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Originally Posted by mikesim
I was wandering around Stellarium and zoomed in on Antares when I saw a faint straight line of around 50 stars pointing straight at it starting at mag 14.5 spread over about 1 minute. I've downloaded most of the star catalogue updates. RA/DE 16h 32m 48s/-26 28' 05"
Seems a bit strange. Does anyone else get this lineup? Looks like a meteor tail but shows on Stellarium being comprised of stars?? Maybe my star catalogue didnt load up correctly? Observer lat 38 22S.   |
Hi Mike
That line of stars sounds like an artifact that is in star catalogue 7. It is something from the original plates and catalogue generation. Can you confirm the exact coordinates. It may have alreay been listed for correction. See the section in the Stellarium main page on removal of star catalogue artifacts. It is the first item in the table.
Barry