What's In My Sky V1.2 Out! Updated Catalog to include LBN, LDN, PNG (including the whole planetarynebulae.net catalog of suspected PNs). This also fixed the DEC on numerous SH2 objects. I have also did a large scrape to get as many sizes as I could. There is a convention button if you want to see H:M:S vs decimal, and an option to export the data in the table!!! Get yours today!!! drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FE7SGMejxN-8vENQ9PqCDQh1VQxreHfh?usp=drive_link
Unexpected error: (some) times are outside of range covered by IERS table. Cannot convert with full accuracy. To allow conversion with degraded accuracy set astropy.utils.iers.conf.iers_degraded_accuracy to "warn" or "silent". For more information about setting this configuration parameter or controlling its value globally
@@setiv2 It stops cold when it hits that error. The error log itself indicates that "astropy.utils.iers.conf.iers_degraded_accuracy" should be set to "warn" or "silent" rather than "error", but if there is a way for me to do that, I am unaware of it.
Absolute game changer! Wow Frank, you not only did it, you knocked it out of the park & into the stratosphere! Can't thank you enough for this much needed tool and your other brilliant scripts dedicated to making astro things easier for the community. 👏🏻 Standing ovation for you man.
Oh this is going to be great! It’s the hardest thing knowing a clear night is coming and md no idea what project to start. A rushed plan is a bad execution! This will help massively. Thank you!
This is so cool Frank ! Way to go. As I was watching the video I was saying to myself too bad their is not a column for the size of the object but then saw you already thought of that when you selected the Messier objects. This is much nicer than whatsup. Thank you
Frank This is just fantastic! No more shuttling between Telescopius, Stellarium and star atlases. Would be nice to have print button for the list. Maybe more filters in addition to the time ( altitude, magnitude etc.). Big wish would be an IOS app to use on iPad. You are in the astrophotography Hall of Fame.
Thank you Frank, very very useful tool!! What's left to desire is the size of objects, as for us astrophotographers to choose what camera and scope to use for particular object.
I've been thinking about trying to build something like this myself, but felt overwhelmed by the enormity of the task. Well done! This is so incredibly useful. I have two requests for your feature list: 1) Export 2) Filters by magnitude, size, alt and az THANKS FOR THIS and your other extremely useful scripts.
Excellent. I can relate. I also have played with local sidereal time, and probably many other factors you probably have dealt with. In my case, I was plotting alt-az to transfer to quilt top designs; making quilts based on constellations, special dates, etc.. I'd cross check my calculations against Stellarium, and was usually very close; I had my calculations in an elaborate spreadsheet.
Wowsers! Thanks, Frank. That is the kind of application. I'll be making plenty of use of this program. Now, if it opened NINA and populated the RA & DEC into a new sequence. But I'll be quite happy with this. Thanks for all the hard work.
you can add custom objects already. there is a button for that :) the columns headers are sortable. just click it and look just for galaxies or whatever. only issue is not all the catalogs have full descriptions but a lot are there
First, thank you for the post, it will be very helpful! I would like to suggest a feature for a night sky photography program. It would be great to select an area of the sky, and have the software suggest interesting targets to photograph in that region. This would be very useful as a plan B tool. Sometimes, the photography plan doesn't work out because of a cloud, and it's good to have a way to quickly choose a second target
Wow! Mind blowing amount of programming went into developing this. That being said, I hesitate to ask about applying a custom horizon file (ala NINA or Stelarium) so it doesn't bring up objects blocked by my house
A full custom horizon may be tricky to input or at least be user friendly. We could absolutely code in a custom horizon, just may be clunky for the user. Let me noodle on that one
@@setiv2 I only have north and west views as the east is completely blocked by my house and the south is blocked by some tall palm trees that my neighbor would have to cut down. No luck there.
