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Hello all,

This is a note to say I have finished the preliminary shakedown tests
and am now going live with my own discussion group, hosted on the same
web server as the XEphem site. You are invited to register at:



I appreciate the enthusiam shown for XEphem at this egroup. In no way
does creating my own facility imply any dissatisfaction here. Indeed,
this facility offers more functionality than does my own. I just
believe that by focusing my attention on one group I can be more
effective, and what better place to host such a group than on my own
web server. If there are any technical problems, please contact me
directly right way.

Thank you, hope to see you there.

Elwood
ecdowney@...

PS. Many thanks to my web master, John Huggins, for his excellent
service.

--- In xephem@y..., ecdowney@c... wrote:

. If the trial period
goes well, I am likely to christen it the primary XEphem community
watering hole. I welcome your comments.

The above URL may not quite work. Try this...




John

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 08:16:42AM -0600, Elwood C. Downey wrote:

Actually, if I may, I admit I am a little surprised at your level of
devotion. I never thought anyone would consider it an "honor" to use
XEphem. XEphem is mostly just driven by my own personal requirements. To
the extent these are typical others find the program useful, but I should
think it remains lacking in some way in regards to each persons needs.
If you wish, I would like to hear a few reasons why you are so enthralled
with XEphem.

I've been involved in UNIX for over 20 years. I've always wished
for the day when I could run UNIX on a laptop. RedHat Linux solved that
problem. Next, I wanted a comprehensive astronomy program that I could run
under Linux on the laptop. I've look most of the astronomy programs
available for Linux and other UNIXs and found that none of them had the
level of sophistication that the Windows-based astro programs have. Then I
discovered XEphem. XEphem has the level of sophistication that I've always
wanted.I can now take my Linux laptop out to the site and have XEphem at
the scope. To me the Laptop/Linux/XEphem combination at the scope is
unbeatable. I have been using Starry Night Pro on the laptop but I havent
touched it since I got XEphem.

Secondly, I'm impressed with your level of support. At least in my
case all my questions have been answered quickly and accurately. No matter
how stupid I thought the question was, you have always answered in a
profession manner. I think that's a big plus.

In summary XEphem is the UNIX-based astronomy program that I've
been waiting for all my life. :)

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On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 05:39:36AM -0000, ecdowney@... wrote:

Greetings all,

My web master has installed a simple group discussion tool on our
server named Cyphor. Though still a little green and certainly not as
flexible as this Yahoo! facility, it has the advantage that it is

goes well, I am likely to christen it the primary XEphem community
watering hole. I welcome your comments.

Once you get it working to your satisfaction, I'll dissolve this group in
favor of yours. Please let me know when you wish to take over the reins of
the mailing list. It's been fun but I must defer to any decision Elwood
makes. It's an honor to be an XEphem user.

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Greetings all,

My web master has installed a simple group discussion tool on our
server named Cyphor. Though still a little green and certainly not as
flexible as this Yahoo! facility, it has the advantage that it is
completely under my control :-). Overall I believe it has good
potential and I have quickly grown to like it. I have set up a few
discussion topics to establish some context. I have not yet announced
it on the main XEphem web page. If a few brave soles from this Group
would care to give it a test drive, you can access it at
. If the trial period
goes well, I am likely to christen it the primary XEphem community
watering hole. I welcome your comments.

Elwood

John Perry wrote:

On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:26:27AM -0500, Joseph E Ringer III wrote:

Just a note to let everyone know I straightened out my data entry
problems. Deleted every trace of 3.4 and reinstalled. I think the
problem may have been in ~/XEphem? which may have had something to do
with my tinkering with the initial version of 3.4 (the one with the
resource problem). Anyway, all's well now.

So now that you have it working how are you liking 3.4? I played with it a
lot yesterday. I think it's great!

Seems ok, but after using older versions for several years it going to
take a little getting use to all changes.

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On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:26:27AM -0500, Joseph E Ringer III wrote:

Just a note to let everyone know I straightened out my data entry
problems. Deleted every trace of 3.4 and reinstalled. I think the
problem may have been in ~/XEphem? which may have had something to do
with my tinkering with the initial version of 3.4 (the one with the
resource problem). Anyway, all's well now.

So now that you have it working how are you liking 3.4? I played with it a
lot yesterday. I think it's great!

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John Perry perry@... PGP-encrypted e-mail welcome!
Check out to see my scope!
Also to see my first picture!

Just a note to let everyone know I straightened out my data entry
problems. Deleted every trace of 3.4 and reinstalled. I think the
problem may have been in ~/XEphem? which may have had something to do
with my tinkering with the initial version of 3.4 (the one with the
resource problem). Anyway, all's well now.

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clear skies, |
Joe |
|Encrypted with ROT-26 - all attempts to decrypt
|are illegal under the DMCA!

