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Deep-Sky Observing

Deep-Sky Planner allows you to search through a database of over 891,000 deep-sky objects from 28 deep-sky catalogs and report results in a tabular format. The database includes brightest emission line data for planetary nebulae which allows you to choose the best optical or narrowband filter for each object. In addition to essential object data, the contents of a report can be configured to include or exclude any item (column) of data.

The star atlases cross referenced in Deep-Sky Planner's deep-sky observing reports include:

Click here to see a list of catalogs that can be searched with deep-sky observing reports in Deep-Sky Planner.

Search criteria available in deep-sky observing reports include:

The results can be sorted in any combination of ascending or descending order of any one or more data items (columns) in the report.

You can also:

Deep-sky Planner video library Video snip: Deep-sky observing report shows NGC planetaries visible at a site with a local horizon defined on the evening of June 13, 2024, sorted by surface brightness (SB).