TheSky includes the following additional astronomical catalogs that can be displayed on the Sky Chart. From the Input > Database Manager window, navigate to the Sky Databases (SDBs) > Optional Databases node in the Databases list to turn them on or off.
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Catalog Name |
Search Prefix |
Object Count |
Object Type |
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1.4 GHz Northern Sky
|
1-4ghz |
31524 |
Reference Point |
|
6C Survey of Radio Sources |
6CSRSI |
1761 |
Radio Source |
|
6C Survey of Radio Sources II
|
6CSRSII |
8278 |
Radio Source |
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6C Survey of Radio Sources III
|
6CSRSIII |
8749 |
Radio Source |
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6C Survey of Radio Sources IV
|
6CSRS-IV |
5421 |
Radio Source |
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6C Survey of Radio Sources V – A
|
6CSRS-VA |
2229 |
Radio Source |
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6C Survey of Radio Sources V – B
|
6CSRS-VB |
1229 |
Radio Source |
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6C Survey of Radio Sources VI
|
6CSRS-VI |
6752 |
Radio Source |
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Abell–Zwicky Clusters of Galaxies |
AGC |
2712 |
Cluster of Galaxies |
|
Abell Planetary Nebulae |
APN |
86 |
Nebula |
|
Ackerman Red Stars |
ARS |
267 |
Reference Point |
|
APM Bright Galaxy Catalogue |
APM |
14681 |
Galaxy |
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Arp Globular Clusters |
Arp-GC |
43 |
Globular Cluster |
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Arp Peculiar Galaxies |
ARP-PG |
38 |
Galaxy |
|
Barnard's Dark Nebulae |
Barnard |
349 |
Dark Nebula |
|
Bright Nebulae Drawings (TMB)** |
TMB-BN |
25743 |
Bright Nebula |
|
Catalog of Bright Galaxies |
CBG |
4364 |
Galaxy |
|
Celestron NexStar Doubles |
CND |
55 |
Double Star |
|
Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
LMC-CV |
97 |
Variable Star |
|
Cluster System of the Large Magellanic Cloud
|
LMC-CL |
1762 |
Mixed Deep Sky |
|
Cool Galactic Carbon Stars |
CCS |
5987 |
Reference Point |
|
Cousins Photometric Standards |
CPS |
670 |
Reference Point |
|
Culled Henden CI Labels
|
HC-L |
0 |
Reference Point |
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Dark Nebulae Isophotes TMB** |
DND |
650 |
Dark Nebula |
|
Declination Zero |
|
51 |
Reference Line |
|
Declination Zero Label |
|
13 |
Reference Point |
|
DeepMap 600 |
|
470 |
Reference Point |
|
Don Macholtz Messier Marathon |
Macholtz |
110 |
Target Object |
|
Double Stars with common names |
|
169 |
Double Star |
|
Einstein Observatory Ex M-S Survey |
EMSS |
835 |
X-Ray Source |
|
Feitzinger Dark Nebula |
FZ-DN |
489 |
Dark Nebula |
|
Feitzinger Globules |
FG |
331 |
Reference Point |
|
Florsch - Small Magellanic Cloud Stars |
SMC-Florsch |
584 |
Reference Point |
|
G2 V Stars from SIMBAD Query |
G2V |
688 |
Reference Point |
|
Galactic Globular Clusters – Monella
|
GC-Monella |
160 |
Globular Cluster |
|
Galactiglob Galaxies |
TJ-GG |
2495 |
Galaxy |
|
Galaxy Isophote M51 Example
|
BSR-GI |
902 |
Galaxy |
|
Hickson Compact Groups of Galaxies |
Hickson |
463 |
Galaxy |
|
Hickson Compact Groups of Galaxies – Group Identifier |
HCG |
100 |
Cluster of Galaxies |
|
Hickson Compact Groups of Galaxies – Labels |
<none> |
463 |
Galaxy type |
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Heinz Nebula Small Magellanic Cloud |
HN |
117 |
Nebula |
|
Henden 3C |
H3C |
504 |
Reference Point |
|
Herbig-Haro Objects |
HH |
454 |
Reference Point |
|
HW Clusters Large Magellanic Cloud |
HW-SMC |
87 |
Globular Cluster |
|
IRAS 1.2 Jy Redshift |
IRAS-1.2 |