@setiv2 it's a website. If I give the url it seems the comment gets held back. If you haven't seen it before you're missing out - it is a very powerful tool for this kind of job
@@setiv2 Hi and thank you for this quick answer. At the time i have written this message, i did not already download and install your program and on your video, at time 3:30, there was no size column. But now when installed, i can see this column. Sorry about that and thank you. Have a nice day. JM
Great application! Just a suggestion, but if you could add a feature to download the results into an Excel spreadsheet so they could be further sorted. Thanks for all your hard work.
This is really cool! I'd love to have a Size of the object as option. It's hard to know if these objects can be imaged at all with the focal lengths we have.
That is getting intp more full planetatium software area i think. We would have to graphically show it somehow. Plus not everything in the catalogs have sizes listed. Honestly it isnt a bad move just to double click the row and see what others have done on astrobin
would it be possible to have compass headings for each object? My view is basically only NE to S from my deck. So I'm always looking to see what's included in that range.
I know you have done a tremendous amount of work on this, thankyou. I am pretty sure this would be a difficult ask but! … would it be possible to add a feature to ‘ask’ your programme when a certain object would be best visible in the sky? E.g. what day, week, month or not at all from a given location?
Doesnt run on M1 Mac Studio. Sometimes main window opens. Sometimes it doesnt. Enter all data in same manner as in your video and it doesnt display celestial objects in sky data. Just sends error message to console.
The error is becuase of an ssl cert issue. Just let it keep running. It may take a few minutes to populate if you had a loy of catalogs checked. Try running just the messier catalog
Fantastic stuff ! Thank you . May I ask a "general" question ? What do you think would be involved in creating an IOS App to be able to run N.I.N.A. , from an iPad or iPhone , to a mini PC ? I know we can use a Laptop now but I'm hoping that can be simplified even more . Anyway , thanks so much for all you do for the Amateur Astrophotography Community . Cheers !
Much more than my expertise and my buddy chatgpt can muster :) you will need someone in software development for that. Sorry to say but I dont think I am the right person to try and do that
Awesome , awesome, work, as always. I've just watched this great new tool, and an idea came to my mind. As I'm restricted to my balcony's view, (for instance I know I can shoot Orion this month and in November ...(I get polaris with the Asiair "all sky alignment tool")) ... Would it be possible to "frame" your available view? and then populate it with the objects that are going to pass through?(not only your ground landscape but your "up" or lateral constraints). Then, your tool would provide as well the objects , transit duration, etc. I imagine that the way to ·draw" that visible area would be to introduce the coordinates of the geometric figure of your view. Do you see it as a good idea, would it be possible? Sorry for such a long question. Thanks again for your incredible work
It is a good start, but it is extremely slow. I suggestion go study algorithms to improve the search process. Not sure what algorithm you used for the search and sort, but if there is anything to improve that would be what I would recommend.
It isnt really the search portion. That is control via pandas in python which is fairly optimized. The issue is everything in the catalogs checked need to get calculated tonsee where in the sky relative to the observer it is located and the very quickly it eliminates everything below the horizon. That is the slow spot, calculating all that. Not the search/sort. I appreciate your guidance to go study. If you would like me to share the python code with you perhaps you can see better further speed improvements.
Great tool, and thank you - could you integrate distance to the moon and moon % into the suitability of the target, i.e moon is at 50% target needs to be X' away, moon is at 100% target needs to be Y' distance away. There are programmes (Telescopius) that will select suitable targets by distance from the moon, but not taking into account its phase. Tall order I assume, but for a man producing epic scripts by the week then is it possible? Thanks for all your contributions to the community.
