Dark Skies: Astrophotography

Plan the right night: Best Nights, smart alerts, widgets, AR sky guidance, and privacy-first tools for Milky Way and night-sky photographers.

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 shoots • Smart alerts for excellent shooting conditions • Milky Way and Galactic Core planning • AR sky guidance for framing night-sky shots • 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 • iCloud sync across your devices • Widgets for quick 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.