This free
software has been designed to be used by observers to show details about
any selected constellation. Facilities include:
- Tycho-2
Star
Magnitude selection and the types of stars to display.
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Type of deep sky object to display (Messier, Caldwell, Herschel, NGC
and user defined objects.
- Constellation
presentation options.
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An Filter to specify the types of NGC objects to display.
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Find any object.
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List all objects for a constellations.
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Create, update and maintain a list of user defined objects.
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Chart printing.
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Mouse Pointer Object Help.
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Chart zooming.
Some of the main screens comprising the
application are shown below.
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Fig. 1- Main Screen
(showing Andromeda)
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Fig. 2 - Example of a drop down menu
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Fig. 3 - NGC Filter
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Fig. 4 - User Defined List of Objects |
See
here for detailed download and installation instructions. |