recommended, especially during the frequent sales they have. Recommended change: allow the user to select star names from preferred catalogs e.g., Bright Star Catalog, BD, HD, SAO, USNO, etc. There is a learning curve to SNP and it is not a perfect program but I love the detail. BTW, you can keep SNP open while running PHD2 and use the N-S-E-W telescope slew icon with both programs simultaneously, It is much easier to do so with SNP driving the telescope (through a cable to the handset because you need the cable for closed-loop guide signals from PHD2) than trying to find the object name with the hand controller. AP: sometimes, 'ya need to go to an alternative target (trees, clouds?). Also, SNP is great to locate targets, then decide what time is best to image them on a given night, Best of all are the user-defined Fields-of-View boxes that I use to decide which optics to image with, to frame the target, and where to orient the off-axis guider to ensure suitable guide stars are available. AP: again, the planning aspect is great. License: Commercial 249.95 Total downloads: 2,272 Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 Latest version: 8. visually: I love using the laptop at my patio telescope to locate and then have the telescope (AVX mount) point to the object, Starry Night Pro Plus An astronomy program with a huge extragalactic 3D database Download now from developer's website 4 on 29 votes 0 /5 stars Developer: Imaginova Canada Ltd. visually: target object planning (pre-obs session) is quite wonderful, OK, regarding SNP, I really enjoy using this program for several reasons: Therefore, I bought the SkyFi III module, which does work with Starry Night. Please note, at last check, that the WiFi gizmo Celestron sells works with Sky Safari but not Starry Night. I much prefer using the laptop at the telescope (or nearby) due to the larger screen, the display features, and better data bases. I have both Sky Safari (Android, cell phone) and Starry Night Pro ("SNP") (desktop & laptop, both OSX and Win10). My copy of TSX has not had any recent updates. It is if they string you along promising bug fixes that years later are still there or forthcoming features that never seem to make it and there goes another year and another license fee. It won't have (for example) M42 in the wrong position but if you image odd things like I do - say Berkley # or some Barnard's (just had this very issue with B227) or others - the chances of getting pointed at the wrong spot are much greater than when using SNP. The planetarium is good but my main issue with it (and the reason why I use SNP for all my planning) is that the locations of objects can be wrong. I use TSX as well because it is part of the Paramount system and required (even if only using it as an ASCOM driver) for their mounts. If you want to continue to get updates after the initial period (one year), you would need to buy another year of support. You buy it, you own it and can use it forever. Just to clarify, TheSkyX is not a subscription model program.
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