I asked Chat GPTo4 to select targets for me with specific parameters about my system and location. Here is what it created in 10 seconds. To generate a list of the top 10 most popular emission nebulae visible above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night during November 2024 in Wichita, Kansas (approximately 37.7° N, 97.3° W), using a Rokinon 135mm lens and a ZWO 2600MM Pro camera, I’ve calculated the transit times and visibility of nebulae. Here is a list that meets those criteria: ### Top 10 Emission Nebulae for November 2024 (Wichita, Kansas) 1. **Rosette Nebula (NGC 2244)** - **Constellation:** Monoceros - **Peak Altitude:** ~70° - **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~80 arcminutes 2. **Orion Nebula (M42)** - **Constellation:** Orion - **Peak Altitude:** ~60° - **Best Time:** 10 PM to 4 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~85 arcminutes 3. **California Nebula (NGC 1499)** - **Constellation:** Perseus - **Peak Altitude:** ~70° - **Best Time:** 7 PM to 3 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~145 arcminutes 4. **Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405)** - **Constellation:** Auriga - **Peak Altitude:** ~75° - **Best Time:** 9 PM to 4 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~60 arcminutes 5. **Heart Nebula (IC 1805)** - **Constellation:** Cassiopeia - **Peak Altitude:** ~65° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 2 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~150 arcminutes 6. **Soul Nebula (IC 1848)** - **Constellation:** Cassiopeia - **Peak Altitude:** ~65° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 2 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~150 arcminutes 7. **IC 410 (Tadpoles Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Auriga - **Peak Altitude:** ~70° - **Best Time:** 8 PM to 3 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~40 arcminutes 8. **Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)** - **Constellation:** Orion - **Peak Altitude:** ~50° - **Best Time:** Midnight to 5 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~40 arcminutes 9. **Seagull Nebula (IC 2177)** - **Constellation:** Monoceros - **Peak Altitude:** ~40° - **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~120 arcminutes 10. **Sh2-132 (Lion Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Cepheus - **Peak Altitude:** ~40° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight - **Apparent Size:** ~60 arcminutes These nebulae will be visible at reasonable altitudes and for extended periods during the night in November 2024. The apparent size of these objects is ideal for a 135mm lens on your ZWO 2600MM Pro camera. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Here is a list of the top 10 reflection nebulae visible above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night during November 2024 in Wichita, Kansas, using a Rokinon 135mm lens and a ZWO 2600MM Pro camera. ### Top 10 Reflection Nebulae for November 2024 (Wichita, Kansas) 1. **Pleiades (M45)** - **Constellation:** Taurus - **Peak Altitude:** ~75° - **Best Time:** 9 PM to 4 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~110 arcminutes 2. **Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)** - **Constellation:** Cepheus - **Peak Altitude:** ~60° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 11 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~18 arcminutes 3. **Merope Nebula (NGC 1435)** - **Constellation:** Taurus (part of the Pleiades cluster) - **Peak Altitude:** ~75° - **Best Time:** 9 PM to 4 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes 4. **NGC 1333** - **Constellation:** Perseus - **Peak Altitude:** ~65° - **Best Time:** 8 PM to 2 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~10 arcminutes 5. **Ced 214 (part of IC 1848 complex)** - **Constellation:** Cepheus - **Peak Altitude:** ~65° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight - **Apparent Size:** ~15 arcminutes 6. **VdB 152 (Cave Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Cepheus - **Peak Altitude:** ~50° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 10 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes 7. **NGC 1788** - **Constellation:** Orion - **Peak Altitude:** ~50° - **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~8 arcminutes 8. **LBN 762** - **Constellation:** Cassiopeia - **Peak Altitude:** ~60° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 11 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~40 arcminutes 9. **NGC 1999** - **Constellation:** Orion - **Peak Altitude:** ~60° - **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~3 arcminutes 10. **VdB 141 (Ghost Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Cepheus - **Peak Altitude:** ~50° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight - **Apparent Size:** ~20 arcminutes These reflection nebulae are well-suited for wide-field astrophotography using your Rokinon 135mm lens. Their peak altitudes and visibility during the night make them great targets for November 2024. Let me know if you need more information on any specific target! Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Here is a list of the top 10 dark nebulae visible above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night during November 2024 in Wichita, Kansas, using a Rokinon 135mm lens and a ZWO 2600MM Pro camera. ### Top 10 Dark Nebulae for November 2024 (Wichita, Kansas) 1. **Barnard 33 (Horsehead Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Orion - **Peak Altitude:** ~60° - **Best Time:** 10 PM to 5 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~8 arcminutes 2. **LDN 1622 (The Boogeyman Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Orion - **Peak Altitude:** ~60° - **Best Time:** 11 PM to 5 AM - **Apparent Size:** ~25 arcminutes 3. **Barnard 150 (The Seahorse Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Cepheus - **Peak Altitude:** ~50° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 10 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~90 arcminutes 4. **Barnard 168** - **Constellation:** Cygnus - **Peak Altitude:** ~45° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 9 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~100 arcminutes 5. **LDN 1235 (Shark Nebula)** - **Constellation:** Cepheus - **Peak Altitude:** ~50° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 10 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~150 arcminutes 6. **Barnard 8** - **Constellation:** Cassiopeia - **Peak Altitude:** ~65° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 11 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes 7. **LDN 673** - **Constellation:** Aquila - **Peak Altitude:** ~35° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 8 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~90 arcminutes 8. **Barnard 93 & Barnard 92** - **Constellation:** Sagittarius - **Peak Altitude:** ~30° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 8 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~20 arcminutes each 9. **Barnard 175** - **Constellation:** Cassiopeia - **Peak Altitude:** ~60° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight - **Apparent Size:** ~25 arcminutes 10. **Barnard 361** - **Constellation:** Cygnus - **Peak Altitude:** ~45° - **Best Time:** 6 PM to 9 PM - **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes These dark nebulae should be visible and provide excellent wide-field astrophotography opportunities with your 135mm lens and ZWO 2600MM Pro camera. They contrast well against the star fields, creating stunning images. Let me know if you'd like more details on any specific target! Let me know if you'd like to adjust the parameters or need more details!
Using Wichita Kansas as the general location and a 135 mm rock on lens as the field of view on a ZWO 2600 MM pro camera. Please create a list of emissions nebula that are above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night in the month of November 2024. I would like the top 10 most popular for that month. I then added the other types of targets as add ons.
What's In My Sky V1.2 Out! Updated Catalog to include LBN, LDN, PNG (including the whole planetarynebulae.net catalog of suspected PNs). This also fixed the DEC on numerous SH2 objects. I have also did a large scrape to get as many sizes as I could. There is a convention button if you want to see H:M:S vs decimal, and an option to export the data in the table!!!
Get yours today!!! drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FE7SGMejxN-8vENQ9PqCDQh1VQxreHfh?usp=drive_link
Unexpected error: (some) times are outside of range covered by IERS table. Cannot convert with full accuracy. To allow conversion with degraded accuracy set astropy.utils.iers.conf.iers_degraded_accuracy to "warn" or "silent". For more information about setting this configuration parameter or controlling its value globally
@@RenzoTagliapietraSpigolon-s3k you must have a mac. Depending on your privacy settings the ssl cert gets denied.
@@setiv2 Is there a fix for this?
@@IrelandBound1 it shouldnt stop the operation of the program.
@@setiv2 It stops cold when it hits that error. The error log itself indicates that "astropy.utils.iers.conf.iers_degraded_accuracy" should be set to "warn" or "silent" rather than "error", but if there is a way for me to do that, I am unaware of it.
Absolute game changer! Wow Frank, you not only did it, you knocked it out of the park & into the stratosphere! Can't thank you enough for this much needed tool and your other brilliant scripts dedicated to making astro things easier for the community. 👏🏻 Standing ovation for you man.
Fantastic. You are rapidly changing my Astrophotography experience!
Oh this is going to be great! It’s the hardest thing knowing a clear night is coming and md no idea what project to start. A rushed plan is a bad execution! This will help massively. Thank you!
This is a fantastic tool, especially with the link to Astrobin images so we can see what the object looks like.
