Re: Graphic view of the event in OW
Hello Hristo and Jan,
I use already OccultWatcher with my local horizon file. It is working and I can see the horizon image and/or red numbers.
But ... I have no idea if it is only a little or completely covered by my horizon.
The image I uploaded is the event from my home station with my (real) horizon and that is the next events during June.
Two events are very close to the horizon line ... so I could install my second mount on the terrace corner (my main instrument with mount is in the center of the terrace).
Hristo, you wrote ... "There is also a way to get all 'My Events' from an Add-in from the IOWHost2 interface. In your add-in code in the InitializeAddin() method am IOWHost is passed in.
You can cast this to an IOWHost2 and then latest call the GetMyEvents() method. Let me know if you need more info on that."
... What ? You know, it toke me several weeks for modifying your script for writing my Add-in. A little help from you will be necessary :-)
It was not my plan to list every possible events in one graphic.
The idea is to show all the listed events in OccultWatcher (not only "My Events") after the filtering ... for example it would be for me now around 20 (some events are listed in several Tags).
The graphic should be interactive ... mean when the mouse move above the dot, some information is shown ... at least the asteroid name and the date.
Concerning extending the SDK ... yes, you can add some token ... for example the asteroid magnitude.
Or you can add more information for the Excel export (the star elevation and azimuth were not exported).
Regards,
Jean-Fran?ois
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Re: Graphic view of the event in OW
Hi,
for intended purpose you can use for desktop OW the "UserHorizon.txt" file to define your local horizon with obstructions. If the target falls "below" defined user horizon, the alt/az informatin is shown in red as warning.
jan
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Od: "Jean-Francois" <jean-francois.pittet@...>
Komu: [email protected]
Datum: 04.06.2023 11:45
P?edm¨§t: [OccultWatcher] Graphic view of the event in OW
Hello Hristo,
I have a proposal for a simple graphic showing all the event quickly with the local horizon directly in OccultWatcher.
I have the problem that now near all the events are blocked by the next house.
Here the events for my home station for June.
I tried to export all the event in Excel format ... but the important information is missing ... no star azimuth or elevation are exported from OccultWatcher to Excel.
Alternative ... I could update my Add-in with a new function .... so is it a way in OccultWatcher for an Add-in to select all the events ?
Regards,
Jean-Fran?ois
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Re: Graphic view of the event in OW
Hi Jean-Fran?ois,
OW allows you to define your local horizon profile and will then take it into account when computing the altitude of the star and exclude events where the star it too close to an obstruction on the horizon.
There is also a way to get all 'My Events' from an Add-in from the IOWHost2 interface. In your add-in code in the InitializeAddin() method am IOWHost is passed in. You can cast this to an IOWHost2 and then latest call the GetMyEvents() method. Let me know if you need more info on that.
Currently it is not possible to get a list of absolutely all events. The idea is that OW filtering will help users to filter the events and entering a local horizon should help with that.
I like your idea of visually presenting the location of the events on a local horizon polot. Would doing this only for the 'My Events' achieve what you want?
If you are interested in ploting absolutely all events this would be likely too many events and then it would be difficult to do something with them.
If you are interested in doing something more specific and extending the SDK could help you with that please reach out and we can talk about it further.
Cheers, Hristo.
On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 07:45:01 PM GMT+10, Jean-Francois <jean-francois.pittet@...> wrote:
Hello Hristo,
I have a proposal for a simple graphic showing all the event quickly with the local horizon directly in OccultWatcher.
I have the problem that now near all the events are blocked by the next house.
Here the events for my home station for June.
I tried to export all the event in Excel format ... but the important information is missing ... no star azimuth or elevation are exported from OccultWatcher to Excel.
Alternative ... I could update my Add-in with a new function .... so is it a way in OccultWatcher for an Add-in to select all the events ?
Regards,
Jean-Fran?ois
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Graphic view of the event in OW
Hello Hristo,
I have a proposal for a simple graphic showing all the event quickly with the local horizon directly in OccultWatcher.
I have the problem that now near all the events are blocked by the next house.
Here the events for my home station for June.
I tried to export all the event in Excel format ... but the important information is missing ... no star azimuth or elevation are exported from OccultWatcher to Excel.
Alternative ... I could update my Add-in with a new function .... so is it a way in OccultWatcher for an Add-in to select all the events ?
Regards,
Jean-Fran?ois
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Re: Moving OW to another computer
Hi Vince,
Unfortunately there is no easy way to do that. Settings are saved in the Registry, which was the recommended place 16 years ago when OW was designed.
You need to reinstall OW (or simply copy the directory it is installed in), then manually set all your settings from the OW UI. If you are feeling brave you could do Registry export and import. I'm not going to go in more details than this. If you know how to do that the above info must be sufficient.
