I know nothing about AstroRecord, but surely if one of the newer catalogs was converted to the Sky 2000 format, you'd be in business. On 26 Mar 2009, at 13:07, Marco Langbroek wrote: > Greg Roberts schreef: >> Morning >> I dug up ASTRORECORD but I think the problem I have with it is that >> the database only goes down to mag +8 which is not faint enough for >> a 50 arc minute field of view normally. Is there perhaps a deeper >> database available ? >> Many thanks >> Greg > > Unfortunately not. It only works with the Sky 2000 atlas that goes > to +8. It was not designed with very small FOV in mind (but instead, > for the typical analogue SLR with 50 mm lens image, as used in > meteor photography). > > I've tried to interest the author of the program to update it with > the option to use other catalogues, but to no avail. > > - Marco > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > ----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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