Sky View Window - Forums

Topic starter

Mar 3, 2025

I find the Sky View window on an image to be very useful. I see that RA is sometimes in hrs/min, and sometimes in degrees.

Is there a setting that I can set in order to have Sky View show RA in Hrs/min?

Jim -

Salvatore Iovene

AstroBin Staff

IOTD Staff

Exemplary contributor

Mar 3, 2025

Hi Jim,

I'm not sure I follow. Nothing on AstroBin is labelled "Sky view". Can you send a screenshot please?

Jim Thommes

Topic starter

Mar 4, 2025

Here is what I see on my images:

Here is what I would like to see:

Salvatore Iovene

AstroBin Staff

IOTD Staff

Exemplary contributor

Mar 4, 2025

Hi Jim,

that's part of AstroBin's advanced plate-solving powered by PixInsight. You can learn more about plate-solving on AstroBin here:
https://welcome.astrobin.com/features/astrometry-tools

It's part of the AstroBin Ultimate subscription plan. You can compare the plans here:
https://welcome.astrobin.com/compare-plans

And see prices here:
https://welcome.astrobin.com/pricing

If you want, you can upgrade here:
https://app.astrobin.com/subscriptions/ultimate

If you do upgrade, you won't pay anything immediately, but only be charged with the difference at the end of the current billing period.

Hope this helps!
Salvatore

Jim Thommes

Topic starter

Mar 4, 2025

Salvatore,
Thanks for the explanation and subscription options.

I may upgrade at some point; for now I will divide RA in degrees by 15 (in my head by approximation) to get approximate RA in decimal hrs.

I am just looking for a rough sky location for an interesting image I view. I see now that the sky map shown will depend on that user's subscription level.

CS
Jim -

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