Mars previewer II

Does anyone know how to operate the software. I have the file on my
dashboard /desktop (or whatever you want to call it). I right click, it
says open or open with zip... I hit it but nothing happens. I have atleast
a complimentary copy of winzip that came with my Oxford English dictionary
file too.

Also, I've been thinking of the martial atmosphere. From that vantage why
does the sky look orange, when from our moon the sky appears black?

Zuzatze - I am trying to figure if I saw the other night Uranus through my
new 12" scope which may not have been exactly calibrated. Go to put the
finder scope on 2 stars, one which was white and the other which was
blue/green, but more blue than green. 1700 million miles is quite the
distance, but this appeared little more than a minuscule blue diamond on
black velvet.

"Mike" wrote in alt.astronomy:

Does anyone know how to operate the software. I have the file on my
dashboard /desktop (or whatever you want to call it). I right click,
it says open or open with zip... I hit it but nothing happens. I
have atleast a complimentary copy of winzip that came with my Oxford
English dictionary file too.


I assume that you have WinZip on your system, as it pops up in the
context menu (the "right click menu"). In that case you don't have to
right click the icon, just double click it, and WinZip will open it. Put
the extracted files in a directory of your choice. Go to that directory
after unzipping the file and run the setup file by doubleclicking
setup.exe. Now the program will install.

It is reported that some copies running around Internet were infected
with a virus; if you obtained a copy with a virus, it might well be that
your AV-program killed the virus and thus the program with it.

http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dyn...001/397ualsr.a
sp (take care, URL might wrap)

If so, you can't install it, and have to throw it away. You can get a
clean version from e.g.:

http://www.edmontonrasc.com/software/mp2.html




Also, I've been thinking of the martial atmosphere. From that vantage
why does the sky look orange, when from our moon the sky appears
black?


A better question would be why the Martian sky isn't blue like ours. Of
course the sky of the moon is black because there is no atmosphere to
refract the light and change the color. On Mars the sky might be blue as
well, weren't it not for the lot of soil and dust whirling around in the
upper atmosphere tainting it orange to red.

Of course the Earth sky is blue because the atmosphere works as a prism.
Blue is bent most and thus blue dominates our view. When the sun is
setting it is the red colour dominating because with the sun light
coming in so low we're now looking at the colour bent the least.


Zuzatze - I am trying to figure if I saw the other night Uranus
through my new 12" scope which may not have been exactly calibrated.
Go to put the finder scope on 2 stars, one which was white and the
other which was blue/green, but more blue than green. 1700 million
miles is quite the distance, but this appeared little more than a
minuscule blue diamond on black velvet.


Uranus is some 1.5 degrees north from Iota Aquarii at the moment. Uranus
is definitely popping up green. Neptune is blue in appearance.
Looking at Uranus with a 12" scope there's no doubt about it that
you're looking at a planet,as it clearly shows a planetary disk.

Get a star chart program like Cartes du Ciel to check where you're
looking.
Cartes du Ciel can be found at
http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/


--
CeeBee


Uxbridge: "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!"
Wellington: "By God, sir, so you have!"


Google CeeBee @ www.geocities.com/ceebee_2

"Mike" wrote in alt.astronomy:

Does anyone know how to operate the software. I have the file on my
dashboard /desktop (or whatever you want to call it). I right click,
it says open or open with zip... I hit it but nothing happens. I
have atleast a complimentary copy of winzip that came with my Oxford
English dictionary file too.


I assume that you have WinZip on your system, as it pops up in the
context menu (the "right click menu"). In that case you don't have to
right click the icon, just double click it, and WinZip will open it. Put
the extracted files in a directory of your choice. Go to that directory
after unzipping the file and run the setup file by doubleclicking
setup.exe. Now the program will install.

It is reported that some copies running around Internet were infected
with a virus; if you obtained a copy with a virus, it might well be that
your AV-program killed the virus and thus the program with it.

http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dyn...001/397ualsr.a
sp (take care, URL might wrap)

If so, you can't install it, and have to throw it away. You can get a
clean version from e.g.:

http://www.edmontonrasc.com/software/mp2.html




Also, I've been thinking of the martial atmosphere. From that vantage
why does the sky look orange, when from our moon the sky appears
black?


A better question would be why the Martian sky isn't blue like ours. Of
course the sky of the moon is black because there is no atmosphere to
refract the light and change the color. On Mars the sky might be blue as
well, weren't it not for the lot of soil and dust whirling around in the
upper atmosphere tainting it orange to red.

Of course the Earth sky is blue because the atmosphere works as a prism.
Blue is bent most and thus blue dominates our view. When the sun is
setting it is the red colour dominating because with the sun light
coming in so low we're now looking at the colour bent the least.


Zuzatze - I am trying to figure if I saw the other night Uranus
through my new 12" scope which may not have been exactly calibrated.
Go to put the finder scope on 2 stars, one which was white and the
other which was blue/green, but more blue than green. 1700 million
miles is quite the distance, but this appeared little more than a
minuscule blue diamond on black velvet.


Uranus is some 1.5 degrees north from Iota Aquarii at the moment. Uranus
is definitely popping up green. Neptune is blue in appearance.
Looking at Uranus with a 12" scope there's no doubt about it that
you're looking at a planet,as it clearly shows a planetary disk.

Get a star chart program like Cartes du Ciel to check where you're
looking.
Cartes du Ciel can be found at
http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/


--
CeeBee


Uxbridge: "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!"
Wellington: "By God, sir, so you have!"


Google CeeBee @ www.geocities.com/ceebee_2

"CeeBee" wrote in message
. 6.84...
I assume that you have WinZip on your system, as it pops up in the
context menu (the "right click menu"). In that case you don't have to
right click the icon, just double click it, and WinZip will open it.

