NightFront

Target schedulers follow hand-tuned rules and never read the weather

Nightly optimization that scores every plan on the forecast

More data, and better data

Conditions change after dusk

The NINA plugin replans when triggered by conditions (wind, seeing)

Better data from the online agent

NINA logs are rarely reviewed, so problems and opportunities go unnoticed

Analysis reads every night's log: time on sensor against the plan, overheads, autofocus, errors

Problems found each morning, with recommendations on how to fix

Which targets are best for my rig, and when are they best imaged?

Target Discovery and the seasonal planner

Targets ranked for your rig with an estimated schedule for each

Processing often comes after data collection, so data quality is “whatever was collected”

Calibration, review and stacking done incrementally as data is collected, in PixInsight or Siril

Better data. Better master lights.

Plans at dusk

Nightly Update builds tonight's plan on the imaging computer with the same optimizer and forecast as the desktop app, and loads it into your sequence.

Responds to the night

When wind or seeing crosses a threshold, or after an unsafe spell, Replan re-solves the rest of the night with a live weather reading and swaps in the new plan.

Fills the night

When the plan finishes with darkness left, it plans again instead of leaving the mount idle, and every frame it shoots is counted toward each project.

Permanent observatory

Forecast, live conditions, a safety monitor and internet: the plugin replans when the night changes and recovers after an unsafe spell.

Backyard imager

Forecast and internet, no live sensors: every night is planned on the forecast, and Nightly Update runs it.

Disconnected

No internet: nights are planned without weather, from altitude, the Moon, darkness and priorities, using catalogs, imagery and orbits fetched earlier.