NightAssistant is an application that can create a list of double stars, variable stars, galaxies, clusters and nebulae based on the input criteria.
With the help of this list, you can click on an object and make a finder chart for it, or enter a new observation.
The program acts very much like the astronomer's night assistant at an observatory. Imagine you are the astronomer, getting ready for a night's work on say, double stars. You might have the following dialog with the night assistant:
Requirements:
· Java
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This fixes a bug that did not allow the window scaling routine to work, and caused the labels in the initial configuration page to overwrite each other.