Best Apps For Landscape Astrophotography

[@AlynWallace]

Shout out to TPE 3D. I totally forgot to mention it(also it's iOS only so I don't often get a chance to use it). It's similar to PhotoPills but has amazing 3D map features. Very fiddly to use and the 3D maps need updating but the potential is huge!

[@anonoriginalname]

Dude, you're absolutely killing it with your content. Thank you so much. I'm going to be doing a lot more astrophotography because of your channel!

[@sirwholland7]

Thanks for the invaluable information and recommendations. And Happy Christmas 🎄to you and yours!

[@nightscapeimages.richard]

Nice wrap up there Alyn. All really handy apps, I use quite a few of them. Really love Clear Outside.

[@raymonddam6587]

Awesome stuff as usual Alyn! So glad my cousin recommended your channel!

[@prosamy85]

Great video, is great to have all this tools available with you at all times. I can imagine the planning people in the past had to do to get any astrophotography.

[@davidnaylor83]

Great to hear what you use and how you use it. Several of which I hadn't heard of before.

[@rickymcc8624]

Alyn, thanks for advice. I have now subscribed. Separately, I thought your presentation at CCC last night was superb. I enjoyed the stories behind some of your inspirational images. I now need to consolidate the theory and start shooting some astro myself.

[@RoyceMunday56]

This is really useful. Thanks, Alyn.

[@paulwood6729]

That's a lot of work before hiking somewhere only to watch the clouds roll in 😛. Great vid

[@AlynWallace]

Happens more than I'd like!

[@Rwm18]

Good informative list and a brief run down of each was perfect. Thanks!! 👍🏻

[@carlyoung412]

Great video...thank you, Alyn !

[@scotty4418]

Informative vlog Alyn, had a few of the apps mentioned but now thanks to your recommendations added the others you mentioned....cheers

[@joshsingletary3188]

New to the channel, great content. My one recommendation would be Next SpaceFlight. For those that live in an area where you can see rockets being launched, this is great for showing what/when/where is launching.

[@dbolick3]

Thanks for the app suggestions Alyn, there are a few here that I didn't have and that look really interesting. :D Clear skies! :D

[@AlynWallace]

Clear skies :D

[@aranbarrett9543]

Loads to take in for a beginner but thanks for showing me what's out there I'm in South West Wales nice to see a welsh channel subd and liked dude

[@m4roadrunner]

Alan, Great video. I use most already but there were a couple I had not thought about. I am going to quite a remote part of Isle of Skye early in the year. I'm looking to do some milky way shots with the mountains. Would you recommend going with the moon phase up or a new moon. I suspect I will not get the landscape illuminated with a now moon. I suspect it is a trade off.

[@josephWEBdream]

Thank you for this video! Cheers from New Zealand!

[@bluestefan77]

I would consider Plan it pro, too. Quite complicated app but super powerful

[@fernanddurler5822]

Hi ALYN you’re great man thanks for your vids! Please could you recommend good large monitor for editing. I heard that Mac ‘s colours are not good. If you could do video on calibration of monitor as this is imperative for larger prints I’m sure? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, take car bud.

[@onelonel4507]

awesome dude !!. one question... which monitor do you use? thanks !!

[@reetiksatapathy701]

You should use nightshift too! It's really really awesome

[@timscanlanphotography]

Hi Alyn. Huge thanks for taking the time to give us all this detail. I use most of the apps you discussed but haven't got Stellarium on my mobile so that's really useful info. Not much chance of clear skies here in South Wales this week (although Thursday may be ok on the coast....). Really enjoyed the video Alyn. Many thanks for sharing.

[@Zenderful]

For weather, you can use also Windy app it's great it shows you how clouds are moving, which is very much important for me here in Quebec

[@AlynWallace]

I used windy a while ago and found it very unreliable but now a lot of people are talking about it and recommending it so I shall try it again and maybe it's improved now. Thanks dude!

