It's been now 2 years since I bought this software to create ephemerides - and I still cannot create any ephemerides before 1600 CE.
When can I expect to have a feature that is supposed to have been in existence for at least 2 years?
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Keiron Smith Official comment Hi Teresa,
Unfortunately, this limitation can not be addressed at this time. It is not a bug. Expanding the scope of the ephemerides will require a significant development effort. We will review this issue when Starry Night becomes the sole focus of development. But, at this time (2018) the developers are working on SkySafari 6 for iOS/OS X/Android.
Sorry to disappoint. And thank you for your patience and understanding.
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TeresaCosta So, it's not a bug that I cannot generate Ephemeris before 1600 AD? Despite having bought a piece of software that says:
"You’ll always know where and when to look with Starry Night’s built-in ephemeris generator. It’s a handy observational aid that creates a table of positional data for any object over the time span and at the interval you specify." (my highlight)
and that you can travel in time between 99,999 BC to 99,999 AD.
I expected it to be a bug, not misleading information when marketing the software.
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Keiron Smith Hi Teresa,
Apologies for the misleading marketing information. I will have that corrected.
We understand your need to expand the scope of the ephemerides. We would really like to work towards that goal. And, when we can we will.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Antonio Yague We are now on version 8.06 and today is October 16th, 2020. Still cannot calculate events before year 1600. For example conjunctions at the time of the Star of Betlehem. Any updated plans on that development. Marketing info still is not updated
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Keiron Smith Hi Antonio,
The official comment still stands at this time.
Thanks!
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Keiron Smith In what marketing info are we misleading. Please be specific with a URL so I can ensure this info is updated.
Thanks!
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