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DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) on Windows Pc

Developed By: Leonid Vasiliev, Alexandre Koukarine

License: Free

Rating: 4,9/5 - 38 votes

Last Updated: December 27, 2023

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Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 3.6.1
Size 1 MB
Release Date December 27, 20
Category Tools Apps

What's New:
+ Refactoring for Android API 29 support.+ Minor fixes and improvements.+ Minor planet elements updated. [see more]

Description from Developer:
DSO Planner Basic is an astronomy observation planning tool with excellent star charting capabilities made by active and experienced amateur observers with a passion for visual obs... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) and install on Windows PC. DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) is free Tools app, developed by Leonid Vasiliev, Alexandre Koukarine. Latest version of DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) is 3.6.1, was released on 2020-12-27 (updated on 2023-12-27). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100. Overall rating of DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) is 4,9. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 38 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 36 users had rated it 1*.

How to install DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) on Windows?

Instruction on how to install DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy)" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy)" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 3.6.1.

Download DSO Planner Basic (Astronomy) 3.6.1 on Windows PC – 1 MB

DSO Planner Basic is an astronomy observation planning tool with excellent star charting capabilities made by active and experienced amateur observers with a passion for visual observations. Basic Edition version comes equipped with Yale bright star catalog (9 000 stars to 6.5m), 600 000 stars to 10.7m from Tycho-2 catalog, 3 100 brightest objects from NGCIC catalog, observable comets (around 700) and 500 brightest minor planets. The application excels at creating observation plans on the fly, has powerful note taking capabilities, PushTo and GoTo support and night (red) mode.

Consider Plus/Pro Edition if you need more objects/stars and opportunity to create your own object databases.

Before installation please make sure that you have at least 100 MB of free space on your internal SD card to download application databases! (Note: due to Google Play rules this data cannot be moved to your external SD card - you must have 100 MB free on your internal SD card!)

+ Deep sky catalogs. NgcIc (3 100 objects including Messier, Caldwell and Herschel 400 objects)

+ Double Star catalog. 500 double stars from Yale catalog shown on Star Chart. Info Panel with PA and separation for each component.

+ Comet support. Orbital elements of around 700 observable comets could be automatically updated via internet

+ Famous Steve Gottlieb Notes attached to NGCIC objects

+ Cross-match names database. Search stars / objects by less common names

+ DSS imagery support. Download DSS images of any sky portion into offline cache and overlay it on the star chart

+ Offline images. Integrated set of images of most NgcIc objects

+ Nebula contours. Contours of famous nebulae

+ Object contours. Ellipse in real dimension and orientation

+ Night mode. Fully red screen with red keyboard and menus

+ PushTo for dobsonian mounts with setting circles. Level your dobsonian mount and perform one star alignment. The app will automatically recalculate az/alt numbers to easily hunt the object

+ GoTo for Meade and Celestron controllers with bluetooth dongle

+ Unique visibility tool. Only objects that are visible with selected equipment in the current sky conditions could be shown on the Star Chart

+ Planning tool. Filter any objects database by observer location, sky condition, astronomical equipment, time range of observation and object features (type, dimension, magnitude, minimal altitude, visibility). Remove duplicate objects when searching in intersecting databases. Create up to 4 observation lists. Easily track observed and remaining to be observed objects with note taking tool

+ Import tool. Import observation lists in Sky Safari and Sky Tools format

+ Note taking. Take text and/or audio notes

+ Observing places. GPS, manual coordinates, custom lists. Database with 24 000 cities worldwide

+ Equipment. Keep track of all your telescopes and eyepieces. Use them for object visibility calculation and star charting. Use 500 popular eyepieces database

+ Twilight calculator. Calculation of the full darkness for a current night and for a month ahead

+ 2 visual themes (bright and dark)

+ Powerful share/export/import capabilities (of databases, observation lists, notes)

Important. Upgrade from Basic version to Plus or Pro version is not available!

Disclaimer
+ Refactoring for Android API 29 support.
+ Minor fixes and improvements.
+ Minor planet elements updated.