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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Zipped Apps » StarChart |
| Filename: | yaleformat |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 1BFB bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Overview
The Yale Bright Star Catalog is an electronic catalog providing extensive
stellar information for the brightest stars. It is large (megabytes), and
includes extensive detail for each star (e.g. B-V color temperature, proper
motion, catalogue names), much of which is not needed by charting software.
It is normally distributed on magnetic tape, and has not (to my knowledge)
been posted to the net.
The current dataset was reduced directly from the original Yale data by
Robert Tidd, using custom software. His file format is given below [1]. The
raw output was hand-edited by Alan Paeth to remove a number of anomolies [2].
Users wishing to update or extend yale.star should look in part [3].
--
Part [1]
File format for yale.star (reduced Yale star catalog, version 2)
Name Col Len Type Desc
-------------------------------------------------
ra 1 6 i6 ra 2000 hhmmss
dec 7 5 +-i4 dec 2000 -mmss
mag 12 3 {-}i magnitude*100 -dd or -ddd
type 15 2 c2 object type
type1 15 1 c1 object type 1 / star,ga,cl,neb,etc
type2 16 1 c1 object type 2 / dbl,open,cl,etc
spec2 17 2 c1d1 spectral 2 'G2'
letter 19 2 c2 greek Bayer letter(s), or Flamsteed number
const 21 3 c3 constellation (I.A.U. designation)
name 24 30 c* name,descrip.
newline 54 1 c1 newline (max final loc)
$
--------
'type1'/'type' 2 coding table
CG-Glob.Cluster CO-Open Cluster GC-Galac.Cluster
GP-Sphere Galaxy GS-Spiral Galaxy
ND-Difuse Nebula NP-Planetary Nebula
P*-Planet
SS-star SB-Binary Star SD-Double Star
SV-Variable Star
VM-vector move VS-vector draw (solid) VD-vector draw (dotted)
VH-vector draw (hyphens = dashed)
I*-Invisible (for annotation)
--------
'letter' coding table
# Flamsteed
a-alpha b-beta g-gamma d-delta e-epsilon z-zeta h-eta @-theta i-iota k-kappa
l-lambda m-mu n-nu E-xi o-omicron p-pi r-rho s-sigma t-tau u-upsilon 0-phi
x-chi %-psi w-omega $-????
--------
Example:
---yale.star---
141540+1911-11SSK2a BOOArcturus
062357-5241-72SSF0a CAR
051641+4600006SDG8a AURCapella
@.
@.
@.
---messier.star---
053430+2202840ND TAUm1 Crab Nebula
175629-1901600CO SGRm23
202355+3832710CO CYGm29 ,good at low pwr
084026+1959370CO CNCm44 Praesepe, Beehive Cl
@.
@.
@.
[2] Hand edits done on "raw" reduced yale.star
[a] Proper names added:
062357-5241-72SSF0a CARCanopus
050229+4105000SSK5z AURCapella
195047+0852075SDA7a AQLAltair
173336-3706162SSB1l SCOShaula
125602+3819288SDB9a2CVNCor Caroli
[b] Magnitude and Spectral data changes (based on "Norton"):
122636-6306158SDB1a1CRU
122636-6306080SDB2a1CRUAcrux
[c] Deleted (0.00 magnitude - obviously wrong. The position is in the extreme
S.W. of Vela, near non-descript NGC 2547)
081334-5012000SSK6
[d] Name Changed
052617+2836165SSB7b TAUHath (old)
052617+2836165SSB7b TAUAlnath (new)
Note: beta Taurii == lambda Aurigae (above)
[e] Mag limit:
_
064509-1643146SDA1a CMASirius (-1.46 not representable)
064509-1643-99SDA1a CMASirius
Sirus has been reduced from mag -1.46 to -.99, owing to limitations in
the three character positions used to give magnitude. This may be rectified
by using the old style format (style is checked on a line and not a file basis),
but this would remove spectral information and identification.
[f] Known Problems and "Features"
For certain double stars (when the companion is rather bright), duplicate
entries exist in the dataset, Ra and Dec values matching exactly. The
plotting of the second visible double star in an exact overstrike position
can cause problems.
The fix is to remove all duplicate entries from yale.star which are exact
matches in RA and DECL, omitting those stars of lower value, while insuring
that the parent star has a "SD" (star double) indicator.
This has been done to roughly seventy stars in the database, notibly to
Orion's belt and his Trapezium, and to Alpha Centaurii. The omitted entries
are included in "yale.omit". These remain useful for checking the combined
magnitudes of bright double stars, or in searching for pairs with striking
difference in star spectral class. The best known example of the latter in the
Northern Hemisphere is beta Cygnii [Alberio], but as the locations of both
companions differ by 2" in RA, the parent star of spectral class K5 is
represented, together with its B8 compainion.
[g] Bayer and Flamsteed numbers
A two character field represents Bayer letters, which by convention are
assigned as Greek lower case letters from alpha to omega, followed by
assignments in single and double digit Roman type. The database contains
entries such as " A" and "A " and "a ", and it is not always clear that the
lower case letter in the first column is an exact "trigger" for Greek fonts.
