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add_elements

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:34 +0000

Add elements manually From the menu: Settings-> Solar Sytem... -> Comet -> Add or From the menu: Settings-> Solar Sytem... -> Asteroid -> Add It can be helpful to add manually elements to your existing list of comets or asteroids. You also can display one asteroid amidst the stars by deleting the position data of the other asteroids and entering the element data for your single asteroid.

advanced_search

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:34 +0000

Advanced Search From the menu: Edit -> Advanced Search, or from the icon on the Search group of the main bar. First, select the appropriate object type by a click of one of the radio buttons. Then enter its ID in the bottom entry area. The buttons can help you to enter the catalog - and the object id at the right hand side of this area. When the object is found, the chart will be shifted to display the object in the centre.

artificial_satellites

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:06:47 +0000

Calendar, Artificial satellites The calculation for artificial satellites uses Mike McCant's QuickSat program and Robert Matson's Iridflar program. Take the time to read the documentation for these programs. It is located in the data/quicksat and data/iridflar folder.

calendar_asteroid

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:35 +0000

Calendar, Asteroid Shows the position, magnitude, Sun elongation, phase, rise, culmination and set time for the selected asteroid. You can simply select an asteroid from a picklist by clicking the combobox. This way, you can only select from the first 500 asteroids. The good part is that you can search for any listed asteroid, simply enter (a part of) the name or number, press the filter button, and select the asteroid from the combobox.

calendar_comet

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:37 +0000

Calendar, Comet Shows the position, magnitude, Sun elongation, phase, rise, culmination and set time for the selected comets. The elevation above horizon and azimuth at the twilight time are indicated to help observing comets near the Sun. This indicates if the comet is best observed on the morning or evening.

calendar_input_area

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:36 +0000

Calendar, Input Area You can select the start date, end date, and the number of days between each calculation, and the time when the positions are calculated. By default, the calculations are from the current date until the next five days at 0h UT. Beware of the calculation time, when you select a long timespan.

calendar_lunar_eclipses

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:36 +0000

Calendar, Lunar Eclipses All the information in this page comes from Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC. You can visit his web site by clicking the large button at the top of the dialog box. The list shows the Lunar eclipses for the current century. This shows the date and time of the maxima, the type of eclipse, the saros number, the gamma value, the magnitude of the penumbra and umbra, the duration of the partial and total phases.

calendar_planet

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:37 +0000

Calendar, Solar System Shows the position, magnitude, apparent diameter, illuminated fraction, rise, culmination and set time. Also the current position in altitude and azimuth is shown for the planets (Pluto included), the Moon and the Sun, for each selected date.

calendar_solar_eclipses

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:35 +0000

Calendar, Solar Eclipses All the information in this page comes from Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC. You can visit his web site by clicking the large button at the top of the dialog box. The list shows the Solar eclipses for the current century. It shows the date and time of the maxima, the availability of the detailed map, the type of eclipse, the saros number, the gamma value, the eclipse magnitude, the location of the eclipse maxima, the altitude of the Sun at this point, the path width in kilome…

calendar_twilight

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:36 +0000

Calendar, Twilight This screen shows you the morning and evening twilight times for the dates as you had set in the input areas of the calendar. Twilight is distinguished in 3 sorts: * 1. civilian twilight the center of the sun is between 0º and 6º of arc below the horizon. (This period of time is not shown in SkyChart).

catalog

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:52:23 +0000

Catalog From the menu: Setup -> Catalog See also how to install more data for further reading about installation of extra catalogs. CdC Stars From the menu: Setup -> Catalog -> CdC Stars By this tab you can activate SkyCharts to display the stars from your catalogs. Simply place a check in the appropriate checkboxes. In the standard situation, SkyCharts will search the catalogs in their preconfigured paths where SkyCharts asumes the appropriate catalogs reside. If SkyCharts can't fin…

catgen

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:21:03 +0000

CATGEN From the menu: Setup -> Catalog, then in the dialog, click the CatGen button on the right. You can download thousands of Catalog text files with data of any kind of celestial objects from the CDS or ADC web site, and other sources. Each one contains the information about a few tens to a many millions of objects.

