Thanks Rod. XEphem (also described at ) is still in distros, just the website has gone "404" apparently. On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:32:07 -0700, Rod Heyd wrote: ... > > Incidentally, most of the "big telescopes" run by Steward Observatory > at the U of A, actually use a DOS program called PC-TCS. The main > reason being that you get the best pointing and tracking accuracy from > a non-multitasking OS, since you never know when some process might > interrupt your clock and potentially alter the telescope positioning. > Good point. Also starts my head spinning when I think of the database requirements. A "big telescope" would need data on millions of sky objects. That, with the DOS version of a gui would stress DOS a tad! Gene PS: That COX address isn't mine, I checked. :-) -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss