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the # symbol.
o ID number: integer value.
o Right Ascension: colon-delimited hh:mm:ss.s or floating-point
value.
o Declination: colon-delimited dd:mm:ss.s or floating-point value.
o Object type: integer value, one of [ 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 ].
o Common name: string value (if it contains a space, it *must* be
enclosed in quotes!).
o Magnitude: floating-point value.
o Major axis: floating-point value (length of major axis in arcmin).
o Minor axis: floating-point value (length of minor axis in arcmin).
o Position angle: floating-point value (position angle, in degrees).
The following is a subset of the original raw data file:
1 16 26.0 -16 0 .18 +21.82 .054 3 49 8 452
2 18 4.0 -31 30 .13 -05.32 1.240 2 0 4 837
3 18 0.0 -31 0 .15 -04.33 5.600 2 0 6 817
4 16 59.5 -22 8 .18 +11.82 .004 5 27 7 533
5 17 13.2 -24 22 .20 +07.96 .012 4 0 9 595
The raw file contains some extra information, unusable for KStars. It also contains
extra white spaces and values are not meeting KStars expectations (i.e. for Right
Ascension: colon-delimited hh:mm:ss.s or floating-point value). Thus, it need to be
modified in order to match KStars format. For a better understanding on what
each column means, you can take a look at the original source of the catalog. It
contains the raw data file and, in addition, it contains an useful readme, which will
help you understand what you should keep and furthermore, what you need to
remove from the raw data file. Minimally, the raw data file should contain the
following fields:
o ID Number
o Object Type
o Right Ascension
o Declination
The raw āDark Nebulae by Lyndsā contains only three usable fields for KStars:
Right Ascension, Declination and Area (square degrees). Therefore, in order to
properly import the catalog into KStars, the ID and Object Type fields need to be
added. You can insert these values manually using your favorite text editor.
However, it is recommended to use any spreadsheet application to import the
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