Below is the tdf that'll let folk use the AAVSO VSX data as a Guide 8 file.

Beware wordwrap on the url.

Basically, you go here :-

ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/B/vsx/

you downloads vsx.dat.gz, expands it if needs be into the Guide directory (extract it like a zip file if it remains compressed after download and _ensure_ it's called vsx.dat and only that), and cut and paste the below tdf into a text editor and save it as vsx.tdf in the Guide directory.

Said above b/vsx file is ostensibly updated somewhat regularly on the old automatics like.

Pink labelled pink xes for fields of 2 degrees or less (adustable via right click -> display).

Cheers

John

file vsx.dat
title VSX
RA H 42 9
units0 -2
de d 52 9
text 9 30
~b 9 30 %s\n\n
~b 40 0 0 Variable\n
~b 40 0 1 Suspect\n
~b 40 0 2 Nonvariable\n
~b 62 30 Type %s\n
~r 42 9 \nRA [2000] %R\n
~r 52 9 Dec[2000] %D\n\n
~b 94 11 Max mag %s\n
~b109 0 Min mag %[110,11]\n
~b109 0 ( Amplitude %[110,11]\n
~r125 13 \nEpoch HJD %s
~b139 20 \nPeriod %s days
~b 45 1 \n\n
~r 1 7 ^Online Data//xhttp://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=detail.top&oid=%s^\n

epoch 2000
sort 1
type sCb4abfe;x16
label spaces
goto spaces
goto case
field 0.00 20.00
shown 0
end