Hello!
I have tried several software packages to help me find coordinates of ngc and messier objects, all seem to have major shortcomings. I hope I have been looking in all the wrong places....
For example. Winstars is as close to what I want as any. It clearly shows direction, is clearly labeled in degrees from zeneth and double clicks will show details about the objects. However, most of the really nice deepspace objects like m57 are not even labeled for easy tracking. This seems like a major shortcoming for this software. I cannot imagine why the makers would leave out the best objects but appearently they did..
I tried Starry Nights. Well this just doesent help much for quickly finding coordinates from zenith like I need for my Dob.. Coeli software is much the same in not clearly labeling angles from zenithand finding coords is cumbersome.
Maybe I just haven't found the right software? I am hopeful anyway. Does anyone know of some software which clearly labels and tracks all messier objects, ngc, planets, with clearly labeled elevation and directional indications??
Any help here would be just super!!
Thanks,
leslie
I have tried several software packages to help me find coordinates of ngc and messier objects, all seem to have major shortcomings. I hope I have been looking in all the wrong places....
For example. Winstars is as close to what I want as any. It clearly shows direction, is clearly labeled in degrees from zeneth and double clicks will show details about the objects. However, most of the really nice deepspace objects like m57 are not even labeled for easy tracking. This seems like a major shortcoming for this software. I cannot imagine why the makers would leave out the best objects but appearently they did..
I tried Starry Nights. Well this just doesent help much for quickly finding coordinates from zenith like I need for my Dob.. Coeli software is much the same in not clearly labeling angles from zenithand finding coords is cumbersome.
Maybe I just haven't found the right software? I am hopeful anyway. Does anyone know of some software which clearly labels and tracks all messier objects, ngc, planets, with clearly labeled elevation and directional indications??
Any help here would be just super!!
Thanks,
leslie
