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Target Planning |
Updated: 2026-08-19 |
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Target planning depends mostly on your shooting location, the season, the time and the software that you are using. |
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- Taking Pictures of the Moon
- Photographing a Lunar Eclipse
- Photographing a Solar Eclipse
- Taking Pictures of the Milky Way
- Taking Pictures of Comets
- Target Planning using Messier objects table on Starlust.com
- Planning Mosaic Images (e.g. to generate session plans for ASIAIR plan mode preparation and mosaic imaging or framing)
- Time-Lapse Videos of the Night Sky
- Photographing the Northern Lights
- Tips for Meteor Showers
Good planning support is available from these tools:
- SGPro Target planning tool (computer based)
- ASIAIR Pro Target selection
- Target Planning with ASIAIR and SkyAtlas
- SkySafari Pro
- Stellarium
Important: If you want to avoid a meridian flip of your mount during the photo session, make sure that the selected target is at least 20° (better yet, >50°) above the horizon and not too close to the east of the meridian.
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