Hristo.
On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 11:18:12 AM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:
I want to move my installation of OW to another computer.
Do I need to do a new installation or is there an easier way.
I would like to keep all my settings, if possible, so if settings can be copied, that would be a suitable solution.
Vince
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Moving OW to another computer
I want to move my installation of OW to another computer.
Do I need to do a new installation or is there an easier way.
I would like to keep all my settings, if possible, so if settings can be copied, that would be a suitable solution.
Vince
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Occultation event from OccultWatcher to SharpCap and more ...
Hello,
It is time to release my SharpCap script and my Addin for OccultWatcher.
Unfortunately, I have no "real" occultation event during the very short period with clear sky in the past 4 weeks.
I tested a lot my script inside. Only on rare occasion outside.
Several conditions are necessary:
- update OccultWatcher with the last version 5.2.0 (if not already done automatically)
- download the last beta version 4.1 of SharpCap (my script work only with the version 4.1.10652.0 or later)
- I guess that you need the ASCOM 6.5 or above (I'm not 100% sure for that)
Unzip the ZIP somewhere on your computer.
Open the PDF document ... and start to read it.
For the use ... you can connect SharpCap with the ASCOM Telescope Simulator and you can use the Sky-Simulator for testing the GOTO and PlateSolve functions.
The script can work with any telescope that can be connected to SharpCap. I tested with my EQ8 with SynScan and GSS. And I tested with my old Meade LXD75 mount.
The script is written for the QHY-174 GPS camera, but it should be possible to use it with any other camera (clear that the GPS function will not work).
If you have no EAGLE computer, then you can modify the line 81 to "EAGLE = False", that will speed up the start of the script.
Best regards,
Jean-Francois
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Re: OWC location is offset when exact is specified.
HeIlo Tim,There is an occultation this Thursday at OOh47 by us..
In case or not seen.
Cordially
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Re: An OW KML issue or PINK/BLUE rending issue.
Hi Vince,
I released an update that will now show a white line pointer from the submitted location to the superimposed altitude corrected chord. Hopefully this makes it more obvious.
Hristo.
On Friday, May 12, 2023 at 01:11:47 PM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:
I am working with event?(7852) Itsukushima occults UCAC4 339-105616 occurring on 12 May, 06:25:59. I had selected a mobile location from which to observe it, but it turns out that I had to change locations. This isn't anything new for me. To facilitate the change, I cancelled all stations for the event and then selected a new location using "Add to my events". This new location is closer to the center line than the original location. After adding the event, OW refreshes and displays The station locations on the pink/blue overhead view.  When I use the "Save 'Google earth' kml file" feature, the following is displayed in Google Earth.  In OW, the big black bar is my Home location which looks correct on the pink/blue chart, near the southern, but the new location of the mobile site is nowhere close to where it is suppose to be. the kml rendering shows the location to be just south of center line, but the pink/blue chart in OW shows it well to the north of the center line. I triple checked the Long/Lat/Elev in both the placemark in Google Earth and the site coordinates in OW and they match (OW stores the long/lat only to 5 decimal places whereas Google Earth store them to 6). I restarted OW and the behavior is the same. I then clicked on "Show online map with stations" and this is what is displayed.  My site is in the correct location, but the pink/blue, as it is in OW doesn't place my site in the correct place.? Is this part of the new feature of OWC? the "white line seems to be match? the location where the pink/blue (i don't know what this is called) shows it. So many questions. Do I have to consider the White line when attempting to decide on where to observe? The save kml feature of OW doesn't show the white line. will OW have that feature soon? I have updated all my OW sites to include the elevation from Google Earth. The elevation corrections are a good thing, but everything needs to be synced in order to make event planning more accurate. Vince ?
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Re: An OW KML issue or PINK/BLUE rending issue.
My apologies, I hadn't read the thread that explains the new "Phases". It makes a lot more sense now.?
I eagerly await the changes to OW that should increase our positive hit rate.
Vince
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An OW KML issue or PINK/BLUE rending issue.
