mike@rice.ARPA (09/08/84)
From: Mike Caplinger <mike@rice.ARPA> I'm looking for somebody with access to either the SAO or SKYMAP machine-readable star catalogs. For some time, there's been a need for a small machine-readable catalog; I know of many people who would be interested. What I propose to do is find someone with all the tapes. I'll write a program to cull out a few thousand entries, and make this small database accessable via anonymous FTP. If anyone has either catalog, let me know. I will also need information on the format of the data, and which language/system will be most convenient. Please respond to me personally, and I'll announce the availability of the database if I have any luck. - Mike