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Subject: oh, where, oh, where have those little stars gone?
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 00:09:48 EST
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From: <bang!crash!bwebster@Nosc>

Terry (et alis) -
  My search has come down to the following points:
  (1)  I already have a list of the 100 nearest stars, from Allen's
_Astrophysical Quantities_ (3rd ed., Athlone Press, 1973).  But,
(as Jacqueline Suzanne might say) "one hundred stars aren't enough!".
  You see, I started the program with a list of nearly 200 stars, gleaned
from the map of UNIVERSE, an out-of-print SF role-playing game.  Going
from 200 to 100 stars was something of a visual let-down; I thought it
would be simple to up the count.  Foolish me.
  (2)  The book I want to get my hands on is _Catalog of Nearby Stars_ [sur-
prise!] by Wilhelm Gliese (Verlag, 1969).  Repeated trips to the 
libraries and astronomy departments at SDSU and UCSD have failed to
turn up said book.  I may just call up Verlag and order the book for
myself.  I know a copy exists at the HAO in Boulder (thanx to a call
from Dick Munro, who gave me the publisher info also).  I am beginning
to wonder if that's the only copy in existence.
  (3)  Many, many thanks for the great response from so many of you out in 
NetLand.  Gosh, it's nice to know that resources like this exist, and
that so many of you are willing to help out.  
  (4)  If you're interested in getting a copy of the program, please be 
patient.  I have it running on the Macintosh (using MacAdvantage);
I hope to have it running on the IBM PC (using Turbo Pascal) soon.
I may even convert it over to the Apple II, but no promises.  If you
are interested in a copy, please send me a message to my net address
below, indicating what machine (and, where applicable, language) you're
working with.  The article will be out in the July issue of BYTE; it
won't have a complete program listing, but it will explain the formulae
and techniques used.  
						..bruce..
					Bruce Webster/BYTE Magazine
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