You are a legend Martin . Thank you heaps.
I use the mobile app but now going to give the desktop version a spin based on what you mentioned. Thanks again for being open and sharing.
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Originally Posted by Startrek
Hi Benji,
I forgot to mention there are many Astro apps ( planetarium’s ) available to learn the night sky any time of the day. Stellarium is an excellent planetarium and can be used for both visual observation and astrophotography. It has ocular plugin’s for observing and telescope plugin’s to control your telescope, plus many others.
Avoid using the Stellarium mobile app , it’s a copy and asks for money to provide additional information. Use the original Stellarium app on your PC or laptop ( Stellarium.org ) it’s open source software ( free ) and has been around for many many years , extremely popular , very intuitive and loads of additional features. You will attain a good understanding of the night sky in a few hours using it at any time of the day as it operates in real time so you can move forward or backwards in time using the date time function.
I’ve attached a basic user guide
Cheers
Martin
PS: You may already use it but I thought to mention it anyway
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