Jeff,
I think adding "opinionated" to your subject line was redundant. The
"from" line already has your name.
So how come you're so cranky today?
Cheers,
Paul S.
--- "Jeffrey D. Gortatowsky" <indanapt@No-Spam> wrote:
> > I've found the databases in "The Sky" and other commercial software
> to
> have
> > numerous errors. I don't rely on them for locating or identifying
> galaxies,
>
> Two things... both controversial...
>
> 1) Some software vendors try to update their catalogs (like Chris
> Marriot
> and Emil ????) and we ought support those people with our $$$. If
> people
> would stop using garbage like _The_Sky_ then the brothers 'B' might get
> the
> idea that perhaps they ought try to update their catalogs now and then.
> Just
> my opinion of course and obviously I deleted _The_Sky_ off my laptop
> long
> ago. So I sort of practice what I preach.
>
> 2) Imagers for the most part image the same 'bright things' as every
> other
> imager and in my 'limited' experience rarely care about what faint
> fuzzies
> they are imaging in the vast lumpy darkness surrounding the 'bright
> thing'.
> Certainly most don't label such images for anything other than 'the
> bright
> thing'. So the authors of _The_Sky_ can get away with crappy data and
> charge
> a ton for it because: "Their software can make 'pretty pictures'."
>
> Okay, I am in a crappy mood... flame away... :)
>
> -----------
> Jeff Gortatowsky
> La Habra Heights, CA
> Teleports 14.5-001 and 7-007. 18 inch Litebox
>
>
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