Steve Gottlieb wrote:
> on 2/12/03 10:10 PM, Bob Czerwinski at bczerwin@No-Spam wrote:
>
> > message to Software Bisque, complaining
> > about their database catalogs, wanting to know when a database
update
> > was planned. I received a quick reply from Daniel Bisque, asking me
> > with which catalogs, specifically, was I having trouble. I
responded
> > with the NGC & IC catalogs, as these are the only ones on which I've
> > focused any real attention.
>
> As far as the NGC and IC catalogues, I believe TheSky follows the PGC
> (Principal Galaxy Catalogue) which essentially includes all the NGC
and
> IC galaxies, but is riddled with identification errors. Obviously,
> Daniel Bisque has put no effort into correcting this situation (and
may
> be unaware of the extent of the problem!).
>
> Wolfgang Steinicke's NGC/IC database is available for public use on
the
> NGC/IC Project site and that's probably the most accurate single set
of
> data for reference, although I know some of the software authors have
> tried to clean up the NGC/IC problems or incorporated results from the
> NGC/IC Project.
Let's hope *ALL* the software authors take advantage of the updated
NGC/IC Project database! With all the contributions you and the team
have made to its content, NOT taking advantage of the effort would
certainly reflect poorly on the software authors. Those of us in TAC
certainly appreciate your efforts, Steve. :^)
...Bob...
Bob Czerwinski