As far as the catalogs go, I'd love to see Arp, Hickson's, the Abell PNs, and the rest of the ADS catalog. Palomar might be cool too, but I can't seem to see most of them....
Me too as far as Arp and Abell .... hhmmm, poll time .... give me a few minutes. :-)
Anthony.
Cheers, -- Jeff.
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From: ap-gto@... [mailto:ap-gto@...] On Behalf Of Howard Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:28 PM To: ap-gto@... Subject: RE: [ap-gto] Re: GTO Keypad Firmware
Hi Harold,
I'm not Marj, but I'm pretty familiar with the v.4.20 firmware project and am personally beta testing the firmware. There are several nice additions to the already impressive functionality and reliability of v.4.12. Most notable are some new database catalogs. (Details on some of these are still being hammered out.) In addition, v.4.20 will allow a wider selection of mounts including the Mach1GTO and mounts from Parallax and Mathis that use our GoTo system. The keypad will now be able to poll the mount for the ROM chip version so you no longer have to pull the cover off of your control box to check your chip. The "What's up now?" function has been greatly improved allowing far better control of the objects it selects. A bookmark function has been added that allows you to program a night's worth of observing targets into a list, or to keep a new found favorite handy for further examination. I used this feature just last night with comet Holmes 17P, that I was showing to trick-or-treaters. I only had to enter the RA and dec once, then I bookmarked it, and all night long I could slew around to different objects and always get back to the comet very quickly. All the ghouls and goblins were really impressed!
Mag. 7 skies!
Howard Hedlund
Astro-Physics, Inc.
815-282-1513
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From: ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of masterson_harold Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 3:12 PM To: ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [ap-gto] Re: GTO Keypad Firmware
Marj,
Any hints on what 4.2 will include?
Harold
--- In ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> , "Marj Christen" <marj@> wrote: > > Hi Larry, > > We are planning to finish up the 4.2 keypad code soon, then will > release it to the beta group. After beta, we will have it available > on our website for downloading. > > Marj Christen > Astro-Physics > > > > --- In ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:ap-gto%40yahoogroups.com> , "Larry Phillips" <llp41astro@> > wrote: > > > > Can anyone tell me if version 4.12 of the GTO Keypad firmware is > still > > shipping with the current Mach1GTO mount or has there been an > update > > released? > > > > I read somewhere that it is to be updated soon. If so, when will > > Mach1GTO mounts have the updated firmware included when shipped? > > > > Also, will the next update of the firmware require changes to the > > manual? > > > > Larry > > >
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