Starry Night 5 - McNaughts Comet

[BLiTZWiNG (Trent)]

Just updated SN5 with the LiveSky update thing... McNaught now appears, but I think they went a little overboard on what it looks like!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Every evening when I come home from observing the clouds, I open Starry Night and pretend that I'm viewing McNaught. Never once has a cloud obscured it.

[Mastaphin]

Dear readers,

I too have pulled my hair out attempting to get my version to locate Mcnaught. It is actually more simple than you can imagine..

In FIND, put in McNaught, watch your capitalization.
Mcnaught will not locate more than 3 comets, but McNaught instantly locates P1. Look through your Comets.txt file, use search. You will quickly see that Mcnaught locates nothing, but McNaught locates what you have been looking for.
Hope this helps..

[BLiTZWiNG (Trent)]

Interesting tip Mastaphin, thanks. Although I have it working now, I'll remember this for the future.

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Came up straight away this time in Starry night pro.
The attached Image explains our difficulty in seeing the comet !

[centauri]

Just as a sideline and noticeing gaa_ian's image, have you guys played with creating your own panorama scene for SN.
It is VERY cool!
I have my backyard done, trees and all, and aligned. It is great to be able to see what's up before wandering out into the heat of the night.

[iceman (Mike)]

Great idea! I'll have to do that.