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la funzione di ricerca eclissi sembra non funzionare perch? qualsiasi combinazione si faccia con qualsiasi data da sempre il solito risultato.

Queste le versioni e l'hardware in mio possesso
Celestia 1.3.2
Windows XP Professional SP1
Amd 2000XP
512 Mb RAM DDR 333Mhz
Scheda video Radeon 9700pro 256MbRAM[/img]

maxcppx72 wrote:la funzione di ricerca eclissi sembra non funzionare perch? qualsiasi combinazione si faccia con qualsiasi data da sempre il solito risultato. Queste le versioni e l'hardware in mio possesso
Celestia 1.3.2
Windows XP Professional SP1
Amd 2000XP
512 Mb RAM DDR 333Mhz
Scheda video Radeon 9700pro 256MbRAM[/img]

This is my translation of maxcppx72's post:
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the eclipse search function seems to be buggy, because any combination with any date gives always the same result.
This is my Celestia version/hardware:
Celestia 1.3.2
Windows XP Professional SP1
Amd 2000XP
512 Mb RAM DDR 333Mhz
Video card Radeon 9700pro 256MbRAM
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Please maxcppx72, next time post in English, thank you.
By

Andrea

"It works fine for me."
I do not understand the problem description.

Here is an example of what I tried:

Open menu Render / View Options
Select "Eclipse Shadows"
Leave "View Options" menu open.

Open menu Navigation / Eclipse Finder

Specify Find |solar| eclipse on |Earth|
Specify From |01 Jan 1946| to |01 Jan 1947|
Select button "Compute"

wait
Celestia finds 4 eclipses

Select (highlight) "Earth Moon 3 Jan 1946 ..."
Select button "Set Date..."
Earth spins and date changes.
In the "View Options" window select and deselect "Eclipse Shadows"

Observe shadow come and go on Antartica

Select (highlight) "Earth Moon 30 May 1946 ..."
Select button "Set Date..."
Earth spins and date changes.
In the "View Options" window select and deselect "Eclipse Shadows"

Observe shadow come and go on the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Select (highlight) "Earth Moon 29 Jun 1946 ..."
Select button "Set Date..."
Earth spins and date changes.
In the "View Options" window select and deselect "Eclipse Shadows"

I don't see the shadow come and go anywhere. I think it's just barely touching the North Pole.

Select (highlight) "Earth Moon 23 Nov 1946 ..."
Select button "Set Date..."
Earth spins and date changes.
In the "View Options" window select and deselect "Eclipse Shadows"

See the shadow come and go on the Eastern U.S.

Does this happen on your system?
Can you provide instructions like this which fail?

My system:

256MB 500MHz P3, WinXP Pro SP2
128MB GF4 Ti4200, ForceWare 61.76
Celestia v1.3.2 final