Great piece of software though! It must be the best photorealistic planetarium software available.
We are demonstrating it at public astronomy exhibitions and suggesting that members of the public who are just getting interested in astronomy should download Stellarium to help them learn the night sky.
Regards
Ian Hargraves
Mid Kent Astronomical Society.
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From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Alexander Wolf
Sent: 04 February 2012 11:13
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Subject: [Bug 926588] Re: Reported distance to Betelgeuse
Bug description:
The reported distance to Betelgeuse 427.47 lys is at odds with
currently accepted figure of 197 +/- 45 pc=642lys.
Hipparcos catalogue suggests 131 +/- 30 pc = 427lys
Does Stellarium use the Hipparcos data set? If so there are still
major issues with some of the Hipparcos distances and this is probably
the cause of the problem.
Ok thanks, will make a note of that in future.
Great piece of software though! It must be the best photorealistic planetarium software available.
We are demonstrating it at public astronomy exhibitions and suggesting that members of the public who are just getting interested in astronomy should download Stellarium to help them learn the night sky.
Regards
Ian Hargraves
Mid Kent Astronomical Society.
-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Alexander Wolf
Sent: 04 February 2012 11:13
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 926588] Re: Reported distance to Betelgeuse
Yes, we used Hipparcos for bright stars
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Title:
Reported distance to Betelgeuse
Status in Stellarium:
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Bug description:
The reported distance to Betelgeuse 427.47 lys is at odds with
currently accepted figure of 197 +/- 45 pc=642lys.
Hipparcos catalogue suggests 131 +/- 30 pc = 427lys
Does Stellarium use the Hipparcos data set? If so there are still
major issues with some of the Hipparcos distances and this is probably
the cause of the problem.
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