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--- en:documentation:vo_samp [2014/02/01 15:57] – [Example] admin
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 Very useful tools to use with Skychart are [[http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mbt/topcat/|Topcat]] and [[http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml|Aladin]]. \\
-Skychart do not include a hub, so you need to connect to another software that include this piece.
+Skychart do not include a hub, so you need to connect to another software that include this piece.\\
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 If you select to not connect automatically, or if the hub is not running when you start Skychart, you need to connect from the menu [[menufile#samp|File -> SAMP]].
-From the same menu you can get the connection status and the list of clients.
+From the same menu you can get the connection status and the list of clients.\\
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 We want to display on the chart the super-giant stars in the Hyades area using the XHIP catalog as the source of data. If you already know how to work with Topcat you can skip to the last three steps.
-We use Topcat to get the data. So launch Topcat and Skychart, connect Skychart to the hub. {{:en:documentation:samp_ex1.jpg?150|}}
+We use Topcat to get the data. So launch Topcat and Skychart, connect Skychart to the hub.\\ {{:en:documentation:samp_ex1.jpg?150|}}
 On Skychart make a chart centered on the Hyades with a FOV of 20°.
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 Click on Aldebaran in Skychart, this send a single row selection to Topcat. It highlight the Aldebaran position in the HR plot and in the table browser.\\
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+After you get this basic example working you can explore all the powerful function that Topcat can offer to produce the ideal catalog for the data you need. Start by the other options in the VO menu and also try the Joins menu to merge the data from many original tables.