.Ruud wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:17 am The software is CDC /Cartes du Ciel / Sky Charts. I use it for printing charts. They're really good. The program is a wonderful sky atlas.
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CDC is a map. Stellarium is a planetarium program. To get a quick idea of what the sky looks for for my location and at any point in time I use Stellarium. If I see something interesting in Stellarium, I sometimes turn on CDC to make a chart to star hop there.
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Sorry to have to ask, but the program you mean is this one?
https://www.
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Re: Default Sky chart option - can I turn it off??
mikemarotta wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:10 am
Sorry to have to ask, but the program you mean is this one?
https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/start
Yes Michael, that's it: Cartes du Ciel / Sky Charts.
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