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I use TheSky to give me a general idea what objects or constellations to concentrate on before I travel to my dark site. I still use theSky for a quick look at what is up tonight, when constellations, planets or the Moon will rise or set.
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TheSky was a freebie version that came with a couple Celestron scopes.
#Skyglobe for android android#
The Android tablet is much lighter and easier to use when star hopping at the scope.Īt home on my Windows 98 desktop, I have Cartes du Ciel, Stellarium, theSky, and SkyTools3. A laptop - even a "mini" - is too heavy to hold comfortably for more than a minute or two. So anything that has to be loaded on a laptop will not work for me in the field. I have SkyTools 3 on my mini-laptop, but I like my sky helpers to be right at my eyepiece at the telescope, not on a table or in the van.
#Skyglobe for android pro#
I like Sky Safari Pro on my Android tablet. Though I advocate ST3 I'm in no way connected to Skyhound nor receive anything for it other than reading posts of folks that use it and like it.Īs I get closer and closer to getting some upgraded gear for both visual & imaging, I am looking for some feedback on planetarium type software. Are you going to use the software to also control the mount or more as just a planning tool? It's your inclusion of imaging that makes me recommend SkyTools3 pro (and it's exposure calc tied to your scope and your CCD)as $ well spent, if you belong to a club and order several copies through them there used to be a discount, don't know if that still but it's how I got mine. As a total aside, I think having a copy of Burnahms atlases can be useful and fun if you like his commentary - I've seen them very inexpensive on some sites. ST3 pro chart feature is super if you go from charts in the field, but if your imaging you'll have a laptop anway?. Over time the more I've used SyTools3 'pro', the less I 'need' the others, though all have something they do I like. For Q&D ballpark I look at Stellarium (it's free), after that I use ThekyX less and CDC even less. Because you include imaging - SkyTools3 'pro' I like more than any others (the exposure calculator built in and tied directly to the object data is fantastic), but I wouldn't exactly call it a planetarium program in the way Stellarium or TheSkyX.