TheSky Serious Astronomer Edition vs. TheSky Student Edition

TheSky Serious Astronomer Edition includes the following additional features that are not included with TheSky Student Edition.

 

 

 

 

Larger Astronomical Catalogs

 

Including:

 

  • Hipparcos/Tycho Catalog

  • Hubble Guide Star Catalog

  • General Catalog of Variable Stars

  • New Suspected Variables

  • Washington Catalog of Double Stars

  • Messier Catalog

  • Principle Catalog of Galaxies

  • New General Catalog

  • Index Catalog

  • Planetary Nebulae

  • Lorenzin

  • SAC

  • Herschel

  • Caldwell

  • More!

 

 

 

 

Native Telescope Control

 

  • Telescope control is tightly integrated with Observing Lists, TPoint, FOVI-based Star Search, Sky Charts and more.   

 

 

 

 

 

Create Custom Field of View Indicators

 

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Optional TPoint Telescope Pointing Analysis software

 

With the optional TPoint Add On, your telescope can point like the pros.

 

 

 

Create Observing Lists

 

Advanced features for creating and saving custom observing lists.

 

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Add Custom Sky Databases

 

Generate a Sky Database (SDB) from any text source (from Simbad, VizieR, Aladin for example).

 

 

 

Add Custom Chart Elements, including

 

  • objects (stars, galaxies, etc.)

  • areas of interest

  • labels

  • chart scale

  • Telrad Finders

  • arrows

  • lines

  • ellipses

  • graphics

 

 

 

 

Night Vision Mode for Dark Adaptation

 

 

 

Multiple Wide-Field Projections

 

  • Stereographic

  • Orthographic

  • Azimuthal Equal-Area

  • Azimuthal Equal-Distance

  • Gnomonic

  • Mercator

  • Rectangular