[passtartoursgroup] Re: Fwd: Party favor...

  • From: Eric Steinberg <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Star Tours Group <passtartoursgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:20:38 +0000

Leah, you are correct, as far as this chart goes, however the images that
Howard posted a few emails back from the DSS do actually do show stars at the
right coordinates. My guess is that the company may likely be using the same
images and RA/DEC locating feature that Howard and I used. That’s why they
can’t provide magnitude information – it’s not available. They’re probably
10th or 11th or even 12th magnitude stars that will be exceedingly difficult to
try to find. They are not even in SkySafari Pro, which has 15 million objects.

I think all we can do is point to the general area and look for something that
resembles the images Howard posted - and no guarantees.

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to put things in proportion - this chart shows stars down to about 8th mag.
i.e. the very smallest ones shown are about 8th mag. the chart is accurate
except for the two marked stars. based on the scale used for the other stars
in the chart, the marked stars are depicted with a magnitude of about 5-6, e.g.
compared to the little trapezoid of 5th-mag stars just north of beta Cep. (the
marked stars are directly to the right of the bottom two stars of the
trapezoid.) but there are actually no stars of that size in that area. there
is a 6th-mag star (which is shown at the bottom of the blue circle) but no
other stars of that size in the positions shown. and as we have already seen,
there are some 9th-10th mag stars, but none of those exactly matches the
coordinates we were given.
On 10/1/2015 11:12 AM, Terri wrote:
The needed star chart for the stars we are seeking on Oct 17
Forwarded to me by Mark
Terri


Hi Terri,

Here's a pic of the chart. Let me know if it comes through clear on your end

[image1.jpeg]


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