I am working with event?(7852) Itsukushima occults UCAC4 339-105616 occurring on 12 May, 06:25:59. I had selected a mobile location from which to observe it, but it turns out that I had to change locations. This isn't anything new for me. To facilitate the change, I cancelled all stations for the event and then selected a new location using "Add to my events". This new location is closer to the center line than the original location. After adding the event, OW refreshes and displays The station locations on the pink/blue overhead view.  When I use the "Save 'Google earth' kml file" feature, the following is displayed in Google Earth.  In OW, the big black bar is my Home location which looks correct on the pink/blue chart, near the southern, but the new location of the mobile site is nowhere close to where it is suppose to be. the kml rendering shows the location to be just south of center line, but the pink/blue chart in OW shows it well to the north of the center line. I triple checked the Long/Lat/Elev in both the placemark in Google Earth and the site coordinates in OW and they match (OW stores the long/lat only to 5 decimal places whereas Google Earth store them to 6). I restarted OW and the behavior is the same. I then clicked on "Show online map with stations" and this is what is displayed.  My site is in the correct location, but the pink/blue, as it is in OW doesn't place my site in the correct place.? Is this part of the new feature of OWC? the "white line seems to be match? the location where the pink/blue (i don't know what this is called) shows it. So many questions. Do I have to consider the White line when attempting to decide on where to observe? The save kml feature of OW doesn't show the white line. will OW have that feature soon? I have updated all my OW sites to include the elevation from Google Earth. The elevation corrections are a good thing, but everything needs to be synced in order to make event planning more accurate. Vince ?
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Hi David, all,
I made a change today thay may have fixed the issue with GMail rejecting OW's emails.
If some of you with gmail accounts start receiving emails again, please let me know.
Hristo.
On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 03:06:39 AM GMT+10, David CHIRON <davidchiron79@...> wrote:
Hi Hristo,
Thank you for the quick response.
I created a new account with a non-Gmail email address and it works.
Thank you very much.
Best regards.
David
Le 10/05/2023 ¨¤ 09:29, hristo_dpavlov
via groups.io a ¨¦crit?:
Hi David,
GMail is a pain, the password
reset messages have been returned. I've been trying to get
emails be sent to gmail users but looks like still no luck.
Easiest way out is to use an
email address that is not in GMAIL
As the email messages are
returned without explanation why this is done I can only guess
and so far my guessing appears to not have been correct. I
added DMARC, MXE and SPL domain entries for the domain - still
not working. occultwatcher.net has been blacklisted in one
list (which is added and removed automatically) and I have no
control over that. Wondering if this is because the name
contains the word 'occult'... I have no idea what GMail does
to protect you from spam, phishing etc, and they won't tell
me.
I could also manually reset
your password. Send me a direct email for this.
Hristo.
Hi all,
I just (re)installed
Occult Watcher, and I'm trying to add an existing
observer account. Since I don't remember the
password, I clicked on "forgot password," but I am
not receiving any email, not even in the spam
folder.
Have you encountered this issue?
Best regards
David
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Re: Occult Watcher Account
Hi Hristo,
Thank you for the quick response.
I created a new account with a non-Gmail email address and it works.
Thank you very much.
Best regards.
David
Le 10/05/2023 ¨¤ 09:29, hristo_dpavlov
via groups.io a ¨¦crit?:
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Hi David,
GMail is a pain, the password
reset messages have been returned. I've been trying to get
emails be sent to gmail users but looks like still no luck.
Easiest way out is to use an
email address that is not in GMAIL
As the email messages are
returned without explanation why this is done I can only guess
and so far my guessing appears to not have been correct. I
added DMARC, MXE and SPL domain entries for the domain - still
not working. occultwatcher.net has been blacklisted in one
list (which is added and removed automatically) and I have no
control over that. Wondering if this is because the name
contains the word 'occult'... I have no idea what GMail does
to protect you from spam, phishing etc, and they won't tell
me.
I could also manually reset
your password. Send me a direct email for this.
Hristo.
Hi all,
I just (re)installed
Occult Watcher, and I'm trying to add an existing
observer account. Since I don't remember the
password, I clicked on "forgot password," but I am
not receiving any email, not even in the spam
folder.
Have you encountered this issue?
Best regards
David
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Re: Occult Watcher Account
Hi David,
GMail is a pain, the password reset messages have been returned. I've been trying to get emails be sent to gmail users but looks like still no luck.
Easiest way out is to use an email address that is not in GMAIL
As the email messages are returned without explanation why this is done I can only guess and so far my guessing appears to not have been correct. I added DMARC, MXE and SPL domain entries for the domain - still not working. occultwatcher.net has been blacklisted in one list (which is added and removed automatically) and I have no control over that. Wondering if this is because the name contains the word 'occult'... I have no idea what GMail does to protect you from spam, phishing etc, and they won't tell me.
I could also manually reset your password. Send me a direct email for this.
Hristo.
On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 04:48:18 PM GMT+10, David CHIRON <davidchiron79@...> wrote:
Hi all,
I just (re)installed Occult Watcher, and I'm trying to add an existing observer account. Since I don't remember the password, I clicked on "forgot password," but I am not receiving any email, not even in the spam folder.
Have you encountered this issue?
Best regards
David
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Hi all,
I just (re)installed Occult Watcher, and I'm trying to add an existing observer account. Since I don't remember the password, I clicked on "forgot password," but I am not receiving any email, not even in the spam folder.
Have you encountered this issue?
