Sirius A and B angular distance?

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Matthias Schmitt

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Mar 22, 2025, 7:55:14 PM3/22/25
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Hi Georg and Alex, 

Thanks for all the great work you put into Stellarium. I am getting ready to teach another Stellarium class. 

Using the angular distance tool, I am measuring roughly 30 arseconds between Sirius A and B. It should be approximately 11 arcseconds, however. For comparison, I used the Double Almach (Gamma And). It should be roughly 10 arseconds and it shows 10 arseconds with the angular measure.

What am I missing? Images below.

Best wishes,
Matthias


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Georg Zotti

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Mar 23, 2025, 4:39:03 AM3/23/25
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Shhh -- download version 25.1 around tonight or so :-)

Matthias Schmitt

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Mar 23, 2025, 5:48:08 PM3/23/25
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Haha. Much better! Thank you!

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