Data Wizard

For many users, this is by far the most significant new feature in TheSky Version 6.  TheSky’s Data Wizard is a powerful tool for working with the numerous data types present in TheSky. With the Data Wizard, you can perform many different tasks such as:

• Create custom reports of various celestial object properties. Examples include creating a list of all large and bright galaxies and nebula currently above the horizon, or show me all NGC objects in the constellation Orion, sorted by size.

• Create ephemeredes of solar system objects such as “show me the rise and set times of all planets for each day of the month," or "what interesting objects are out tonight?"

• Scroll through data lists and display pictures of objects as they are highlighted. For example you could create a list of all galaxies larger than 10 arcminutes in size, then sort them by size. Using the Frame Object option, show a picture of each one as the list is scrolled.

• Generate Observatory Scripts for use with Orchestrate such as extracting the coordinate data from the Mosaic tool and creating a script that will take a CCD Image at each position.

•  Export data to a text file or to the clipboard.

• Draw paths between the objects in a data list.

• Label objects in a data list.

Some examples of what the Data Wizard can do:

• When will Mercury be visible in the pre-dawn hours next month?

• What interesting objects can I see with my binoculars tonight?

• What long period variable stars are in the constellation Virgo?

Or, get answers to just about any database query-related question you can come up with.