"starchart" port to ST in progress

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From: tony
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1987 16:33

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Recently, Alan Paeth (awpaeth@watcgl) posted a star charting program
to net.sources along with a database of around 9000 stars. I'm porting
his program to the ST and have a preliminary version working. I wanted
to let everyone know I'm working on it so you can try to dig up a copy
of the star catalog or remember not to remove it if you already have it.
It's very large and was just posted recently, so I don't plan to post
it when I distribute the program.

The program currently runs on color systems only and uses shades of
gray for stars of different magnitudes. When the display is complete
it can be saved in neochrome format.  As soon as I clean it up a bit
and add a couple more features I'll post it.

A separate program is used to calculate planetary positions for use by
"starchart". I'll be porting that one next.

Tony Andrews
...!ihnp4!onecom!wldrdg!tony
Wildridge Consulting, Inc.
Boulder, CO

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