INDIGO Control Panel vs AstroNights

INDIGO Control Panel gives you direct access to your astronomy equipment from your iPhone or iPad. Connect to INDIGO servers, explore connected devices, and adjust their settings through a native macOS interface. Whether you are setting up your equipment, checking device status, or troubleshooting a connection, INDIGO Control Panel brings the properties exposed by your INDIGO drivers and agents into one place. • Discover INDIGO servers on your local network or add connections manually. • Control INDIGO-compatible cameras, telescope mounts, focusers, filter wheels, rotators, and other astronomy devices. • Browse and edit device properties, including settings beyond the controls offered by dedicated imaging applications. • View image previews and download image data. • Manage server and device configurations. • Monitor and export diagnostic logs. • Customize navigation and hide non-essential properties to keep your workspace focused. Version 6 introduces redesigned navigation and property controls, improved connection and reconnection handling, and better performance when displaying large property lists. INDIGO Control Panel is a client for the INDIGO astronomy framework. It requires an accessible INDIGO server and compatible device drivers. Available controls depend on the connected devices and the properties they expose. Requires macOS 17.6 or later.

AstroNights helps you plan a photographing or visual night at your site. See nautical dusk and dawn, moon illumination, and a seeing score for the coming nights. The weather chip follows tonight’s forecast, including rain. Pick a saved observing site or use Current GPS. Browse DSOs, planets, and comets with live altitude, framing versus your camera FOV, an AstroBin search link, and an altitude graph. Filter DSOs to objects above 10° in nautical night and large enough in your field of view. Star targets as favorites (thumbnail, catalog name, common name, size). Expand a row for Wikipedia notes and a NINA Advanced Sequencer JSON export. Weather defaults to 7Timer (cloud, seeing, transparency). You can switch to OpenWeatherMap or meteoblue with your own API key. Catalog data includes OpenNGC (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Gary Imm’s Deep Sky Compendium Top 200 (used with permission; https://www.garyimm.com/compendium). The full Compendium can be imported. Object photos come from your library, Flickr CC, Wikimedia Commons, ESO, ESA/Hubble, or DSS. AstroBin opens as a search link; photographers retain their rights.