9899 |
Galaxy |
|
IRAS Small Scale Structure |
IRASS |
16740 |
Reference Point |
|
Kron Clusters Small Magellanic Cloud
|
SMC-KRON |
69 |
Globular Cluster |
|
Landolt Faint Photometric Standards |
LFPS |
526 |
Reference Point |
|
Landolt Photometric Standards |
LPS |
1154 |
Reference Point |
|
Landolt Photometric Standards South
|
LPS-S |
109 |
Reference Point |
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Lindsay Clusters Small Magellanic Cloud |
SMC-L |
118 |
Globular Cluster |
|
Lynds Bright Nebulae |
LBN |
1053 |
Bright Nebula |
|
Lynds' Dark Nebulae |
LDN |
1791 |
Dark Nebula |
|
Meade Alignment Star Labels |
MAS |
78 |
Reference Point |
|
Michael Covington Deep Sky Objects |
COV |
200 |
Mixed Deep Sky |
|
Milky Way Globular Clusters |
MW-GC |
150 |
Globular Cluster |
|
Molonglo Reference - Radio Sources |
Molongo Radio |
12141 |
Radio Source |
|
Navigational Stars |
NavStar |
58 |
Reference Point |
|
NB Carbon Stars – Skiff |
NBC |
211 |
Reference Point |
|
Nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds – HII |
LMC-HII |
358 |
Nebula |
|
NGC and IC objects UNKNOWN magnitudes |
|
982 |
Mixed Deep Sky |
|
NGC Max Alignment Stars – JMI |
JMI |
30 |
Star |
|
Objects in the Direction of the SMC |
SMC-B |
965 |
Reference Point |
|
OC-L |
1151 |
Open Cluster |
|
|
Palomar Globular Clusters |
PAL |
15 |
Globular Cluster |
|
Palomar Sky Survey - 102 CD labels |
DSS-102 |
0 |
Reference Point |
|
Palomar Sky Survey Plates Additional Data
|
POSS |
1037 |
Reference Point |
|
Parkes Radio Sources |
PKS90 |
8264 |
Radio Source |
|
Planetary Nebulae in LMC
|
LMC-PLN |
169 |
Planetary Nebula |
|
Pulsars (Taylor+ 1993) |
PULSARS |
558 |
Radio Source |
|
Query Common Non-Stellar
|
|
329 |
Mixed Deep Sky |
|
RealSky CD's North Labels
|
RealSky-N |
765 |
Reference Point |
|
RealSky CD's South Labels
|
RealSky-S |
800 |
Reference Point |
|
RealSky North & South Labels
|
RealSky-NS |
658 |
Reference Point |
|
Redshift Galaxies
|
RG |
12844 |
Galaxy |
|
Rich Clusters of Galaxies (North)
|
RC-GN |
2712 |
Cluster of Galaxies |
|
Rich Clusters of Galaxies (South)
|
RC-GS |
1364 |
Cluster of Galaxies |
|
Roslund Red Stars in Scorpious |
RR |
69 |
Reference Point |
|
Seyfert Galaxies |
Seyfert |
121 |
Galaxy |
|
Shapley-Ames Bright Galaxies |
SA-BG |
1246 |
Galaxy |
|
Sharpless H II Regions |
SH2- |
313 |
Nebula |
|
Skiff North Bright Standards
|
BK-NBS |
119 |
Reference Point |
|
Southern hemisphere H-alpha emission regions (Rogers+ 1960) |
RCW |
14 |
Nebula |
|
Southern hemisphere H-alpha emission regions (Rogers+ 1960) Labels |
<none> |
14 |
Label |
|
Star Clusters and Associations
|
SCA |
1039 |
Open Cluster |
|
Stars in the Double-Double |
DDS |
2 |
Star |
|
Supernova Remnants – Green |
SNR-G |
231 |
Supernova |
|
Terzan Globular Clusters |
Ter |
11 |
Globular Cluster |
|
Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars |
CNS3 |
3802 |
Reference Point |
|
Trapezium Circumstellar disks |
TCD |
149 |
Reference Point |
|
Trapezium ROSAT PSPC
|
Trap-XRay |
171 |
X-Ray Source |
|
Trapezium Stars – TMB** |
|
14 |
Star |
|
Trapezium Stars VizieR |
Trap-Vzr |
292 |
Reference Point |
|
Trumpler Clusters |
Tr |
34 |
Open Cluster |
|
Trumpler Stars |
Tr-S |
39 |
Reference Point |
|
UV-Excess Galaxies |
UVG |
8162 |
Galaxy |
|
Van Den Berg Reflection Nebulae |
Vdb |
158 |
Nebula |
|
Video Calibration Stars |
VCS |
958 |
Target Object |
|
W-G Clusters Small Magellanic Cloud |
WG |
18 |
Globular Cluster |
|
X-ray source |
1RXSJ |
108 |
Galaxy |
|
Yale Bright Star Catalog First Half |
YBSC-1 |
4991 |
Star |
|
Yale Bright Star Catalog Second Half |
YBSC-2 |
4105 |
Star |
*TMB indicates this optional SDB was created or compiled by Thomas M. Bisque.