Those interested in open source software for astronomy might also be interested in KStars [0]. It is a very capable piece of software and, despite what the K m

Those interested in open source software for astronomy might also be interested in KStars [0]. It is a very capable piece of software and, despite what the K might lead you to believe (that it would only run on KDE on top of Linux), it runs on Windows/OSX/Linux. "KStars ... provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets, asteroids, supernovae, and satellites. For students and teachers, it supports adjustable simulation speeds in order to view phenomena that happen over long timescales... For the amateur astronomer, it provides an observation planner, a sky calendar tool, and an FOV editor to calculate field of view of equipment and display them... Included with KStars is Ekos astrophotography suite, a complete astrophotography solution that can control all INDI devices including numerous telescopes, CCDs, DSLRs, focusers, filters, and a lot more. Ekos supports highly accurate tracking using online and offline astrometry solver, autofocus and autoguiding capabilities, and capture of single or multiple images using the powerful built in sequence manager." [0] https://edu.kde.org/kstars https://edu.kde.org/kstars