TheSky (astronomy software)

• The display of star charts using catalogs such as USNO, UCAC4, the Hubble Guide Star Catalog, the Hipparcos Catalogue, the Tycho-2 Catalogue and the NOMAD catalog.
• Planetarium features capable of depicting the sky in a realistic way, including the simulation of sky movement over time in order to predict the locations of different sky objects
• Automatic telescope and focuser control using native telescope drivers as well as ASCOM.
• Scriptable via JavaScript or the Component Object Model, allowing scripted operation.
• Optional Add Ons to extend TheSky's functionality, including a Camera Add On to control CCD, DSLR and video cameras, focusers, filter wheels, and rotators; a Dome Add On to automate dome control; a TPoint Add On for telescope pointing analysis, automated polar alignment, telescope tracking correction, and automated telescope model determination ; a Database Add On that provides the NOMAD, UCAC4 star catalogs as well as the 10x Digitized Sky Survey
• Control, automation and automated PEC training of Software Bisque's own Paramount series of robotic telescope mounts.