How to use Plan my night with manual targets?

Manual targets and catalog's favorites can now be used with Plan my night.

That means that you can now use our extended catalog containing over 4000 objects.

1. Create your manual target in your manual list.

To do so, you can check our tutorial here

2. Create your Plan

For the first steps, you can refer to our tutorial here

3. Select your targets

You will be able to notice the difference between the manual targets and the main catalog by the icons:

When you select the manual target, you will also recognize the new icons and check the details of the object:

4. Additional filter search

We have created additional search filters by catalog, favorites or manual targets. 

You can also select sub-categories like nebulae, galaxies, etc:

6. New messages from the app

- If you have deleted a manual target, you will see the following message appear on your plan:

- if you use multi-user mode with Plan my night and observe a manual target:

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