Astrophotography Planner
Ryan Sponzilli Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Astrophotography Planner is a paid Reference app for iPhone and iPad by Ryan Sponzilli. Rated 5.0/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 4 ratings
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 86 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 17
- 2025 · v1.7
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About Astrophotography Planner
The core idea behind this app is to make it easy for astrophotographers to filter through a catalog of deep sky targets or use an algorithm that chooses the best target for a given night. Each target has a calculated visibility score that measures what percentage of the night the target is visible for and a season score that measures how close the target is to its opposition from the sun. The algorithm makes use of both of these scores and information about the moon in order to present the user a list of possible targets to image. Choose any date or location to get information for.
What’s new
Version 1.7 · Updated August 17, 2025
Improved Daily Report suggestions. Small UI improvements and other optimizations.
App privacy
The developer, Ryan Sponzilli, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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