AWB Constellations
This free software has been designed to be used by observers to show details about any selected constellation. Facilities include:
  • Tycho-2 Star Magnitude selection and the types of stars to display.
  • Type of deep sky object to display (Messier, Caldwell, Herschel, NGC and user defined objects.
  • Constellation presentation options.
  • An Filter to specify the types of NGC objects to display.
  • Find any object.
  • List all objects for a constellations.
  • Create, update and maintain a list of user defined objects.
  • Chart printing.
  • Mouse Pointer Object Help.
  • Chart zooming.

Some of the main screens comprising the application are shown below.

Fig. 1- Main Screen (showing Andromeda)

 


Fig. 2 - Example of a drop down menu

 


Fig. 3 - NGC Filter

 

Fig. 4 - User Defined List of Objects

 

See here for detailed download and installation instructions.