chart_coordinates

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:16:45 +0000

Chart, Coordinates Setting From the menu: Setup -> Chart, Coordinates The Chart, Coordinates Setting has six tabs: * Chart, Coordinates * Field of Vision * Projection * Object Filter * Grid Spacing * Object List Setting Chart, Coordinates Chart Setting Here, you can specify the coordinate system used for the chart. The four available systems are:

computation_method_and_precision

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:34:16 +0000

Computational method and precision This page give some information about the computation method used by Cartes du Ciel - Skychart and the precision you can expect for the displayed values. You must be careful this description is valid with the standard configuration setting of the program, using the default catalog data. You have many option available to alter the results, principally in the

date_time

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:56:01 +0000

Date / Time setting From the menu: Setup -> Day / Time. You also can retrieve this dialog box by a click at the Set_date_and_time icon from the left bar, or by Setup -> All configuration options -> Date / Time. You can also access directly the Animation setting by a right click on the

detailed_information

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:34 +0000

Detailed Information How to retrieve detailed information * Click on a line of the Object List to get detailed information about the object. * Right-click on an object at the chart and select “About ...” in the pop-up window. * When edit label mode is

directories_and_files

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 14:39:02 +0000

Directories and Files Here is an overview of the directories and files on standard installations. Windows PurposeFile / Directoryexecutableskychart.exe (the main program) executablecdcicon.exe (the clock with many times) executablevarobs.exe (Variable Star Observer)

display_of_neos

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:14:50 +0000

Display of NEOs Display of NEO during Earth transit This method can only work for the flyby of a well know asteroid with a good precision for the circumstance of the flyby. This is necessary for the MPC or Horizon to compute a precise perturbed orbit.

display

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:33 +0000

Display From the menu: Setup -> Display. The Display setting has nine tabs: * Display * Color * Deep-sky colour * Sky colour * Lines * Labels * Fonts * Finder circle (Eyepiece) * Finder rectangle (CCD) Display From the menu: Setup -> Display -> Display The way stars and deep sky objects are displayed. You can choose to display the deep sky objects by outlines (Line mode), or to display them as filled areas (Graphic).

documentation_license

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:55:11 +0000

Documentation License Copyright (c) 2006 Patrick Chevalley and the Skychart Documentation Team. [cc-by-sa] This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. To view a copy of this license, visit or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

exoplanet

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:36:07 +0000

Exoplanets There is two way to show position of star with an exoplanet in Skychart. Install a standard catalog This require Skychart version 4.3 or higher. * Use the menu Update / Install object catalog. * In the “Specialized data” tab look for

faq

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 08:52:26 +0000

FAQ General :?: How can I contribute to Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart? You can contribute in several ways: * Try the last development version and report the bugs you find to the bug tracker. * Volunteer to write copy, or edit this text to solve spelling and grammatical errors.

image_list

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:33 +0000

Image list Use the chart right click menu to access this window. The Image list let you see and alter which pictures are currently selected on the chart. It list the last downloaded DSS image, or images from your Archives. You can select which images to display by a selection in the first column. This selection is valid only as long the chart position and FOV is not changed. Click OK after you make your selection.

installation_and_compilation_of_the_source_code

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:20:36 +0000

How to install the software from the source code Get the source code Create a new directory for the source code. You have two ways to get the code: * Download the source file skychart_v4_xxx_source.tar.gz to this directory and extract the files.

installation_of_extra_catalogs

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:51:53 +0000

Installation of extra catalogs With Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart it is easy to install popular ready-to-use catalogs. You can download and use them for free. Most catalogs aren't larger than some tens of megabytes, these will be helpfull to many dedicated amateurs.

installation_on_freebsd

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:35 +0000

FIXME This page is totally obsolete and need a complete rewriting. It is keep here only to serve as a reference for a future work. Installation on FreeBSD Installing and running Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart v3 alpha 0.0.6 for Linux under FreeBSD FIXME This procedure needs to be adapted for the beta version. There is no more need for Kylix Qt, but you need to install libgtk1.2 and libgdk-pixbuf2.

