Starplot 1.0

StarPlot is a program for Unix that allows you to view charts of the relative 3-dimensional positions of stars in space.<br /><br />It is free software; the source code for StarPlot is available under the GNU General Public License. Here is a screenshot (click for a larger image).<br /><br />Here are some key features of "StarPlot":<br /><br />?*A* Stars can be right-clicked to display a data popup window.<br />?*A* Stars can be displayed or hidden by spectral class and absolute magnitude (also shown above).<br />?*A* Stellar absolute magnitude limits can be set automatically based on the radius of the chart.<br />?*A* Non-stellar objects such as nebulae are also supported.<br />?*A* The stars being viewed may be plotted on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.<br />?*A* Charts may be viewed in either celestial or galactic coordinate systems.<br />?*A* Charts may be recentered, rotated, or zoomed in or out with a mouse click (this can also, of course, be done via dialog boxes for more precision).<br />?*A* Current chart parameters may be saved to a file and reloaded later.<br />?*A* The data file format is easy to read, well-documented, and text based.<br />?*A* StarPlot is packaged with a program (starconvert) that converts line-oriented stellar data records to StarPlot format. Several well-known star catalogues are available from this website, complete with all the data needed for conversions.<br />

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Platforms:	Matlab
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