[APBeta] The NEWS graphic on the Objects pane is reveresed (Southern Hemisphere?)

Paul Rodman paul at ilanga.com
Sat Jan 24 13:49:03 PST 2009


On Jan 24, 2009, at 01:28 PM, Tony Barry wrote:

> Hello Paul,
>
> Looking at the Objects pane, there are three graphics in a line  
> across the top third of the pane.
>
> One is the Object altitude vs night time graphic.
> Two is the Object visibility throughout the year at 2200hrs.
> Three is the Object Alt/Az at the time.  It goes red if the object  
> isn't visible.
>
> When I view the third graphic, the direction of north is seen as up  
> to the top of the page, and south is down to the bottom.  All good.
> Now the bug.
> East ought to be to the right, and west ought to be to the left, for  
> the southern hemisphere anyway (where I reside).
> It's not set this way - it's opposite (East to the left)
>
> I have set my location in v1.6 and it seems to have been imported  
> across to v2 correctly.  I am located in the southern hemisphere on  
> the Sites pane of the Resources window.
>
> Any thoughts?

IIRC, the orientation is the same as the Sky chart, so if you set up  
the Sky chart as you like it to be, the Alt/Az widget should follow  
suit.

Paul R.




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