On Thursday 20 May 2004 11:09 am, Richard Holden wrote: > Since I know we have a few people here into astronomy I thought I would > ask for some help. For valentine's day I named a star after a friend of > mine. She wants to be able to find the star and with the way things have > been going lately it would be nice to take some time to find it with > her. My problem however is I don't have access to a telescope and would > probably have trouble finding the star without some help. So if anyone > has a telescope and some time they wouldn't mind lending to me I would > appreciate the help.
First, a rant: I got this out of an astronomy book, so credit goes to the authors: A number of unscrupulous commercial firms offer to name a star for you for a fee. The money that they charge you for this "service" is real, but the star names are not. NONE of these names are recognized by astronomers. If you want to use astronomy to commemorate your name or the name of a friend or relative, consider making a donation to your local planetarium or science museum. The money will be put to much better use. End rant. What information do you have on the star? Do you have it's right accention and declination? If so, for what epoch are the coordinates for? -- Jacob Albretsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
