Re:star databases (was: RE: OT Query: Starship Troopers- MIA???)

At 1:14 PM -0500 11/2/99, Do not pass when solid yellow line is on 
your side of the road wrote:
>[...]
>>>>>stellation is which ("Big Dipper? I'm more interested in LTT 5721
>>>>>at coords 14 29 42 by -62 40 46!"*)
>>>>>
>>>>>* - bonus points for anyone who can name that star  ;-)
>>>>
>>>>That's either on the bright star or binary lists, I'm guessing it's
>>>>Polaris. A web search failed me :-(
>>>
>>>Actually it's on neither list (ummmm...okay, might be on the binary
list,
>>>as it is a companion to a multi-star system). And being 11th mag, a
little
>>>too faint to be seen naked eye (Polaris is mag ~1.9).
>>>
>>>(hint: try looking it up on SIMBAD)
>>>
>>>Mk
>>
>>At this point I'll declare defeat and stick with my nice, provincial
>>near star list and whatever a quick websearch comes up with.
>
>SIMBAD's a nice, handy database on stars with which you can dig up
>all kinds of info with. Another resource for those of you who want
>to find out various tidbit information on a given star for your fave
>empire/stellar government. :)	It's not the end-all be-all of databases
>for stars, but it is fairly comprehensive:
>
>    http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad
>
>But as it is geared for the more professional astronomer some info in
>it may seem a bit esoteric.  ;-)

I'll add it to my bookmarks in case this comes up again.

>(ps: earlier-mentioned star is Proxima Centauri)
>
>Mk

Of course !

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