I converted my copy of UCAC3 without trouble Patrick. Thanks very much!
Sander
Patrick Chevalley wrote:
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>
> 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
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