Software Bisque TheSky6.

TheSky6 is available in three different Editions: Professional, Serious Astronomer and
Student. All editions contain set of standard features. The more advanced editions contain
additional functionality for astronomy enthusiast.

Professional Edition:
TheSky Professional Edition is designed for the advanced or professional astronomer. The
Professional Edition contains the greatest number of features, largest databases and most
pictures

Serious Astronomer Edition:
TheSky Serious Astronomer Edition is targeted for the amateur or hobbyist astronomer. It
includes native telescope control for virtually all commercial telescopes and more. See the
table below for a list of additional features.

Student Edition:
TheSky Student Edition is for the budding or student astronomer. It is easy to use, yet
contains a powerful set of features to help learn about the fascinating field of astronomy.

TheSky6 Standard Features Common To All Versions.

Planetarium Dusplay - Input any date (from 4,712 B.C. to A.D. 10,000) and any time to show
a graphical representation of what the sky looks like from your location.
TheSky6 can show the position of all of the planets, the Moon, comets, asteroids, satellites,
up to 1 billion stars and up to 1 million deep-space objects (galaxies, clusters, nebulas,
double stars, variable stars, etc.). See TheSky's Databases for details.

Extensive Databases of Celestial Objects and Pictures - TheSky6 is packed with up to
millions of celestial objects and thousands of detailed pictures.
Over 13,000 images from the NGC and IC Catalogs (shown in-place using 1.7 arcsecond per
pixel images from the Digitized Sky Survey).
Almost 200 full color deep-space images from the David Malin collection.
Over 400 full-color images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Over 150 images of solar system objects, including images from the Mars Rover and other
space missions.
Detailed descriptions of the planets.
The Sun, Moon, planets, Jupiter and Saturn's major moons, and comets.

Find Objects - TheSky6 has a powerful Find command so you can locate any object.
Find objects by: Stars, Common name, Bayer designation, Flamsteed designation, General
Catalog of Variable Star (GCVS) designation, Non-stellar variable star (NSV) designation,
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) Catalog number, Struve designation,
Washington Catalog of Double Star designation, Non-stellar objects, Caldwell number,
Common name, Herschel number, Index Catalog number (IC), Lorenzin Catalog number, New
General Catalog (NGC/IC Project) number, Principle Galaxy Catalog number (PGC), Principle
Galaxy Catalog cross-reference number , Zwicky, Arakelian Catalog of Galaxies, Catalog of
Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies (CGCG), David Dunlop Observatory Catalog of Galaxies,
Fairall Catalog of Galaxies , Karachentseva Catalog of Galaxies , Kazaryan UV Galaxies,
Kiso UV Galaxies, Second Byurakay Survey, Tololo Galaxies, Uppsala General Catalog of
Galaxies (UGC), University of Michigan Catalog of Galaxies, Virgo Cluster Catalog of
Galaxies
Weinberger Catalog of Galaxies, Planetary Nebula designation (PLN), Saguaro Astronomy
Club Deep-Space Object catalog (SAC)
Solar System, Comet name, Minor planet name or number (Serious Astronomer and
Professional Edition only), Moon, Satellites (Serious Astronomer and Professional Edition
only), Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Pluto.
Constellations, Common name.

Detailed Information on Celestial Objects - Click on any object, or use the Find command to
show extensive information on celestial objects, including: common name, catalog number
(including cross references to other catalogs), for example M42 or NGC1976, description of
the object, magnitude, distance information, rise, transit, set times, the constellation to which
the object belongs, equatorial and horizon-based coordinates, other object and catalog
specific data, position angle (as measured from the Celestial Pole) from the previously
identified object, phase (where applicable).

Display Explorer - The Display Explorer is a versatile tool that allows you to access and edit
virtually every display option in TheSky6 via a tree list control.

Display Reference Lines - TheSky6 can display reference lines that show coordinates, help
you visualize your orientation, or indicate what part of the sky you’re looking. They include:
Ecliptic, Galactic Equator, Milky Way (picture), Milky Way (solid), Constellation lines,
Constellation boundaries, Constellation drawings, Equatorial grid lines (customizable
spacing), Horizon-based grid lines, Telescope limit lines, including declination and altitude
limit lines (Serious Astronomer and Professional Edition only), Local horizon (customizable),
Refracted horizon, Panoramic horizon (customizable).

Display Object Labels - Show labels for the following objects: Common name (stars),
Common name (non-stellar objects), Constellation name, Messier number, Sun, planet,
moons, Bayer designation, Flamsteed designation, Comets, Minor planets or asteroids
(Serious Astronomer and Professional Edition only), Customizable "extended" labels (Serious
Astronomer and Professional Edition only).

Adjust Appearance of Stars - Show stars with their spectral color, change the contrast,
gradient fill, density, halos on bright stars, red color in Night Vision Mode and more!

Use Toolbars to Access Commands - TheSky6 contains versatile toolbars for accessing
commonly used commands.

Show/Hide a Status Bar - Display a Status Bar with customizable content, including:
Equatorial and horizon-based coordinates of the center of the screen, Equatorial and
horizon-based coordinates of the mouse pointer, Earth location, Local sidereal time, Field
width, Date, Time.

Look North, South, East, West or Up - Quickly orient yourself with the local horizon using
these commands.

Zoom box - Click and drag a zoom box to magnify the current field.

