Show MPCAT details

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NEO Planner MPCAT details screen, explanations
NEO Planner MPCAT details screen

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MPCAT details

The overview is based on data from the MPCAT-OBS page of the MPC:

Example of observations from station K87 Dettelbach Vineyard Observatory with observations taken to November 2025.

The observations come from the loaded MPCAT-OBS archive of the MPC.

This data will probably be updated at the same time as the last publication of the MPC archive.
The observations can therefore have a time lag of several months.

For performance reasons, only the data for one month is displayed. With>Month (click to select)< a month can be selected for the entire available observation period of the active station. You can also scroll forwards and backwards by month via Page Up or Page Down on the Window.

For unnumbered comets and asteroids, information about the object is displayed in the Object type column. If desired, information about numbered asteroids can also be displayed by activating the checkbox. However, this is not recommended due to long loading times and should only be used in exceptional cases.

By double-clicking on a position in the list view, the corresponding pages of the object from JPL Horizon and MPC are called up in your browser.

This can be prevented in the second checkbox if desired.

Pressing the Save list button loads .jpg, .txt and .csv files into the archive folder.

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