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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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