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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SCAT 7
        !             2: .CT 1 inst_info
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: scat \- sky catalogue
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B scat
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Scat
        !             9: looks up items in catalogues of objects
        !            10: outside the solar system.
        !            11: Items are read, one per line, from the standard input, and their
        !            12: descriptions or cross-index listings (suitable for input to
        !            13: .IR scat )
        !            14: are printed on the standard output.
        !            15: An item is in one of the following formats:
        !            16: .TP
        !            17: .B ngc1234
        !            18: Number 1234 in the Revised New General Catalogue of
        !            19: Nonstellar Objects.
        !            20: The output identifies the type 
        !            21: .RB( eg =galaxy,
        !            22: .BR pn =planetary
        !            23: nebula, 
        !            24: .BR gc =globular
        !            25: cluster, 
        !            26: .BR oc =open
        !            27: cluster, 
        !            28: .BR dn =diffuse
        !            29: nebula or 
        !            30: .BR nc =nebular
        !            31: cluster),
        !            32: possibly contained within the Large Magellanic Cloud 
        !            33: .RB ( in\ lmc )
        !            34: or Small
        !            35: Magellanic Cloud 
        !            36: .RB ( in\ smc ),
        !            37: its position in 2000.0 coordinates
        !            38: and galactic coordinates, and a brief description.
        !            39: .TP
        !            40: .B sao12345
        !            41: Number 12345 in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Star Catalogue.
        !            42: Output identifies the visual and photographic magnitudes,
        !            43: 2000.0 coordinates, proper motion, spectral type, multiplicity and variability
        !            44: class, and HD number.
        !            45: .TP
        !            46: .B m4
        !            47: Catalog number 4 in Messier's catalog.
        !            48: The output is the NGC number.
        !            49: .TP 
        !            50: \f5"alpha umi"\fP
        !            51: Star names are provided in double quotes.
        !            52: Known names are the Greek
        !            53: letter designations, proper names such as Betelgeuse, and bright variable stars.
        !            54: Constellation names must be the three-letter abbreviations.
        !            55: The output
        !            56: is the SAO number.
        !            57: For non-Greek names, SAO numbers and names are listed for all stars with
        !            58: names for which the given name is a prefix.
        !            59: .TP
        !            60: .B 12h34m -16
        !            61: Coordinates in the sky are translated to the nearest `patch',
        !            62: approximately one square degree of sky.
        !            63: The output is the coordinates identifying the patch,
        !            64: the constellations touching the patch, and the NGC and SAO
        !            65: objects in the patch.
        !            66: .TP
        !            67: .B c umi
        !            68: Gives voluminous output consisting of the patches covering the
        !            69: named constellation.
        !            70: .SH FILES
        !            71: .F /n/kwee/usr/rob/sky2/*.sky
        !            72: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            73: .IR sky (7)
        !            74: .br
        !            75: .B /n/kwee/usr/rob/sky2/constelnames
        !            76: for the three-letter abbreviations of the constellation names.
        !            77: .SH BUGS
        !            78: The database is fine, but the program is feeble.
        !            79: .br
        !            80: Coordinates printed by the program in
        !            81: the listings for SAO and NGC objects are not understood as input.

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