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<blockquote data-quote="Bourbon Neat" data-source="post: 465664" data-attributes="member: 37727"><p>Handy tools for planning your night of astrophotography:</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Moon rise and set times - <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/moonrise.html" target="_blank">Moonrise and Moonset Calculator</a> Enter your location in the search box</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Satellite photo of earth at night - <a href="http://www.blue-marble.de/nightlights/2012" target="_blank">Blue Marble Navigator - Night Lights 2012</a> Drag the map to your location with mouse</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Spot the International Space Station (ISS) - <a href="http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/index.cfm#.VYXhEU10x5o" target="_blank">NASA-SpotTheStation</a> Enter your location information in the search box </p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Spot Iridium Flares - <a href="http://www.heavens-above.com/IridiumFlares.aspx?lat=38.5733&lng=-109.5498&loc=Moab&alt=1227&tz=MST" target="_blank">Iridium Flares</a> Change to your location in the upper right corner of the web page</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Stellarium is a great freeware program with many tools, just dig right into it and discover what you can - <a href="http://www.stellarium.org/" target="_blank">Stellarium</a> Select the download link from choices across the top of the web page, Linux, OS X, Windows 32bit, Windows 64bit, Ubuntu and Beta 0.14.0. This program gives you a visual of the sky pretty much anywhere, anytime, on any date. </p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Exposure calculator for moon shots, it is a starting point but you may need to adjust up or down to suit your style - <a href="http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/astronomy/MoonExposureCalculator.html" target="_blank">http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/astronomy/MoonExposureCalculator.html</a></p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Camera settings calculator - <a href="http://www.tl-photography.at/stars/night-sky-photography-shutter-speed-calculator/" target="_blank">http://www.tl-photography.at/stars/night-sky-photography-shutter-speed-calculator/</a> Again, this gives you a starting point to work up or down from.</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Symbol'">· </span>Google for any other aspect you are interested in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bourbon Neat, post: 465664, member: 37727"] Handy tools for planning your night of astrophotography: [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Moon rise and set times - [URL="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/moonrise.html"]Moonrise and Moonset Calculator[/URL] Enter your location in the search box [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Satellite photo of earth at night - [URL="http://www.blue-marble.de/nightlights/2012"]Blue Marble Navigator - Night Lights 2012[/URL] Drag the map to your location with mouse [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Spot the International Space Station (ISS) - [URL="http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/index.cfm#.VYXhEU10x5o"]NASA-SpotTheStation[/URL] Enter your location information in the search box [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Spot Iridium Flares - [URL="http://www.heavens-above.com/IridiumFlares.aspx?lat=38.5733&lng=-109.5498&loc=Moab&alt=1227&tz=MST"]Iridium Flares[/URL] Change to your location in the upper right corner of the web page [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Stellarium is a great freeware program with many tools, just dig right into it and discover what you can - [URL="http://www.stellarium.org/"]Stellarium[/URL] Select the download link from choices across the top of the web page, Linux, OS X, Windows 32bit, Windows 64bit, Ubuntu and Beta 0.14.0. This program gives you a visual of the sky pretty much anywhere, anytime, on any date. [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Exposure calculator for moon shots, it is a starting point but you may need to adjust up or down to suit your style - [URL]http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/astronomy/MoonExposureCalculator.html[/URL] [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Camera settings calculator - [URL]http://www.tl-photography.at/stars/night-sky-photography-shutter-speed-calculator/[/URL] Again, this gives you a starting point to work up or down from. [FONT=Symbol]· [/FONT]Google for any other aspect you are interested in. [/QUOTE]
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