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stevecoe
Reged: 04/24/04
Posts: 2114
Loc: Arizona, USA
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Howdy all;
I posted this here for two reasons. Beginners often have smaller telescopes and are looking for something that "looks neat" in them also, there are some star patterns in the list that are famous and you will hear us old timers talk about, such as the Summer Triangle.
So, there are over 80 asterisms (star groupings) in the list and some are in the southern sky and never rise for us northerners. It includes a small documentation file.
Go the Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org
The link there will get you to the downloads page and then scan down to the "Asterisms" link that will get you a zip file that includes the information. As I have been doing recently, the data is in three formats. One is an Excel spreadsheet, second is a simple text file with a vertical "fence" marking the columns and the third is a comma delimited file that can be imported into a wide variety of programs.
I printed out a few of these objects for the last weekend and had several folks looking through my 4" at the "Little Queen" in Draco and the "Swoosh" in Aquila and Scutum.
Lots of fun;
Steve Coe
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150mm 6" f/8 Celestron Refractor on Sirius Mount
80mmED 3" f/7.5 Orion Refractor
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
New Canon Xt astrocamera with Hutech modification
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dgs©
Postmaster
Reged: 03/29/04
Posts: 13849
Loc: West Monroe, Louisiana
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Thanks Steve. That one is going in the keepers folder.
The first thing that jumped out and hit me in the eye when I opened the XL file, was the "Saxophone". I never even knew there was such a thing in the sky... and me a saxophone player. 
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- david
8"Ø Newtonian on SVP, Moonlite CR2, Telrad
PST Oberwerk Ultra 15x70 Orion Ultraview 10×50
Hand-me-down Sears Refractor (Discoverer) 60mm×900mm
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 29970
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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This will be fantastic stuff to use at school and public star parties! 
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going." Professor Irwin Corey
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oldsalt
Astro Philosopher
Reged: 02/12/05
Posts: 7953
Loc: Pa - between starparties
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A definite must for any public outreach party. It will fascinate young and old alike. 
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Jim
"A professional warrior prays for peace and trains for war. All else is folly."
Atlas mount
AT Voyager w wooden tripod
ETX70 "Lilliput"
AT80EDT(carbon fiber) "Beauty"
Antares 127mm refractor "Star Walker"
12XTi "Skyclops"
LX200GPS OTA "Blue Boy"
AT66ED " Silver Surfer"
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FAB
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/06/04
Posts: 2324
Loc: Blythe, CA USA
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Great reference addition. Thanks.
FAB
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Floie
10.0" Hardin Dob
6.0" Konus Refractor
3.0" Celestron Tabletop Newtonian
10X50 Binoculars
Bristoscope 772212 Microscope
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stevecoe
Reged: 04/24/04
Posts: 2114
Loc: Arizona, USA
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Folks;
I am very happy that you are pleased with what I have done so far and there are more coming. As soon as I made this release, people started sending me more asterisms. They're everywhere;-)
Enjoy;
Steve Coe
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150mm 6" f/8 Celestron Refractor on Sirius Mount
80mmED 3" f/7.5 Orion Refractor
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
New Canon Xt astrocamera with Hutech modification
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