Astrophotography planning software

[RugbyRene]

Hi all,

Hope someone here can help. I recently came a across a piece of software that helps the astrophotographer plan an imaging session. Of course I can't remember what it's called so was hoping the astro-community could help.

The software has the following functionality;
Based on location, equipment & target selected, the software would suggest the best time of night to shoot the target and a suggested exposure time. It would also show you how long you could image for & the times between which you could image.

I know this vague but was hoping this would trigger something.

Rene

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Is it AstroPlanner?

AstroPlanner

Steve

[RugbyRene]

10 minutes ago, teoria_del_big_bang said:

Is it AstroPlanner?

AstroPlanner

Steve

It might be but doesn't look quite right. I'll check it out when I get home.

Any other suggestions?

Rene

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Rene,

There probably are others but I am not aware of any. 

But I am following thread to see if others suggest something 🙂 

Steve

[Hughsie]

SkyTools 3 or 4 by Skyhound?

https://www.skyhound.com/

[wimvb]

Probably not what you're looking for, but Ekos/Kstars has a planning/scheduling tool for automated photography.

[Gasman]

Deep sky planner

https://knightware.biz/dsp/index.php

Been using it for years, excellent backup, highly recommended.

Steve

[Kev M]

Anyone tried Deepsky Astronomy Software

http://www.mikehotka.com/DAS/index.htm

Integrates with CDC