Re: [guide-user] Open clusters catalogs and data

Bill J Gray May 2, 2004

Hi Bertrand,

The Dias open cluster catalog is easy, because no actual changes
are required. If you go to

http://www.projectpluto.com/extras.htm#openclus

and click on the link to download this catalog, you'll get the current
version, and it will work just fine with the TDF already supplied on the
site. New entries have been added to the catalog, but the format hasn't
changed... so the original .tdf is still good.

The PAOC may be a different matter. I attempted to get it from the
original link, but found I have to be a "deepskyhunters" group member
to access it now, and I don't know if that's the most up to date version
of the data anyway. Perhaps you could e-mail it to me, and I'll update
the copy on my site accordingly? If the format hasn't changed, I can
do the update almost immediately. If it's changed a bit, it may take
a few minutes longer.

-- Bill