Feature Request: multiple names for objects other than stars

[revent]

It'd be nice if this feature worked for other types of objects. It'd make it possible to list and search for satellites by common name, SCC, and COSPAR (i.e Hipparcos, 20169, 1989-062B), it'd let you use any of the names of a moon or minor planet, (i.e. Adrastea, 2002J1, or Jupiter XXXII, which are not all the same moon, I know), or both common names and multiple catalog numbers for features like open clusters (M44, Praesepe, Beehive Cluster, and NGC 2632 are identical, for instance).

Given that this feature is already implemented for stars, I'd expect the coding cost would be pretty minor. Any chance of seeing this soon?

SGP4 would also be nice, but I know that's not going to happen near-term. There is a GPL'd C library for it though! (hint hint)

[JackHiggins]

(M44, Praesepe, Beehive Cluster, and NGC 2632 are identical, for instance).

Although praesepe might have something to say about that...

Seriously though- good call. This would be a nice feature to see. I'm sure the list is about as long as an xyz file at this stage...!!

[chris]

Multiple names are needed for planets as well as deep sky objects . . . Eventually, we'll get around to adding this and you'll be able to specify multiple names like this:

Code: Select all

OpenCluster "M44:Praesepe:Beehive Cluster:NGC 2632"
{
...
}


--Chris