DSO Planner Plus (Astronomy) on Windows Pc
Developed By: Leonid Vasiliev, Alexandre Koukarine
License: Free
Rating: 4,9/5 - 39 votes
Last Updated: December 27, 2023
App Details
| Version |
3.6.1 |
| Size |
1 MB |
| Release Date |
December 27, 20 |
| Category |
Tools Apps |
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What's New:
+ Refactoring for Android API 29 support.+ Minor fixes and improvements.+ Minor planet elements updated. [see more]
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Description from Developer:
DSO Planner Plus is an astronomy observation planning tool with excellent star charting capabilities made by active and experienced amateur observers with a passion for visual obse... [read more]
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About this app
On this page you can download DSO Planner Plus (Astronomy) and install on Windows PC. DSO Planner Plus (Astronomy) is free Tools app, developed by Leonid Vasiliev, Alexandre Koukarine. Latest version of DSO Planner Plus (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 Plus (Astronomy) is 4,9. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 39 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 36 users had rated it 1*.
How to install DSO Planner Plus (Astronomy) on Windows?
Instruction on how to install DSO Planner Plus (Astronomy) on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop
In this post, I am going to show you how to install DSO Planner Plus (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 Plus (Astronomy) using BlueStacks
- 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.
- 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
- Once installed, click "DSO Planner Plus (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 Plus (Astronomy) on Windows PC using NoxPlayer
- Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
- Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
- The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "DSO Planner Plus (Astronomy)" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.
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DSO Planner Plus is an astronomy observation planning tool with excellent star charting capabilities made by active and experienced amateur observers with a passion for visual observations. It has large integrated deep sky objects databases and star catalogs, and provides an opportunity to create any number of user own object databases. The application excels at creating observation plans on the fly, has powerful note taking capabilities, PushTo and GoTo support and night (red) mode.
Consider Pro Edition if you need more stars/PGC objects.
Before installation please make sure that you have at least 540MB 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 540MB free on your internal SD card!)
+ Star catalogs. USNO UCAC4 (full star coverage to 14m, 15.4 mn stars), Tycho-2 (2.5 mn stars), Yale bright star catalog (9 000 stars)
+ Deep sky catalogs. NgcIc (12 000 objects including Messier, Caldwell and Herschel 400 objects), SAC (Saguaro Astronomy Club database, 10 000 objects), UGC (13 000 objects), Lynds dark and bright nebula (3 000 objects), Barnard dark nebula (350 objects), SH2 (300 objects), PK (1 500 planetary nebula), Abell cluster of galaxies (2 700 objects), Hickson Compact Group (100 objects), PGC (153 000 galaxies to 16.7m)
+ Double Star catalog. Brightest Double Stars (2 300 stars), Washington Double Star Catalog (120 000 stars), double stars from Yale catalog. Info Panel with PA and separation for each component.
+ Comet support. Orbital elements of around 700 observable comets could be automatically updated via internet
+ Minor planet support. Database of 10 000 brightest minor planets
+ Famous Steve Gottlieb Notes attached to NGCIC objects
+ Custom catalogs. Unlimited capability to create fully searchable own catalogs
+ Cross-match names database. Search 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, opportunity to add own images when creating custom catalogs
+ 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 (for objects from NGCIC/SAC/PGC catalogs)
+ 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 and other fields of own custom catalogs). Remove duplicate objects when searching in intersecting databases. Create up to 4 observation lists. Track observed and remaining to be observed objects
+ Import tool. Import observation lists in Sky Safari and Sky Tools format. Use pre-compiled Night Sky Observer Guide observation lists.
+ 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)
Upgrade from Plus to Pro version is not available!
Disclaimer
+ Refactoring for Android API 29 support.
+ Minor fixes and improvements.
+ Minor planet elements updated.
