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stardsp, starpic, startek - print astronomical star charts
using Yale database
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These programs generate star charts based on data extracted
from the Yale public domain star catalog. Output is to the
terminal (s✓s✓s✓st✓t✓t✓ta✓a✓a✓ar✓r✓r✓rd✓d✓d✓ds✓s✓s✓sp✓p✓p✓p), Unix PIC file (s✓s✓s✓st✓t✓t✓ta✓a✓a✓ar✓r✓r✓rp✓p✓p✓pi✓i✓i✓ic✓c✓c✓c) or in Tektronix
vector format (s✓s✓s✓st✓t✓t✓ta✓a✓a✓ar✓r✓r✓rt✓t✓t✓te✓e✓e✓ek✓k✓k✓k). Star data is optionally overlayed
with other cosmic objects, such as planets.
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# Orion: the belt lies near 5h40m in RA, just below the CE.
stardsp 5.6 -4.1 11.2 "Orion & belt" | more
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The starchart center is specified by two parameters: floats
defining Right Ascension [0.0 to 24.0 hours] and Declination
[-90.0 to +90.0 degrees]. An optional third parameter
defines the N/S range of the output window, in degrees of
declination. An optional fourth parameter gives a title.
The software reads data from a local file (y✓y✓y✓ya✓a✓a✓al✓l✓l✓le✓e✓e✓e.✓.✓.✓.s✓s✓s✓st✓t✓t✓ta✓a✓a✓ar✓r✓r✓r) and
optional planetary file (p✓p✓p✓pl✓l✓l✓la✓a✓a✓an✓n✓n✓ne✓e✓e✓et✓t✓t✓t.✓.✓.✓.s✓s✓s✓st✓t✓t✓ta✓a✓a✓ar✓r✓r✓r) and clips to a
rectangular (in RA and DEC) window. Objects within this
window are projected onto the output media, and displayed
using the appropriate glyphs. Present implementations draw
two viewports: a "master" chart plus a "thumbnail" overview
with low limiting magnitude. Their location and the
limiting magnitude is specified by records in the device
driver, allowing the chart layout be tuned on a per-device
basis. The output is annotated with viewport boundaries, a
legend and axis labels.
Sanson's sinusoidal projection is used to map coordinates.
This projection preserves both area and linearity in
Declination (y axis). It gives good conformality (angle
correctness) near the equator, so it is useful along the
Ecliptic. Lines of RA converge at the poles (unlike
cylindrical projections), though Cassiopeia and the Dipper
reproduce well.
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No testing for bogus ranges and scales which may wrap the
poles. The present implementation expects y✓y✓y✓ya✓a✓a✓al✓l✓l✓le✓e✓e✓e.✓.✓.✓.s✓s✓s✓st✓t✓t✓ta✓a✓a✓ar✓r✓r✓r sorted
by decreasing magnitude so that output is sequential, and
then cuts off below a limiting magnitude. For more detailed
charts spatial sorting is more appropriate.
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Alan Paeth, University of Waterloo (AWPaeth@watCGL)
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