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"Tim Cook" <z99### [at] bellsouth net> wrote in message
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> ...except, there's a problem.
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> The RA and Dec have really really weird ranges,
> and the Magnitude isn't listed for every star,
> which there isn't any reason for it not to be,
> and I'm not sure what 'z' is (if it's distance,
> it's also got a really strange range.
RA is in hours-minutes-seconds (0-235959), and dec is in deg-min-sec (-90 to
90 deg). The z value is the redshift of the star/body, which can be used for
distance estimates.
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"Tim Cook" <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote in message
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> Except they're not stars. They're galaxies.
True, that particular sample of data was all long range stuff. I've been
looking for redshift data on more local astronomical bodies, but haven't had
much success. Have you found any sources for a file full of star redshift
data?
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