Re: [Stellarium-pubdevel] regression

[Johannes G. <joh...@gm...>]

Happy new year to all of you, too, and best recoveries from your =20
injury, Fabien!

On 2008.01.08 12:53:14 CET, Matthew Gates wrote:
> 6) I am not sure if it is a bug, but I am not sure I understand it:  =20
> Capella
> should have spectral type G8III / G0III (Capella is a binary), but is
> listed as "M1:_comp".  Does this mean that that the spectral type is
> determined as a composite, and the result is M1?

According to hip_main.dat, the spectral type of HP24608 is "M1: comp    =20
", whatever this means.

The source for the spectral type is currently the Hiparcos catalogue: =20
hip_main.dat and errata.htx.

So there is no obvious mistake, and I am unsure what to do. The easiest =20
possibility is leaving it as it is, and saying that the spectral type =20
is correct according to the Hiparchos catalogue. Anyway the spectral =20
type has no influence on the color, when B-V is given, as in this case.

Johannes