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This Page References TheSky Version 5 Level IV Resources.
To Access TheSky6 Resources, Visit
TheSky6 Resources Page
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The
Sun, Moon, all the major planets, as
well as over 1,000 comets, and all known
minor planets (about 250,000 at this
time) can be displayed by TheSky Version
5 Levels II,
Level III (Macintosh version) and Level IV.
TheSky
Version 5 Levels
II, III and IV also contains over 500
beautiful deep-sky and planetary
pictures, an additional 13,000 NGC and
IC thumbnail pictures and over 150
pictures from the spectacular David
Malin collection of photographs. All
Levels of TheSky contain large databases
of stars, non-stellar objects (such as
galaxies, star clusters and nebulas),
pictures, and minor planets.
The
following table lists the stellar and
non-stellar catalogs that are supplied
with all Levels of TheSky.
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TheSky's Core Astronomical Databases *
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Catalog
Type
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Object
Count
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Hubble
Guide Star Catalog (GSC) Version 1.2†
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Stars
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~19,000,000
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Hipparcos/Tycho Stellar
Catalog |
Stars |
~1,200,0000 |
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Washington
Catalog of Double Stars (WDS)
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Double
Stars
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16,000
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General
Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS)
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Variable
Stars
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28,000
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New
General Catalog (NGC)
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Miscellaneous
deep-sky objects
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7,840
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Index
Catalog (IC)
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Miscellaneous
deep-sky objects
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5,382
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Principle
Galaxy Catalog (PGC)†
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Galaxies
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73,000
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PK
Planetary Nebula Catalog
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Planetary
Nebulas
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1,455
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Abell
Clusters of Galaxies
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Clusters
of Galaxies
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2,712
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Arp
Peculiar Galaxies
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Galaxies
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338
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Galactic
Globulars
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Globular
Clusters
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2,495
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Tomm
Lorenzin 2000+
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Miscellaneous
deep-sky objects
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2,088
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The
catalogs listed above are TheSky's "core" databases. The
catalogs listed below contain cross references to other
astronomical
catalogs. These additional catalogs are listed below.
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Cross-Referenced
Catalogs
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Prefix |
Object
Count
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Arakelian Catalog of Galaxies
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ARAK |
595 |
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Bayer/Flamsteed
Designations |
n/a |
n/a |
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Bonner Durchmusterung
Number |
B+nn
nnnnn |
- |
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Cape Durchmusterung Number |
P-nn nnnn
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- |
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Catalog of Galaxies and Clusters of
Galaxies†
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CGCG |
29,809 |
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Cordoba Durchmusterung |
C-nn nnnnn |
- |
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David
Dunlop Observatory Catalog of Galaxies |
DDO |
242 |
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Fairall Catalog of Galaxies
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FAIR |
1,185 |
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Henry Draper number |
HD |
- |
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Infrared Astronomical Survey |
IRAS |
9,347 |
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Karachentseva Catalog of Galaxies |
KARA |
183 |
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Kazaryan UV Galaxies |
KAZ |
581 |
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Kiso UV Galaxies |
KUG |
5,455 |
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Messier Catalog |
M |
110 |
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Positions and Proper
Motions Number
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PPM |
- |
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Second Byurakay Survey |
SBS |
259 |
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Smithsonian Astrophysical
Catalog (SAO) |
SAO |
- |
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Tololo Galaxies |
TOL |
111 |
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University of Michigan
Catalog of Galaxies |
UM |
652 |
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unnamed |
1SZ |
26 |
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unnamed
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2SZ |
32 |
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unnamed
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ARP |
560
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unnamed
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ESO |
16,239 |
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unnamed |
LGS |
5 |
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unnamed |
VV |
1,161 |
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Uppsala General Catalog of
Galaxies |
UGC |
13,073 |
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Virgo Cluster Catalog of
Galaxies |
VCC |
2097 |
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Weinberger Catalog of
Galaxies |
WEIN |
207 |
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Zwicky1
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1ZW |
238
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Zwicky2
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2ZW |
199
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Zwicky3
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3ZW |
159
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Zwicky4
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4ZW |
203
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Zwicky5
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5ZW |
531
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Zwicky6
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6ZW |
238
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Zwicky7
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7ZW |
1,145
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Zwicky8
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8ZW |
645
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TheSky includes the additional
astronomical catalogs as optional "Sky Databases."
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Additional Catalogs
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Object
Count
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Abell Clusters |
2712 |
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Arp Peculiar Galaxies |
338 |
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Caldwell Catalog |
110 |
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Digitized Sky Survey Plate
Positions Catalog |
1540 |
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Herschel Catalog |
400 |
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Meade LX200 Alignment
Stars
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33 |
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Navigational Stars |
58 |
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NexStar Telescope Catalog |
10,384 |
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Palomar Globular Clusters |
15 |
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RealSky North and South
Plate Positions Catalog |
1662 |
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Meteor Shower Radiant
Catalog |
64 |
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Terzian Globulars |
11 |
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Zwicky Catalog |
9,134 |
†The Hipparcos-Tycho
Catalogs are the primary stellar databases used to display
information by TheSky for stars to about 12 magnitude.
TheSky also cross-references stars from the Guide Star catalog (GSC),
the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Catalog (SAO), the
Positions and Proper Motion catalog (PPM), Henry Draper Catalog
(HD), and others.
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Links to Update
TheSky's Ephemeral Data
TheSky can
display the positions of comets, minor
planets and satellites. The data
required to accurately display these
objects changes frequently and must be
updated. Use the links below to download
updated orbital element data.
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Object Type
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Web Site Address to
Obtain Updated Orbital
Element Data |
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Comets |
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/Ephemerides) |
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Satellites |
http://celestrak.com/ (T.S. Kelso's
Web Site) |
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Minor Planets |
http://asteroid.lowell.edu
Note: The Minor Planet
Center updates daily the
orbital element data that is
used to display the minor
planets in TheSky. The name
of the file that contains
all of the latest data is
AstOrb.dat. Currently,
this file is approximately
60 MB (uncompressed) and contains orbital
element data for well over
230,000 minor planets.
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Download and decompress
the file AstOrb.dat
to TheSky's \Program
Files\Software
Bisque\User\Minor Planets
folder.
ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html
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From TheSky, click Data
| Extended Minor Planets
to display the Extended
Minor Planet dialog box.
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On the Extended Minor
Planet dialog box, click
the Browse Folder button
(...) in the Orbital
Element File Name
group.
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Select the file from step
1 and then click Open.
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Select the desired
extended minor planet
display options and then
click OK.
TheSky will now compute and
display the most recent
positions of all the known
minor planets.
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Want
More Data?
TheSky
Level IV can display the USNO
stellar database (up to 500 million
stars, complete to about 19th magnitude.)
If you need more data, TheSky
can import data so that you create astronomical databases from ASCII text files that contain celestial object information.
Click here for details about setting
up and using the USNO stellar database
with TheSky.
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