#14 Where's Polaris?

[David A. Wheeler]

Hi - very minor suggestion. In the Stars database,
I suggest changing the name of UMi: Yilduz Ap 1 (308)
from "Yilduz" to "Polaris".. if there's room
include both "Yilduz" and "Polaris".
I believe that "Yilduz" is a legitimate name
for the North star, but it's also not well-known.

One of my first searches was for Polaris, and
I was surprised when Astro Info couldn't find
the North star by its common name.

There are probably many lists of star names;
I found one here:
http://staff.washington.edu/seymour/astro/longname-sao-hr.txt
that seemed to show that "Yilduz" and "Polaris"
were the same star.

[Peter Enzerink]

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Thanks for the feedback. We are reworking the catalogues
for the next major release and you will have more flexible
searching and comprehensive details on objects.

[Peter Enzerink]

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Minor update to catalogue in 2.5 release.