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                 *     Plugin for StarCalc 5.0 or higher   *
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  *Name: Interface to SAO Star Catalog


  *Version: 1.23

  *Description:

      This plugin is an interface to SAO Star Catalog. File of SAO Catalog
   can be one of two follow formats:

   a) Text file (53 Mb) with the format, similar to the one, placed in the 
      site "Astronomer's Bazaar", URL http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Cats.html

   b) Compact version for StarCalc (5 Mb archive, 12 Mb full size), which
      can be downloaded from StarCalc Home Page:
      http://www.bankvoronezh.ru/HomePages/Zavalishin/main.htm

   Note: with compact version of SAO Catalog plugin works about 2-3 times
         faster, than with a text version.

  *Set of functions:
   -------------------------------------------
   |Quick view                |      -       |
   |--------------------------|--------------|
   |Detailed view             |      +       |
   |--------------------------|--------------|
   |Object search             |      +       |
   |--------------------------|--------------|
   |Advanced information      |              |
   |about objects             |Setting/Rising|
   |--------------------------|--------------|
   |Advanced action           |      -       |
   |--------------------------|--------------|
   |Objects Add/Remove/Edit   |      -       |
   |--------------------------|--------------|
   |Internal options          |      -       |
   -------------------------------------------

  *Files:

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   |   sao.dll           | 38400 bytes  |
   |---------------------|--------------|
   |   saoindex.bin      | 2606 bytes   | index to text version of SAO Catalog.
   --------------------------------------

   Note: index to compact version of SAO Catalog is included into archive of
         catalog. Also, index will automatically rebuilt if size of catalog file
         or file type is changed.

  *Installation:

      For plugin installation you must copy files "sao.dll" and "saoindex.bin"
   in folder "Plugins" in the installation folder of StarCalc or make
   sub-folder with any name within "Plugins" folder and place files into it.
      After StarCalc start, plugin shows a dialog window for selection of
   SAO Catalog file. Format of file (text/compact) is recognized automatically.
