Planning & framing

Plan your targets and check the composition with your camera’s field of view.

NGC 891 framed over DSS survey imagery in Skotiq — NGC 891 in the framing view. Survey imagery: STScI/NASA, Healpix by CDS. October 26, 2026.

A CLOSER LOOK

Your camera’s view of the sky

Use your equipment’s field of view to see how much of the target fits and how the surrounding field will look. Coordinates and altitude stay close at hand.

Compose the image — detail from a recorded Skotiq session

Compare tonight’s targets

The planner ranks targets and shows their observing windows. Compare altitude and Moon separation, then take a target into framing or build its sequence.

Create a sequence ↗Take your first exposure ↗

Target list and observing window in the Skotiq planner

Try it with your rig.

Download Skotiq ↓Check hardware support ↗