star database errors (probably in all versions)

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star database errors (probably in all versions)

Post #1by revent » 31.03.2004, 01:01

I've verified that these errors are in the 2x10^6 star database. They're probably all in the normal database as well, since they're really errors in the Hipparcos catalog. My source for these was the error list in the I/239 (Hipparcos and Tycho catalog) directory on Simbad.
    The following M0 stars are misidentified as R5V
      HIP 4266
      HIP 14055
      HIP 21392
      HIP 29564
      HIP 88170
    HIP 22767 is A0, not S5V.
    HIP 40765 is G1V, not R5V.
    HIP 44235 is K0, not R5V.
    HIP 83404 is B7II, not S5V. It is also not identified as HD 153764.
    HIP 85148 is A0, not F5V. It is also not identified as HD 315741.
    HIP 94049 is a carbon star (spectral type C), not F5V.
    HIP 105680 is an emission line star (spectral type Be), not G0V.
    HIP 114110 does not really exist.

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Post #2by granthutchison » 31.03.2004, 12:15

Thanks, revent.
I've committed the relevant corrections to the CVS tree. Since Celestia demands luminosity classes, I've had to make some assumptions based on luminosity to fill in the gaps.
(Hip 114110 has been removed from stars.dat for some time now, since it was cluttering up local space, prompting me to track down what it was doing there ...)

Grant


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