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SkyTools Guided Tour

Object Information

In addition to displaying catalog data, the SkyTools object information window brings together planning information, user data, and acts as a hub to access other parts of the program.

This window can be accessed whenever an object is present, instantly available from planning tools, logs, charts, etc.

The NightBar displays the same information seen on the observing list tool.

The YearBar displays visibility information for an entire year:

The red dashed line is the altitude of M 74 at 10:00 PM each night (the break is daylight savings time ending).  The user just clicked the Nov button, displaying the best nights to observe M 74 (on the right) during November.

From the Action Menu you can:

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