bcholmes Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 One of the things I loved about 2300AD was its list of near stars, and coordinate information. I discovered that Andy Brick transcribed that list into a file available from his 2300AD web site. I also took note of his comments that some stars in that list were fictional, and that the data didn't mesh with real data from, say, the Gliese catalog (Gliese 2). Also, since the time GDW made that list, Gliese 3 has come out. So I've merged some of the data from those sources together as a new Near Star List (Big HTML document!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aroooo Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 Wow This is a great resource! But, is there a way you could make it a PDF too? It takes IE a while to draw it. Have you thought about putting it into an online database too? Aroooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasilDrag Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Re: Near Star List Originally posted by bcholmes One of the things I loved about 2300AD was its list of near stars, and coordinate information. I discovered that Andy Brick transcribed that list into a file available from his 2300AD web site. I also took note of his comments that some stars in that list were fictional, and that the data didn't mesh with real data from, say, the Gliese catalog (Gliese 2). Also, since the time GDW made that list, Gliese 3 has come out. So I've merged some of the data from those sources together as a new Near Star List (Big HTML document!) Thank you very, very much for this! However, to follow Aroooo's idea, could you do this as something people could download? Bugger .pdf, well-arranged .txt would be more useful (particularly for those who want to tinker with it. ) -- A University without students is like an ointment without a fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcholmes Posted March 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Re: Re: Near Star List Originally posted by BasilDrag Thank you very, very much for this!However, to follow Aroooo's idea, could you do this as something people could download? Bugger .pdf, well-arranged .txt would be more useful (particularly for those who want to tinker with it. ) There's an XML version. I'll try to put up a PDF version in a coupl'a weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grymlynn Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 You Da Bomb, BC. Nice site, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasilDrag Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Re: Re: Re: Near Star List Originally posted by bcholmes There's an XML version. I'll try to put up a PDF version in a coupl'a weeks. Um, what's XML?It looks interesting on my browser, but how do I tinker with it? --- add notes, add my own planets, stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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