AstroGlow: Milky Way Camera

Made by photographers, backed by science. Import your night-sky frames, choose how they combine and inspect the result. Prepare your next capture with the NPF guide.

Make more of the night you photographed. Import a sequence, choose how the frames combine and inspect your processed copy. AstroGlow also brings exposure planning and night-friendly camera controls to your iPhone.

WORK WITH PHOTOS YOU ALREADY SHOT Import night-sky frames from your phone or camera. Choose a reference image and an alignment method, then combine frames with Average, Median, Maximum or Minimum. Review the output before saving it to Photos.

Use same-scene images with matching dimensions. Aligning a moving sky can blur stationary foregrounds; inspect stars and foreground detail before choosing your final image.

CHOOSE YOUR NIGHT Capture the Milky Way, photograph aurora, or let star and light trails grow. Each mode gives you a focused starting point for the scene.

LET THE MATH HELP The NPF rule estimates an exposure limit for your lens before stars trail. Stability information helps the assistant plan a capture. Star alignment and stacking combine light across frames in Milky Way mode.

WORK COMFORTABLY AFTER DARK Use focus assistance, a self-timer and Red Night Vision. The intervalometer helps repeat captures, while the Field Guide explains the controls and methods as you learn.

FINISH ON YOUR PHONE Review your results and save to Photos. For in-app camera captures, explore reversible enhancement before saving. Processing happens on your device, without an account or upload.

MADE BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, BACKED BY SCIENCE Built by a Pacific Northwest nightscape photographer, with exposure calculations and computational stacking behind the controls. The lone-oak background is the creator's camera photograph. The separately identified imported-photo workflow shows copies actually processed in AstroGlow; it is not an iPhone camera demonstration.

Use dark skies and a stable support for best results. Camera hardware, light pollution, weather and technique affect every capture. One-time purchase. No subscription.