Double right click?



Put
the extracted files in a directory of your choice.

Meaning the my documents icon?

Go to that directory
after unzipping the file and run the setup file by doubleclicking
setup.exe. Now the program will install.

Where is the setup.exe? And double right click again.

Apologies for being such the neo tech.

"CeeBee" wrote in message
. 6.84...
I assume that you have WinZip on your system, as it pops up in the
context menu (the "right click menu"). In that case you don't have to
right click the icon, just double click it, and WinZip will open it.

Double right click?



Put
the extracted files in a directory of your choice.

Meaning the my documents icon?

Go to that directory
after unzipping the file and run the setup file by doubleclicking
setup.exe. Now the program will install.

Where is the setup.exe? And double right click again.

Apologies for being such the neo tech.

"Mike" wrote in alt.astronomy:


Double right click?

Clicking with your mouse is always the expression for clicking on the
standard button, the left button. If people want to indicate clicking
with the right button, it is indicated because it's "non-standard"
clicking

So: just double click on the icon with the left button of your mouse. If
the file is okay, and you have winzip installed on your system - which
you know best- a window will pop up, with a list of files. These are the
files that are compressed and packed in the winzip file:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_1.jpg

_Don't_ click on any of the singles files!
Click with your mouse on the "extract" icon at the top of the window.
This will guarantee you that _all_ files are unpacked.


Winzip now will offer you a directory where to extract (unpack) the
files to. As the zipfile is on the desktop it might well be that Winzip
offers you to unpack the files to the desktop. This is in fact just a
folder on your hard disk, of which the contents are shown on your
desktop. Use that directory if you think that's okay, or change it to
say c:\my documents by typing that in the line where the target
directory is offered by Winzip. You can also simply point and click in
the right frame (where you see icons for your hard disk(s) your DVD or
CD-Rom etc.) to the directory of your choice:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_2.jpg


Now use Windows Explorer to browse to the directory c:\my documents
You'll see the files are unpacked there. There you'll also find the file
SETUP.EXE:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_3.jpg

Doubleclick on it and the installation routine will begin. Follow
onscreen instructions. Just click okay every time:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_4.jpg


At the end you'll find an icon in your start menu for Mars Previewer II.



If the above procedure doesn't work, you either haven't got winzip on
your system, or you don't have a valid copy of the program. Just
download it again from the link I provided you, this is a working copy.

Good luck!

--
CeeBee


Uxbridge: "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!"
Wellington: "By God, sir, so you have!"


Google CeeBee @ www.geocities.com/ceebee_2

"Mike" wrote in alt.astronomy:


Double right click?

Clicking with your mouse is always the expression for clicking on the
standard button, the left button. If people want to indicate clicking
with the right button, it is indicated because it's "non-standard"
clicking

So: just double click on the icon with the left button of your mouse. If
the file is okay, and you have winzip installed on your system - which
you know best- a window will pop up, with a list of files. These are the
files that are compressed and packed in the winzip file:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_1.jpg

_Don't_ click on any of the singles files!
Click with your mouse on the "extract" icon at the top of the window.
This will guarantee you that _all_ files are unpacked.


Winzip now will offer you a directory where to extract (unpack) the
files to. As the zipfile is on the desktop it might well be that Winzip
offers you to unpack the files to the desktop. This is in fact just a
folder on your hard disk, of which the contents are shown on your
desktop. Use that directory if you think that's okay, or change it to
say c:\my documents by typing that in the line where the target
directory is offered by Winzip. You can also simply point and click in
the right frame (where you see icons for your hard disk(s) your DVD or
CD-Rom etc.) to the directory of your choice:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_2.jpg


Now use Windows Explorer to browse to the directory c:\my documents
You'll see the files are unpacked there. There you'll also find the file
SETUP.EXE:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_3.jpg

Doubleclick on it and the installation routine will begin. Follow
onscreen instructions. Just click okay every time:

http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_4.jpg


At the end you'll find an icon in your start menu for Mars Previewer II.



If the above procedure doesn't work, you either haven't got winzip on
your system, or you don't have a valid copy of the program. Just
download it again from the link I provided you, this is a working copy.

Good luck!

--
CeeBee


Uxbridge: "By God, sir, I've lost my leg!"
Wellington: "By God, sir, so you have!"


Google CeeBee @ www.geocities.com/ceebee_2

Now use Windows Explorer to browse to the directory c:\my documents
You'll see the files are unpacked there. There you'll also find the file
SETUP.EXE:

I can't fault those instructions. At this stage, however, you might want to
use your anti-virus software, just in case!


Dave


http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_3.jpg

Doubleclick on it and the installation routine will begin. Follow
onscreen instructions. Just click okay every time:

Now use Windows Explorer to browse to the directory c:\my documents
You'll see the files are unpacked there. There you'll also find the file
SETUP.EXE:

I can't fault those instructions. At this stage, however, you might want to
use your anti-virus software, just in case!


Dave


http://www.geocities.com/ceebee_2/pic/mp2_3.jpg

Doubleclick on it and the installation routine will begin. Follow
onscreen instructions. Just click okay every time:

I left click and nothing happens. I can say alot of other icons came up on
my dashboard when I acquired the mar preview II.

I right click and on the the menu press open; again nothing. I right click
and on the menu press open with; from there another window displays; I
highlight Internet explorer- nothing. Then I highlight windows media
player; the screen appears but then a message comes up saying file not
supported.

I think part of the problem is I am an unregistered user of winzip. There's
a menu in the winzip file to continue as an unregistered user; but again
nothing happens.