This is a fantastic tool, exactly what I need to sort through and select a target that isn't just the same common thing everyone else is imaging.
This is so cool Frank ! Way to go. As I was watching the video I was saying to myself too bad their is not a column for the size of the object but then saw you already thought of that when you selected the Messier objects. This is much nicer than whatsup. Thank you
Frank
This is just fantastic! No more shuttling between Telescopius, Stellarium and star atlases. Would be nice to have print button for the list. Maybe more filters in addition to the time ( altitude, magnitude etc.). Big wish would be an IOS app to use on iPad.
You are in the astrophotography Hall of Fame.
Again a fabulous app , very useful Thanks Frank !!!
Oh my lord not again Frank…you are too good to us…and we appreciate your work.❤
Incredible Frank. Thank you!!
Thank you Frank, very very useful tool!! What's left to desire is the size of objects, as for us astrophotographers to choose what camera and scope to use for particular object.
If size was available it is in there. Far right column
Floundering around for some thing to image happened just the other night. Thanks so much for this.
Frank, you are a gentleman and a certified bad ass! Thank you for yet another amazing contribution.
Great job Frank, it's a very useful tool!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with the community.
Greetings from Mallorca
I've been thinking about trying to build something like this myself, but felt overwhelmed by the enormity of the task. Well done! This is so incredibly useful. I have two requests for your feature list: 1) Export 2) Filters by magnitude, size, alt and az THANKS FOR THIS and your other extremely useful scripts.
Get the latest version. I just added export feature and all the columns are sortable already
@@setiv2 Cheers!
Excellent. I can relate. I also have played with local sidereal time, and probably many other factors you probably have dealt with. In my case, I was plotting alt-az to transfer to quilt top designs; making quilts based on constellations, special dates, etc.. I'd cross check my calculations against Stellarium, and was usually very close; I had my calculations in an elaborate spreadsheet.
Yup, that's a winner!! Thank you.
Superb, more kudos to you sir…👏🏻👏🏻
Wowsers! Thanks, Frank. That is the kind of application. I'll be making plenty of use of this program. Now, if it opened NINA and populated the RA & DEC into a new sequence. But I'll be quite happy with this. Thanks for all the hard work.
That can be done directly from NINA using the Sky Atlas, which serves the same purpose...
I used to think I was smart. Then I joined the AP community and realised there’s levels here. Thanks for yet another fabulous tool.
I can't believe you're apologizing for "taking so long" to do US a favor! We are thankful that you're making our lives so much easier so THANK YOU!
This is great, thanks so much! Looking forward to tinkering with it 👍.
Really excellent work thanks again for taking the time to make these
You are THE MAN!!!!! Thanks a lot for this.
Amazing! What I have been looking for!
Wish 1 : Custom Catalogues
Wish 2 : Filter options (galaxies, nebula, clusters, etc)
you can add custom objects already. there is a button for that :) the columns headers are sortable. just click it and look just for galaxies or whatever. only issue is not all the catalogs have full descriptions but a lot are there
Brilliant again Franklin!
First, thank you for the post, it will be very helpful! I would like to suggest a feature for a night sky photography program. It would be great to select an area of the sky, and have the software suggest interesting targets to photograph in that region. This would be very useful as a plan B tool. Sometimes, the photography plan doesn't work out because of a cloud, and it's good to have a way to quickly choose a second target
Thank you very much and clear skies!
Fantastic work, thank you very much.
Thanks!
Thanks a bunch!!! Really appreciate it!
Excellent Tool. Cant wait to try it.
Thank you, a very helpful tool to prepare the session, you are a master!
Wow! Mind blowing amount of programming went into developing this. That being said, I hesitate to ask about applying a custom horizon file (ala NINA or Stelarium) so it doesn't bring up objects blocked by my house
I could add a filter out things less than a certain alititude or something similar
A full custom horizon may be tricky to input or at least be user friendly. We could absolutely code in a custom horizon, just may be clunky for the user. Let me noodle on that one
@@setiv2 I only have north and west views as the east is completely blocked by my house and the south is blocked by some tall palm trees that my neighbor would have to cut down. No luck there.
