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I found a star that I want to put planets around-HIP 80377 / HD 147702.
I found it by going from Sol to Antares in an almost a straight line. But when I hit "enter" and type in the number (either the HIP one or the HD one) Celestia syas it is not there, so I cannot hit the "G" button to go to it.
How can I fix this?
I want this star because I am working on some more Star Trek addons. I have cross referenced the Star Trek Star chart book, Star Trek Encyclopedia, and the fine listing in the Purgatory forum. I want this project to be as accurate as possible. No offense but the Borg stuff belongs out here-in the Delta quadrant-because there is already colonies around Vega.
So far I have found these systems, with approx number of planets-Altair, Kolarin, Maxia Zeta, Regulus, Sigma Draconis, Sirius, Antares (B), Canopus, Deneb, Epsilon Hydra, Alpha Cent, Gamma, Gamma Hydra, Gamma Trianguli, Mintaka, Mira, Orion, Sheilak, Vega, Alpha Majoris.

Thanx
Tim

Tim,

It works fine for me.

I suspect you are being mislead by the "tab completion" list not showing the name. That's because it shows only textual Star names, ones which are specified inside quotes. Most HIP and HD catalog numbers are binary database entries, not textual names.

Just finish typing the HIP or HD designation followed by an [Enter]. It'll select the Star so you can GoTo it.

fungun wrote:I found a star that I want to put planets around-HIP 80377 / HD 147702.... But when I hit "enter" and type in the number (either the HIP one or the HD one) Celestia syas it is not there, so I cannot hit the "G" button to go to it. How can I fix this? Tim

Tim, don't worry if after clicking "Enter" and typing the star name/code nothing appears, just hit "g" and you'll reach your target, and here the proof:



As you see Celestia recognizes all the codes, HIP 80377, HD 147702, SAO 184364.
Enjoy!
And, BTW, I'm very interested on your work on StarTrek, please inform on results.
Bye

Andrea

After MUCH research I have now the locations of 50 of the star systems in Star Trek. Will be working on the planets soon.
Tim