# List of catalog to install in CdC/Skychart # Use a version of the program higher than 4.3-4695, then select the menu Update / Install object catalog #type; CdC min version; Catalog version; Catalog name; Description; Size; zip file URL; Prerequisite; Base path in zip; Catalog number in CdC config; Catgen shortname ;Minimum field; Maximum field star;4.3;20220613;GAIA part 1;Gaia DR3 star complement to magnitude 12;101 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/GaiaDR3_1.zip;;gaia;1019;;0;5;https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/data-release-3 star;4.3;20220613;GAIA part 2;Gaia DR3 star complement to magnitude 15;1.1 GB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/GaiaDR3_2.zip;GAIA part 1;gaia;1019;;0;5;https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/data-release-3 star;4.3;20220613;GAIA part 3;Gaia DR3 star complement to magnitude 18;7.8/9.7 GB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/GaiaDR3_3.list;GAIA part 2;gaia;1019;;0;5;https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/data-release-3 star;4.3;20220613;GAIA part 4;Gaia DR3 star complement to magnitude 21;39/54 GB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/GaiaDR3_4.list;GAIA part 3;gaia;1019;;0;5;https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/data-release-3 star-index;4.3;20240302;Star Index;Search identifier from old star catalog: BD,GC,HD,SAO;9.2 MB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/starindex.zip;;starindex;0;sao;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/131A variable star;4.3;20231030;GCVS;General Catalog of Variable Stars, 58200 stars;1.6 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/gcvs.zip;;gcvs;0;gcvs;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/B/gcvs variable star;4.3;20240303;VSX;AAVSO Variable Star Index, 2251185 stars flagged as variable;80 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/vsx.zip;;vsx;0;vsx;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/B/vsx variable star;4.3;20240303;VSXb;51188 VSX stars brighter than 13 with amplitude more than 0.5;1.9 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/vsxb.zip;;vsxb;0;vsxb;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/B/vsx double star;4.3;20230818;DSD;Full WDS catalog, 155585 stars ;8.5 MB;https://www.stelledoppie.it/download/DSD.zip;;DSD;0;dsd;0;10;https://www.stelledoppie.it/index2.php?menu=74 double star;4.3;20230818;DSDv;WDS for visual observer, separation>0.5" and magnitude<16;6.2 MB;https://www.stelledoppie.it/download/DSDv.zip;;DSDv;0;dsdv;0;10;https://www.stelledoppie.it/index2.php?menu=74 double star;4.3;20230818;DSDm;WDS for small refractor, separation>1.2" and magnitude<13;3.3 MB;https://www.stelledoppie.it/download/DSDm.zip;;DSDm;0;dsdm;0;10;https://www.stelledoppie.it/index2.php?menu=74 dso;4.3;20240403;LBN;Lynds' Catalogue of Bright Nebulae;29 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/lbn.zip;;lbn;0;lbn;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/9 dso;4.3;19950131;SH 2;Sharpless Catalogue of HII Regions;15 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/sh2.zip;;sh2;0;sh 2;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/20 dso;4.3;20080630;Barnard;Barnard's Catalogue of 349 Dark Objects;14 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/barnard.zip;;barnard;0;b;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/220A dso;4.3;20191201;Hyperleda;5 million galaxies from The Hyperleda Extragalactic Database;154 MB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/leda.zip;;leda;0;pgc;0;5;http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ dso;4.3;20240403;OCL;Optically visible open clusters;32 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/ocl.zip;;ocl;0;ocl;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/B/ocl dso;4.3;20240403;GCM;Globular Clusters in the Milky Way;4 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/gcm.zip;;gcm;0;gcm;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/202 dso;4.3;20170115;GPN;Galactic Planetary Nebulae;63 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/gpn.zip;;gpn;0;gpn;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/84 dso;4.3;19980428;VdB;Van den Bergh Catalogue of Reflection Nebulae;21 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/vdb.zip;;vdb;0;vdb;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/21 dso;4.3;20240417;Abell;Abell Clusters of Galaxies;57 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/abell.zip;;abell;0;abel;0;6;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/4A dso;4.3;20240417;Zwicky;Zwicky Clusters of Galaxies;191 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/zwicky.zip;;zwicky;0;zwi;0;5;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/4A dso;4.3;20240417;HCG;Hickson's Compact groups of Galaxies;30 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/hcg.zip;;hcg;0;hcg;0;5;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/213 picture;4.3;20220124;Pictures ONGC;11731 pictures for the standard Open NGC catalog;277 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/pictures_ongc.zip;;pictures/ongc;1;;0;0;https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC picture;4.3;20220124;Pictures SH 2;299 pictures of Sh 2 objects;93 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/pictures_sh2.zip;SH 2;pictures/sh 2;1;;0;0;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/20 kernel;4.3;20210304;DE441;JPL DE441 planetary ephemeris, from BC13000 to AD17000;2.6 GB;https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ftp/eph/planets/Linux/de441/linux_m13000p17000.441;;jpleph;3;;0;0;https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/eph_export.html