Brilliant! Thank you.
How would you compare this to the very extensive and similar functionality of telescopius?
I have no idea what telescopious is :)
@setiv2 it's a website. If I give the url it seems the comment gets held back. If you haven't seen it before you're missing out - it is a very powerful tool for this kind of job
Fantastic program ! Only missing the object size. Congratulation and a big thank you.
JM
There is a size column. Almost everything has a size listed. Which arent you seeing?
@@setiv2 Hi and thank you for this quick answer.
At the time i have written this message, i did not already download and install your program and on your video, at time 3:30, there was no size column.
But now when installed, i can see this column.
Sorry about that and thank you.
Have a nice day.
JM
Great application! Just a suggestion, but if you could add a feature to download the results into an Excel spreadsheet so they could be further sorted. Thanks for all your hard work.
Done in V1.2. Go get the latest!!
This is really cool! I'd love to have a Size of the object as option. It's hard to know if these objects can be imaged at all with the focal lengths we have.
Under the info column, if there is a size it shows up there!
Great tool. It would be very desirable for the RA to be displayed as HH:MM:SS.S. I have no idea what 323.6678 degrees is as an RA designation.
Ahh number conventions. I need to add a radio button or something to switch back and forth between the two conventions
this is excellent, but would be seriously useful if you could add field of view markers.(equipment specific)
That is getting intp more full planetatium software area i think. We would have to graphically show it somehow. Plus not everything in the catalogs have sizes listed. Honestly it isnt a bad move just to double click the row and see what others have done on astrobin
Awesome! 👍👍👍
Thank you!
would it be possible to have compass headings for each object? My view is basically only NE to S from my deck. So I'm always looking to see what's included in that range.
That is what azimuth tells you! 0 it dead north, 90 is due east 180 is south, and 270 is west
You're on fire! Cheers
I know you have done a tremendous amount of work on this, thankyou. I am pretty sure this would be a difficult ask but! … would it be possible to add a feature to ‘ask’ your programme when a certain object would be best visible in the sky? E.g. what day, week, month or not at all from a given location?
Doesnt run on M1 Mac Studio. Sometimes main window opens. Sometimes it doesnt. Enter all data in same manner as in your video and it doesnt display celestial objects in sky data. Just sends error message to console.
The error is becuase of an ssl cert issue. Just let it keep running. It may take a few minutes to populate if you had a loy of catalogs checked. Try running just the messier catalog
Fantastic stuff ! Thank you . May I ask a "general" question ? What do you think would be involved in creating an IOS App to be able to run N.I.N.A. , from an iPad or iPhone , to a mini PC ? I know we can use a Laptop now but I'm hoping that can be simplified even more . Anyway , thanks so much for all you do for the Amateur Astrophotography Community . Cheers !
Much more than my expertise and my buddy chatgpt can muster :) you will need someone in software development for that. Sorry to say but I dont think I am the right person to try and do that
Awesome , awesome, work, as always. I've just watched this great new tool, and an idea came to my mind.
As I'm restricted to my balcony's view, (for instance I know I can shoot Orion this month and in November ...(I get polaris with the Asiair "all sky alignment tool")) ...
Would it be possible to "frame" your available view? and then populate it with the objects that are going to pass through?(not only your ground landscape but your "up" or lateral constraints).
Then, your tool would provide as well the objects , transit duration, etc. I imagine that the way to ·draw" that visible area would be to introduce the coordinates of the geometric figure of your view. Do you see it as a good idea, would it be possible?
Sorry for such a long question.
Thanks again for your incredible work
You want the ability to draw a custom horizon. That may eventually come. No promises on it though
@@setiv2Yes, not only the horizon but the top and lateral constrains. It’d be awesome to plan ahead
Thank you :)
would i be right in thinking this is for northern hemisphere only ?
