Re: trouble with Cartes du Ciel version 3.0.1.2 beta


"spud" <midnight@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for this thread. Just downloaded about 100mb of stuff. Can't
seem to get the program to talk to the catalogs. Where are the
cataglogs suppose to be? In Program Files\Ciel or somewhere else.
Can't find much documetation...and I ain't gonna join Yahoo, maybe I'm
SOL?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Take Care
Steve


Hi,

The catalogs are a separate download. Each one in zip format has to be
unzipped to your Ciel directory. Install the Ceil program first and then
unzip the required base catalog to the Ciel folder. The base catalog seems
to be the only one required.

I too downloaded all of the other catalogs and unzipped them to the Ciel
folder. You'll need to enable the catalog or catalogs you want to use in
the Ciel configuration. Honestly, I'm finding that the additional catalogs
interfere with one another if all enabled at once so I guess its best to
enable only one or two at a time.

If starting over again, I would have just downloaded the required base
catalog and the pictures from the 3rd category down on the website. You can
just double click on the pictures exe file and it will auto install. Neat
to be able to see nearly 10,000 DSOs in FITS format, and right on the chart
to boot.

Good luck,
Art


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