Cartes de Ciel How to show a new catalog?

[Datalord]

I'm having issues showing a new catalog in CdL. I added an Abell catalog and it is present and searchable, but I can't comprehend what to do to just show it in the map when I browse around.

These two Abell's are shown because I searched for them and added them to the observing list:

But zoom out and no Abells are present at all:

[Gasman]

If I remember correctly it’s all down to the magnitude of the object, if you set the limit to say mag 15 then a mag 16 object shouldn’t show, its also down to Cdc field of view as you zoom out it only shows brighter objects otherwise fully zoomed out you would have nearly a white screen with everything brighter than 15 shown.

Steve

[symmetal]

In 'Setup\Catalog' click the catalog tab and ensure the max FOV number for the catalog required is set high enough to display in the selected FOV number. 10 means display it at all FOV selections.

In 'Setup\Chart, coordinates' click the Object filter tab and adjust the 'Deep Sky Filter' settings to taste. Unticking 'Filter deep sky objects'  will show the DSO catalogs at the settings set in the Catalog tab previously. This may give a cluttered view so perhaps just reduce the 'Limiting size' setting (and maybe the 'Limiting magnitude') on the 'Deep Sky Filter' settings  for the higher FOV numbers,until the abell or other catalogs show as required.

Alan

[Datalord]

1 minute ago, symmetal said:

In 'Setup\Catalog' click the catalog tab and ensure the max FOV number for the catalog required is set high enough to display in the selected FOV number. 10 means display it at all FOV selections.

In 'Setup\Chart, coordinates' click the Object filter tab and adjust the 'Deep Sky Filter' settings to taste. Unticking 'Filter deep sky objects'  will show the DSO catalogs at the settings set in the Catalog tab previously. This may give a cluttered view so perhaps just reduce the 'Limiting size' setting (and maybe the 'Limiting magnitude') on the 'Deep Sky Filter' settings  for the higher FOV numbers,until the abell or other catalogs show as required.

Alan

Thank you! Exactly what I needed!