Nope!
It is a good start, but it is extremely slow. I suggestion go study algorithms to improve the search process. Not sure what algorithm you used for the search and sort, but if there is anything to improve that would be what I would recommend.
It isnt really the search portion. That is control via pandas in python which is fairly optimized. The issue is everything in the catalogs checked need to get calculated tonsee where in the sky relative to the observer it is located and the very quickly it eliminates everything below the horizon. That is the slow spot, calculating all that. Not the search/sort. I appreciate your guidance to go study. If you would like me to share the python code with you perhaps you can see better further speed improvements.
Great tool, and thank you - could you integrate distance to the moon and moon % into the suitability of the target, i.e moon is at 50% target needs to be X' away, moon is at 100% target needs to be Y' distance away. There are programmes (Telescopius) that will select suitable targets by distance from the moon, but not taking into account its phase. Tall order I assume, but for a man producing epic scripts by the week then is it possible? Thanks for all your contributions to the community.
Done!!! go grab the latest version :) I have the lunar phase and distance in degrees to the moon from every object.
@@setiv2 wowser, and a huge thank you. Do you ever sleep?
i have this error in linux:ValueError: time data '2024-10-09 22.00' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
You need a colon between 22 and 00 not a period
I asked Chat GPTo4 to select targets for me with specific parameters about my system and location. Here is what it created in 10 seconds.
To generate a list of the top 10 most popular emission nebulae visible above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night during November 2024 in Wichita, Kansas (approximately 37.7° N, 97.3° W), using a Rokinon 135mm lens and a ZWO 2600MM Pro camera, I’ve calculated the transit times and visibility of nebulae. Here is a list that meets those criteria:
### Top 10 Emission Nebulae for November 2024 (Wichita, Kansas)
1. **Rosette Nebula (NGC 2244)**
- **Constellation:** Monoceros
- **Peak Altitude:** ~70°
- **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~80 arcminutes
2. **Orion Nebula (M42)**
- **Constellation:** Orion
- **Peak Altitude:** ~60°
- **Best Time:** 10 PM to 4 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~85 arcminutes
3. **California Nebula (NGC 1499)**
- **Constellation:** Perseus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~70°
- **Best Time:** 7 PM to 3 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~145 arcminutes
4. **Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405)**
- **Constellation:** Auriga
- **Peak Altitude:** ~75°
- **Best Time:** 9 PM to 4 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~60 arcminutes
5. **Heart Nebula (IC 1805)**
- **Constellation:** Cassiopeia
- **Peak Altitude:** ~65°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 2 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~150 arcminutes
6. **Soul Nebula (IC 1848)**
- **Constellation:** Cassiopeia
- **Peak Altitude:** ~65°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 2 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~150 arcminutes
7. **IC 410 (Tadpoles Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Auriga
- **Peak Altitude:** ~70°
- **Best Time:** 8 PM to 3 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~40 arcminutes
8. **Monkey Head Nebula (NGC 2174)**
- **Constellation:** Orion
- **Peak Altitude:** ~50°
- **Best Time:** Midnight to 5 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~40 arcminutes
9. **Seagull Nebula (IC 2177)**
- **Constellation:** Monoceros
- **Peak Altitude:** ~40°
- **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~120 arcminutes
10. **Sh2-132 (Lion Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Cepheus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~40°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight
- **Apparent Size:** ~60 arcminutes
These nebulae will be visible at reasonable altitudes and for extended periods during the night in November 2024. The apparent size of these objects is ideal for a 135mm lens on your ZWO 2600MM Pro camera.
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Here is a list of the top 10 reflection nebulae visible above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night during November 2024 in Wichita, Kansas, using a Rokinon 135mm lens and a ZWO 2600MM Pro camera.
