Star List Query

Star List Query form.

The Form

With the Star List Query form, you can find stars which fit just about any category available in the software—star types, tags, planets, and whether or not the star has any "Hot News" items, notes or nicknames.

You can also query on specific ranges of space or by specific star identities including, Flamsteed-Bayer designations, HD, Bright Star (HR), Gliese, SAO, DM, ADS, Wolf or Ross catalog numbers.

Sample Star List Query.

Sample Star List Query

In this sample query we've selected "mid dwarfs," with planets, within 7 parsecs of the current "Focus Star," which happens to be Delta Pavonis.

If we had wanted to include other criteria for additional stars, we could click on the "Include More Stars with Other Criteria" button at the bottom. This would reveal a new "page" of criteria. We could also use an additional criteria page to "omit" certain stars by specific criteria.

The resulting list from a query.

The Result

The result of a query includes a colorful, star icon, the MSDB catalog number, the system letter (if applicable), the MSDB number for the primary in a system (if multiple), the name of the star, an icon flagging systems with known planets, and tag checkboxes.

You can click on the star icon to select individual stars as a new "Focus" star. You can also check or uncheck tags.

In addition, you can check on the "Hot News" for the currently selected Star List item (blue highlight), or check on or edit Notes for that star.