N Hydrae SAO 179967 and SAO 179968 are both mislabeled as 17 Crateris. This is true in SkySafari 5 Pro both OS X and iOS versions.
Outstanding ap. Looking forward to the next version.
Joe Timmerman
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Bill Tschumy Joe,
According to the SIMBAD database, 17 Crateris A is indeed SAO 179968
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=SAO+179968&submit=SIMBAD+search
Why do you feel this is an error?
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JoeTimmerman My post title is incorrect. It should read N Hydrae is mislabeled as 17 Crateris. If you look at the map, 17 Crateris is located smack in the middle of Hydra.
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Bill Tschumy I believe the designation is correct. Please Google for N Hydrae and also read our description. I agree this looks like a catalog error (and in a sense it is) but 17 Crt is the star commonly called N Hydrae.
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JoeTimmerman OK. My confusion came about in searching for the double star N Hydrae in the Astronomical League double star observing program. SkySafari shows this star as 17 Crateris. Perhaps the AL program should list 17 Crateris as the target.
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Bill Tschumy But they are the same star. N Hydrae is the same double star as 17 Crateris. Celestial objects have many aliases. You will never get people to agree on which designation to use.
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Steve Bell I am the national coordinator for the AL Double Star program. This star its identified as N Hydrae in both Sky Atlas 2000 and The Cambridge Double Star Atlas and some reference needs to be made to N Hydrae in Sky Safari. I have observers who are unable to find N Hydrae in Sky Safari even in the search function. N Hydrae has been in the AL Double Star list for an extended period. Not everyone has the wherewithal to search the internet for the cross identification.
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