In this EAA session, we are exploring several globular clusters in the not so dark June sky.
Along the way, I had fun with some free software applications and the GAIA /StarHorse2 star catalogue. Using Stellarium's Satellite Plugin to avoid satellites trailing across the image was fun, but a little impractical

Please use the chapter markers to skip merrily through the video to each section.

00:00:00 Opening
00:00:36 Introduction
00:01:08 Stellarium Satellite Plugin
00:01:31 Globular Cluster Intro
00:01:56 My EAA Setup
00:02:28 M13 Live Stacking
00:03:29 SkyChart and Gaia
00:05:52 TOPCAT M13 Gaia
00:10:54 Messier 13
00:11:32 Messier 92
00:11:58 Messier 5
00:12:23 Messier 3
00:12:53 Messier 53

My EAA Setup
Hardware: Celestron CPC800 @ F6.3, ZWO ASI 533mm camera and SkyWatcher Moon and Skyglow Filter 2"
Software: SharpCap 4.1, AstroPlanner 2.4, Stellarium 24.1+ (beta)

EAA Control Panel Custom software to orchestrate my EAA sessions and bind the applications together. It is also a SAMP client and can communicate with the applications below.

Additional Software

These free tools can all access Gaia data (and much more). They also can exchange information between themselves via SAMP and the VO Tables format.

Cartes du Ciel 4.3 (beta) https://www.api.net/skychart//en/start
A superb, well known and free, planetarium application for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Allows the download of the Gaia DR3 catalogue (+1.8 billion stars) in manageable chunks.
SAMP Client.

TOPCAT https://www.star.bristol.ac.uk/mbt/to...
Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables
Amazing tool for the exploration of tabular data. Written in Java, the application will require the Java runtime for your system.
The tool is free and supports access to a vast array of catalogues.
SAMP Client & Server.

CDS Aladin Sky Atlas https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/
A sky atlas that can download and display a huge array of astronomical images (DSS, PanSTARRS etc) and surveys (Gaia, HyperLEDA etc).
Written in Java.
SAMP Client & Server.

GAIA https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia

OMEGA CENTAURI, A GLOBULAR CLUSTER BURSTING WITH STARS
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/f...

StarHorse2
[1]Anders, F., “Photoastrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia EDR3 stars brighter than G = 18.5”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 658, 2022. doi:10.1051/00046361/202142369.
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf...

Commercial Software: Software Bisque's TheSky Professional, also supports the Gaia catalogue.