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Constellation from SAO number?
Hello,
how can I tell the constellation where a star is, from its SAO number? I mean: are there catalogs or lists or whatever that tell this? I have a full SAO file but I can't see this information. Of course, I may find out this information from the coordinates (RA and Decl), but this would be very long (if I have hundreds of stars). One question: due to precession, coordinates change, but I understand that the boundaries (of constellations) change either, so all the stars remain in their constellation (if proper motion is not considered - I am talking about precession only). Is it correct? By the way, the only source where I can find the constellation of a SAO star is a "star name seller": http://www.starcatalog.com/catalog.html However, not all SAO stars are listed, so this is not useful to me. And I don't need to name a star in their database :-) Thanks, Giancarlo |
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