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Celestial Excel
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Gfamily »
Mon Jan 06, 2025 10:30 pm
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This is something I've been working on over Christmas - it's the Yale Bright Star Catalogue displayed on an RA/Dec grid.
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I have little knowledge of Excel macro's, but I was wondering if you could access the Series object for each Mag series and hardcode the visual...
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Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:38 pm
Observation Logging software, with sketches
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BamaDon »
Tue Dec 10, 2024 4:12 am
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For years, I've logged my observations on paper. This is useful for the Astronomical League programs, because they commonly require some kind of...
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I thought I'd follow this up. I've since downloaded and purchased AstroPlanner.
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Sat Jan 04, 2025 4:08 pm
Collimation Circles, app for easy telescope collimation
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sajmons »
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:30 am
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Hi, I'm the author of the Collimation Circles application. It is free and open source.
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Collimation Circles 3.2.0 stable is out
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Wed Oct 16, 2024 1:09 pm
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Last post by AstroBee
Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:44 am
Sky Safari 7 question
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Mike Q »
Thu Jul 18, 2024 12:48 am
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Anybody else having this issue using an Android product. As the attached picture show the satellite box is NOT checked, yet i am getting every...
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Well dumping the memory and downloading all the data cured the issue. Satellites are gone
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Last post by Mike Q
Thu Jul 18, 2024 11:35 pm
GraXpert 3.0
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Graeme1858 »
Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:21 am
GraXpert 3.0 has now been released.
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Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:21 am
Stellarium 24.1 QT6 for Windows 64bit
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TerryMcK »
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:51 am
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I've just installed this over the top of a perfectly working 23.1 and it broke.
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I've just installed this over the top of a perfectly working 23.1 and it broke.
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Last post by Graeme1858
Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:06 am
Green Swamp Software for Synta mounts.
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Gordon »
Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:24 pm
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I was wondering if anyone was using Green Swamp Software to run their Synta mounts? I have used EQMOD for the last 15 or so years and never looked...
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I've used it for years with my Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount.
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Last post by Juno16
Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:08 pm
Lunar Terminator Visualization Tool - LTVT
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JayTee »
Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:59 pm
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I'm having a Dickens of a time trying to find the useable digital elevation model (DEM) files that are needed to make LTVT a very useful product....
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You might find what you are looking for here:
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Last post by 515bonner
Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:44 am
SGPro slew error
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jazzin »
Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:44 pm
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Last night I was going to image but got this error when trying to slew to a bright star for my frame and focus routine in SGPro.
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I haven't used SGP in a few years since discovering NINA, but it sounds like SGP thinks the star you selected is below the horizon and you have...
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Last post by AstroBee
Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:21 am
Apt Video guides
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UkDave »
Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:01 am
Hi everyone just a heads up ,Mark from Southern cross amateur astro has embarked on a video guide for APT which you may find useful if you use Apt or...
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Last post by UkDave
Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:01 am
Apt - crowdfunding
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UkDave »
Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:20 am
Apt is asking for some help if you use APT please have a read of ivo and Maria’s statement .
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Last post by UkDave
Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:20 am
Stellarium, The New Version
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JayTee »
Sat May 06, 2023 9:47 pm
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I just downloaded and installed Stellarium 23.1 qt6
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MESA uses software rendering if you are running on a computer without a dedicated gfx card. If you have a desktop with a decent gfx card you should...
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Last post by AstroBee
Sat May 06, 2023 10:19 pm
Megastar5 now a free download
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kt4hx »
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:24 pm
I just found this out over on CN. The popular program developed by Emil Bonanno was released in 1992, back in the days of Windows 3.1. It was...
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Last post by kt4hx
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:24 pm
Star Hop
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GCoyote »
Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:29 pm
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Fairly new and might be useful to newbies.
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Nice job, there is a similar app to this called SkEye.
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Last post by aae0130
Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:35 pm
ASCOM driver for a Meade LS
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MistrBadgr »
Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:29 am
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Someone on another forum has asked about an ASCOM driver for his Meade LS 6. I know Meade paid to have a driver built for the LS and it used to be on...
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Hi Bill
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Last post by MarcoS
Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:55 pm
Siril for stacking and processing?
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Gordon »
Fri Oct 21, 2022 6:38 pm
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My results with Deep Sky Stacker, have not been as good as I thought they should be so I decided to try Siril.
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I can't say too much about processing yet. I tried it once and wasn't real happy with the results, but as with any software, it's a bit of 'trial and...
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Last post by Gordon
Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:28 pm
Night Sky (iPhone) - find Webb?
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PDN777 »
Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:11 pm
Hi,
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Thu Oct 06, 2022 6:11 pm
Stellarium 1.0
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alexwolf »
Sat Oct 01, 2022 1:09 pm
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The Stellarium team did it. Stellarium 1.0 is here !
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Congratulations Alex!!!
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Last post by Gordon
Sat Oct 01, 2022 5:16 pm
NINA Manually
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hatflyer »
Sat Jul 30, 2022 2:33 pm
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My computer is only connected to my camera. So, I have to pick the 3 points to use NINA's 3-point alignment. How do I choose points 2 and 3? Just go...
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I have never tried to do it manually and I can't remember the motion the mount took to do the platesolve.
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Last post by hatflyer
Sat Jul 30, 2022 6:16 pm
Stellarium 0.22.2
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alexwolf »
Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:24 am
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The Stellarium team is delighted to announce the release of Stellarium 0.22.2.
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Thanks! Appreciate all your hard work!!
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Last post by Unitron48
Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:00 pm
SkySafari Pro 7 vs 6
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Bigzmey »
Sun Jul 10, 2022 6:49 pm
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I got notification that SSp 7 is on 50% sale and wondering if it worth getting if one already has ver 6?
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Screenshot_20220711-124510_SkySafari 7 Pro.jpg
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Last post by JayTee
Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:07 pm
Which Sky Prediction App Do You Use?
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Juno16 »
Mon Dec 13, 2021 2:32 pm
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I have the PS Align Pro app on my iphone. I pretty much only use the app for the quick access to the sky prediction apps 7Timer, Dark Sky, Clear...
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I am slightly in Gordon's camp actually. Our astronomy is done from our home, where we have clear unlit skies.
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Last post by Butterfly Maiden
Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:23 pm
Astrosurface software
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Gordon »
Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:42 pm
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I stumbled on to this today. For planetary and solar images.
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Sorry I've missed getting back into this thread - it appears I no longer receive notifications for the subscribed Forums I have set up......;-)
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Last post by Altocumulus
Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:46 pm
Stellarium search
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turboscrew »
Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:30 pm
I just found out that the coordinate search of Stellarium is broken. The fix should be on its way.
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Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:30 pm
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