Best regards
David
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Re: [OWCloud] OccultWatcher & OWC Update - Phase 1 for Altitude Corrections
OWC update has been now released.
A few notes on how the plot works right now in Phase 1.
The shadow path (green, blue and red lines) are non-elevation corrected. The telescopes are the actual locations of the submitted stations. The chords (while or orange lines) for newly submitted stations are the elevation corrected chord relative to the path of the shadow.
After selecting a location on the GoogleMaps OWC will obtain the elevation for the location and then will draw two white lines as per the image below.
The white coord will be where the actual position is going to be related to the path, in the image below while the selected location is close to the non-elevation corrected center line (green line) the elevation corrected path puts the location outside of the shadow (between blue and red lines):
The position of the chord on the OW Plot will correspond to the elevation corrected chord. See how on the plot below the chord is in the 1-sigma zone:
The altitude can be also manually entered or updated which will cause the chord to be updated, too.
I hope that all this makes sense.
In phase 2 the entire path will be elevation corrected and the chords will run through the selected location, while the shadow path will be moved accordinly. So once Phase 2 is released, for the above example the while chord line will run through the telescope and the green line (and rest of the path) will be shifted to the lower right, leaving the white cord path again between the elevation corrected blue and red shadow lines.
Please note that all current chords submitted before this version will not be elevation corrected so the elevation correction for planning should be considered functional only for future stations.
Hristo.
On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 05:20:27 PM GMT+10, hristo_dpavlov via groups.io <hristo_dpavlov@...> wrote:
Hi all,
Today I released the first phase of adding altitude corrections into OW Desktop.
In OW Desktop you can now enter a MSL altitude for all of your saved home sites and this will be used when computing event circumstanes locally on your OW Desktop.
OWC will be updated this weekend to query the SRTM elevation database for the elevation of any sites you are adding in GoogleMaps. The UI / user eperience should be self explanatory but let me know what you think.
I have done accuracy testing to ensure elevation corrections are computed correctly. As this is a massive change I expect that there will be feedback and potentially issues that I will need to fix in the next weeks to come.
So please provide feedback and report any issues you may have spotted.
Hristo.
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OccultWatcher & OWC Update - Phase 1 for Altitude Corrections
Hi all,
Today I released the first phase of adding altitude corrections into OW Desktop.
In OW Desktop you can now enter a MSL altitude for all of your saved home sites and this will be used when computing event circumstanes locally on your OW Desktop.
OWC will be updated this weekend to query the SRTM elevation database for the elevation of any sites you are adding in GoogleMaps. The UI / user eperience should be self explanatory but let me know what you think.
I have done accuracy testing to ensure elevation corrections are computed correctly. As this is a massive change I expect that there will be feedback and potentially issues that I will need to fix in the next weeks to come.
So please provide feedback and report any issues you may have spotted.
Hristo.
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Re: Add to my events doesn't default to what I would like it so show.
Hi Vince,
The behaviour you describe appears to be a bug or an overlooked functionality after GoogleMaps was decommissioned for Desktop and I moved submissions of stations from OW Desktop to redirect to using the GoogleMaps in OWC.
Thanks for reporting this. I have added it to the backlog of things I need to fix:
Hristo.
On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 05:39:11 AM GMT+10, V Sempronio <vastronomy@...> wrote:
When I right click on an event and select a saved site location, a dialog appears.
The "Site name" field defaults to my home location. I would rather it default to the "Site Location" so that it will appear on the icon on the path graphic when I hover over it. I think this value is also used to populate the location in the phone app. I tend to forget that I have to manually change it and then I forget later where I am observing from.
If there is another configuration setting that will do this for me, I haven't found it.
Vince
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Add to my events doesn't default to what I would like it so show.
When I right click on an event and select a saved site location, a dialog appears.
The "Site name" field defaults to my home location. I would rather it default to the "Site Location" so that it will appear on the icon on the path graphic when I hover over it. I think this value is also used to populate the location in the phone app. I tend to forget that I have to manually change it and then I forget later where I am observing from.
If there is another configuration setting that will do this for me, I haven't found it.
Vince
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Re: New user question about the "colored lines" on Event Prediction screen
In theory your chances are small, but there may be a path shift
in your direction. (You never can tell) So your observation would
be provide a constraint.? Negative observations are important.?
There is an observer on the orange line i see.
Best of luck, Tim
(Oxfordshire UK - Y98)
On 26/04/2023 19:12, steven ho wrote:
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I am gonna try to capture the "Zelinda" occultation tonight
(2023-04-27 00:39:54). My location on the attached screenshot is
the yellow circle to the left of the "N" in New York.
Can someone point me to documentation that explains these lines.
Even a quick description?of my chances for this event?would be
very helpful.
I will be trying the Dynamene event the following day also.
thanks
Steve H
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Saci
Tim Haymes