Visibility plot and observation scheduling tool for telescopes. It allows automatic, nearly-optimal scheduling of an entire observing night.
The latest version of Visplot is hosted publicly at https://www.visplot.com. You can use it without installing anything on your computer.
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine (e.g., for development and testing purposes).
- Docker;
- a modern browser with HTML5 support (Visplot may load but not display correctly on older browsers, or it may fail to load at all);
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docker compose up --build --detach visplot
Test that the installation has been successful by navigating to http://localhost:8888/.
The public deployment of Visplot includes basic documentation on how to use the tool, accessible through the Help button.
For more detailed documentation, including descriptions of Visplot's features, configuration options, and usage, see the Visplot documentation on Read the Docs.
If you use Visplot in your scientific work, please cite:
E. Gafton, I. R. Losada, Visplot: A visibility plot and observation scheduling tool for astronomical observatories, 2026, submitted to A&A, arXiv:2604.14151, ADS.
Visplot is released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPL3) license. See LICENSE.md for the full text of the license.