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rsutcliffe/nightwatch
Silent macOS menu-bar app that tells you when tonight is clear enough for telescope imaging and what to point at. Any telescope. MIT.
Nightwatch is a silent macOS menu-bar app for telescope astrophotography. It forecasts which nights are clear enough for long imaging sessions, shows an hourly breakdown of darkness, seeing, Moon, wind and transparency, and suggests what to point at, with shooting plans, a week-ahead outlook, dark-site comparisons and notifications when clear windows open.
Why now: Recently shown on Hacker News as a 'Show HN' post, drawing attention to this small (3-star) SwiftUI app built by an amateur astrophotographer.
Who it is for: Amateur astronomers and astrophotographers on macOS who use any telescope — including smart scopes like the DWARF Mini — and want to know when and what to image.
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Stars over our 24 snapshots: 3 to 67, since 6 h ago.
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