2025-03-31, 06:03 PM
Hi Spence,
Here's what the Designation Help has to say about searching for Struve's stars:
Struve Double Star ID
There are actually several observers named Struve, but the one most commonly referred to in various articles is oficially designated as STF in the Washington Double Star catalog. So instead of typing Struve 12 into SkyTools, use STF 12.
It looks like the prefix "STF" is the one to use.
I looked at the Database Power Search (DBPS) function to see if it could help make a list of Struve's stars, but only the WDS catalog is listed. There's no special entry for just stars that were studied by one of the Struves.
Has someone already created an Observing List (OL) of these stars for SkyTools that you can download?
SkyTools 3 had OLs with objects from Burnham's Celestial Handbook (BCH) for download on the website for each constellation. I'm not sure if those OLs are compatible with SkyTools 4;
Hope this helps.
Phil S.
Here's what the Designation Help has to say about searching for Struve's stars:
Struve Double Star ID
There are actually several observers named Struve, but the one most commonly referred to in various articles is oficially designated as STF in the Washington Double Star catalog. So instead of typing Struve 12 into SkyTools, use STF 12.
It looks like the prefix "STF" is the one to use.
I looked at the Database Power Search (DBPS) function to see if it could help make a list of Struve's stars, but only the WDS catalog is listed. There's no special entry for just stars that were studied by one of the Struves.
Has someone already created an Observing List (OL) of these stars for SkyTools that you can download?
SkyTools 3 had OLs with objects from Burnham's Celestial Handbook (BCH) for download on the website for each constellation. I'm not sure if those OLs are compatible with SkyTools 4;
Hope this helps.
Phil S.