I learnt something new today! Many thanks Bill.

I do seem to have problems using the correct GOTO format. We can GOTO 3C273 but there is no known object at 3C279. Perhaps not all quasars (as of the file date) are included in the built-in list?

Lawrence

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Bill J Gray <pluto@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> I'm assuming you got this from the SEDS page at
>
> http://spider.seds.org/spider/Misc/qso.html
>
> If you go to RA=07h 38m 07.4s, dec +17 42' 21"... well, you'll
> still not see a quasar there.
>
> > 0735+178 OI 158 07:38:07.4 +17:42:21 Gem 14.85v 0.424 BL
>
> However, the "BL" at the end of the line means it's actually
> a BL Lac object. Going back into Extras... Toggle User-Added
> Datasets, and turning BL Lac objects On, causes the BL Lac
> object PKS 0735+17 to appear.
>
> -- Bill
>