trvsfn Sep 12, 2009
--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I've just revised the 'in-testing' version at
>
> http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm
>
> Unless you're using UCAC-3, you can mostly ignore this. If
> you _are_ using UCAC-3, you'd best get this update.
>
> The designation scheme for UCAC-3 was going through some changes
> over the last couple of weeks. Eventually, the decision was that
> they would get names such as '3UC314-159265', which would mean the
> 159265th star in zone 314. All that meant I had to revise Guide
> to handle a slightly different VizieR download, and to output
> slightly different UCAC-3 data, and to have Go To... Object Name
> accept 3UC designations such as the above.
>
> A couple of other small changes:
>
> Some of the 'more info' terms from UCAC-3 have glossary links.
> I came up with a much better way of allowing up such links in
> TDF files.
>
> Artificial satellite names were getting clipped to 15 characters.
> I've fixed this.
>
> -- Bill
>