have tre UCAC3 in ver 3 and ver 2.76 In ver 3 the id is UNA for UCAC3 In ver 2.76 id is 3UC for UCAS3 Using the full zip file h-g
----- .Original Message ----- From: Sander Pool To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 6:42 PM Subject: Re: [skychart-discussion] UCAC3 testing Great work Patrick! I'll convert my catalog tonight and give it a try. Patrick Chevalley wrote: > > > Hi, > > I do some progress with UCAC3. It is ready for testing if you are > interested. > > You can get small extract of the catalog ready for CdC here: > http://www.ap-i.net/pub/skychart/ucac3/ > <http://www.ap-i.net/pub/skychart/ucac3/> > > To keep the files small this include only two zones (z131 and z295) so > it show stars only between -25 and -24.5 and between +57 and +57.5 of > declination. > > - ucac3-mini contain only RA,Dec,Mag,B-V. I not include the proper > motion as this will save 400MB for the full catalog. It include only > stars not in Tycho2 and fainter than mag. 10. So always activate > Tycho2 for the same field as this catalog. > > - ucac3-big is the same but add the proper motion, the star name and a > search index. To use the search index type 3uc131-000123 in the search > box. > > - ucac3-full is the same as ucac3-big but it include all the stars > from UCAC3, including Tycho2 and bright stars. This is to use if you > want to investigate the bright limit of UCAC3. > > The z131 zone can be use for comparison with UCAC2. It also include > M28 globular cluster to show how it work for crowded fields. > The z295 include the double cluster so it is also good for that. The > attached screenshot show the very center of Chi Per with DSS2 and > UCAC3. I am impressed how good it is. > > If you have a copy of the UCAC3 DVD the Catgen project file is include > in each zip file and the program (windows and linux) to use to convert > the binary zone to text file is in u3conv.zip. Run the program in a > console to show the syntax help. > The source code is at: > http://skychart.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/skychart/trunk/tools/cat/ucac3/src/ > <http://skychart.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/skychart/trunk/tools/cat/ucac3/src/> > Use today snapshot skychart-3.1-1232 as I correct a few bug with Catgen. > > I wait for your comments before to go further. > > Patrick > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
