This page show how to add exoplanet display to Skychart using the Virtual Observatory SAMP interface.

You first need to install Topcat and initialize the SAMP functions in Skychart.

When ready start Topcat and Skychart, be sure the SAMP connection between the two is active using the menu menu View / SAMP / SAMP Status.

If not use the menu View / SAMP / Connect to SAMP hub.

Open the page http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/ in your web browser.

On the row “VO CONNECTION” clock the “ON” button.

A popup security prompt ask you to accept the connection between Topcat and the web site.

Click “Yes”. A new window open and you can see the catalog table to be downloaded.

From the Topcat window, select the table on the list on the left,
then the menu Interop / Send table too… / skychart

That's all, the exoplanet catalog is now installed in Skychart.
The stars with an exoplanet are marked on the chart with a red square and you can search for a planet name from the search bar. All the information are show in the detail window.