How to modify names of existing/built-in stars

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How to modify names of existing/built-in stars

Post #1by Joey P. » 15.08.2019, 23:32

Sorry to bother, but how do you add new names to or modify the names of existing stars? Thanks.
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Post #2by Sirius_Alpha » 16.08.2019, 01:31

The following adds V376 Peg to HD 209458.

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Modify 108859 "V376 Peg" # Modify, HIP if present, name desired to add.
{
   # Full declaration of the star here.
}
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Post #3by Joey P. » 16.08.2019, 06:25

It's okay, I just modified the starnames.dat file. Thanks.
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