Deep-Sky Planner
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Deep-Sky Planner is observation planning and logging software for amateur astronomers. It helps observers to determine where and when to view all types of celestial objects. It runs on Windows.
| Deep-Sky Planner | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Knightware |
| Initial release | 1 April 1994 |
| Stable release | v9
/ 14 June 2024 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Astronomy software |
| License | Proprietary software commercial software |
| Website | knightware |
Deep-Sky Planner was originally published[1] April 1, 1994 by Sky Publishing Corporation. Knightware, LLC began publishing Deep-Sky Planner in 2005.[2] Subsequent versions have been released to present.
Deep-Sky Planner received best astronomy product of the year awards in 2013 from Astronomy magazine[3] and in 2014 from Sky & Telescope magazine.[4] The software is developed and distributed by Knightware, LLC.
Features
- Large database of celestial objects including the Revised New General Catalog & Index Catalog by Wolfgang Steinicke
- Search, sort, filter and report objects in the database
- Compute accurate planet, asteroid and comet positions
- Control GoTo telescopes via ASCOM
- Planetarium program inter-operation with:
- TheSky (astronomy software)
- Starry Night (planetarium software)
- RedShift (planetarium software)
- Cartes du Ciel
- Stellarium (software)
- Integrated observing log that supports OpenAstronomyLog
- Insert readings from Unihedron's Sky Quality Meter into observing log
- Display and manage images from Digitized Sky Survey
- Online library of observing lists (plans)
