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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Yes, it would. I believe this would be the best of both worlds:
A general value for a session with specifics for an observation. Copying the
user field value from a previous observation saves a lot of time by not having to
reenter identical values every time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'> </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Victor van Wulfen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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color:black'> </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.clearskies.eu/"><span
style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'>www.clearskies.eu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Van:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Paul Rodman
[mailto:paul@ilanga.com] <br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> vrijdag 7 augustus 2009 23:42<br>
<b>Aan:</b> AstroPlanner Beta Testers<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [APBeta] Seeing/Transparency<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Well, it would be much easier at this stage just to add the
option to copy over all the user field values from the previous observation in
the session when a new observation is added. This, it would seem, resolves most
of your problem/s.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The seeing/transparency per observation change is nasty
enough to warrant waiting for V2.1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Paul R.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:22 PM, V.A. van Wulfen wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>I'm the requester. I logged over 5000 observations in AP already
and I more than ever feel the need to log many details, both of the object and
the environmentals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>My reasoning is that values such as seeing, transparency and SQM
(sky quality, a measurement for darkness) are of great importance to an
observation. Seeing and transparency change during an observing session. So
does SQM, to an even greater extent. My Unihedron Sky Quality Meter also
measures temperature, which I also log (although not directly of influence to
an objects visibility). These variables together create a database I find more
than a little useful. Thanks to AP and these logged values I can instantly
recall the conditions under which an object was visible. To me it’s invaluable.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>While a general value for seeing, transparency and SQM is
acceptable for a session I definitely won’t stop to log these details
separately for an observed object. Currently AP allows plenty of user fields to
be added to an observation, so the option is there. However, these values are
not repeated for the next observations logged in a session, requiring them to
be entered manually again and again. It would have my great preference to see
AP have the option to fill in a value for a user field which would then be duplicated
for the next observation (of a different object), until the value changes,
after which the new value will be used for subsequent observations. Actually, I
could live without fields for seeing & transparency for the session, as I
could enter this in a brief description of the session itself.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>In the field I have often noticed seeing is different for
different parts of the sky. Hence my desire to enter different values during a
session. Same goes for transparency, light pollution or Lunar interference.
What about winds that shake your scope early in the session but die down later
at night, allowing stable views and easier split double stars?</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>All of that and a new SQM reading roughly every fifteen minutes.
That’s why I put in the request.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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