kernel;4.3;20211124;Base kernel;SPICE kernel for 24 main planetary satellites, 2000 to 2050;203 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/spicebase.zip;;spice_eph;2;;0;0;https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/ kernel;4.3;20211124;Extra kernel;SPICE kernel for 41 faint planetary satellites, 2000 to 2050;1.3 GB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/spiceext.zip;Base kernel;spice_eph;2;;0;0;https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/ expert;4.3r;20120930;UCAC4;Fourth U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog;2.3/6.0 GB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/ucac4.list;;ucac4;0;4uc;0;6;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/322A expert;4.3;20240410;LS;III/76A Luminous Stars in the Northern Milky Way;158 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/LS.zip;;LS;0;ls;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/III/76A expert;4.3;20240410;LSS;III/43 Luminous Stars in the Southern Milky Way;108 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/LSS.zip;;LSS;0;lss;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/III/43 expert;4.3;20240410;WR;III/215 7th Catalog of Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars;19 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/wr.zip;;wr;0;wr;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/III/215 expert;4.3;20240410;CGCS;III/227 General Catalog of galactic Carbon stars, 3d Ed.;193 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/cgcs3ed.zip;;cgcs3ed;0;cgcs;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/III/227 expert;4.3;20240410;LWD;III/70 Luyten's White Dwarf Catalogues;183 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/lwd.zip;;lwd;0;lwd;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/III/70 expert;4.3;20240410;MILES;Miles spectra library;18 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/miles.zip;;miles;0;mils;0;10;http://miles.iac.es/ expert;4.3;20240411;MILESB;Miles A-B stars reference spectra;8.4 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/milesb.zip;;milesb;0;milb;0;10;http://miles.iac.es/ expert;4.3;20170417;ArasBeAm;Be stars spectroscopic observation program;19 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/arasbeam.zip;;arasbeam;0;be;0;10;http://arasbeam.free.fr/ expert;4.3;20240418;EXO;Open Exoplanet Catalogue;289 KB;https://vega.ap-i.net/pub/catalog/exoplanet.zip;;exoplanet;0;exo;0;10;https://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/ expert;4.3;19991228;PLE;I/90 Positions of 502 Stars in Pleiades Region;27 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/Ple.zip;;Ple;0;ple;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/90 expert;4.3;19960520;GCPA;I/180 General Catalogue of Stars with the Systems of Photoelectric Astrolabes;89 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/gcpa.zip;;gcpa;0;gcpa;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/180 expert;4.3;19961022;HIC;I/196 Hipparcos Input Catalogue, Version 2;6.6 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/HIC.zip;;HIC;0;hic;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/196 expert;4.3;19961022;HICD;I/196 Double and Multiple System Components from HIC;1.4 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/HIC_double.zip;;HIC_double;0;hic;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/196 expert;4.3;19970211;HIPVP;I/239 The Hipparcos Catalogues, Periodic variables;197 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/hipvarper.zip;;hipvarper;0;hip;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/239 expert;4.3;19970211;HIPUV;I/239 The Hipparcos Catalogues, Unsolved variables;337 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/hipvaruns.zip;;hipvaruns;0;hip;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/I/239 expert;4.3;19970814;IRAS;II/125 A composition of four catalogs created from the data of IRAS;13.7 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/iras.zip;;IRAS;0;iras;0;4;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/125 expert;4.3;19960906;BV_31;II/208 BVRI CCD photometry in the field of M 31;1.5 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/BV_31.zip;;BV_31;0;bw31;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/208 expert;4.3;19970120;POC;II/217 Photoelectric observations of Cepheids in UBV(RI)c;518 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/poc.zip;;poc;0;poc;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/217 expert;4.3;19990616;NSV;II/219 New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars;455 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/nsv.zip;;nsv;0;nsv;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/219 expert;4.3;20050318;SN;II/256 Sternberg Supernova Catalogue, 2004 version;431 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/SN.zip;;SN;0;sn;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/256 expert;4.3;20050808;A70;II/260 Ackermann Extreme red stars in Cygnus;23 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/A70.zip;;A70;0;a70;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/260 expert;4.3;19991108;MIS;II/273 MISAO new variable stars;28 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/Mis.zip;;Mis;0;mis;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/II/273 expert;4.3;20010101;PHL;III/74 Faint Blue Stars near the South Galactic Pole;156 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/PHL.zip;;PHL;0;phl;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/III/74 expert;4.3;19930615;CHVS;V/11 CATALOGUE OF HIGH VELOCITY STARS;48 