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From: mike@rice.ARPA
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Subject: small star database
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Date: Sat, 8-Sep-84 01:39:20 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep  8 01:39:20 1984
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From:  Mike Caplinger <mike@rice.ARPA>

I'm looking for somebody with access to either the SAO or SKYMAP
machine-readable star catalogs.  For some time, there's been a need for
a small machine-readable catalog; I know of many people who would be
interested.  What I propose to do is find someone with all the tapes.
I'll write a program to cull out a few thousand entries, and make this
small database accessable via anonymous FTP.

If anyone has either catalog, let me know.  I will also need information
on the format of the data, and which language/system will be most
convenient.  Please respond to me personally, and I'll announce the
availability of the database if I have any luck.

	- Mike