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--- en:documentation:internet [2009/01/25 13:00] – marc_fokker
+++ en:documentation:internet [2017/01/13 22:03] (current) – [Asteroids] pch
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 ====== Internet ======
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-FIXME The pictures internet_proxy.jpg, internet_orbit.jpg are obsolete and should be replaced. It doesn't affect the usabillity of this document.
+===== Proxy =====
+{{  en:documentation:internet_proxy.jpg?300|}}
-===== Proxy =====
-{{  en:documentation:internet_proxy.jpg|}}
 From the menu: **Setup -> Internet -> Proxy**
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 You can skip to push the download button every time you want to retrieve data from online resources. To do so, you need to uncheck the checkbox "Ask confirmation before any Internet connection" at the bottom of this tab.
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 ===== Orbital Elements =====
 {{  en:documentation:internet_orbit.jpg|}}
 From the menu: **Setup -> Internet -> Orbital Elements**
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 Here the MPC URLs are specified that SkyChart can use to download the orbital elements of comets and asteroids.
 ==== Comets ====
-The upper input area contains the URLs for comets, you can choose your site (and protocol) to download from by clicking one of the four buttons:
+The upper input area contains the URLs for comets, you can choose the site and protocol to download from by a click on one of the four buttons:
-  * **astro.cz HTTP** comet data by the **[[http://www.astro.cz/mpcorb/COMET.DAT|HTTP]]** protocol
+  * **MPC Http** comet data from **[[http://www.minorplanetcenter.net|www.minorplanetcenter.net]]** by the HTTP protocol
-  * **MPC Ftp** comet data from **[[ftp://cfa-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/MPCORB/COMET.DAT|cfa-ftp.harvard.edu]]** by the FTP protocol
-  * **MPC Http** same as above, only **[[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/Soft00Cmt.txt|HTTP protocol]]**
   * **Default** sets the URL to the same as MPC HTTP.
+No more mirror sites are available right now.
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 The lower input area shows the MCP URLs that are used for asteroids, you can choose the source for the orbital elements by clicking one of the six buttons:
-  * **MPCORB > 70MB!** for full file (more than 300.000 asteroids, FTP protocol mandatory)
+  * **First 5000** the first 5000 numbered asteroids updated daily (file downloaded from CdC Site)
-  * **First 5000** for a choice of 5000 asteroids (file downloaded from CdC Site)
+  * **First 5000 + NEO + TNO** the same as above with the addition of NEO, TNO and unusual objects.
-  * **Bright + NEO + TNO** For three MPC lists of asteroids (bright, unusual and distant)
+  * **MPCORB > 70MB!** for full file (more than 700.000 asteroids), beware this can slow down the chart display.
-  * **Default** is same as **First 5000 + NEO + TNO**.
+  * **Default** is same as **First 5000**.
-  * **astro.cz > 70B!** A MPC-mirror situated in the Czech Republic. 300.000 asteroids, by HTTP
-  * **First 5000 + NEO + TNO** 5000 asteroids + the unusual and distant
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 ===== Online DSS pictures =====
 {{  en:documentation:internet_dss.jpg|}}
 From the menu: **Setup -> Internet -> Online DSS**
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 To read more about the configuration of the usage of DSS, click **[[pictures#DSS_RealSky|here]]**. \\
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+===== Artificial satellites =====
+{{:en:documentation:internet_tle.jpg|}}
+From the menu: **Setup -> Internet -> Artificial satellites**
+Here the URL for the TLE files you want to download using the [[artificial_satellites|Calendar]] **Download TLE** button..
+You can specify TLE files with an extension of .tle or .txt, or a .zip containing one of this files.
+Click one of the button to fill the list with example URL. \\
+You can add other files as you want, take a look at the source web site to get a list of the available files:\\
+http://celestrak.com \\
+http://www.tle.info \\
+Keep the qsmag.zip line as it update the satellite magnitude estimate file.
+Click the Manual button to clear the list and download manually the tle from https://www.space-track.org as in the previous version.