Try the same with USNO or UCAC2 :) I typically use a hybrid HIP/TYC/UCAC2 catalog specifically put together for occultation work. The author, Dave Herald picked out the most accurate set of each.
This article describes how to create the catalog. I wrote a small conversion program that creates cartgen compatible input files. <http://www.tungstentech.com/Articles/Occultations/WinOccultdatabaseforCartesduCiel/tabid/54/Default.aspx> Sander John Mahony wrote: > > > It should work. To be honest, I was having some fun by repeatedly > hitting the > "more stars" button with a 50 deg field and tycho2, and nearly whited > out the > screen! > > -John >
