This web-page is set up to allow individuals to share their planetarium program software settings. We will archive settings for any programs here, PC or Mac, or other. Aside from program settings, this page can also contain files for unique observing targets in individual constellations (such as, all Hershel objects in Pegasus), or files derived from certain databases. There are really no rules regarding content, just as long as it is somethng you use, that could be useful to others.To submit settings for inclusion on this page, send them to:
tac.software.settings@resource-intl.com. Zip of Stuff the file, and make sure to inlcude a text page describing what your setting provide, and what software (name and platform) it is for.
Your sumission will be listed below:
| Platform | Program | Submitted By | Purpose |
|---|
| Windows | The Sky | Jeff Gortatowski | Open Cluster .SDB files |
| Windows | The Sky | Nilesh Shah | NightTime.sky settings (zipped) |
| Windows | The Sky | Jim Shields | Hickson .SDB file |
| Windows | The Sky | Mark Wagner | Provide 1d and 50d view of the sky |
| Windows | The Sky | Mark Wagner | SAC Deep Sky Database files by constellation (zipped) |
| Windows | MegaStar | Dennis Beckley | Beckley.zip
Abell.ncl - all 79+ Abell planetary nebulas By unzipping these files into your main Megastar directory, one can display only the selected custom list on the computer screen - making it easier to find the objects and to get the big picture of their topographical distribution across the sky. |
| Mac/Windows | Starry Night | Doug Hudgins | SEC_PNe.ssd Steve Gottlieb and Kent Wallace's rendering of planetary nebula data from the Strasbourg/ESO catalog of galactic planetary nebulae |