cross-ids of 42 bright double stars
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Stellarium |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Alexander Wolf |
Bug Description
In some cases the search for HR objects does not work exactly. For example, when searching for HR 2175, the star HIP 29388 A is selected. But HR 2175 would only be the component B of this double star, the other component A would have its own number HR 2176.
Stellarium gives the same HR and HD cross-id to both components. This is confusing for cases where components are displayed and can be selected separately.
Below is a list of some brighter double stars with the respective HR, HD and SAO cross-id.
A few of them also have different Bayer designations (e.g. α1, α2).
I have extracted these data mainly from "Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)".
It would be nice to have the cross-ids also in Stellarium, to avoid confusion when searching and selecting double star components.
Related branches
Changed in stellarium: | |
milestone: | none → 0.15.2 |
assignee: | nobody → Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) |
tags: | added: catalog |
tags: | added: double-stars |
Changed in stellarium: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in stellarium: | |
importance: | Low → Medium |
Changed in stellarium: | |
milestone: | none → 0.16.1 |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in stellarium: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
No simple solution for this bug at the moment. A solution will be available after version 0.15.2.