Hi Roger et. al.,

> I missed Sue French's article on the Toadstool. Do you have the
> location of that one as well?

http://messier45.com/cgi-bin/dsdb/dsb.pl?mode=name&str=french

It's called French 1. I'd recommend to use the Get image from DSS-feature on
this page to download a bigger sized image. 15x15' frames it perfectly. It is
well placed now and very nice.

> I agree that a data set for asterisms is very desirable, with a
> user-friendly way of adding data to it. I would like to see it display
> something akin to constellation lines, perhaps at different width and/or
> color than the current constellation lines. Something like a "draw"
> feature so you can connect the dots as you see them.

That would be cool :)

> Spica, the five brightest stars of Corvus, and gamma Hydrae. I'm sure
> most experienced observers have their own and I would be interested in
> expanding my knowledge of these asterisms.

What Guide needs first and foremost I believe, is a comprehensive nicknames
database. There's the common name category for starsm, nebulae and galaxies, but
it should really be for any kind of object.

Arild :)


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