Altitude vs. Time Plots

New

Altitude vs. time diagram for each observable deep sky object, body, and comet.

Changes

• If you enable the UpTonight feature alttime in your config.yaml an altitude vs. time diagram is created for each observable deep sky object, body, and comet. See the README.md for an example.

Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebulae

New

Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebulae based on NASA

Changes

• You can now easily add custom deep sky objects in config.yaml. Modifying const.py is no longer necessary.

Comets and more

New

💫 Comets! Prepare for C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) 💫

Changes

• UpTonight can calculate Deep Sky Objects, Solar System Bodies, Comets and your personal Horizon. See the README on how to enable/disable these features
• The visual magnitude for the bodies is now calculated

Horizon, Bodies and fixes

Changes

• You can now optionally let UpTonight include the horizon for your location.
• Solar system bodies are now reported including their max altitude for the night.

Fixes

• Config location is now relative to the path of the script. Fixes issue #14.

First Release 🎉

1.0

1.0