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From: jlg@lanl.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Star Catalog Help
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 22:29:04 EST
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> Does anyone know of an on-line database or book-form catalogue of
> stars down to about 5th magnitude, or (preferably) fainter?
> Data should include position (1950 or 2000 - as long as I know which),
> magnitude, color (type), size, and distance.
> 

I've often wondered about this myself.  Has the Palomar Sky Survey
(published by the Smithsonian I think) ever been digitized?  With nearly
EVERYONE using computers of some sort as a telescope controller you'd think
that there's got to be something digitized.

J. Giles