Best time to shoot different dso

[Calzune]

Is there a calendar  to see what dso/galaxys etc is the best time to photograph? 

I know that spring is "galaxy season" but is there a site or calendar for the whole year? 

[geordie85]

https://telescopius.com/weather?fromdsobrowser

[vlaiv]

Why not use planetarium software to see what is positioned good for particular evening?

Depending on the way you image - you can think of a way to select your targets. For example, if doing single target per night - choose one that is crossing meridian about half way thru the night (if you image between 10pm and 2am - select one that is crossing meridian at midnight).

If you image multiple targets with single filter on particular night - like 1/2h per target 2-3 targets per evening - select side of meridian that has the least light pollution and image targets in the order they cross meridian.

If you prefer not to do meridian flip - again select target that will stay on one side of meridian for whole duration of imaging run (and choose meridian side based on light pollution levels).

BTW - Stellarium is very nice planetarium software. So is Cartes du Ciel.

[Adam1234]

SkySafari is another good app to see what is visible and when from your location. You can search for an object, for example M31 using the search function, and you can fast forward/backward in date and time to see when it's visible from your location, or where its going to be in the sky. Also, in the search function, if you select the Messier catalog for example it shows the entire Messier objects, but lights up the ones that are currently above the horizon and therefore visible from your location. 

Very good app and easy to use, I'd highly recommend. It also shows details about the object like apparent magnitude, apparent size, transit time etc and also a picture and a bit of history and properties.

[volcanotop]

If you have a decent view of the sky...right now is great for

M31 Andromeda

M33 Trapezium Galaxy

M42 Orion Nebula / NGC 1977 Running Man Nebula

NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula

IC434 Horsehead

NGC281 Pacman Nebula

Have fun!

+1 for Cartes du Ceil.    not quite as nice as Stellarium but works better with ASCOM.

[TerryMcK]

+1 for Stellarium. The ASCOM HEQ5/6 drivers I use with it work fine now. No need to use StellariumScope but that works OK too - at least for me.

As others have said Cartes du Ceil and SkySafari are also good contenders.

[r3i]

AstroPlanner is worth a look.  https://www.astroplanner.net/