Filter by magnitude: 1. Last line in the list appears empty 2. I would include lower numbers, something like 10 and perhaps 8 - for binoculars and in case the seeing is bad one wants to see only the v

The highest number WDS lists is 136. Looks good. Distance is not listed in WDS though. I would show Harvard spectral classification instead.

A nearby filter will have it's use without doubt. However, I still think Identify would be a neat addition. Autostar's have it. Nexstar's have it. And people like it. I wouldn't worry if searching thr

I am thinking about adding two double star catalogues. One will be Wilhelm Struve STF and the other Otto Struve STT. In my limited experience these two catalogues are the most used ones by double star

I would prefer it to be a separate menu item that would not require changing the filter settings. I often observe certain types of objects (mostly OC) withing a constellation. So the filter is set to

Thank you for this update. I would prefer not to have a timeout and not to return when another object is selected - basically the current behavior. I am thinking what other useful data we can show. We

When you do align, select the star, goto it, and then you realize it is behind an obstacle (roof or tree in my case) there is no way how to select another star or cancel alignment. You can cancel alig

I think I may have discovered a bug. The sequence is : power on (unparked), enable tracking in the website, enable full comp dual axis (without this the issue was not observed), select Vfast (probably

Why does the Herschel catalogue have "N" prefix? I am not familiar with this particular catalogue but at the first sight it looks like a subset of NGC. If that's the case, wouldn't it be better to kee

I created a pull request for Collinder catalogue of Open Star Clusters. All 471 objects are included. The source data are here: https://www.cloudynights.com/articles/cat/articles/the-collinder-catalog

This is not a bug but a designed feature. To be honest, I would prefer the old behaviour too.

Howard, I have yet another suggestion. Since the DSO catalogues do not show coordinates can we have an alternative screen with coordinates and perhaps set times (rise times do not make sense as above

Howard, I have spent few minutes playing with the last update. I am impressed. However, there are few thing i noticed. 1. Some objects are missing. For example NGC6673, NGC6674? They appear in the ngc

I would like to contribute with the Collinder catalogue when i get a while (hopefully within couple of weeks).

Howard, thank you for this update. How do you generate the catalogue data? Do you use excel or some scripts to convert from the source data? Would you be able to share that?

I have EQ5 mount (144 gear ratio in both RA and Dec), 200 steps motors, 2.5:1 GR1 (40 teeth and 16 teeth pulleys) and DRV8255 with 32 microsteps. The overall resolution is 0.563 arc min. This is prett

I have just merged the latest alpha and loaded to SHC. All seem to work fine.

Howard, does the latest catalogue change allow for star classification (double, variable)?

That is an excellent series of books. Do you know whether it is also available in English?

I like that. I am actually thinking about creating a catalogue of objects listed in S&T Pocket Sky Atlas. There are about 1500 objects and to be honest that is more then it is visible from my site wit