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Old 18-11-2009, 11:39 PM
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You can import lists of objects without too much trouble into Astroplanner (freeware version). I have 2 lists active - one of the Messier objects (NGC and Messier come with software) and the other one of Glen Cozier's "All Sky Messier Catalogue" that I set up from Glen's original Excel file which nicely picks up all the other bright DSO in Southern hemisphere and things like NOrth american neb etc Messier missed. I have the horizon preconfigured for home, Ron's, 10 Chain Hill, etc. Sort for objects visible and not yet see always give me a host of nice objects to "shoot" whenever getting ready for a dark sky session.

The beauty of this too is you can quickly change targets on site if you do have problems with clouds or whatever. I should really buy the payware version to get Ascom support I guess - not hard to search the next object in planetarium software though.

The other thing you can do is add user columns - I put notes in these - one for objects to target next session, another with notes for best month to hunt something in particularly I'm after.

Awesome software Mr Awesome!
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