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Free software to help Dobsonian users find deep sky objects in seconds. Astro Helper will tell you the angle of elevation above the horizon (altitude) and the direction in degrees from North (Azimuth) of the selected objects.
It will simultaneously display the coordinates of 22 objects from a database of over 22,000 objects. With these coordinates you can point your Dobsonian mounted telescope or other "Alt/Az" mounted scope. If you have an equatorial mounted scope these values will not help you at all, sorry. To provide support for many situations you can:
Select from various observing locations.
Select a different date and time or run in real time.
Select objects of interest from several major DSO catalogues.
For times when you can't take your computer out with you, you can print out a list of objects locations over time (observing plan).
Specify your horizons so objects do not register is being visible when they are behind the trees or your neighbor's house.
Author(s): Mark Casazza (http://casazza.net/astrohelper/ah-feedback.php) Version: Filesize: 3.30 MB Language(s): English License type: Freeware