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/chvs.zip;;chvs;0;chvs;0;10; expert;4.3;19990107;BSC5;V/50 Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed.;569 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/bsc5.zip;;bsc5;0;bsc;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/50 expert;4.3;19990203;CABRI;V/53A Catalogue of the Brightest Stars;114 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/cabri.zip;;cabri;0;cabr;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/53A expert;4.3;20001103;PNG;V/84 Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae;131.3 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/png.zip;;png;0;png;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/84 expert;4.3;20001107;ZKH;V/101 Nearest stars until 10pc;34 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/Zkh.zip;;Zkh;0;zkh;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/101 expert;4.3;20020410;CV;V/110 Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables;80 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/CV.zip;;CV;0;cv;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/110 expert;4.3;20040506;GCSS;V/117 Geneva-Copenhagen Survey of Solar neighbourhood;1.1 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/GCSS.zip;;GCSS;0;gcss;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/117 expert;4.3;20050416;CCV;V/123 Catalog of Cataclysmic Variables;82 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/ccv.zip;;ccv;0;ccv;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/123 expert;4.3;20051103;MEGA;V/126 MEGA-H proper motion catalog;540 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/MEGA.zip;;MEGA;0;mega;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/V/126 expert;4.3;19960222;LDN;VII/7A Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae;61.3 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/ldn.zip;;ldn;0;ldn;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/7A expert;4.3;19941118;MCG;VII/62A Morphological Catalog of Galaxies;758 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/mcg.zip;;mcg;0;mcg;0;5;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/62A expert;4.3;19970513;CIG;VII/82A Catalogue of Isolated Galaxies;41 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/cig.zip;;cig;0;cig;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/82A expert;4.3;20030826;QSO;VII/248 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei;2.1 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/qso.zip;;qso;0;qso;0;5;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/248 expert;4.3;19940314;ACO;VII/110A A Catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies;141 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/aco_VII_110A.zip;;aco_VII_110A;0;aco;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/110A expert;4.3;19950704;NBG;VII/145 Nearby Galaxies Catalogue;230 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/NBG.zip;;NBG;0;nbg;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/145 expert;4.3;20000128;RFGC;VII/219 Revised Flat Galaxy Catalogue;214 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/RFGC.zip;;RFGC;0;rfgc;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/VII/219 expert;4.3;20060112;OCL;VII/229A Optically visible open clusters and Candidates;86 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/OCL.zip;;OCL;0;ocl;0;10; expert;4.3;19931222;M67MMJ;J/AJ/106/181 CCD photometry of open cluster M67;69 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/mmj_M67.zip;;mmj_M67;0;mmj;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/106/181 expert;4.3;20050518;rvNSVS;J/AJ/128/2965 Red variables in the NSVS;496 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/rvNSVS.zip;;rvNSVS;0;nsvs;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/128/2965 expert;4.3;20030109;MCRN;J/A+A/399/141 Merged catalogue of reflection nebulae;58 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/mcrn.zip;;mcrn;0;mcrn;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/399/141 expert;4.3;20031215;GCM31;J/A+A/416/917 Revised Bologna Catalog of M31 globular clusters;57.7 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/gcm31.zip;;gcm31;0;31gc;0;5;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/416/917 expert;4.3;20050913;CSOC;J/A+A/440/403 109 new Galactic open clusters;1.3 MB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/csoc.zip;;csoc;0;csoc;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/440/403 expert;4.3;19990107;ASAS;J/AcA/48/35 All Sky Automated Survey variable stars;17 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/asas.zip;;asas;0;asas;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AcA/48/35 expert;4.3;19960221;APM;J/MNRAS/278/1025 The APM Bright Galaxy Catalogue;451 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/apm.zip;;apm;0;apm;0;10;https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/278/1025 expert;4.3;19660101;DDO;DDO Catalogue of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies;16.5 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/ddo.zip;;ddo;0;ddo;0;5;https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1966AJ.....71..922V/abstract expert;4.3;19830101;HK83;An Atlas of H II regions in 125 galaxies;94.4 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/hk83.zip;;hk83;0;hk83;0;5;https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983AJ.....88..296H/abstract expert;4.3;20070318;LSB;Low surface brightness galaxies;22.9 KB;https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/files/catalog/lsb.zip;;lsb;0;lsb;0;10;https://www.schoenball.de/astronomie/cdc/cdc_en.htm 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