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Originally Posted by justink
Thank you all for your help with this.
I bought the 8" skywatcher collapsible scope. Cant wait to get this assembled and get the fun started.
Can anyone suggest a good site/app to help locate stars, planets, etc.?
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Stellarium - various platforms (PC for me) (free and brilliant)
www.Stellarium.org
Google Sky Map (free for Android phone/tablet) Google Play Store
Tonight's sky
www.tonightssky.com web site where you say where and when and it tells you where to find (planets, clusters, nebula, galaxies, comets, double stars) and even can give alt az coordinates for given time frames Brilliant
Astroid (for Android from google play store)
Planet's position (Android on Google Play
Whereisit (Android google play store)