Stars Dialog Help

This dialog allows you to edit or to create a file with all stars of interest.

N°:

This is the identifier of the star. 0 (zero is not allowed).
This number is returned by the function StarConjunctionWith.
You can then add in the interpretation.txt file text for supposed signification of this star being in conjunction with a planet.

RefDate:

The reference equinox the data is for.

Name:  Name of the star, for example Alpha Ursae Minoris.

Magnitude of the star:

The magnitude of the star. If the star is a variable or double star, you can give here, if you wish, an average value.

Spectrum:

Spectrum of the star, a letter with an optional number. For example, B0. Note that the letter must be capitalized.

RA:

This field is the right ascension in degrees of the star.

DEC:

Declination of the star. Always in degrees.

RA annual proper motion:

This value (degrees/year) can be found in a star catalog.
If you do not have a value for this field, say zero.
Proastro uses this value to correct the longitude and latitude of the star for the birth moment.
This correction is needed because the data of the stars are given for a year that is not the same as the birth date (of course). 

Dec annual proper motion:

Annual proper motion of the star in declination (degrees/year).

Comments:

Free field. You can give here the usual name of the star, for example Polaris for Alpha Ursae Minoris.

Draw the star:

Proastro will load in memory all stars in this file, and will display on the picture horoscope only the stars having this draw flag set to YES.

Line exemple:

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534      @2000-01-01 12:00:00    @SAO92659                  @5.94    @F2   @1h50'52"      @+11d2'36"      @-0d0'0.07"         @-0d0'0.027"   @SAO92659                   @ YES 

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See also:

Create or modify the stars file