[@Zenderful]

I think it depends on the area also. Like here in Quebec, the weather is a bit like in Nordic countries, you can't have a good forecast for more than 1 day, so I use a combination of Windy, Clear Outside and clear dark sky (A database that data from about 5300 observatories and observing sites in North America) Cheers mate, thanks for that video, very useful

[@iah48]

@@Zenderful Check this resource out: weather.gc.ca/astro/index_e.html I have only been using the past month or so I can't fully vouch for it's reliability but so far it's been pretty good.

[@stmrjs]

sky safari pro is pretty good too!

[@richardt981]

Thanks Al, very useful.

[@anjak4004]

Thank you for the recommendation of the moon phase widget, it's really cool. One app is missing is planit pro, it is quite similar to photopills, but with a great tool for planing panoramas.

[@AlynWallace]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've seen it but never used it myself so will have to give it a go

[@davekelly8168]

Excellent video, so many apps.. 👍👍👍👍

[@dennismaida4188]

Alyn - just curious what the light is attached to your monitor. Much thanks for the videos as always! Cheers!

[@AlynWallace]

BenQ Screen Bar

[@gauravborra1]

I use star walk 2 instead of stellarium, it is free and you can upgrade if you want

[@DoubleD_83]

I found that ISS Detector has a far better resolution when zooming in . I discovered so many things that months after, some of my findings came in the news some even more than a year later after I discovered it. Like the strange hole in the Sahara, secret Chinese military bases . The enormes brand new build empty cities in China. And much more.

[@daxadventure]

Did you update this please? Clear outside isn't available anymore.

[@ahnafshafinislam1822]

I think you should include star walk 2, It's a beautiful app for tacking the milky way, satellites, planets and more. That is kind of all in one app.

[@Squiishyguineapig]

Thx for sharing! Looking forward to use them 😉

[@markusstiller9882]

I love PhotoPills as well but I more and more use Planit Pro. They have more options for composition in terms of lenses. Give them a try.

[@AlynWallace]

Yes I need to give this a try now, heard good things from a lot of people!

[@HeroArcadeX]

Skywalk2 Is a great astrophotography app for finding what to shoot. Also for stargazing 🔭.

[@MrFrankie1311]

Hey Alyn. Great Video, as always! I already use the most of this apps and they are great! Only one question. I dont understand, why all the guys are using Photo Pills...? I use Planit Pro, for several years now and in my opinion, this is an awesome app too, with great tutorial videos, here on YT!

[@AlynWallace]

Thanks! To be honest, I think it's simply a case of marketting. PhotoPills is far better at marketting their app, but I've seen Planit before and it also looks awesome (and I think it has features that PhotoPills doesn't?)

[@PhardonMedia]

I find you today, you have great videos. Thanks for sharings.

[@JamesClark1991]

Was that lighthouse shot a single exposure? Or a panorama? Either way it's stunning.

[@JimBailey]

Thanks Alyn

[@TheDogogd]

Planit Pro if it hasn't been mentioned, is one i use

[@SteveMillerhuntingforfood]

@dog god, I just grabbed this app...It's pretty incredible. Thanks for the referral.

[@stevenmales]

hi alyn ,i love the image of the lighthouse and milky way ,i always wondered how you can speak Turkish it easy to learn ,thanks for info about apps

[@AlynWallace]

I spent a lot of summers there between my university spells. It's rather dificult but I like logic so it came a littleeasy to me

[@skymakai1486]

Stellarium Mobile looks good, but I've been using SkySafari for years and have been quite happy with it.

[@AlynWallace]

Yup SkySafari also sees popular with telescope users too

[@petersparkie]

“What is up guys” really, WTF. I hate that americanism creeping around the globe. Alyn you have so much to offer, you’re like an encyclopaedia. 100% presentation up to when you used that opening line in this vid.

[@everythingis2495]

Don't you have better things to complain about. Should he say "G'day chaps" so you sleep better at night?

[@madphotography6119]

I'm using Star Walk 2.

[@keeplookingup911]

Paid or free version??

[@madphotography6119]

@@keeplookingup911 for now Im using free version. It is pretty good.

