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Hoshi Stars星

The stars you can see without a telescope, with names, colours and distances; the 88 constellations with their lines and boundaries; the Messier objects; and seven map projections to draw them on.

Hoshi is the Japanese word 星 for a star. About the name

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Reference · The Messier objects

DEEP_SKY_CATALOGUESconstant

The catalogue names deepSky accepts for its catalogue option.

Import it

import { DEEP_SKY_CATALOGUES } from "@johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars/deep-sky";

Also exported from: @johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars/deep-sky/ngc-ic

Definition

const DEEP_SKY_CATALOGUES: readonly ["messier", "ngc", "ic"] = ["messier", "ngc", "ic"] as const

Examples

import { DEEP_SKY_CATALOGUES, deepSky } from "@johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars/deep-sky";

console.log(DEEP_SKY_CATALOGUES.map((catalogue) => deepSky({ catalogue }).length));
[ 110, 106, 3 ]

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars 0.7.0.