<div dir="ltr">The catalog didn't load correctly because the last column was set to "Ignore" but the actual data sometimes had an ignore column and sometimes not so it wasn't processing them correctly. I modified the catalog and it seems to be working fine. I also changed the prefix to "Caldwell" instead of "C", it just appeared better to me with the fuller name, but you can change it back to the standard "C" if you want.<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Akarsh Simha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:akarshsimha@gmail.com" target="_blank">akarshsimha@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Also, the custom catalog creation process in KStars is arcane and has<br>
not been explained clearly anywhere.<br>
<br>
The most confusing part is the numbers for the various types of<br>
objects (the "Tp" field). This can be found in the code in<br>
skyobject.h:<br>
<br>
enum TYPE { STAR=0, CATALOG_STAR=1, PLANET=2, OPEN_CLUSTER=3,<br>
GLOBULAR_CLUSTER=4,<br>
GASEOUS_NEBULA=5, PLANETARY_NEBULA=6,<br>
SUPERNOVA_REMNANT=7, GALAXY=8,<br>
COMET=9, ASTEROID=10, CONSTELLATION=11, MOON=12, ASTERISM=13,<br>
GALAXY_CLUSTER=14, DARK_NEBULA=15, QUASAR=16,<br>
MULT_STAR=17, RADIO_SOURCE=18,<br>
SATELLITE=19, SUPERNOVA=20, TYPE_UNKNOWN };<br>
<br>
The rest of it is somewhat more straightforward. One creates a small<br>
pre-amble that has the vita of the catalog and the color to use to<br>
render it. This is followed by an abbreviated description of fields,<br>
which in my experience I've found to be case-sensitivie.<br>
<br>
The format is space-delimited with quoted text fields.<br>
<br>
ID, RA, Dc, Nm, Mg, Mj, Mn, PA, Ig, Tp are the field headers for the<br>
columns containing ID (number of the object in the catalog), RA (right<br>
ascension, I usually stick to the HH:MM:SS.s format and it works),<br>
Declination (I stick to ±DD:MM:SS), Name (long name in quotes),<br>
Magnitude, Major Axis (in arcmin), Minor Axis (also arcmin), Position<br>
Angle, Ignore (can be used multiple times for fields to be ignored),<br>
Type (from the numbers above).<br>
<br>
Then once you've formatted, give it the extension .cat so you can<br>
identify it, and then use Settings -> Configure KStars -> Catalog tab.<br>
click the "Load catalog" button, and point it to the file. Then, watch<br>
the console for output.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
Regards<br>
Akarsh<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,<br>Jasem Mutlaq<br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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