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Old May 21st 04, 03:46 PM
Brian Tung
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Default The Sun, in an Open Cluster

Ernie Wright wrote:
You may already know this, but the Yale Bright Star Catalog lists both
proper motion and radial velocity, along with position (of course) and
parallax. It should be straightforward to get a cartesian vector from
that.


Yes, but I was hoping not to have to do all that pesky work.

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