[APBeta] Galaxy position angle

[Jeff Young]

Paul --

I find this less of an issue than it used to be.  I pretty much always have the DSS image in the background anyway, so those that are "wrong" (whether unspecified or just in error) are immediately apparent.

-- Jeff.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net [mailto:apbeta-bounces at lists.astroplanner.net] On Behalf Of
> Paul Rodman
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 2:35 AM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: [APBeta] Galaxy position angle
> 
> If a catalogue has a defined position angle for a galaxy then it is drawn oriented at that position angle
> in the FoV. If it doesn't have a position angle defined, it is shown with position angle = 0. It would seem
> that (a) this causes confusion, and (b) a method of indicating that a galaxy does not have a position angle
> defined should be introduced.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Paul R.
> 
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