Star Charts in ASCII anyone?
From Frank Stefani <f...@despammed.com>
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· 23 Dec 2003 16:50 · View full thread
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Hi all,
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.
My intention is to provide simple ASCII star charts
to clarify my astronomical observation reports which
I use to post in an astronomical news group.
For example, I drawed an ASCII map for the position
of a group of 3 stars in the lesser known constellation
"Camelopardalis" (giraffe) which looks like this:
Cassiopeia ("W" or "M")
* Camelopardis
*
* * * �o�
|_______________________|--------------------------|
^ |
Take this distance twice significant 3 star asterism
to find the 3 star asterism
in Cameloparis
Thus, I hope to be helpful in locating such particular
objects to less experienced observers without having
to binary stuff in a text only NG.
Thanks and regards,
Frank
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