Star Generator Parameters

[Luigi]

I was playing with the Star Generator and wanted to enter the co-ordinates for M2, in Aquarius (declination -00d 49m 24s). I can't enter "negative zero" in the input dialog, so I'm at a loss as to how to generate a star field between the celestial equator and -1 declination.

I'm on PI 1.5.9.561 on 32-bit Win XP, if that's of importance.

[Juan Conejero]

Hi,

This is indeed a bug --and a shame that I haven't discovered it earlier . Sorry for the inconvenience.

This bug has been fixed in the latest version of the StarGenerator module. I'll publish an official release in a while, but for your convenience, here are download and installation instructions for you. Please do the following:

- If you have PixInsight running, terminate all instances.

- Download the new module. Right-click on this link for 32-bit Windows,  or this link for 64-bit Windows, and choose the "save file" option.

- Uncompress the zip file. This will generate a "StarGenerator-pxm.dll" file.

- Copy StarGenerator-pxm.dll to your C:\PCL\bin folder (32-bit) or C:\PCL64\bin (64-bit)

- Run PixInsight and try the new StarGenerator process. Now there is a "S" option that allows you to enter any negative declinations.

Thank you for your patience.