Hi Richard,

> I wrote a program in Visual Basic to search on primary mag. / mag.
> difference / RA / Dec. / discoverer code / etc. using the WDS, but it
> doesn't include constellation names, so I switched to the SAC Double Star
> Database, which is only about 10,000 entries, and includes constellation
> names, and map numbers for Sky Atlas and Uranometria.

I've got pieces of Perl code to calculate constellation and the various sky
atlas page numbers, so that will be taken care of.

On the other hand, the SAC Double Star Database sounds like more than I'd ever
need, so it may be worth looking into.

[A few minutes later] Found it after searching Google. Looks a little out of
date (1991), and with less accuracy for the coords. Guess I'll just stick with
WDS after all, having invested enough effort in it already. But the Saguaro
Astronomy Club sure is a resourceful gang!

Best regards,

Arild :)

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