diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bb3f14b1..a3a80d71b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ skychart/component/enhedits/backup/
 skychart/component/jdcalendar/backup/
 skychart/component/radec/backup/
 #ignore external data
-BaseData/*.tgz
+BaseData/catalog*.tgz
 BaseData/*.xz
 # ignore fpc makefiles
 Makefile
diff --git a/BaseData/data_jpleph.tgz b/BaseData/data_jpleph.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86f3657b6
Binary files /dev/null and b/BaseData/data_jpleph.tgz differ