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Old 08-01-2012, 12:21 AM
gary
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Astroplanner & Sky Tools

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Originally Posted by AdamH View Post
Hi All,

As I'm new this this hemisphere I'm a bit lost to know what to look at (or take bad photos of). I was wondering if anyone could recommend free or reasonably priced planning software. Something that'll tell me what's worth looking at tonight.

I've got Cartes du Ciel and Stellarium, and they're both great but not too good for this discovery phase.

Many thanks,

Adam
Hi Adam,

The two most popular commercial observing planning programs are -

(as mentioned in the previous post) - Astroplanner - http://www.astroplanner.net/
and the other is Sky Tools - http://www.skyhound.com/

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Managing Director
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.
20 Kilmory Place, Mount Kuring-Gai
NSW. 2080. Australia
Phone +61-2-9457-9049
Fax +61-2-9457-9593
sales@wildcard-innovations.com.au
http://www.wildcard-innovations.com.au
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