StarField.CatalogType Property

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Description

The type of star catalog, when the input source is from a file. To load stars from a catalog, the Get command must be used. This property will be set when the Get command is called.

 

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Attributes

Type:

integer

Access:

read

Valid Values:

Value

Label

-1

N/A

0

FreeFlyer

1

OpenUniverse

2

SkyMap

 

Syntax

myVariable1 = myStarField1.CatalogType;

 

Example 1

The example below shows how to use the Get command to initialize a StarField and set the InputSource, CatalogType, and CatalogFileName properties.

 

StarField StarField1;

 

// Use the Get command to populate stars from 3 different catalogs

Get StarField1 as ffstarcatalog from ".\Support Files\ffstars.dat";

Report StarField1.InputSource, StarField1.CatalogType, StarField1.CatalogFileName, StarField1.NumberOfPoints;

 

Get StarField1 as skymap from ".\Support Files\SMstars.dat";

Report StarField1.InputSource, StarField1.CatalogType, StarField1.CatalogFileName, StarField1.NumberOfPoints;

 

Get StarField1 as openuniverse from ".\Support Files\OUstars.dat";

Report StarField1.InputSource, StarField1.CatalogType, StarField1.CatalogFileName, StarField1.NumberOfPoints;

 

Output:

 

StarField1.InputSource

StarField1.CatalogType

StarField1.CatalogFileName

StarField1.NumberOfPoints

1

0

.\Support Files\ffstars.dat

3123

1

2

.\Support Files\SMstars.dat

700

1

1

.\Support Files\OUstars.dat

3141

 

See also

StarField Object

Get Command

Stars Guide