Comment 15 for bug 1124221

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Victor Reijs (appl-victor-reijs) wrote : Re: [Bug 1124221] Re: Stellarium uses Hypparcos star coordinates from J2000.0 instead of J1991.25

Ok, no problem, if you want help let me know. I have the idea that the
J1991.25 Hipparcos data is simply 'converted' to J2000.0 without any
change. Anyway, if you want a tester, I am there.

All the best,

Victor

On 17 February 2013 18:29, Alexander Wolf <email address hidden>wrote:

> No, this mean I need more time for investigation of problem's roots and
> ways for it's solution.
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> Title:
> Stellarium uses Hypparcos star coordinates from J2000.0 instead of
> J1991.25
>
> Status in Stellarium:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> It looks that the RA/DE(J2000) on date/time 2000/1/1 12:00 (aka
> J2000.0) in
> Stellarium is precisely the value that is defined in Hipparcos (which is
> defined at J1991.25).
> Example: in
> http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page=multisearch2 ,
> Sirius is in Hipparcos catalogue (being J1991.25) at:
> H| 32349| |06 45 09.25|-16 42 47.3
>
> If I look at Stellarium on Date/time 1991/1/1 18:00 GMT (J1991.25) I get:
> RA/DE (J2000): 6h45m9.6s/-16°42'35.8"
>
> And on date/time 2000/1/1/ 12:00 GMT (J2000.0)I get in Stellarium:
> RA/DE (J2000): 6h45m9.3s/-16°42'47.3"
>
> I am using 0.12.0 and 0.12.1, Windows XP Pro, SP3,
>
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