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Old December 1st 04, 05:57 AM
Uncle Bob
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Sam Wormley wrote:
Mark Lepkowski wrote:



Looking at The Cambridge Star Atlas 3rd Edition which is based on the
2000.0 catalogues it's pretty obvious that the old border boundaries
are no longer convenient. Just look at the UMi boundary closest to
the pole! It seems to be a circular arc centered on absolutely
nothing pertinent today. To accurately determine which constellation
an object is located in today one must translate back to the 1875
frame. How about some new formal boundaries along the meridians of
right ascension and parallels of declination for the mean equator and
equinox of 2000.0? Surely there's gotta be some good grant money
available for that kind of thing.

Regards,
-- Mark

Mark Lepkowski
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We like the boundaries to stay with the stars that inspired them in the
first
place.


I say move Alpharetz back into Pegasus. I'm getting tired of "The Great
Triangle of Pegasus".

Uncle Bob

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