Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!oliveb!sun!gravity!klein From: klein%gravity@Sun.COM (Mike Klein) Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs Subject: Re: StarChart: Yale Star Catalog [Overview 1-of-1] Message-ID: <11466@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 19:23:57 EST Article-I.D.: sun.11466 Posted: Wed Jan 14 19:23:57 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 01:39:21 EST References: <349@watcgl.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 27 Keywords: astronomy, chart, database I think I've found inconsistencies between the first file's description of the field layout and how it's actually done. Here's how the fields are described in the first file posted: > 00000000011111111112222... > 12345678901234567890123... > > HHMMMSS+DDMM+III12LABEL... But here's how one of the stars appears: 023113+89150204SSPolaris It looks like the field layout should actually be: HHMMSS+DDMM+III12LABEL... Also, declination is actually given as degrees and minutes while the first file says it is minutes and seconds. Finally, the magnitude sign field is either '-' or '0', not '-' or '+' as described. -Mike Klein klein@sun.{arpa,com} {ucbvax,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!sun!klein