I downloaded the program Fractint from the internet. It is a free program with a lot of stunning fractals. Get it by Googling fractint. Fractals have astronomical importance because nature is fractal. There may be other free programs on the net. Perhaps, SLASers can share information on these programs. Any thoughts? Any programs that you recommend? Sincerely, Gary Vardon The book DO It Right will help you understand vital ideas leading to your geater success. GO to PublishAmerica. -----Original Message----- From: Canopus56 Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:50 PM To: Utah Astronomy List Serv Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Misc Notes on Stargate Asterism - Sat SPOC The faintest star in the Stargate asterism is a mag 10 high proper motion star with no good identifier: v10.1 2MASS J12354638-1201152� PPM 717043 J2000 RA:� 12h35m46.38s�� DE:-12�01'15.2" You can zero in on it using the id of the v6.6 star in the outer triangle: HD109584 SAO157385 I'm not seeing anything cross-references in Simbad that says the mag 10 star is a variable star. - Kurt _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com