Comment 2 for bug 1299412

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Bogdan Marinov (daggerstab) wrote :

I didn't know that, but it turns out that 61 Cygni is famous for its large proper motion - a few arc-seconds per year. The Hipparcos (no H, unlike the ancient astronomer) spacecraft operated until 1993. It's completely possible that Stellarium's dataset is out-of-date in some cases, such as this one.