Welcome to ACP Planner™ (Patent Pending), the next generation in planning tools for automated observing. This way of planning is a quantum leap beyond other tools and automation systems because it lets you visualize your target positions and timing together dynamically. It makes it very easy to pick which targets to image at which times and for how long. You can also use it by itself to make plans, but it is more powerful when used in-planetarium. ACP Planner gives you a way to create a night's multiple target observing plan within Starry Night or TheSky, or all by itself (neither ACP nor ACP Planner depend on any planetarium software).
ACP Planner is completely independent of ACP Observatory Control Software . You do not need ACP installed to use it. Although the results of planning are in the format used by ACP, you should be able to read the plan and use it for other purposes if you want. However, if you don't have ACP, we suggest you have a look at the ACP Home Page for more information.
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