[guide-user] Re: SAO 76188/scripting

Masaki Kouda Feb 21, 2000

Hello Bill.


> Claes asked: "Is the star SAO 76188 shown in new Tycho2 ?" (Background:
>this star in the Pleiades, RA=3h47m42.5s, dec=24 07' 42.5", shows up
>only in SAO... not in Tycho-1 or in GSC, and therefore, not in Guide.
>It's the brightest star I know of that Guide doesn't show.)
>
> I just checked, and Tycho-2 _does_ repair this error, so Guide 8 _will_
>show this star.


Wow! It's good news.

Some poeple asked me 'Why Guide don't show SAO 76188 ?'
We have National Star Watching in Winter (in Summer also) in Japan.
We count stars we can see by binocular in target area.
Target in winter is Pleiades, So some poeple found Guide don't show it.

Masaki Kouda