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Date: 15 Sep 2007 23:26:40
From: I.N. Galidakis
Subject: Stellarium uses Flamsteed designations?
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I am still playing with this fantastic program, Stellarium.
One minor nit. It appears that on my machine at least, the program names stars
using their Flamsteed number, which is a little confusing to my eyes. I would
prefer if the program used Bayer letters.
Does anyone know if there is a way to change this as an option?
Many thanks,
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I.N. Galidakis
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Date: 16 Sep 2007 21:27:43
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Subject: Re: Stellarium uses Flamsteed designations?
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On Sep 16, 9:31 am, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...@olympus.mons > wrote:
> How did you manage to load stars down to magnitude 15?
Go here: http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and look
for the "Extras" box at the bottom left of the page. Lots of goodies
in there besides the star catalogs which go to the 18th magnitude, I
believe. I only grabbed the 15th mag. package as that is pretty much
the limit of my 12.5 inch scope. If you have any questions about
installing these "Extras," let me know. I will be glad to assist.
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Martin R. Howell
Moderated sci.astro.amateur
www.moderatedsciastroamateur.org
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Date: 17 Sep 2007 13:32:08
From: I.N. Galidakis
Subject: Re: Stellarium uses Flamsteed designations?
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martinhowell@bluebottle.com wrote:
> On Sep 16, 9:31 am, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...@olympus.mons> wrote:
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>> How did you manage to load stars down to magnitude 15?
>
>
> Go here: http://www.stellarium.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and look
> for the "Extras" box at the bottom left of the page. Lots of goodies
> in there besides the star catalogs which go to the 18th magnitude, I
> believe. I only grabbed the 15th mag. package as that is pretty much
> the limit of my 12.5 inch scope. If you have any questions about
> installing these "Extras," let me know. I will be glad to assist.
Thanks. Got it.
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I.N. Galidakis
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Date: 15 Sep 2007 23:00:36
From:
Subject: Re: Stellarium uses Flamsteed designations?
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On Sep 15, 1:26 pm, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...@olympus.mons > wrote:
> I am still playing with this fantastic program, Stellarium.
>
> One minor nit. It appears that on my machine at least, the program names stars
> using their Flamsteed number, which is a little confusing to my eyes. I would
> prefer if the program used Bayer letters.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to change this as an option?
Hi,
I too love this Stellarium thing. Got the stars down to the 15th
magnitude now and am using the "English Garden" theme. Very nice it
is. Do you know about their forum? It has been great help to me.
Here is the link: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278769
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Martin R. Howell
Moderated sci.astro.amateur
www.moderatedsciastroamateur.org
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Date: 16 Sep 2007 19:31:07
From: I.N. Galidakis
Subject: Re: Stellarium uses Flamsteed designations?
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Martin R. Howell wrote:
[snip]
> Hi,
>
> I too love this Stellarium thing. Got the stars down to the 15th
> magnitude now and am using the "English Garden" theme. Very nice it
> is. Do you know about their forum? It has been great help to me.
> Here is the link:
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=278769
Thanks Martin,
I checked with the forum and the Flamsteed numbers appear to be indeed a bug.
Here's the relevant thread:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1816300&forum_id=278769
How did you manage to load stars down to magnitude 15?
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I.N. Galidakis
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