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Object Catalog

The Object Catalog panel is reachable from the menu or by clicking on the catalog button in the title.

This panel shows a list of deep-sky objects. The items marked with '^' are currently above horizon; the items marked with 'x' are never visible. Selecting an object will display detailed information about that object.

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Selecting a catalog

Pressing the "Select" button opens the "Select Catalog" dialog. This dialog displays all the catalogs currently installed on your Palm. To open a catalog, select it, then press "Open". You can also use this dialog box to delete a catalog.

The Yale Bright Stars catalog contains 1630 entries; loading it takes a few seconds. It currently needs to be reloaded everytime you restart AstroInfo. Hopefully this will change in a future release

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Finding an object

Pressing the "Find" button opens the "Find Object" dialog. Enter the name, or part of the name, of the object you are looking for and press Okay. The object list will scroll to the next item containing that name. If you press the "Again" button, "Astro Info" will repeat the search.

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