POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.text.scene-files : Star catalogue : Re: Star catalogue Server Time
4 Feb 2026 05:46:08 EST (-0500)
  Re: Star catalogue  
From: Maetes
Date: 3 Feb 2026 07:00:00
Message: <web.6981e2c438a84fef2a4bec4330225ff5@news.povray.org>
yesbird wrote:
> Pictures of good quality with complete objects info, including
> coordinates. This will be a gallery with a pointer to the object's
> location on the sky sphere. Now I rely mostly on NASA/Hubble materials,
> but other sources also can help. This will be a long-term project ...

The keyword for coordinates and data is:
NGC Catalogue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_General_Catalogue

As I said, I haven't looked for it yet, but if I find something, I'll let you
know. I also made a PHP script with which I can create Povray arrays from
databases, if helpful. But it takes time, sorry.

ma


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