installation_on_linux_debian

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:58:10 +0000

Installation on Debian GNU/Linux The Debian packages are available to enable automatic installation using apt-get. Supported architecture are amd64, arm64 and armhf. All this command require administrative right and must be run with the root user. They are given as example and you must adapt them to your favorite way to install new software:

installation_on_linux_fedora

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 09:52:35 +0000

Installation on Linux Fedora Base software The stable version of Skychart is included in the Fedora packages. To install the software, just search for skychart in the Add/Remove Software menu: To install from a command line terminal, type as root:

installation_on_linux_mageia

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:34 +0000

Installation on Linux Mageia Base software The stable version of Skychart is already included into the packages provided by the Mageia repositories. To install the software, just use rpmdrake (or using the Mageia Control Center) as shown in the figure below:

installation_on_linux_ubuntu

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:19:09 +0000

Installation on Ubuntu Bellow installation procedure uses only command line approach, because this is the simpler way to follow instructions just by copy-pasting the commands in terminal. This instructions are tested with the currently supported versions of Ubuntu.

installation_on_mac_os_x

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 09:48:23 +0000

Installation on Mac OS X Prerequisites * A recent Mac with Intel processor, PPC processors are not supported at the moment. * Mac OS X 10.6 or better. Instructions to install the binaries on Mac OS X. * Download the install file, i.e. skychart-3.1-i386-macosx.dmg

installation_on_windows

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 06:49:58 +0000

Installation on Windows Instructions to install the binaries on a Windows system New installation For a new installation, download the installer corresponding to your system: * skychart-xxx-windows.exe for a 32 bit system. * skychart-xxx-windows-x64.exe for a 64 bit system.

internet

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:03:03 +0000

Internet Proxy From the menu: Setup -> Internet -> Proxy * HTTP Proxy If you are connected to Internet through a proxy, SkyCharts needs its parameters to work. The parameters are: * Proxy host IP address or hostname of the proxy.

keyboard_shortcuts

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 14:04:11 +0000

Keyboard Shortcuts Scale, Field of Vision * +: Zoom in * -: Zoom out * 1, 2, ...9, 0, a: predefined FOV range # * Mousewheel push: Zoom in * Mousewheel pull: Zoom out * Continuous left mouse click with drag of the mouse cursor: select a zone to Zoom in

labels

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:49:41 +0000

Labels The selection of the labels to be shown You can configure the automatic display of labels in SkyChart by Setup -> Display -> Labels. You also can set the font type, the font size, color, and which kind of objects to label. For stars and constellations you can set the type of content to fill the labels.

left_bar

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:00:36 +0000

The bar at the left Observatory * Set observatory location is a shortcut for Setup -> Observatory. Set date and time * Set date and time is a shortcut for Setup -> Date / Time. Setup * Configure the program is similar way to get to Setup. Coordinate System group

line_commands

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 08:06:03 +0000

Command line options Cartes du Ciel - SkyChart accepts the following options on the command line: Option Parameter Function --config configuration file path Lets you specify the configuration file to use instead of the default “%LOCALAPPDATA%\skychart\skychart.ini

main_bar

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:47:34 +0000

Main Bar For many buttons on the tools bar you can access the corresponding setting by a right click on the button. The File Group * Create a new Chart is a shortcut for File -> New chart. * Open a chart is a shortcut for File -> Open. * Save the current chart

make_a_portable_installation

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:36 +0000

Make a portable installation of Skychart A portable install mean you install Skychart on a removable media (USB stick, external disk) and you can plug it to any PC to run the application without any further configuration. The configuration is also written to the removable media so you retrieve your preferred settings on any computer.

menuchart

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:26:49 +0000

The Chart Menu The Chart Menu enables you to configure the displayed chart according to your needs in a fast and easy way. If a more detailed configuration is needed, take a look at Setup -> Chart, Coordinates Chart Coordinate System From the menu: Chart

menuedit

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:33 +0000

Edit Menu The Edit menu consists of the following items: * Advanced Search * Edit Label * Copy * Undo * Redo Advanced Search This brings you to the dialog box to do an advanced search for an object. You can search for planets, stars, deep sky objects, comets or asteroids. Click

menufile

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:24:20 +0000

File Menu New Chart The new V3 of Cartes du Ciel enables you to open different windows with separate sky charts. The advantage is that you can visualize different charts at the same moment for different locations, time or even display configuration.

