OwlPlot: Astro Photo Planner Live

Plan the shot before you drive. OwlPlot is a photography planner for golden hour, blue hour and the Milky Way. See sunrise and sunset times, sun position, moon phase, aurora forecast and light pollution for anywhere you shoot — then plan the shot with AR, exposure calculators and a shot planner. Free, no account, and the astronomy works offline. KNOW WHEN TO GO • Golden hour and blue hour, morning and evening, to the minute • Sunrise, sunset, solar noon and every twilight phase • Moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination • A 0-100 score for right now, from cloud, rain, visibility and wind • The coming nights ranked, so you can pick the good one FOR THE MILKY WAY • When the galactic core rises, where it will be, and how high it gets • Astronomical darkness — when the sky is genuinely dark, not just dim • Moon interference, because a bright moon ends the session • Bortle sky darkness estimated for every spot you save, from satellite light-pollution data, so you know what you are working with • Seeing and transparency worked out from the forecast model POINT YOUR PHONE AT THE SKY • AR view places the sun, moon, planets and the Milky Way on the real scene • Scrub forward or back twelve hours and watch the arcs move • Draw your lens's field of view on the sky before you unpack the bag • Plan a panorama: overlap, frame count, sweep WORK OUT THE SHOT • Tonight's Recipe — ISO, aperture and shutter for what is actually up • NPF and 500-rule star trails, ND filters, timelapse intervals • Hyperfocal, depth of field and focus stacking • Moon framing: how big the moon really is at your focal length LINE IT UP • Alignment planner: the next 30 days of the sun or moon behind a landmark • Shot plans with a leave-by time, calendar export and a reminder • Eclipses for two years, ISS passes, meteor shower peaks ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widgets in three sizes with a live countdown • An ongoing notification counting down golden and blue hour ON THE COAST • Swell height, period and direction, with wind read against the beach • Tide state and water temperature from the nearest reporting buoy • Ten-day outlook, day and hour picking BUILT FOR THE DARK • Night vision turns the whole screen red so a glance at your phone does not cost you the half hour your eyes spent adapting • Dark throughout, with extra dimming below the system minimum HONEST BY DEFAULT • Free. No account, no ads, no subscription • Sun, moon and Milky Way maths runs on your device and works offline • When the weather service is unavailable, OwlPlot says so rather than showing you yesterday's numbers as if they were today's Weather by Open-Meteo. Light pollution from VIIRS / Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines. Sky darkness is an estimate and you can override it on any location.