Re: XEphem mailing list on egroups
I'm running 3.2.3 and love it. It's very feature rich.
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John A. Perry <perry@...>
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Re: XEphem mailing list on egroups
Oops! I just checked. I'm running 3.4. I was looking at the 3.2.3 manual
when you asked. :)
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John A. Perry <perry@...>
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Hello
Just a quick hello from a happy XEphem user
Cheers
David
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David Talbot
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Who is running XEphem v 3.4?
Greetings all XEphem users!
I am curious if you are running version 3.4 (the latest) of XEphem and
what your impressions are?
I am still running v 3.2.3 (since last summer) and I have been
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Esmail Bonakdarian <esmail@...>
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Re: Who is running XEphem v 3.4?
and
I'm running 3.4. When I first start it I was impressed with the new
features. It's definitely a major upgrade. I haven't found any bugs
yet. BTW I have both the 3.2.3 ans 3.4 CD's. They were
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John Perry <perry@...>
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Re: Hello
Welcome aboard!
John Perry
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John Perry <perry@...>
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Announcing this list?
I was wondering if it would be appropriate to announce the formation of this mailing list in Elwood's discussion forum? Any thoughts?
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perry@...
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Re: Announcing this list?
of this mailing list in Elwood's discussion forum? Any thoughts?
I think it would benefit Elwood to have more places where his great
software is discussed.
It might be good form to perhaps e-mail him
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Esmail Bonakdarian <esmail@...>
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How do you use XEphem?
Hello Everyone and Welcome to the list!
We have about 15 subscribers now and the list is growing. I was
wondering if anyone would like to share their XEphem experiences? What
version are you
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John Perry <perry@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
John Perry writes:
Hello.
I'd still be interested in my initial query as to who is running the
latest version of XEphem and what your impressions are? I'm still
happily running v 3.2.3 but will
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Esmail Bonakdarian <esmail@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:
I'm using 3.4 and don't quiet like it as much as 3.2, it doesn't seem
to work as well with Lesstif and the catalog format changed from .xe
to .xe2. I found a conversion
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Joseph E Ringer III <jringer3@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
"John Perry" <perry@...> wrote:
Hi, folks. I've just found this list and signed on. I'm the technical
director at the Frosty Drew Observatory (FDO - http://www.frostydrew.org/)
where I'm
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Joe Hartley
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
John Perry wrote:
John,
I was very excited to find this software. I am new to astronomy and had
really hoped I could find good astronomy software for Unix. I downloaded
and built v3.2.3 to try it
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Tim Campbell <tcampb01@...>
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New poll for xephem
Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the xephem
group:
Do you think digital setting circles are
a help or a hinderance to a new
telescope owner?
o DSC's are good for new scope
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xephem@...
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
Although Elwood gave his blessing on this mailing list, he had to decline
membership due to the volume of email he already gets. He asked that if
you have any suggestions (like adding your site) to be
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John A. Perry <perry@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
3.4 works great with the real Motif which is free now. Checkout
http://wwww.motifzone.net to download Motif.
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Arturo C <acjr@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
Hello...
Well as I see you are already collecting ideas, I also have one. :)
The idea to communicate with telescope through FIFOs and external
programs is really great. Why not expand that a bit? Add
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Domjan Svilkovic <dsvilko@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
It turns out that Elwood has visited the xephem page at egroups and
was impressed enogh to join the list. I for one am glad he is here!
Welcome aboard Elwood!
John Perry - perry@...
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John Perry <perry@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
Hi Domjan,
I think this is an excellent idea. Let me see if I understand it.
The proposal is to add a config file of pathnames (to fifos) and
labels (that show up in the Sky View popup). But I wonder
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Elwood Downey <ecdowney@...>
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Re: How do you use XEphem?
Em, hi! :)
Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind. I think that the standard
.edb string contains enough information.
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Domjan Svilkovic <dsvilko@...>
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