jephem.astro.sky
Class BSC5

java.lang.Object
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  +--jephem.astro.sky.BSC5

All Implemented Interfaces:

GeneralConstants

public abstract class BSC5

extends java.lang.Object

implements GeneralConstants

Low-level class to access to BSC5 (Bright Star Catalog, version 5) data.
Header of readMe of the present version :

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 The Bright Star Catalogue,  5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version)
      Hoffleit E.D., Warren Jr. W.H.
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Field Summary

static int	BSC Constant to access to BSC number (= Harvard Revised Number).
static int	DEC Constant to access to dec. 2000.
static int	HD Constant to access to HD catalog number.
static int	MAG Constant to access to visual magnitude.
static int	NB_STARS Number of stars in the catalog.
static int	PAR Constant to access to parallax.
static int	RA Constant to access to r.a. 2000.
static int	SAO Constant to access to SAO catalog number.
static int	TYP Constant to access to spectral type.

Fields inherited from interface tig.GeneralConstants

BLANK, FS, LS, NO_SPECIF, SPACE

Constructor Summary

BSC5()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getDataLabel(int dataCode) Returns the English label of the specified data.
static double	getDoubleData(int starIdx, int dataCode) Returns a String data for a particular star.
static java.lang.String	getStringData(int starIdx, int dataCode) Returns a String data for a particular star.
static void	setDataPath(java.lang.String dataPath) Sets the path where the BSC5 data are located ; MUST be called before calling any other method of this class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BSC

public static final int BSC

Constant to access to BSC number (= Harvard Revised Number).

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DEC

public static final int DEC

Constant to access to dec. 2000.

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HD

public static final int HD

Constant to access to HD catalog number.

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MAG

public static final int MAG

Constant to access to visual magnitude.

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NB_STARS

public static final int NB_STARS

Number of stars in the catalog.

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PAR

public static final int PAR

Constant to access to parallax.

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RA

public static final int RA

Constant to access to r.a. 2000.

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SAO

public static final int SAO

Constant to access to SAO catalog number.

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TYP

public static final int TYP

Constant to access to spectral type.

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Constructor Detail

BSC5

public BSC5()

Method Detail

getDataLabel

public static java.lang.String getDataLabel(int dataCode)

Returns the English label of the specified data.

Parameters:

dataCode - constant of this class designating one of the BSC5 data.

getDoubleData

public static double getDoubleData(int starIdx,
                                   int dataCode)

Returns a String data for a particular star.

Parameters:

dataCode - constant of this class designating one of the BSC5 double data.

getStringData

public static java.lang.String getStringData(int starIdx,
                                             int dataCode)

Returns a String data for a particular star.

Parameters:

dataCode - constant of this class designating one of the BSC5 String data.

setDataPath

public static void setDataPath(java.lang.String dataPath)

Sets the path where the BSC5 data are located ; MUST be called before calling any other method of this class.