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Brianetta wrote:


quinn2084 wrote:
Thanks, Brianetta, looks good! And I'm glad to see I wasn't losing my mind, or just being plain ignorant!
I haven't quite ruled out the possibility that we both have...
LOL! Ah yes, good point.

Thanks, Brianetta, looks good! And I'm glad to see I wasn't losing my mind, or just being plain ignorant!

Okay, thanks, Robn and Ziusudra. I created my free account with your advice. I just logged the issue as:"quinn2084 opened this issue just nowStar Map Right Ascensions Appear Off By 180 Degress"Here https://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer/issues/1080

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Barnard's Star is shown to the RIGHT, not the LEFT. The Pioneer Star Map shows Barnard's Star to the left (if you face the First Point of Aries on the Star Map from Sol).<br/>
We've discussed this before, we came to the conclusion that when ...

<t>Thanks for replying. The right-ascension of the galactic center is about 18 hours, and so is Barnard's Star -- you're right. But they are, then, both pointing in the wrong direction. Look at the stars in this wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars -- Starting from Sol ...

<t>I noticed an inconsistency with the star map. It appears that the right-ascensions are off by 180 degrees (or 12 hours). Look at Barnard's Star. This was the only place I could find to post this, as the other sites I'm getting "page not found" etc. Let me know if this is the right place to post ...