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Using Deep-Sky Planner 9 with Starry Night

This article describes some recommendations for using Deep-Sky Planner 9 with Starry Night 6, 7 and 8 on Windows 10 (32 or 64 bit) or Windows 11 (64 bit).

Automatic Plug-in Installation

The Deep-Sky Planner 9 installer can copy its plug-in into the default Starry Night plug-in directory2 if you choose to do so. If you do not choose the option, or if your Starry Night installation location is NOT at the default location1, you will need to install the plug-in manually.

Install SN plug-in

Manual Plug-in Installation

Deep-Sky Planner can start Starry Night for you when attempting a Show Chart command. If you have problems connecting to Starry Night from Deep-Sky Planner, the problem is most likely one of the following:

  1. Starry Night is not installed in its standard location1. In this case, start Starry Night before using it with Deep-Sky Planner.
  2. Starry Night did not load the latest Deep-Sky Planner plug-in. Check Help | About Plug-in | Deep-Sky Planner in Starry Night and verify that you are running the correct plug-in for your version of Deep-Sky Planner 9. If this menu item does not appear, Starry Night has not loaded the correct plug-in successfully. Is the plug-in present in your Starry Night plug-ins2 directory? Did you rename the plug-in for Starry Night 8? For Deep-Sky Planner 9 or earlier, the plug-in should be v 9.0.0.0.
  3. Did Starry Night pause at start up and ask you to update its files? In this case, allow Starry Night to apply updates before using it with Deep-Sky Planner.

Notes

1 The default location for Starry Night 6, 7 or 8 installations is one of the following. Substitute your Starry Night major version number (6 7 or 8) for #. If your Starry Night installation is in a different location, you must install the Deep-Sky Planner plug-in manually.

2 The default location for Starry Night plug-ins is one of the following. Substitute your Starry Night major version number (6, 7 or 8) for #. If your Starry Night installation is in a different location, you must install the Deep-Sky Planner plug-in manually.

3 If you are having problems communicating with Starry Night from Deep-Sky Planner, you should make sure that the Deep-Sky Planner plug-in used by SN has been installed in the Starry Night plug-in folder. If you continue to have problems, please be sure that your firewall is not blocking traffic from Deep-Sky Planner to the TCP connection that you have configured for Starry Night at Options | Star Chart Programs. By default, this is 127.0.0.1:50000.