Arcus Guide

Guide Bringing your charts in

Importing charts from AstroSeek

Your saved charts come out as an AAF export, which is plain text you paste straight into Arcus.

  1. Sign in, open the Account menu at the top right, and choose My private astro DB.
My private astro DB, in the Account menu
My private astro DB, in the Account menu
  1. Your saved charts are listed under the Saved persons tab. At the very bottom of that list, click Database backup, export in AAF format.
The database backup link, at the foot of the list
The link sits under the last chart in the list
  1. Copy everything in the box that appears. Each chart takes two lines: the name, date, time and place on the first, its coordinates and time zone on the second.
The export, two lines per chart, with the name and moment on the first
What the export looks like, with charts of our own in place of yours
  1. In Arcus, click Open chart in the top bar.
Open chart in the top bar
Open chart, in the tools at the top right
  1. Click Import at the top of the Saved Charts window.
The Import button at the top of the Saved Charts window
Import sits at the top of the Saved Charts window
  1. Click Paste chart text, and paste the export into the box. There is no file to save.
Paste chart text, under the drop zone in the import window
Paste chart text, under the drop zone

From there it goes through the same review step as any other import: the charts are listed, anything already in your library is left out, and nothing is cast until you say so.

The export carries the coordinates for every chart, so nothing has to be looked up and none of your charts wait on a place.

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