Dark Skies: Astrophotography
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About this app
Plan the clearest, darkest nights for Milky Way, Moon, meteor, and night-sky photography.
Dark Skies helps photographers decide when tonight is worth shooting with Best Nights, smart alerts, widgets, weather forecasts, astronomical dark windows, AR sky guidance, saved locations, and fast exposure tools — with no ads and no account required.
Built for DSLR, mirrorless, and film photographers, Dark Skies gives you practical field tools without unnecessary complexity. Check upcoming shooting conditions, find the best nights, calculate your maximum shutter speed, save camera and lens profiles, and use AR guidance to frame the Galactic Core, Moon, and key night-sky targets.
Features:
• Best Nights for planning upcoming astrophotography sessions
• Smart alerts for excellent shooting conditions
• Milky Way and Galactic Core planning
• AR sky guidance for framing night-sky photos
• Moon phase, rise, set, and visibility tools
• Astronomical twilight and dark-window timing
• Nightly weather forecasts
• Star exposure calculator with Balanced and Sharper modes
• Support for DSLR, mirrorless, and film camera setups
• Custom camera and lens profiles
• Saved locations for planning future shoots
• Android widgets for quick night-sky planning
• No ads
• No account required
• Privacy-first design
Whether you are shooting your first night landscape or scouting your next Milky Way composition, Dark Skies gives you the essential planning tools to spend less time guessing and more time shooting.
Dark Skies is built for photographers who care about timing, weather, darkness, and composition — not clutter. Use it before you leave home, while scouting a location, or in the field when the sky finally clears.
Dark Skies helps photographers decide when tonight is worth shooting with Best Nights, smart alerts, widgets, weather forecasts, astronomical dark windows, AR sky guidance, saved locations, and fast exposure tools — with no ads and no account required.
Built for DSLR, mirrorless, and film photographers, Dark Skies gives you practical field tools without unnecessary complexity. Check upcoming shooting conditions, find the best nights, calculate your maximum shutter speed, save camera and lens profiles, and use AR guidance to frame the Galactic Core, Moon, and key night-sky targets.
Features:
• Best Nights for planning upcoming astrophotography sessions
• Smart alerts for excellent shooting conditions
• Milky Way and Galactic Core planning
• AR sky guidance for framing night-sky photos
• Moon phase, rise, set, and visibility tools
• Astronomical twilight and dark-window timing
• Nightly weather forecasts
• Star exposure calculator with Balanced and Sharper modes
• Support for DSLR, mirrorless, and film camera setups
• Custom camera and lens profiles
• Saved locations for planning future shoots
• Android widgets for quick night-sky planning
• No ads
• No account required
• Privacy-first design
Whether you are shooting your first night landscape or scouting your next Milky Way composition, Dark Skies gives you the essential planning tools to spend less time guessing and more time shooting.
Dark Skies is built for photographers who care about timing, weather, darkness, and composition — not clutter. Use it before you leave home, while scouting a location, or in the field when the sky finally clears.
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What’s new
Polish & reliability
This update focuses on calm, dependable planning in the field:
• Calmer Best Night reminders — alerts for excellent nights are steadier and show up only when they’re genuinely useful.
• Smoother restores — restoring purchases is more reliable, with clearer confirmation when your access is back.
• Refined throughout — behind-the-scenes cleanup and focused fixes across Tonight, Forecast, and Best Nights.
Thanks for using Dark Skies. Clear skies!
This update focuses on calm, dependable planning in the field:
• Calmer Best Night reminders — alerts for excellent nights are steadier and show up only when they’re genuinely useful.
• Smoother restores — restoring purchases is more reliable, with clearer confirmation when your access is back.
• Refined throughout — behind-the-scenes cleanup and focused fixes across Tonight, Forecast, and Best Nights.
Thanks for using Dark Skies. Clear skies!
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About the developer
NATHANIEL PERIN STRYKER
pacerx.ai@gmail.com
4350 N Washburn Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55412-1020
United States