Plotting the current position of the sources

 

The following commands will plot the position of the sources in the sky at 03:00 UT on January 1^st, 1990, together with the position of planets:

 CATALOG SAMPLE                        ! First define the catalog
 OBSERVATORY VELETA                    ! and the observatory
 TIME 03:00 01-JAN-1990                ! the time and date
 FRAME HORIZON ZENITH                  ! The whole visible sky
 SOURCE/DRAW                           ! draw all sources from catalog
 PLANET /DRAW                          ! and planets (only Jupiter is up)
 HEADER                                ! label the plot.

The output will look like Figure 1.