Zoom to Pre-defined fields - Adjust the display to suit your instrument. Telescope, Finder
scope, Binocular, Naked Eye, Wide Field, Maximum.

Move To Any Coordinate - The handy Move To command lets you center the display on any
equatorial or horizon-based coordinate, from any Epoch.

Time Control - Astronomers are always looking forward, or backward in time. TheSky6 makes
this easy! You specify how time advances or retreats.

Specify any Earth-based Location - Quickly specify your viewing location by selecting it from
a list of over 1,200 locations, click on a World Map, or manually enter your coordinates (that
are, for example, obtained from a GPS).

Create Object Paths - TheSky6 lets you generate the path of any solar system object over
time. Create the Sun's analemma, or demonstrate the retrograde motion of Mars.

Eclipse Finder - The Eclipse Finder allow you to search for and animate solar and lunar
eclipses, and view their geometry. TheSky6 even displays a solar eclipse's path of totality on
a map of the Earth.

Conjunction Finder - Locate conjunctions between any three planets, or the Moon.

Moons of Jupiter and Saturn - Shows the positions of Jupiter's Galilean major moons and
Saturn's major moons at any given time, allowing you to set the moons into motion.

Moon Phase Calendar - Display or print a monthly calendar (for any month) with the phase for
each day and text showing the moon's significant phases. Also print the rise and set times
for the Sun and Moon for each day of any month. Great for planning observing sessions!

Moon Viewer - Show detailed, medium-resolution photographs of the Moon's surface. The
Moon Viewer can label common features, landing sites, and shows historical references
about
feature names. TheSky6 Professional Edition includes photographs with 100 meter
resolution.

3D Solar System Mode - View the planets, comets, and minor planets from anywhere in the
solar system. Watch comets race around the sun. Plot comet and minor planet's paths
through the solar system. Lock On and/or View From any object during a time skip
animation.

Display Constellations - TheSky6 shows detailed Bevis drawings, and/or simplified figures
and/or the boundaries of all 88 constellations.

Daytime Sky Mode - Simulate the daytime sky to view sunrises, sunsets, or solar eclipses,
in
real time or accelerated time.

Sun and Moon Report - Generate a text-based report that shows the daily rise/set times of
the
Moon and Sun, as well as beginning and ending twilight times for the current month.

Full Screen Mode - Show only the Virtual Sky with no toolbars or windows. Great when
using
TheSky6 with the telescope.

Night Vision Mode - Change the computer screen to red to preserve dark adaptation. Great
when using TheSky6 at your telescope.

Mirror Image - Invert the virtual sky to simulate the sky as it might appear through a
telescope.

Chart Mode - Display the virtual sky similar to a printed star atlas.

Star Chart Output - Copy star charts to the Clipboard as Metafiles or Windows bitmaps to
paste into other applications. Spruce up your next astronomy club newsletter by including a
publication-quality star chart!

Print Star Charts - Star hopping was never easier! Print a hard copy of any portion of the night
sky, and use it in the field to help identify objects.

Right-click and Drag Screen - Use the right mouse button to drag and adjust the position of
the screen.

Compute Angular Separation - Display the precise angular separation between any two
objects on screen.

Free Screen Rotation - Rotate the Virtual Sky in any angle when matching star fields.

Import and Display New Databases - Import additional databases of objects.

Stellar Proper Motion - Watch the motion of the stars over hundreds, or thousands of years.
Proper motion "vectors" show the path that the stars will follow over time.

Display photograph of the Milky Way Galaxy - Display a high-resolution photograph galaxy,
the Milky Way.

Display the Earth's Shadow - When simulating lunar eclipses, the Umbra and the Penumbra
of the Earth's shadow is displayed against the starry background. This "object" is also very
handy for minor planet hunters who need to search dark areas of the sky that are directly
"opposite" the Sun.

Send Star Chart as an Email Attachment - Shared a cool astronomical event with your friends
who own TheSky6 by emailing a copy of your star chart (TheSky6 required).

Extensive Help Files - Questions? Use TheSky6's Help to get answers!

Detailed User's Guide (PDF) - TheSky6 comes with a comprehensive user's guide in Portable
Document (PDF).

Create Slide Shows - Use TheSky6 to create a list of images that can be shown as a manual
or automatic advancing slide show.

For feature details of TheSky 6 Student Edition, Serious Astronomer and Professional
Astronomer, see the relevant entries in our online catalogue.

Minimum System Requirements:

TheSky6 is designed to run on the following operating systems: Windows 98, Windows
ME,Windows NT4 (SP 6a required), Windows 2000, Windows XP Home, Windows XP
Professional. TheSky6 does NOT run under Windows 95.
At least 200MB of disk space is required to install TheSky6 Student Edition and about 1GB
for the Serious Astronomer Edition. Over 3GB is required for full installation of TheSky6
Professional Edition. At least 128MB of RAM is recommended (as always, more RAM is
better), and a quad-speed or faster CD ROM or DVD drive is desirable during installation.
Performance with a processor slower than a 200MHz Pentium or equivalent is likely to be
unsatisfactory.

Prices:
TheSky 6 Student Edition - £29.00
TheSky 6 Serious Astronomer - £69.00
TheSky 6 Professional - £149.00

Please Note: Upgrades from previous versions of TheSky can now be handled by SCS Astro
Ltd. Price - Call for details.

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