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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes
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.
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Barry, in my display the line runs from (J2000) 16h31'47" to 16h33'12" along -26d26'34". There are a few more out to 16h33m36 but they aren't in a straight line like the others. The Wiki has them as the first entry on
this page.
Andrew