Re: Drawing constellations?

From: Christian (no_junk_mail_at_broadpark.no)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:55:50 +0200

Have you tried www.heavens-above.com ? They have a stellar map of each
constellation which includes a list of the major stars, coordinates and
magnitudes. You need to match those data with your existing list.

Christian

On 14.06.04 12:17, in article cajtpr$lo7$1@piggy.rz.tu-ilmenau.de, "Wolfram
Sang" <wolfram@iswi.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I hope this is the correct newsgroup for my question.
>
> For a small university project, I am working on a VRML-representation of
> the starry sky. So, I converted the Bright Star Catalog to a PointSet
> with different intensities. Now I'd like to draw lines to show
> constellations. I googled for data telling me which stars I have to
> connect in what order to draw a constellation. No luck so far. :(
>
> Perhaps somebody here can help me if there is such a list and if so,
> where? Thanks in advance!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Wolfram Sang

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