(Because entries such as "@" indicate a theta, and "E" also occurs).
In practice, this is not a problem unless one desires an authoratative code
for a quite dim star (ie, beyond the 24th Bayer assignment). For virtally all
stars given labels in standard Atlases, the StarChart output provides an exact
match.
[3] User Extentions to yale.star
Barring the correction of obvious errors in yale.star, users may wish to
add additional stars or ephemeride data in .star format. In any case, data
should be for the epoch E2000.0. The program "epoch" may be used if this is
not the case. The data records may be in either the new or old reduced
file format convention (planet.star still produces data in the old format).
The old format omits provision for spectral class or secondary label
information, but allow stars of magnitude at or below 10.0, as four (and not
three) characters are allocated to magnitude. Because testing of format is
done on a line-by-line basis, entries may be mixed and matched. Thus, the
present yale.star could be extended with data for dim, nameless stars below
magnitude 10. Note that yale.star must be sorted in order of decreasing
magnitude. This is only important for stellar data records.
For other cases, data produced in .star format may be included for printing
under the "-f file.star" option in the starcharting software. The important
fields are for Ra, Decl, Magnitude, Type (code and subcode) and name, as each
directly controls the location and appearence of the output. Two addition
record types have been added to facilitate general plotting (such as lunar
limb profiles or the ecliptic). The "I" type is an invisible object of some
specified magnitude and location which serves as a means to annotate output.
The "V" type is a vector object with subcodes "M", "S", "D", and "H" for move,
solid-draw, dot-draw and hyphen(dash)-draw. Annotations are ignored for vector
records, because the task of disentangling the intermingling of text and vector
commands to a large class of output devices is formidable. Again, magnitude
comes into play in performing clipping of objects too dim for display. A sample
file of these record types appears in "ephem.star"
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00000010 6c 65 20 42 72 69 67 68 74 20 53 74 61 72 20 43 |le Bright Star C|
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00000040 70 72 6f 76 69 64 69 6e 67 20 65 78 74 65 6e 73 |providing extens|
00000050 69 76 65 0a 73 74 65 6c 6c 61 72 20 69 6e 66 6f |ive.stellar info|
00000060 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 |rmation for the |
00000070 62 72 69 67 68 74 65 73 74 20 73 74 61 72 73 2e |brightest stars.|
00000080 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 28 6d 65 | It is large (me|
00000090 67 61 62 79 74 65 73 29 2c 20 61 6e 64 0a 69 6e |gabytes), and.in|
000000a0 63 6c 75 64 65 73 20 65 78 74 65 6e 73 69 76 65 |cludes extensive|
000000b0 20 64 65 74 61 69 6c 20 66 6f 72 20 65 61 63 68 | detail for each|
000000c0 20 73 74 61 72 20 28 65 2e 67 2e 20 42 2d 56 20 | star (e.g. B-V |
000000d0 63 6f 6c 6f 72 20 74 65 6d 70 65 72 61 74 75 72 |color temperatur|
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000000f0 2c 20 63 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 |, catalogue name|
00000100 73 29 2c 20 6d 75 63 68 20 6f 66 20 77 68 69 63 |s), much of whic|
00000110 68 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 6e 65 65 64 65 64 20 |h is not needed |
00000120 62 79 20 63 68 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20 73 6f 66 74 |by charting soft|
00000130 77 61 72 65 2e 0a 49 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 72 6d |ware..It is norm|
00000140 61 6c 6c 79 20 64 69 73 74 72 69 62 75 74 65 64 |ally distributed|
00000150 20 6f 6e 20 6d 61 67 6e 65 74 69 63 20 74 61 70 | on magnetic tap|
00000160 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 68 61 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 28 |e, and has not (|
00000170 74 6f 20 6d 79 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6c 65 64 67 65 29 |to my knowledge)|
00000180 0a 62 65 65 6e 20 70 6f 73 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |.been posted to |
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000001d0 69 6e 61 6c 20 59 61 6c 65 20 64 61 74 61 20 62 |inal Yale data b|
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000002f0 64 20 59 61 6c 65 20 73 74 61 72 20 63 61 74 61 |d Yale star cata|
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00000310 0a 4e 61 6d 65 20 20 20 20 43 6f 6c 20 20 20 20 |.Name Col |
00000320 20 4c 65 6e 20 20 20 20 54 79 70 65 20 20 20 20 | Len Type |
00000330 20 44 65 73 63 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | Desc.----------|
