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Originally Posted by SkyViking
Thanks Dennis, you're right! The one you've marked is indeed Pluto, and not the one I first thought it to be.
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Regards,
Rolf
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Hi Rolf
No apologies required, I know how easy it is to mistakenly identify such faint objects - I’ve done this myself. Image how difficult it would have been for Clyde Tombaugh if Pluto had been is Sagittarius back in 1930 (I think it was in Gemini) when he discovered it.
In terms of planetarium and observation planning applications, I like SNP for wide field views, the intuitive user interface and for the information it can deliver on various bodies.
The Sky 6 Pro is a nice, technical piece of software and I tend to use it for the fainter, more difficult stuff.
SkyTools 3 Pro is another of my favourite technical applications and the author keeps it very up to date with solar system events.
So, I use all 3 depending on what I want to do as no single one of them appears to do it all, or maybe how I want it to be done!
Thanks for posting your original, it helped me track down Pluto on my image of the 6th – the Forum is a terrific resource for sharing results and showing current objects of interest, so keep ‘em coming!
Incidentally, even in The Sky 6 Pro the star GSC 6269:1035 (mag 12.3) is also listed as a mag 13 star from the UCAC2 and USNO databases, so there are definite discrepancies between the various catalogues once you get into the fainter stuff.
Cheers
Dennis