New post
0

How To Search For Asteroids In SkySafari?

Recently I had a great experience tracking and imaging asteriod 1999kw4 or 66931. Thanks to the very accurate tracking in sky Safari 5 plus it was really fun and successful.

My problem is finding Asteriods seems to be different than expected. When I go to the asteriod list there are only named objects listed. There are no objects with the provisional designations or numbers. Furthermore oddly enough I was able to find 1999kw4 by using the assignment number 66931. I cannot tell what data file it was found in but I know it wasn't in the asteriod file. What am I missing? I am on the search for another object this weekend and even after updating the data I don't find it.

2 comments

  • 0
    Avatar
    Sarah Flynn

    Even more basic, how do you get Pallas to display. Increased the number to show in Prefs/Startup to 60000 and still no image.

  • 0
    Avatar
    Keiron Smith

    John, what asteroids/object(s) are you are looking for, that you can not find in SkySafari?

    Sarah, this is a post about SkySafari.  You are referencing the user interface of Starry Night.  Please post Starry Night queries in the Starry Night forum here:

    Starry Night | Version 8 Software Programs

    Thanks!

     

Please sign in to leave a comment.