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SkyChart

SkyChart (Cartes du Ciel)

SkyChart lets users draw sky charts, making use of the data in 16 catalogs of stars and nebulae. In addition the position of planets, asteroids and comets are shown.

The purpose of this program is to prepare different sky maps for a particular observation. A large number of parameters help you to choose specifically or automatically which catalogs to use, the colour and the dimension of stars and nebulae, the representation of planets, the display of labels and coordinate grids, the superposition of pictures, the condition of visibility and more.

All these features make this celestial atlas more complete than a conventional planetarium.

 SkyChart 3.0.1.4

Price
Free to download

Size
5.3MB
License

GNU GPL

Developer
Patrick Chevalley

Website
ap-i.net/skychart

System Requirements
libsql
Synapse TCP/IP library
EnhEdits
Gtk2

Support Sites:
Documentation, FAQ, Message Archive

Selected Reviews:
Bitwise, Skywatch

Features include:

  • 2.8 million world cities database
  • Galactic and Ecliptic chart projection
  • Superimpose images over digitzed sky survey charts
  • Galactic and Ecliptic chart projection
  • Telescope tracking using INDI
  • Observatory database
  • TCP/IP server capability
  • Online pictures
  • CatGen, a Catalog build tool
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