I found a couple of sites that have machine-readable versions of the GCVS
database. I downloaded the databases, in the hopes of writing some Perl
code to retrieve specific info that I am interested in, particularly the
2000.0 RA/Dec numbers. The db descriptions indicate that there should be
RA/Dec for both epoch 1950.0 and 2000.0. But the actual data base only has
the 1950.0 coordinates. Here is the location I got the db from:

ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/iii/iii.dat

Does anyone know if:

1) There is a more complete db somewhere? Or
2) If this is the latest stuff, then is the db description wrong? Or
3) Is there another electronic (PC) way to get this info?

Thanks,



Greg Donohue

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