<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jul 9, 2008, at 13:49 , Craig Starnes wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Monaco; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font face="Arial" size="2">I've just been lurking and watching the progress, but I second "Nightly Visibility / Annual Visibility"</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">On a semi-related point, it would be cool if there was a column in the observing or planning lists that could somehow summarize the information in the "Annual Visibility" graphic... perhaps a "Best Month For Viewing" column.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">It would be nice to have automatic seasonal sorting, rather than doing it manually ....unless it's already there and I've just never found it :-). Personally I prefer by season (or month), then by constellation, then elevation.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div>I'm pondering a means of optimal (or near optimal) sorting for things like a Messier marathon, or just a night's viewing. However, it's non-trivial to get it right. I may put it on hold for the next version release.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul R.</div><div><br></div></body></html>