''Deep-Sky Planner'' is observation planning and logging software for

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. It helps observers to determine where and when to view all types of celestial objects. It runs on

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. ''Deep-Sky Planner'' was originally published April 1, 1994 by

Sky Publishing Corporation ''Sky & Telescope'' (''S&T'') is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following: *current events in astronomy and space exploration; *events in the amateur astronomy community; *reviews of astronomic ...

. Knightware, LLC began publishing ''Deep-Sky Planner'' in 2005. Subsequent versions have been released to present. Deep-Sky Planner received best astronomy product of the year awards in 2013 from ''

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'' and in 2014 from ''

Sky & Telescope ''Sky & Telescope'' (''S&T'') is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following: *current events in astronomy and space exploration; *events in the amateur astronomy community; *reviews of astronomic ...

'' magazine. The software is developed and distributed by Knightware, LLC.

Features

* Large database of celestial objects including the Revised New General Catalog & Index Catalog by Wolfgang Steinicke * Search, sort, filter and report objects in the database * Compute accurate planet, asteroid and comet positions * Control GoTo telescopes via ASCOM * Planetarium program inter-operation with: ** TheSky (astronomy software) **

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** RedShift (planetarium software) **

Cartes du Ciel ''Cartes du Ciel'' ("CDC" and "SkyChart") is a free and open source planetarium program for Linux, macOS, and Windows. With the change to version 3, Linux has been added as a target platform, licensing has changed from freeware to GPLv2 and the ...

** Stellarium (software) * Integrated observing log that supports OpenAstronomyLog * Insert readings from Unihedron's Sky Quality Meter into observing log * Display and manage images from

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* Online library of observing lists (plans)

References

External links

Knightware, LLC

OpenAstronomyLog web site
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