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Did I say I was cheap? So when it came to software, shareware and freeware were my first choices. The first planetarium program I really liked was My Stars. Not real fancy, but easy to use and not expensive. I also tried Cartes du Ciel, but found it too complicated. I am now feeling more comfortable with it, but I still feel it is too much software. With a Dobsoinian mounted scope I need something that could easily get me Alt Az coordinates for an object. And preferably track it in the sky. I found nothing that did this to my satisfaction, so I wrote Astro Helper. I finished off my suite of software with C88. I tried it after reading a review in Sky & Telescope, and I was not disapointed.
With the purchase of the 11" Celestron NexStar I received other software, but these programs remain my primary tools.
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