menuhelp

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 08:12:08 +0000

Help Menu Help Contents Here it is! Maybe you are viewing this help documentation from your local computer that came with your SkyChart installation. Keep in mind that the most recent help documentation is always available online. The online documentation is written for the most recent SkyChart version.

menusetup

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:24:26 +0000

Setup Menu Tool bar editor The Tool bar editor allow you to edit the button bar layout. Manage tool box script Select to function you want to assign to each of the left tool box panel. Date/Time Gives you control over the used time in the chart. Here you also can make your settings to simulate the movement of objects in the solar system. A click the line

menutelescope

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:21:02 +0000

Telescope Menu From the menu: Telescope SkyChart can be used to drive electronically controlled mounts, but you can also use SkyChart to retrieve instructions to turn knobs on a manually controlled mount. Anyhow, before you can use your telescope mount in combination with SkyChart, you need to configure the sort of mount and the driver from

menuupdate

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:27:18 +0000

Update Menu This menu let you keep current some data that require to be regularly updated. You must be connected to the Internet before to use this functions. Search for software update Check if a new version of the Skychart software is available and propose to download.

menuview

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 14:03:00 +0000

View Menu Full Screen From the menu: View -> Full Screen This resizes the CdC window to fill the entire screen. The display status of the tool bars, status bar, scroll bars and the menu bar will be unchanged. A new click on this entry resizes the CdC window to its original size.

menuwindow

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:33 +0000

Window Menu Settings of the position and behaviour of the charts inside a SkyChart window. Link all Chart From the menu: Window -> Link All chart You can have more charts open with different fields of vision, rotations or different coordination grids set. When you activate to link all charts, all charts will copy the center position of the active chart. Every change of the center position in the active chart will be followed by the other charts. You still can change the FOV or or…

mosaic_tool

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 08:41:35 +0000

Mosaic This tool let you prepare a mosaic for your camera. There is two way to open this tool: * From the menu View, in this case the mosaic is centered on the screen center, corresponding with the last object search. * From the right click popup menu, in this case the mosaic is centered on the mouse cursor position.

object_bar

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:52:31 +0000

Object Bar The object bar is displayed horizontally, just above the chart, under the main bar. It contains the icons that are related to the display of all kinds of things on the chart. For many buttons on the tools bar you can access the corresponding setting by a right click on the button.

object_list

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:46:05 +0000

Object List Click on the icon from the main bar to retrieve an excerpt from the catalogs for the displayed objects on the chart. To configure which object types are to be listed, you need to adapt the settings to your needs in the Setup -> Chart, Coordinates

observatory

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:19:59 +0000

Observatory Settings From the menu: Setup -> Observatory Settings This dialog box can be reached from the menu by: Setup -> Observatory, by the observatory icon in the bar at the left hand side, or by Setup -> All configuration options -> All configuration options. The Observatory settings dialog box has two tabs:

observing_list

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:02:00 +0000

Observing List This is a simple observing list capability that let your prepare in advance a list of object to observe. You can filter the visible objects using a few criteria, sort the list on any column, advance to the next or previous object. Use the

panorama

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:00:49 +0000

Online panorama generator It is possible to use an online panorama generator to make an horizon file for CdC. In the form set your coordinates, here an example for Annecy, France. Be sure to set “Left edge=90”, “Right edge=90”, “Tilt=0”, “Elev. exaggeration=1”.

pictures

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:32 +0000

Pictures From the menu: Setup -> Pictures There are two locations to manage the FITS-formatted pictures: * install directory\data\pictures\sac\ which contain the SAC object pictures. * user data\pictures\ which is used to store the downloaded pictures from the DSS or the temporary pictures from RealSky.

