
Skycat Package
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This directory contains the sources for Skycat, a tool that combines
visualization of images and access to catalogs and archive data for
astronomy.

Once installed, you can start the application with the command "skycat".

You may specify a URL for the default catalog config file by defining
the following environment variable:
	
	setenv SKYCAT_CONFIG http://archive.eso.org/skycat/skycat.cfg

The catalog config file contains a description of the available
catalogs and defines how to access them via HTTP. The default is the
URL shown above. If the file "~/.skycat/skycat.cfg" is found, it is
used instead. This file may be edited by hand or using the Skycat
catalog directory browser (Skycat saves changes to the catalog list to
this file automatically).


For installation instructions, see the file INSTALL in the parent
directory.  See the CHANGES file in this directory for a list of
recent changes.  

The following URLs may also be of interest:

Skycat home page:
	http://archive.eso.org/skycat/

Sources and binaries:
	ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/archive/skycat/README.html

Postscript, PDF, and FrameMaker Documentation:
	ftp://ftp.eso.org/pub/archive/skycat/doc

HTML Docs:
	http://archive.eso.org/skycat/docs/skycat-man.html

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