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You could consider having a look at the Deepsky software package as well. It's uses a database back end, and has some fairly rich search and What's Up functions. All results are returned in a spreadsheet like fashion with an option of printing finder charts etc as well.
It has a LOT more functionality than I'm noting here. I've used it since it was originally released for observational astronomy.
If you like to log your observations, it also has pretty good logging options too. I have used it in the past for visual astronomy for planning the night, and intend to start using it once again when my new scope arrives.
As an aside, back in my olden days when I did visual astronomy with my 15", I logged all of my observations using a headset mic plugged into a tiny minidisc recorder. When the night was over, I would play the recordings back into Dragon Naturally Speaking on my PC and it would convert it all to text ready for pasting into my observation logs in Deepsky. It was the ultimate way to enjoy observing for the evening without needing a pad and pen / computer etc to record my logs.
Dean
Last edited by floyd_2; 24-05-2010 at 06:22 PM.
Reason: Added some info about recording observation logs
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