RX Andromedae is almost 1st magnitude!

[theskyhound]

Here's the data given for the Crab Pulsar: 

The IA shows a bright star at this position. Much brighter than mag 17.  If you don't get the Cone Nebula when you hover the cursor over the Crab, what IA zoom level were you using? I guess no good deed goes unpunished.

Phil S.

The historical supernova is a bit of a kludge; it isn't an object in the database in of itself. So when you click to identify it, you get CM Tau, and CM Tau is the current day version of CM Tau. It wasn't really worth doing more than that, given that SkyTools is software for observing and none of us has a time machine. ;-)

Regarding the IA, I tried various zoom levels, but it's not really about that. There are some star database changes that are tied to the stellar magnitude limit, but there are only three of these, and I sampled all three. I never saw a reference to the Cone nebula.

I guess this is what it's like to be a Doctor. Nobody ever comes to visit unless something is wrong! Some day we will have "golfing" again--I look forward to seeing everyone at various star parties. We had planned to go to a bunch of them in 2020. Oh well. Stay safe.