### Top 10 Reflection Nebulae for November 2024 (Wichita, Kansas)
1. **Pleiades (M45)**
- **Constellation:** Taurus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~75°
- **Best Time:** 9 PM to 4 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~110 arcminutes
2. **Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)**
- **Constellation:** Cepheus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~60°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 11 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~18 arcminutes
3. **Merope Nebula (NGC 1435)**
- **Constellation:** Taurus (part of the Pleiades cluster)
- **Peak Altitude:** ~75°
- **Best Time:** 9 PM to 4 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes
4. **NGC 1333**
- **Constellation:** Perseus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~65°
- **Best Time:** 8 PM to 2 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~10 arcminutes
5. **Ced 214 (part of IC 1848 complex)**
- **Constellation:** Cepheus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~65°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight
- **Apparent Size:** ~15 arcminutes
6. **VdB 152 (Cave Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Cepheus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~50°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 10 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes
7. **NGC 1788**
- **Constellation:** Orion
- **Peak Altitude:** ~50°
- **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~8 arcminutes
8. **LBN 762**
- **Constellation:** Cassiopeia
- **Peak Altitude:** ~60°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 11 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~40 arcminutes
9. **NGC 1999**
- **Constellation:** Orion
- **Peak Altitude:** ~60°
- **Best Time:** 1 AM to 5 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~3 arcminutes
10. **VdB 141 (Ghost Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Cepheus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~50°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight
- **Apparent Size:** ~20 arcminutes
These reflection nebulae are well-suited for wide-field astrophotography using your Rokinon 135mm lens. Their peak altitudes and visibility during the night make them great targets for November 2024. Let me know if you need more information on any specific target!
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Here is a list of the top 10 dark nebulae visible above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night during November 2024 in Wichita, Kansas, using a Rokinon 135mm lens and a ZWO 2600MM Pro camera.
### Top 10 Dark Nebulae for November 2024 (Wichita, Kansas)
1. **Barnard 33 (Horsehead Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Orion
- **Peak Altitude:** ~60°
- **Best Time:** 10 PM to 5 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~8 arcminutes
2. **LDN 1622 (The Boogeyman Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Orion
- **Peak Altitude:** ~60°
- **Best Time:** 11 PM to 5 AM
- **Apparent Size:** ~25 arcminutes
3. **Barnard 150 (The Seahorse Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Cepheus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~50°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 10 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~90 arcminutes
4. **Barnard 168**
- **Constellation:** Cygnus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~45°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 9 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~100 arcminutes
5. **LDN 1235 (Shark Nebula)**
- **Constellation:** Cepheus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~50°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 10 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~150 arcminutes
6. **Barnard 8**
- **Constellation:** Cassiopeia
- **Peak Altitude:** ~65°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 11 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes
7. **LDN 673**
- **Constellation:** Aquila
- **Peak Altitude:** ~35°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 8 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~90 arcminutes
8. **Barnard 93 & Barnard 92**
- **Constellation:** Sagittarius
- **Peak Altitude:** ~30°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 8 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~20 arcminutes each
9. **Barnard 175**
- **Constellation:** Cassiopeia
- **Peak Altitude:** ~60°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to midnight
- **Apparent Size:** ~25 arcminutes
10. **Barnard 361**
- **Constellation:** Cygnus
- **Peak Altitude:** ~45°
- **Best Time:** 6 PM to 9 PM
- **Apparent Size:** ~30 arcminutes
These dark nebulae should be visible and provide excellent wide-field astrophotography opportunities with your 135mm lens and ZWO 2600MM Pro camera. They contrast well against the star fields, creating stunning images. Let me know if you'd like more details on any specific target!
Let me know if you'd like to adjust the parameters or need more details!
This is awesome, what was your exact prompt?
Using Wichita Kansas as the general location and a 135 mm rock on lens as the field of view on a ZWO 2600 MM pro camera. Please create a list of emissions nebula that are above 30° in the sky for at least six hours each night in the month of November 2024. I would like the top 10 most popular for that month. I then added the other types of targets as add ons.
Thank you!!