Night Photography Websites and Apps
Recommended links that I share on my “Photographing the Night Sky Presentations” and to participants on my photo tours.
Star Stacking Programs
Starry Landscape Stacker (MAC)
Sequator (PC)
Focus Stacking
Helicon Focus
Weather
Weather Underground
Cloud cover info, maps, interactive radar and/or satellite, astronomy section and hourly forecast.
Light Pollution
Clear Dark Sky
Dark Site Finder
www.darksitefinder.com
Light Pollution Map
https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/
Planners
Google Earth
Stellarium
Aurora (Northern Lights)
Space Weather
https://www.spaceweather.com/
Great site for astronomy events and for the aurora forecast. I also subscribe to their aurora alerts $4.95 month.
Solar Ham
https://www.solarham.net/
Great info on the Aurora
My Favorite Cell Photo Apps for Night Photography
Sky Map or Star Walk
Identification of stars, planets, etc.
Photographer’s Ephemerals
Classic program for forecasting sunrise, sunset, and milky way
Light Pollution Map (LPM)
Dark Sky and Astronomy Tools: Shows light pollution with cloud cover and aurora overlays, moon information, etc.
Planit Pro
Landscape photography planning: golden hour, blue hour, milky way, star-trails, time-lapse, eclipses, seascape, and more.
Sun Surveyor
The Live Camera View, Interactive Map (with Street View), 3D Compass, and detailed Ephemeris
View augmented reality projections of the sun and moon paths, pinpoint the time the sun or moon will be at a particular location in the sky
Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset
Prepare night photography shots with the Milky Way & star trail features
Photo Opportunities - an interactive listing of critical times to help inspire and generate shot ideas; including the full moon looming low in the sky during magic hour, total darkness for stargazing, and more