planet_information

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 17:34:16 +0000

Solar system information This window give information about the planets, their visibility and their orbits. It as well allows simulation of objects moving, independent time navigation, synchronization with chart time and zoom in/out. Common controls:

pop_up_windows

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 18 Aug 2019 13:56:42 +0000

Pop-up windows This matrix shows the results of on-the-chart mouse actions: actiontargetopens on the chart:Left click on adisplayed objecta labelRight click on adisplayed objectthe chart pop-up window with extra object possibilitiesLeft click on a

position

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:36 +0000

Position and Field of Vision From the menu View -> Position You can also open this window by clicking on icon in the main tool bar. Position This provides a quick and easy way to read or set the coordinates of the center of the chart. Coordinates can be equatorial or azimuthal. The conversion is done automatically.

projection_comparison

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:31 +0000

Projection comparison Large field of view The larger field of vision make the more visual difference between the different projection. The example show a field of 150° and 360° wide using the different options available in the menu Setup -> Chart, Coordinates MER, Mercator

quick_start_chart

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:37 +0000

The Chart Guide content * Installation * The Chart * The Solar System * Deep Sky Objects * Driving a telescope * Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart as an application server When you start Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart, it will display something like this: [Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart Window] Observation location and time With the Setup -> Observatory dialog box (or with the icon in left bar)you can choose a country, then a town close to your location.

quick_start_deep_sky

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:33 +0000

Deep Sky Guide content * Installation * The Chart * The Solar System * Deep Sky Objects * Driving a telescope * Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart as an application server Stars You can switch on/off the display of stars with the Chart -> Show Objects -> Show stars dialog box or the icon in the object bar. You can modify the star appearance by the Setup ->

quick_start_guide

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:07:40 +0000

Quick Start Guide Memento download Memento is the roadmap how to reach all the facilities in SkyChart / Cartes du Ciel. To print this easily, the memento is available in an OpenDocument ('Open Office' document) or in PDF format. [memento_1.1.1_en.odt] [memento_1.1.1_en.pdf] Guide Content * Installation

quick_start_server

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:33 +0000

Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart as an application server Guide content * Installation * The Chart * The Solar System * Deep Sky Objects * Driving a telescope * Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart as an application server It is possible to use Skychart as a server to automate some task. This is the function that is used when another software can open Skychart to show a map of the object you are working on.

quick_start_solar_system

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:33 +0000

The Solar System Guide content * Installation * The Chart * The Solar System * Deep Sky Objects * Driving a telescope * Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart as an application server Planets You can switch on/off the display of the Sun, planets and satellites with the Chart -> Show Objects -> Show planets dialog box or the icon in the object bar. Advanced => In the

quick_start_telescope

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 15:12:15 +0000

Driving a telescope Guide content * Installation * The Chart * The Solar System * Deep Sky Objects * Driving a telescope * Cartes du Ciel-SkyChart as an application server The basic steps are: * Select the telescope driver (ASCOM or INDI, be sure to have installed the corresponding drivers) * Once you have selected the telescope driver, go to telescope control panel and set the basic telescope configuration: COM port, model variant,

right_bar

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:36 +0000

The bar at the right The Field of Vision group These icons are shortcuts for Chart -> Field of Vision -> .... Here you can set the width/height of the displayed field of vision of your active chart to a predefined value (in degrees of arc). A click on the icon sets the FOV to 360°.

script_example

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:55:00 +0000

Script example This page give tips and example of scripting functions. You can also look at the three standard tool box code from within the program. For more details about a specific function see the script reference page. Generality We first look in detail at the code of the Goto button of the Observer tools standard tool box.

script_reference

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:19:03 +0000

Script reference This page contain reference material for scripting functions. See the Tool Box description page for general information. See the script example page for a quick start with the programming functions. Script language The language to use is Pascal Script. For a complete reference of the Object Pascal language your can read the

server_commands

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 08:56:34 +0000

Server Commands SkyChart can work as a server. It accepts the following commands from a TCP/IP connection: Connection You can use any socket library or object to connect to Skychart from your software, or use the commands telnet or netcat from a script. To send a command, write to the socket the command, any parameter separated by a blank space, and finally a CR-LF termination.