--- In xephem@y..., Joe Hartley <jh@b...> wrote:

ObXEphem: I left my power supply for my laptop at work yesterday, so
I did not get to hook the 16" LX200 up to XEphem last night :(

When I do, I'll be sure to report on how it went.

Sounds like a winner to me!

John Perry

"John A. Perry" <perry@...> wrote:

Your message made it to the list just fine.

Thanks; at least those of us who won't go to the website for whatever
reason aren't automatically cut off.

ObXEphem: I left my power supply for my laptop at work yesterday, so
I did not get to hook the 16" LX200 up to XEphem last night :(

When I do, I'll be sure to report on how it went.


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Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@...
12 Emma G Lane, Narragansett, RI 02882 - vox 401.338.9214
Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Joe Hartley wrote:

Sorry for the off-topic post, but since I'm not about to sign on through
their website as a Yahoo user, I'm trying to see whether I can post to
the list or not. If I can still post, OK, great. If not, it looks like
I won't be participating in the list after all. (But you wouldn't have
seen this anyway.)

Your message made it to the list just fine.

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On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Elwood C. Downey wrote:

[snip]

4) In XEphem bring up Data->"Field stars". Verify the USNO path and click the
entry On. Then make this the default by clicking Save in Preferences->Save.

I did it and it worked perfectly. Thanks!

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Sorry for the off-topic post, but since I'm not about to sign on through
their website as a Yahoo user, I'm trying to see whether I can post to
the list or not. If I can still post, OK, great. If not, it looks like
I won't be participating in the list after all. (But you wouldn't have
seen this anyway.)


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Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@...
12 Emma G Lane, Narragansett, RI 02882 - vox 401.338.9214
Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 10:15:03 -0600 (CST) "John A. Perry" <perry@...> wrote:

What's the best way to add the USNO catalogs off the CD if you
choose not to install them during the original installation of XEphem?

I will give the basic idea and a sample command for a typical installation.
Modify paths as necessary if your installation was different. You will also
likely need to be superuser.

1) Mount the CDROM:

$ mount /mnt/cdrom

2) copy the usno directory to your installed catalogs directory:

$ cp -R /mnt/cdrom/usno /usr/local/xephem/catalogs

3) uncompress:

$ gunzip /usr/local/xephem/catalogs/usno/*.gz

4) In XEphem bring up Data->"Field stars". Verify the USNO path and click the
entry On. Then make this the default by clicking Save in Preferences->Save.

Elwood

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Elwood Downey, President/CEO, Clear Sky Institute Inc.
ECDowney@...,

Hello Everyone,

What's the best way to add the USNO catalogs off the CD if you
choose not to install them during the original installation of XEphem?

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Joseph E Ringer III wrote:

After installing 3.4 weren't working, I couldn't enter data (ie.
time). At first I thought it was a problem with Lesstif but I have
since installed openmotif and the problem still persists. BTW, I did
uninstall Lesstif. Any ideas?

That should read: data entry prompts/boxes weren't working.

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Joe |
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After installing 3.4 weren't working, I couldn't enter data (ie.
time). At first I thought it was a problem with Lesstif but I have
since installed openmotif and the problem still persists. BTW, I did
uninstall Lesstif. Any ideas?

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clear skies, |
Joe |
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Well I went to egroups this morning to find out that Yahoo has
taken over Egroups. The xephem@... address will continue to work
but there is also a new address, xephem@.... There was some
new functionality on the page that allowed me to add the XEphem graphic
from Elwood's page to the Yahoo page. The new chat room seems to be much
nicer too.

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Joe Hartley writes:

"John Perry" <perry@...> wrote:
Does anyone want to just introduce themselves?

Hi, folks. I've just found this list and signed on. I'm the technical
director at the Frosty Drew Observatory (FDO - )

Hiya,

Might as well introduce myself too.

I am, or I should say, was a "tenured" graduate student until the end
of last year. I now have my Ph.D. in Comp Scie, but no job yet, which
means no bigger scope yet either (or a CD copy of XEphem).

I got started with this hobby in earnest last May. Trigger was a small
program for the Palm called Planetarium, I really recommend it highly
(see my links on ). I then
discovered XEphem and got it running on my Linux box. Once I had that,
I got a pair of 10x50 binocs and started looking around the night sky,
often with charts drawn with XEphem. After a month or two of that I
got an ST80 (Celestron).

As I use Linux all the time I have been using XEphem regularly
(v3.2.3) and I really like it. I look forward to getting the latest
version on CD as soon as I am gainfully employed :-)

My next scope will most likely be an Orion XT-8 (Dobsian), but it will
have to wait for the job and move.

That's about it. Oh yea, I'm in Iowa, where it's COLD in the winter.

Esmail
PS: I also compiled and run v3.2.3 successfully on an SGI Indy, just
for testing purposes.
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