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I need the coordinates (RA, Dec, Distance) for this star :

34 Psc, which is HD 560 or HIP 813.

How can I find these informations in Celestia ?

You can't find the co-ordinates in Celestia (but the star is there, in pre5, at least). But you can find the data here:

http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-fid.pl

Enter "34 Piscium" into the form there, and submit it. You'll get the data you want on the page that shows up.

Or you can go here:
http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/bsc/HR0026.html

and click on the Bright Star Catalogue link.

Celestia claims it's 324.87 ly away.

Geez, thanks a lot for the fast info !

I just found the coordinates (approximately) by using Celestia's grid. It was precise enough to put my nebula around 34 Psc !!

You could have used my Azimuth-Elevation script, it display RA/Dec too. Start the script, center on the star, read RA/Dec. You may have to convert the RA from hours/minutes/seconds to degrees or whatever you need though.

Harald

Evil Dr Ganymede wrote:You can't find the co-ordinates in Celestia (but the star is there, in pre5, at least). But you can find the data here:

http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-fid.pl

Enter "34 Piscium" into the form there, and submit it. You'll get the data you want on the page that shows up.

Or you can go here:
http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/bsc/HR0026.html

and click on the Bright Star Catalogue link.

Celestia claims it's 324.87 ly away.