importYBSC is a tool to import the Yale Bright Star Catalogue.

Location

The tool is located in the [root]/Tools/ directory.

Processing

1. Drag and drop the catalogue file onto importYBSC.
2. You get a Stars.dat file; a specialized file for TS -NEXT.
   Copy this file to TS -NEXT/Data/Resources/Sky/.

Calling Conventions

Pass the path of the file to import.

Output

The output is a Stars.dat file with the following content:

The structure of each star is:

struct StarEntry

{
        ustring<ui8>              Spectrum;       // Spectral code

        DyVec3<ui8, ui8, float> RightAscension; // in h, m, s

        DyVec3<i16, ui8, ui8>   Declination;    // in degree, m, s

        float                     Magnitude;      // visible magnitude 

        float                     Temperature;    // computed temperature

        bool                    MultiStar;      // flag if multi-star

};

The contents of the file is:

StarEntry Entries[];

Process the file until EOF.

System Requirements

Component	Requirement
Processor	AVX 2.0 and FMA 3 compatible
Main Memory	300MB+ free main memory