Re: GCVS checking script

[Michael Koppelman <lolife@bitstream.net>]

2 notes on this:

1. You should probably set the search radius variable to 1 for best results.
2. It's probably faster if you change the url to
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/viz-bin/asu-tsv.

Cheers,
Michael


On 5/26/02 8:55 PM, "Michael Koppelman" <lolife@bitstream.net> wrote:

> OK, here's my first draft at a script to check stars against the GCVS. So
> far all it does it check the GCVS, it does not check the NSV or SIMBAD in
> general. It's a bit of a hack in that it does an HTTP POST to VizieR and
> parses the results. I've attached it. Make sure to check that it has proper
> new lines on your system and check the perl path. You need the CGI and LWP
> perl modules to use it. I've included comments that tell the basics of using
> it.