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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hi Marc
LOL! No, don’t go and buy all that stuff just for the occasional asteroid.
I have Starry Night Pro, The Sky, SkyTools and Sky Map Pro and they all show asteroids. All you need to do is to make sure your asteroid data file is up to date (usually via internet download) and you will be able to see what asteroid(s) if any appear in your field for the date and time of the exposure.
The tight integration and operation of The Sky and CCDSoft is probably only useful if you already have an SBIG CCD camera and you plan to specialise in asteroid searches. Otherwise, it’s an expensive upgrade!
Excellent animation by the way – really smooth.
Cheers
Dennis
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Nah... was only kidding. I can't even afford a decent focuser [yet]