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Old 15-09-2009, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes View Post
Hi Marc
I don't know of any particular site that would do exactly this. However all the databases I have seen have fields listing all the data you need. Why not write your own filter program. I could do it in Qbasic but not one of the more user friendly languages.

Barry
Thanks Barry - I'll look into that too. I assume most of those databases are flat text files.

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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
In Cartes du Ceil if you right click on a object near the RA/Dec in which you are interested, and choose the "About objectname", the window that pops up has a "Neighbour" button. Read the help to choose what is to appear in the list. You can decide what type of object and the limiting magnitude.

I just tried it on M31 and with the default settings the list included M34, NGC224, NGC1039, 8 variable stars, 8 variable stars, and 8 stars in the BSC.
... and I use cartes du ciel all the time. Thanks mate. I'll do that then and do some reading
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