Display Explorer command (View menu)


Example Display Explorer Screens

The Display Explorer is a versatile tool that can access virtually every display option in TheSky6 via a tree list control. The tree-list has eight main categories of objects, or root objects described in the table below.

Root Name

Node

Description

Stellar

Star
Variable Star
Double Star
Non-stellar GSC

Use the Stellar root to turn on or off, access properties, options and labels for each star classification.

Non-stellar

Galactic	Galaxy Type C Galaxy Elliptical Galaxy Lenticular Galaxy Spiral Galaxy Irregular Galaxy Cluster of Galaxies
Clusters
Nebulae
Other Sources	Quasars X-Ray Source Radio Source NGC Probable Stars
	Mixed Deep Sky

Use the Non-stellar root to turn on or off, access properties, options and labels for each category of non-stellar objects.

Solar system

Planets	Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto


Sun
Moon
Comet
Minor Planet
Extended Minor Planet
Satellites

Reference objects

Reference Lines	Constellation Figures Constellation Boundary Ecliptic Horizon Grid Horizon Lines Meridian Equatorial Grid Galactic Equator Milky Way Reference Line (User-defined objects) Field of View Indicator Telescope Limit North/East Indicator Query Path Query Labels Mosaic Lines Proper Motion Vectors Minor Planet Vectors
Other Reference Types	Image Video Sound Notes Reference Point Sky Chart Chart Legend
My Field of View Indicators	List of user-defined FOVIs

Use the Reference objects node to access properties of Virtual Sky items that are not celestial objects.

Real mode options

Constellation Drawings
Horizon Image
Horizon Glow
Milky Way Image
Moon Halo
Sky Background
Sun Halo

Sky Databases

no additional nodes

Maintain the Sky Databases using the Sky Database Manager.

Core databases

Stellar

Guide Star Catalog
Hipparcos/Tycho Catalogs
USNO B (subset)
UCAC 2
USNO A2.0/SA 2.0
USNO B Full (80 GB)

Extended Labels

ID (identification number)
Equatorial coordinates
Magnitude
SAO ID
Spectral
Position Error
Distance
Proper Motion
B,V magnitude
Hipparcos ID

Non-Stellar

Access options for TheSky6's core stellar and non-stellar databases.

Image Groups

Constellation Drawings

Turn on or off the individual Bevis drawing pictures for the 88 constellations.

Non-Stellar color pictures

Turn on or off the high-resolution photographs of miscellaneous deep sky objects.

Go To

Use this text box to quickly locate objects in the tree list. For example, type "variable star" to open the Stellar | Variable Star node. Press the TAB key to highlight this node.

The Display Explorer window is sizeable, so you can expand the window when you want to show more information and more options.

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