00000340 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------|
*
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00000380 69 36 20 20 20 20 20 20 72 61 20 20 32 30 30 30 |i6 ra 2000|
00000390 20 68 68 6d 6d 73 73 0a 64 65 63 20 20 20 20 20 | hhmmss.dec |
000003a0 37 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |7 5 |
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000003d0 32 20 20 20 20 20 20 33 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7b |2 3 {|
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00000410 20 32 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 63 32 20 20 20 20 20 | 2 c2 |
00000420 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 74 79 70 65 0a 74 79 70 | object type.typ|
00000430 65 31 20 20 20 31 35 20 20 20 20 20 20 31 20 20 |e1 15 1 |
00000440 20 20 20 20 20 63 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 6f 62 6a | c1 obj|
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000005d0 61 6c 20 6c 6f 63 29 0a 24 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |al loc).$.------|
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000005f0 27 20 32 20 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 20 74 61 62 6c 65 |' 2 coding table|
00000600 0a 43 47 2d 47 6c 6f 62 2e 43 6c 75 73 74 65 72 |.CG-Glob.Cluster|
00000610 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 43 4f 2d 4f 70 65 6e | CO-Open|
00000620 20 20 43 6c 75 73 74 65 72 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | Cluster |
00000630 20 20 47 43 2d 47 61 6c 61 63 2e 43 6c 75 73 74 | GC-Galac.Clust|
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00000670 69 66 75 73 65 20 4e 65 62 75 6c 61 20 20 20 20 |ifuse Nebula |
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000006b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 42 2d 42 69 6e | SB-Bin|
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000008f0 2d 2d 0a 30 35 33 34 33 30 2b 32 32 30 32 38 34 |--.053430+220284|
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00000940 32 37 31 30 43 4f 20 20 20 20 43 59 47 6d 32 39 |2710CO CYGm29|
00000950 20 2c 67 6f 6f 64 20 61 74 20 6c 6f 77 20 70 77 | ,good at low pw|
00000960 72 0a 30 38 34 30 32 36 2b 31 39 35 39 33 37 30 |r.084026+1959370|
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00000990 6c 0a 40 2e 0a 40 2e 0a 40 2e 0a 0a 5b 32 5d 20 |l.@..@..@...[2] |
000009a0 48 61 6e 64 20 65 64 69 74 73 20 64 6f 6e 65 20 |Hand edits done |
000009b0 6f 6e 20 22 72 61 77 22 20 72 65 64 75 63 65 64 |on "raw" reduced|
000009c0 20 79 61 6c 65 2e 73 74 61 72 0a 0a 5b 61 5d 20 | yale.star..[a] |
000009d0 50 72 6f 70 65 72 20 6e 61 6d 65 73 20 61 64 64 |Proper names add|
000009e0 65 64 3a 0a 0a 30 36 32 33 35 37 2d 35 32 34 31 |ed:..062357-5241|
000009f0 2d 37 32 53 53 46 30 61 20 43 41 52 43 61 6e 6f |-72SSF0a CARCano|
00000a00 70 75 73 0a 30 35 30 32 32 39 2b 34 31 30 35 30 |pus.050229+41050|
00000a10 30 30 53 53 4b 35 7a 20 41 55 52 43 61 70 65 6c |00SSK5z AURCapel|
00000a20 6c 61 0a 31 39 35 30 34 37 2b 30 38 35 32 30 37 |la.195047+085207|
00000a30 35 53 44 41 37 61 20 41 51 4c 41 6c 74 61 69 72 |5SDA7a AQLAltair|
00000a40 0a 31 37 33 33 33 36 2d 33 37 30 36 31 36 32 53 |.173336-3706162S|
00000a50 53 42 31 6c 20 53 43 4f 53 68 61 75 6c 61 0a 31 |SB1l SCOShaula.1|
00000a60 32 35 36 30 32 2b 33 38 31 39 32 38 38 53 44 42 |25602+3819288SDB|
00000a70 39 61 32 43 56 4e 43 6f 72 20 43 61 72 6f 6c 69 |9a2CVNCor Caroli|
00000a80 0a 0a 5b 62 5d 20 4d 61 67 6e 69 74 75 64 65 20 |..[b] Magnitude |
00000a90 61 6e 64 20 53 70 65 63 74 72 61 6c 20 64 61 74 |and Spectral dat|
00000aa0 61 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 73 20 28 62 61 73 65 64 |a changes (based|
00000ab0 20 6f 6e 20 22 4e 6f 72 74 6f 6e 22 29 3a 0a 0a | on "Norton"):..|
00000ac0 31 32 32 36 33 36 2d 36 33 30 36 31 35 38 53 44 |122636-6306158SD|
00000ad0 42 31 61 31 43 52 55 0a 31 32 32 36 33 36 2d 36 |B1a1CRU.122636-6|
00000ae0 33 30 36 30 38 30 53 44 42 32 61 31 43 52 55 41 |306080SDB2a1CRUA|
00000af0 63 72 75 78 0a 0a 5b 63 5d 20 44 65 6c 65 74 65 |crux..[c] Delete|
00000b00 64 20 28 30 2e 30 30 20 6d 61 67 6e 69 74 75 64 |d (0.00 magnitud|
00000b10 65 20 2d 20 6f 62 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 20 77 72 |e - obviously wr|
00000b20 6f 6e 67 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f |ong. The positio|
00000b30 6e 20 69 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 74 72 |n is in the extr|
00000b40 65 6d 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |eme. |
00000b50 20 53 2e 57 2e 20 6f 66 20 56 65 6c 61 2c 20 6e | S.W. of Vela, n|
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