Sketching astronomical objects
This site is dedicated to my astronomical drawings. Sketching deep-sky objects helps to improve observing skills. Over time - my technique should become better...
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StarMapStudio Specifications
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Star databaseStarMapStudio ships with 79381 stars, binary stars and variable stars until 8m5 derived from the Sky2000 catalogue from CDS (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg): http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/ftp-index?V/109 Using this catalogue, you can create your own star database for StarMapStudio with 299.167 stars until 12m0. Please refer to the help files for more information.Astronomical Object databasesThe object database contains 9681 records for galaxies, open clusters, globular clusters and nebula and is derived from the Saguarao SAC770 database:http://www.saguaroastro.org/content/db/SAC770.zip Object names are given with a certain priority. If an object has a Messier name, that name will be used. If no Messier name is available, StarMapStudio will display the Caldwell name if available and so on. The priority list is as follows:
The complete lists with cross references Messier / Caldwell / Herschel and NGC:
Messier - 110 objects (PDF file ca.35 KB)
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