Hi Harald,


Indeed, I also see that :

Johnson B-V color, computed from BT and VT: 0.605 +/- 0.014
Distance: älf ± älf parsecs (älf ± älf light-years)
Luminosity: älf ± älf times that of the sun
Absolute magnitude: älf ± älf

I tried some other stars and it seems this happens only for Polaris !


Laurent Zimmermann
http://users.skynet.be/zmn

----- Original Message -----
From: "haraldcgreier" <hc@...>
To: <guide-user@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 8:27 PM
Subject: [guide-user] What does *älf* mean?




Hi Guide 8 users,

please, what does *älf* mean?

Go to=>Star=>Common Name=>Polaris

Right-click=>More info=> scroll down a bit.

I get this:
http://www.greier-greiner.at/hc/screens/aelf.gif


Does anybody know that strange dingens? :)

greets,
h.c. greier