software_license

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 21:09:05 +0000

Software License Cartes du Ciel software, Copyright (c) 2006 Patrick Chevalley This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURP…

solar_system

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:06:16 +0000

Solar System From the menu: Setup -> Solar system You can make settings for the Solar system objects in four tabs: * Solar System * Planet * Comet * Asteroid NEO's (Near Earth Objects) demand a special approach to have them displayed. Solar System You specify to calculate geocentric or topocentric positions. Always keep it to topocentric unless you want to compare the data with a printed ephemeris.

start

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:05:52 +0000

Documentation You can contribute to these pages . Download the PDF version of this document. Tutorial * Quick Start Guide Installation * Installation on Windows * Installation on MacOS * Installation on Debian GNU/Linux * Installation on Ubuntu * Installation on Fedora * Installation on Mageia * Installation of extra catalogs * Make a portable installation Reference Manual The menu bar and pop up windows from the chart You can choose from the following menu items:

status_bar

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:35 +0000

Status Bar You will find the status bar at the bottom of your SkyChart window. It is split in two: the coordinates part at the left, an information summary at the right hand side. Left Here you can find two lines which display the coordinates of the current cursor position at the chart. The line on top will be in the coordination system as you set the chart. The line at the bottom will display the position according to the equatorial coordination system, except when you set your chart to use…

system

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 15:10:10 +0000

General General In this window, you can manage the SkyChart database. It contains the orbital elements of comets and asteroids, SAC picture information, information about the DSS/RealSky pictures and information of observatory locations. In order to display comets and asteroids, SkyChart needs to calculate the ephemeris, and store them in a database. But before SkyChart can do that, you need to download fresh files with

telescope_ascom

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:32 +0000

ASCOM Telescope interface From the menu: Telescope This interface can be used with any telescope supported by the ASCOM Platform. It work only on Windows. Please refer to to obtain the latest driver version and for more information. Then use Setup

telescope_indi

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:32 +0000

INDI Telescope interface From the menu: Telescope The configuration of the telescope driver is done from the menu Setup -> General -> Telescope Click the “Connect button”, the light must change to green and the telescope coordinates are displayed. In case of connection problem you can look at the message at the bottom of the window.

testing_phd2

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:32 +0000

Testing PHD2 interface See the new page:

toolbar_editor

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:51:16 +0000

Tool bar editor You access this function from the main menu Setup -> Tool bar editor or with a right mouse click on an empty area of a tool bar. The available function are listed on the left, the currently configured tool bar are on the right. The functions on the left are grouped as in the menu.

toolbox_editor

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:32:14 +0000

Tool box editor This window is show when you click the Script button at the bottom of a Tool box. It allow to configure and program the action for the tool box. Create the tool layout First set the title for your tool in the top text field. Then you need to add at least one Group: click the Group button, set the group title and the number of column element you want on each row. Then click the Add button.

toolbox

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:41:29 +0000

Tool box The Tool box contain functions for specific task you can select depending on your needs. You can also add a new function by using the script editor. There is up to eight tool box you access from the main menu View -> Tool box, or using the keyboard shortcut F1 to F8. Press the same key again to hide the left panel.

tour

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:46:30 +0000

Observing Tour This function let you go trough your observing list sequentially and slew the telescope to the different objects. If you want to slew the telescope to the objects you must be sure to use the observing list selection capabilities to get only objects in observable location right now.

varobs

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:19:46 +0000

VarObs, the Variable Stars Observer tool To help you to select which star to observe tonight, the main windows show for each star in the current input file, the time of next minima and maxima and the estimated actual magnitude. Click on a line to show the estimated light curve and your observation point. You may plot your own observation in VSNET format or data from AAVSO or AFOEV.

virtual_observatory_interface

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:32 +0000

Virtual Observatory interface From the menu: Setup -> Catalog -> VO Catalog -> Add This screen enables you to select and download data from more than 9000 catalogs available from the Vizier Virtual Observatory interface. Catalog selection The first time you open this window you need to select a

vo_samp

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 19:43:32 +0000

Virtual Observatory SAMP interface SAMP is a messaging protocol, part of the Virtual Observatory, that enables astronomy software tools to interoperate and communicate. Skychart can connect to this other tools and send or receive coordinates position, FITS images and VO tables or selections.