2020-07-22, 12:26 AM
Hi Greg,
Sorry, when you said "The Best Now list shows all objects that are observable at that time, unless you specifically filter them out." I thought the bright star list was a better example since it had a number of objects that were clearly observable at the time but not on the "Best Now" list. Here is the deep sky list.
Best Now - July 19, 2020 at 22:51
Sky Tour - July 19, 2020 at 22:52 (It shows a couple of objects with a difficulty rating of apparent but I assume the altitudes shown in the list are not for the current time)
Nightly Planner - Night of July 19, 2020
Anyway, what I understand from you now is that objects will not show up on the Real Time Observing list unless they are considered "observable in a meaningful way" per the algorithm used for "Best Now". One important lesson I have learned is that you must be real careful in getting all the location and telescope data (like sky brightness, seeing, weather conditions, etc) entered correctly or objects may not appear correctly on the list. So at least I have learned more about ST4 in the process and what to expect and not expect from it. I need to get used to not being able to to do the things I used to do in ST3 Real Time like sort on columns, look at the complete observing list, current HA, altitude, azimuth, etc. of the objects on the observing list. Most of these I can accomplish by switching back to Nightly Planner.
Thanks for looking at this and begin patient with me,
Bill
Sorry, when you said "The Best Now list shows all objects that are observable at that time, unless you specifically filter them out." I thought the bright star list was a better example since it had a number of objects that were clearly observable at the time but not on the "Best Now" list. Here is the deep sky list.
Best Now - July 19, 2020 at 22:51
Sky Tour - July 19, 2020 at 22:52 (It shows a couple of objects with a difficulty rating of apparent but I assume the altitudes shown in the list are not for the current time)
Nightly Planner - Night of July 19, 2020
Anyway, what I understand from you now is that objects will not show up on the Real Time Observing list unless they are considered "observable in a meaningful way" per the algorithm used for "Best Now". One important lesson I have learned is that you must be real careful in getting all the location and telescope data (like sky brightness, seeing, weather conditions, etc) entered correctly or objects may not appear correctly on the list. So at least I have learned more about ST4 in the process and what to expect and not expect from it. I need to get used to not being able to to do the things I used to do in ST3 Real Time like sort on columns, look at the complete observing list, current HA, altitude, azimuth, etc. of the objects on the observing list. Most of these I can accomplish by switching back to Nightly Planner.
Thanks for looking at this and begin patient with me,
Bill