Yes, I believe you are right, and so I was. If you want to match the map
with the sky, you have to turn it upside down and look from underneath. Just
that this doesn't seem very comfortable or a nice position to use it ;-)
-Laurent.
-- ===================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:Laurent_Daudelin_at_fanniemae.com Washington, DC, USA ********************** Usual disclaimers apply ********************** Blue Screen of Death n.: [common] This term is closely related to the older Black Screen of Death but much more common (many non-hackers have picked it up). Due to the extreme fragility and bugginess of Microsoft Windows, misbehaving applications can readily crash the OS (and the OS sometimes crashes itself spontaneously). The Blue Screen of Death, sometimes decorated with hex error codes, is what you get when this happens. (Commonly abbreviated BSOD.)On 19/04/02 11:59, "Joe Anthenat" <janthenat_at_mac.com> wrote:
> > I believe you would have to hold it upside down in order for the > directions to line up... since East is on the left of the display... > right? > > > On Friday, April 19, 2002, at 10:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: >> >> Thanks, Michael! >> >> Only one question. Maybe dumb, but I'll ask it anyway. What's the best >> way >> to hold your Newton when you're trying to use the chart? I know that you >> most likely have to align the north with the north and so on (BTW, >> what's >> the common name in English for those 4 locations? In French, we say >> "points >> cardinaux", but I have no idea in English!). So, you align yourself with >> your Newton, the north pointing north. Now, if I look at the screen, >> like >> there is a planet at the north, just above the horizon, on the screen, >> then >> if I'm looking to the real north, just above the horizon, I should see >> the >> planet, right? I'm just trying to imagine how the map on the Newton >> translate to the sky above me. Wouldn't it be more accurate if I was >> turnin= >> g >> the Newton upside down, put it above my head? It seems to me it would be >> easier that way, but I know it may sounds funny. >> >> Comments? >> >> -Laurent. > > Joe Anthenat ><> >
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