>weird delimiters (pipes '|' are popular in astro for some reason)
I can only guess that since it's astronomy data and constellation coordinates have decimal places, it's best to avoid the comma character because some countries use it as a decimal separator.
I can only guess that since it's astronomy data and constellation coordinates have decimal places, it's best to avoid the comma character because some countries use it as a decimal separator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark