Requirements
AstroPlanner is a 64-bit application (a 32-bit Windows version is available).
For both platforms a screen with an absolute minimum size (width and height) of 1280 x 720 pixels is required. If you are connecting to a telescope, you'll also need a built-in serial port, an USB-to-Serial converter (the Keyspan products are recommended), or a SkyFi/StarSeek WiFi-to-serial device.
macOS
AstroPlanner V2 requires mac OS X 10.14 or later. You'll need at least 400MB of disk space, and for a complete installation with all optional catalogues, 2GB+ of disk space. Note that there is an (unsupported and unoptimised) version that requires macOS 10.11 - 10.13.
Windows
AstroPlanner V2 requires Windows 8.1 or later. You'll need at least 400MB of disk space, and for a complete installation with all optional catalogues, 2GB+ of disk space. Note that there is an (unsupported and unoptimised) version that requires Windows 7 SP1 through 8.0.
Telescope mount compatibility
AstroPlanner V2.3 has built-in drivers for the following computerised telescopes and mounts:
| Astro-Physics GTO | Orion Intelliscope with COL |
| Celestron NexStar | Orion SynScan GoTo |
| Celestron Ultima 2000 | Sky Engineering Sky Commander |
| GTD Pulsar 2 | Starmaster Sky Tracker |
| iOptron GOTONOVA | StellarCAT ServoCAT |
| Losmandy Gemini | Takahashi Temma |
| Meade LX200 Classic | Tasco Starguide |
| Meade LX200 GPS/R/ACF (Autostar II) | Vixen SkySensor |
| Meade MAX Mount | Vixen SkySensor 2000PC |
| Meade RCX400 | Vixen Star Book |
| Meade ETX, DS, LX, LXD series (Autostar) | Wildcard Innovations Argo Navis |
| Meade Magellan | Contact us about others |
These drivers are available for both Mac and Windows. Note that mounts that are not accessed via an RS-232 serial port or Ethernet port are not supported, unless they have a driver for the OS that emulates a serial port. In particular, mounts that communicate via a USB port will probably not be controllable (e.g. Meade LS 6 and 8), unless you use a SkyFi or similar Wifi adapter.
Additionally, basic ASCOM is supported for the Windows version, so that if your telescope mount isn't listed above, you can use the ASCOM driver of your choice (note that only telescopes can be driven via the ASCOM system, not focusers, etc.)