--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, "duble.stars" <duble.stars@...> wrote:

...
> Go here
>
> http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/ftp-index?/ftp/cats/V/127
>
> to read about it, the readme file is there.
>
> The datafile needed is MASH.dat, download that into the Guide
> directory, and use the TDF given below.

As extras to this, which I forgot, the tdf can be added to so that it
displays discovery images and further details of the objects,
including spectral line profiles where available.

For the following requote of the TDF (ie ignore the > at start) simply
add this line between the lines

~b 1 0 P Possible\n\n
~r 1 1 NOTES\n\n

~r 10 0 -
^VizieR//xhttp://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/vizExec/.show?V/127&%[4,11]^\n\n
~r 10 0 +
^VizieR//xhttp://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/vizExec/.show?V/127&%[4,6]%%2B%[11,4]^\n\n

that's two complete lines starting with ~r in each case, they'll have
gotten word wrapped, so unwordwrap 'em, there's a space between the 11
and the ^VizieR... , each of the two lines start with ~r and each of
the two lines end with \n\n , so as said, insert those two lines
between the above two in the earlier posted TDF.

Clicking on that in more info launches a VizieR page in your browser
which gives "colour", Halpha and "short red" images of the field,
data, and when available a spectral line profile.

Here's a fairly pretty one for example from testing the above

http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/vizExec/.show?V/127&G225.4%2B00.4

Cheers

John

> ---------cut and paste from next line onwards---------
> file MASH.dat
> title MASH Planetary Nebulae
> RA H 30 2
> RA M 33 2
> RA S 36 4
> de d 41 3
> de m 45 2
> de s 48 2
> sizs 72 6
> siz2 79 6
> text 4 12
> ~r 4 12 MASH %s = %[17,12]\n\n
> ~c 4 12 MASH %s\n
> ~r 30 10 RA 2000 %R\n
> ~r 41 9 Dec2000 %D\n\n
> ~b 72 6 Major Axis %s arcsecs\n
> ~b 79 6 Minor Axis %s arcsecs\n\n
> ~b 1 0 T True\n\n
> ~b 1 0 L Likely\n\n
> ~b 1 0 P Possible\n\n
> ~r 1 1 NOTES\n\n
> ~r128 140 %s\n
>
> pref MASH
>
> epoch 2000
> type 3
> label spaces
> goto spaces
> goto case
> field 0.00 50.00
> shown 1
> end
> --------only cut and paste up to and including the preceding line-----
>