This window will guide you through the next steps, that will update your asteroids database.
Please note the following important items:
2 You must have installed a
8TCP/IP stack
2 and the program
8FTP-Mount
2, which you can find in the Bonus folder of the CD !
2 The download of the database takes between 30 and 60 mins, depending on your internet connection and speed.
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2 During decompression of the main file, you need at least 20 MB or more space on your harddrive !
2 Cancelling the download or any error during operation will stop this immediately, including the loss of all so far loaded files ! Already converted files will stay on your harddrive.
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2 Your recent asteroid files, which are located in the folder
8PROGDIR:Data/Orbits
2, will be overwritten without any notification !
Click on
8Help
2 for more information.
If you like to watch the Internet page of the database, click on
8Homepage
Click on
8Continue
2, to start the update.
"Connecting with
8ftp.lowell.edu
Start reading
Read: %lu kBytes
Unpacking file
Converting the database
8*** Finished ***
Read error
#Can't connect to
8ftp.lowell.edu
8GZIP error
8Write error
8PROGDIR:astorb.dat not found
8Error when closing GZIP file
8PROGDIR:astorb.dat.gz not found
8Can't open destination file
_Update folder
_Output folder
_LHA folder
_Password
8Digital Almanac Update
Enter the folder for the update file, the output folder, the folder for the LHA command and you password in the string fields.
The password can be found in the booklet of your original CD-ROM
Please note that the password is case-sensitive !!
Es lag bei der Ausf
hrung der Befehle kein erkennbarer Fehler vor.
Schlie
en Sie das Programm und starten Sie von der Workbench aus das Installationsskript des Updates.
Es wird dringed empfohlen den Rechner danach neu zu booten oder eine FlushLibs-Anweisung durchzuf
hren !
Falls das Update-Verzeichnis doch nicht existieren sollte, so
berpr
fen Sie bitte die Verzeichnisse und das Passwort !!
]An error occured while creating the update.
Please check the directories and the password !!
_Monthly events
_Yearly events
Event
Eclipse
_Year
in opposition
in conjunction
in lower conjunction
in upper conjunction
in aphelion
in perihelion
Stepsize (min)
Number of steps
No eclipse
Partial
Annular (not central)
Total (not central)
Annular
Total
Latitude
Longitude
Duration
Phase
Graphics
No eclipse
Half shadow (partial)
Half shadow (total)
Main shadow (partial)
Main shadow (total)
Doubleclick for objectinformation.
SHIFT-Klick = Zoom In.
ALT-Klick = Zoom Out.
Click-Move = Zoom any area.
Cursor keys to move around.
De(activate) an object.
Accuracy of calculation.
Stepsize during
drawing in deg.
ONorthern latitude [0;90[
Southern latitude ]-90;0[
Format XX.YY
or DD
MM'SS"
QWestern longitude [-180;0]
Eastern longitude [0;180]
Format XX.YY
or DD
MM'SS"
Elevation above sealevel (m)
Format: HH:MM:SS
&West of UT [-12;0]h
East of UT [0;12]h
&Move telescope 1/4 of according angle.
UCalculates course of a solar eclipse on Earth
according parameters in 'Coordinates'.
UCalculates course of a lunar eclipse on Earth
according parameters in 'Coordinates'.
5Difference between ephemeris time
and universal time.
Airtemperature (
Airpressure (mbar, hPa)
'Display planets with
a surface texture.
)Automatic zoom when
centering an object.
>Accuracy of planetcalculation.
4 = fast, >1"
25 = slow, <0.1"
1Observing position.
Drag desired object to here.
3Animation Orrery:
Off = Fixed position
On = Flymode
=Drag desired object to here or
choose on from the popup-list.
-Tracking list.
Drag desired
objects to here.
MObject export.
Drag desired object to here or
choose on from the popup-list.
2List of choices.
Drag desired items
to right list.
/Export list
To delete, drag
items in left list.
;Doubleclick on eclipse entry for
easy eclipse calculation !
MDoubleclick on entry to transfer time
and coordinates to environment window.
5String input as AmigaDOS pattern !
E.g. '#?Halley#?'.
Input error
Angle [0;24[h
Format HH:MM:SS
Angle [-90;90]
Angle ]0;180]
Angle [0;360[
Angle ]0;170]
Distance >0
Error while saving animation.
#Error while initializing animation.
Can't save map.
Messier number [1;110]
Date is invalid !
Warning !!
You don't have enough free memory to store all star positions.
The program reduces the number of star positions to ca. 20000 (+5.5 m).
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