The plugin includes the same nightly simulator you use on the desktop, right inside NINA – useful for confirming what tonight looks like from the observatory machine itself.
Running It #
Open the Astro PM simulator panel in NINA, pick a date, and run. You get the same graph, schedule log, and per-target allocations the desktop shows – built from the same engine, cloud targets, and settings.
Settings Mirror #
The panel shows the rig’s scheduler settings – strategy, sort chain, dither, filter switching, flats. Because the desktop app governs these through the cloud, treat the desktop as the place to change them; values applied from the cloud will overwrite local edits at the next sync/build.
One Important Difference #
The plugin computes visibility from the NINA profile’s observatory location, not from the site stored in Astro PM. Keep them matching (the plugin warns when they diverge) or the two simulators can legitimately disagree. See Connecting NINA to Astro PM.