https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Star-Mapping-Software-Stellarium/m-p/167289#M20641 <P>F.Y.I.&nbsp; This software application made my head explode.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have been hunting around for info about astrophotography.&nbsp; It began by looking for videos on how to image stacking and noise reduction with shots of the night time sky.&nbsp; However, I ran across a software package, <STRONG>Stellarium</STRONG>, that you can use to find out where tens of thousands of celestial objects can be found in the night sky.&nbsp; It is available for Windows, Mac, and smart devices.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It uses a real time display of the sky, calculated&nbsp;from any set of GPS coordinates on Earth, to show you what you should see.&nbsp; It even identifies where the reference stars are located so that you can set up an equatorial mount.&nbsp; Taking night time photos is on my bucket list for the summer.&nbsp; With the help; of another web site, <STRONG>Dark Sky Finder</STRONG>, I need to drive a couple of hours to get good sky, relatively free from light pollution.</P> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:07:12 GMT Waddizzle 2016-03-13T23:07:12Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Star-Mapping-Software-Stellarium/m-p/167289#M20641 <P>F.Y.I.&nbsp; This software application made my head explode.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have been hunting around for info about astrophotography.&nbsp; It began by looking for videos on how to image stacking and noise reduction with shots of the night time sky.&nbsp; However, I ran across a software package, <STRONG>Stellarium</STRONG>, that you can use to find out where tens of thousands of celestial objects can be found in the night sky.&nbsp; It is available for Windows, Mac, and smart devices.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It uses a real time display of the sky, calculated&nbsp;from any set of GPS coordinates on Earth, to show you what you should see.&nbsp; It even identifies where the reference stars are located so that you can set up an equatorial mount.&nbsp; Taking night time photos is on my bucket list for the summer.&nbsp; With the help; of another web site, <STRONG>Dark Sky Finder</STRONG>, I need to drive a couple of hours to get good sky, relatively free from light pollution.</P> Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:07:12 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Star-Mapping-Software-Stellarium/m-p/167289#M20641 Waddizzle 2016-03-13T23:07:12Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Star-Mapping-Software-Stellarium/m-p/167321#M20642 <P>I suppose a screen shot would be useful.&nbsp; It maps tens of thousands of objects, even exo-planets.&nbsp; The position in the sky of an object, in this case Mars, is tracked in real time.&nbsp; Those numbers of the left side are dynamically and continously&nbsp;updated.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><IMG src="https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9131i78E2EBAAAF543A7C/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" border="0" alt="Stellarium.png" title="Stellarium.png" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I guess I like it because it is open source.</P> Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:22:29 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/Star-Mapping-Software-Stellarium/m-p/167321#M20642 Waddizzle 2016-03-14T10:22:29Z