cross-ids of 42 bright double stars
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stellarium |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
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
| stefan8410 (stefan8410) wrote | #1 |
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| 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 |
| Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in stellarium: | |
| milestone: | 0.15.2 → none |
| Changed in stellarium: | |
| milestone: | none → 0.16.1 |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
| stefan8410 (stefan8410) wrote | #3 |
| Alexander Wolf (alexwolf) wrote | #4 |
| 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.