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How to get alignment stars for syscan - C8Es102 - 2020-01-12
into a catalog without having to type them into something. I have a list but it is only the names not the other information. My HC is a Syscan 4 from SW/ORION. I can of course import just the names but that would not do me much good. I know that Visual 4 is very close and this is something I need to get done, so if I have to type them I need to get started.
Thank you for any and all suggestions.
RE: How to get alignment stars for syscan - theskyhound - 2020-01-13
You can use the "Read Objects from file" feature, assuming you have a file with a list of stars in it. It just needs to read and recognize the star designations. Nightly Planner --> Observing List menu --> Read Object from file. See the help on the dialog for details.
RE: How to get alignment stars for syscan - Spider - 2020-01-13
Hello, I haven't check every star in it but the Skyscan (firmware 3.25) List should be the same. You can download/Import it from Skyhound Web Site within Skytools 3.
Data Manager => Import Shared Data [Skyhound Web site] => Browse Location: Miscellaneous Observing Lists => Get Listing
Unless I miss understood you.
Hope this helps.
/Ron
RE: How to get alignment stars for syscan - C8Es102 - 2020-01-13
(2020-01-13, 03:37 AM)theskyhound Wrote: You can use the "Read Objects from file" feature, assuming you have a file with a list of stars in it. It just needs to read and recognize the star designations. Nightly Planner --> Observing List menu --> Read Object from file. See the help on the dialog for details.
Greg and Ron:
Thank you for the advice. I was able to quick develop my own list using the auto lists and just going to the various constellations and setting the star magnitude <3.5. The current list in 4 seems to be about 20 or so stars bigger. But I also downloaded the 3.5 stars.
Again thanks for the quick response as I finally got a JMI Wheel Bar and am setting up my Mount in AZ with both scopes.