[@madphotography6119]

@Raku Wracks download, use it and try to understand.

[@keeplookingup911]

@Raku Wracks i have paid version and its awesome. Worth having it. No ads in paid version and all galaxies, comets, Asteroid tracking are enabled.

[@madphotography6119]

@Raku Wracks watch ayln wallace always. You will understand. Haha

[@Expeditom]

Hey Alyn, just wondered if you could tell me a few words about the CooWoo lens heater you linked. I do not really trust the reviews, so a first hand explanation to the quality would be highly appreciated. (I didn't find a video so far where you used it :)) Best, Tom

[@AlynWallace]

Hi Tom. It helps stop your lens from fogging up, you wrap it around the lens and plug it into a portable USB charger. Best used during long summer nights where the humidity is high and the dew point temperature is above the ambient temperature. Especially crucial if doing a long timelapse (eg. Perseids meteor shower in August!) where there's nothing worse than hours of photos being ruined by lens fog. It's also useful in cold conditions to stop the lens frosting but this isn't it's strongest point.

[@Expeditom]

@@AlynWallace Thanks for your thorough reply! Appreciate it.

[@ozzyjan]

I have stumbled across your work through #WITNS, and love your content. Just beginning out of my photography and night sky, and much appreciate the guidance you provide in your vids. Subscribed :)

[@rob-cowell]

I Like Sun Surveyor.

[@michal6688]

Hi : D do u think can i make astrophotography white huawei P20Pro?

[@snookerant]

You can do astrophotography with the p20 pro in pro mode.

[@michal6688]

@@snookerant can i make beautyfull Photo like a alynwallace?

[@snookerant]

@@michal6688 you can get decent astrophotography but you won't get the same standard as a mirroless or DSLR camera but I found p20 pro photos are a bit noisy

[@AlynWallace]

Yes you can take astro photographs of course, but not the same quality as my Sony camera I'm afraid. But don't let that put you off :)

[@casperghst42]

For IOS have a look at Sky Guide, it support AR ;-)

[@SteveMillerhuntingforfood]

I use this too. Personally, I think it's better than the iOS version of Stellarium. However, in the Mac, Stellarium is really good. Love the AR feature on Sky Guide!

[@andrew77ax]

Alyn - its never-ending story with astro apps :) - try find and test another apps.: 1) Sky Safari - is much better than Stellarium Mobile, 2) Astronomer Friend, 3) Polar Finder , 4) APOD - nice wallpaper from APOD SITE, 5) SKY Week - astronomical events for astronomers , 6) YR (YR.no) - Weather App - really good forecasts, 7) Sat.24 - Satelite view .

[@AlynWallace]

Thanks for all these! Why do you think SkySafari is better? I know it's quite popular too.

[@JuanFrank]

I have Android and I use the YR as well... and SkyMap (free) pretty accurate and follows your phone movement and also has the RED color to keep your night vision.

[@noend89]

sun surveyor looks a bit better than photopills, but has a little less functions...

[@mohandasspydigadu6504]

include google pixel camera app, skyview, stellarium, nightshoot.

[@RS.Outdoors]

Instead of Google My Maps I just use Viewranger as you can do similar thing.

[@AlynWallace]

I never realised that! Can you access the locations from desktop too?

[@RS.Outdoors]

@@AlynWallace Never checked to be honest. When I am out and see an interesting lcoation I can pin and tag it there and then, add notes, ect for going back to later.

[@diey1033]

Hola como andan? Estoy en un dilema. Me voy de viaje y quiero hacer astrofotografia. que equipo me llevo: opcion 1) canon m3 con un rokinon 12mm f2. opcion 2) canon m3 con un tokina 11-16 f2.8 u opcion 3) canon 5d mk2 con el tokina 11-16 f2.8 usado a 16mm que no viñetea tanto. Mil gracias desde antemano. Saludos desde Buenos Aires.

[@nivedkrishna8212]

Rip my man

[@victorvictor60]

wheather app => Astro Panel