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- These are data files to accompany the starchart program.
-
- boundaries.star constellation boundaries
- cnames.star constellation names
- con.locs constellation locations
- index.indx sample index file for SAO data (see below)
- pattern.star constellation patterns
- reg_to_indx.perl generate index file for GSC CD rom (see below)
-
- The *.star files are courtesy Dave Van't Hof. The con.locs file is
- from Bob Tidd, modified by Dave.
-
- You will also need a bright star file, typically yale.star from
- comp.sources.unix volume 12 (patches in volume 13), and optionally a
- larger database, for example the converted SAO database available from
- comp.sources.unix volume 16, or the GSC CD_ROM.
-
- If you have the GSC CD_ROM, you should generate an index.indx file
- (perhaps name it "gsc.indx" and alter the starchart Makefile
- accordingly). See reg_to_indx.perl for details. The file so
- generated is too large to include in this distribution.
-
- A nebula database file was posted to sci.astro in the past, and
- another may be posted to a source group by mid-1990.
-
- See sci.astro or the astronomy mailing list for news of other
- databases.
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