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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 26 Dec 2003.
Re: Star Charts in ASCII anyone?

Re: Star Charts in ASCII anyone?

In article <3FE...@despammed.com>, Frank Stefani wrote:
> I wonder if there are star charts in ASCII out there.
> I don't need a particular one but would like to learn
> how others would do it.
>
       Tried it on occasions. Ended up drawing a cartoon and attaching 
it as a PNG or posting it to a temporary bit on my website. Sometimes 
I'd screenshot from a planetarium program.
       ASCII doesn't really have the resolution, IMHO.
       
-- 
Aidan Karley,
Geologist,
"You are in a maze of twisty little presentation styles, all [different 
| alike]."

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