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Re: 2102-E Star Finder, Rev 11
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2009 Mar 4, 21:41 -0800
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2009 Mar 4, 21:41 -0800
Hi John Yes, there really are intermediate versions between the ones posted! I finally got busy and tried to figure out why the Solar Disk and the Ecliptic was so tweaked on my display, instead of trying to just "dummy it in". Well, imagine my surprise when I realized that the off by one is in the calculation of the declination of the sun, well prior to any translation or rotation. I adjusted that. and you can see the declination for the day. The dilemma we now face is that the declination is only for whole days. The graphical display now looks just about right. The declination value shown may not be to your liking, but left in for this version. Thanks for being so persistent in this issue. Sometimes it takes a cattle prod to get me to move! The problem with labels for the Blue template is that they switch for N and S hemisphere. I don't exactly know how to do that in Excel. I know how to make a dynamic chart title, but not a dynamic data item label within a chart. If any Excel Wizard knows how, please feel free to jump in. This may just be beyond Excel. You now have the red and blue templates, at your command. Just check either, both or none. Have fun! Let me think how we can plot the planets and the moon. I could see something like we rotate the red template to the desired LHA and then we slide a declination bar for the particular body. Once we check (or uncheck) the combination of LHA and declination, the data for that body becomes frozen and then displayed. Unchecking (or checking) would remove the body from the base. I do use this feature on my 2102D prior to a round of sights, so I know what you are after. A note to Frank Reed: If there is some space constraint with the storage capacity of the NavList, we could probably wipe out earlier versions of the Star Finder. Other than showing the development path, they really serve no purpose. Best Regards Brad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---