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Useful websites

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Some useful websites to help you plan your Astrophotography sessions.

Useful websites

In addition to Software that runs on your computer, there are a lot of websites that are quite useful to us Time Travelers. This is a short list of a few that I use regularly.

Site Purpose
Telescopius A virtual planetarium for figuring out where to point your telescope
Clear Outside See if it's a good night for imaging (or just being outside)
Astrospheric Also see if it's a good night for imaging (or for the ISS)
SkyCal Pro A great site for seeing what's in the skies, especially Clair Obscur Effects
Transit Finder See when the ISS (or other satellites) will pass in front of the Sun or Moon
Astronomy Tools This one is the Field of View calculator, but there are more at this site. Use them to figure out how your scope and camera will work together as a system

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