Astroplanner v2

[Stefan P]

Hi all,

After reading a discussion in another thread, I downloaded Astroplanner v1, and immediately remembered on opening it that this was a package I registered a while back. Curious as to whether my registration was still valid I emailed the developer - who confirmed it was, and now I have a fully functional copy on my machine to play with! Already been creating some observing lists and trying to get a little more organised with observation evenings as clear nights seem to roll around so infrequently around here at the moment.

My question is to anyone that has registered v2 of Astroplanner. I haven't had time to download and try out the beta, and despite being a registered v1 user there is a cost implicaton in the upgrade (not much, but I like to be sure!). Would fellow users suggest the upgrade is worth it? I purely use the application to plan observing sessions (although I intend to also start using it for recording observations ... time the notepads went away and I joined the electronic age!), in other words I am not connecting it to a telescope to control.

Thanks in advance!

[Merlin66]

UPgrade to V2 it gets better and better every week.

It's a very solid Beta release at the moment and does even more than the old V1

Stongly recommended!!

ken

[James]

I second Ken. It's a beta version and there are frequent upgrades but if you like v1 you'll find v2 a marked improvement.

James

[Glider]

Beta V2 that I'm running is a great improvement on V1.

[atharh]

i downloaded the beta yesterday as i run 64-bit win7. I never tried v1 so can't really compare but v2 is great. Anyone know what features are locked until i purchase it?

Thx

[Stefan P]

Thanks for the replies, I'll be definitely checking it out.

Atharh, I know for one thing the catalogue download is unavailable in the features until you unlock it. It seems to be the way they track registration - you need to download one catalogue that is in "red" on the downloads page, which requires your registration to do so.