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Old 04-01-2024, 08:07 AM
Startrek (Martin)
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Hi Benji,
I forgot to mention there are many Astro apps ( planetarium’s ) available to learn the night sky any time of the day. Stellarium is an excellent planetarium and can be used for both visual observation and astrophotography. It has ocular plugin’s for observing and telescope plugin’s to control your telescope, plus many others.
Avoid using the Stellarium mobile app , it’s a copy and asks for money to provide additional information. Use the original Stellarium app on your PC or laptop ( Stellarium.org ) it’s open source software ( free ) and has been around for many many years , extremely popular , very intuitive and loads of additional features. You will attain a good understanding of the night sky in a few hours using it at any time of the day as it operates in real time so you can move forward or backwards in time using the date time function.
I’ve attached a basic user guide

Cheers
Martin

PS: You may already use it but I thought to mention it anyway
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File Type: pdf Stellarium Basic Set Up and User Guide rev 2.pdf (308.1 KB, 27 views)
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