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	Location* Name or RA Dec Delimited by spaces or colons; sexigesimal or decimal degrees Title Title to be displayed top center of chart Comment Comment to be displayed beneath chart star field Plot a chart of this scale: Choose A AR B BR C CR D DR E ER F FR G GR Use this to quickly plot a chart with same dimensions and scale as existing AAVSO charts. FOV* Field of view size, expressed in arc minutes (0-900, 0-60 for DSS) Resolution* Print resolution of image, expressed in dots per inch (75-300) Mag. Limit* Limiting magnitude for stars (5-25; ignored if Use DSS Image checked) North Up Down East Right Left Image Use DSS image Query Digitized Sky Survey and render image on chart Field Photometry Do not plot a chart, just give me a table of photometry Other Variables Do not mark additional variables in the field. Mark GCVS variables in the field of view Mark all variables in the field of view Chart ID The Chart ID of a previously created chart (will override all other settings) (what is this?) * required

Help Guides

We have two PDF help guides available for VSP

1. VSP one page help guide (pdf)
2. VSP detailed help guide (pdf)

More explanation about Chart ID Numbers is also available.

Funding for the development of the Variable Star Plotter (VSP) was provided by the Curry Foundation. Development was by Clockwork Active Media Systems with contributions from M. Koppelman, A. Price and C. Watson.

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