# XEphemdbd Sky Request

Retrieve celestial objects in any region of the sky. Fill in the form below then press Submit.

### Set basic processing options:

- Columnar text format
  ephem.edb format

- Geocentric
  Topocentric (Requires Lat/Long/Elev, below)

- Astrometric precessed to 2000
  Apparent @ EOD (Requires Lat/Long/Elev, below)

### Select desired object types:

- Major planets
- Minor planets and comets
- Bright stars
- Deep sky objects
- PPM, HD, SAO stars
- GSC stars

### Set Date and Time (UTC):

To indicate the current time, set the date to Now and leave the time blank

- Date, M D Y
- Time, H M S

### Set Center (J2000) and Size of field:

- RA, H M S.S
- Dec, (-)D M S
- Size, degrees
- Limiting magnitude

### Set Location, if requesting topocentric or apparent coordinates:

- Latitude, (-)D M S, +North
- Longitude, (-)D M S, +East
- Elevation, m above sea level

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