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I have been taking advantage of the reduced Prime Day/BF deals for a couple of years, my CC subscription through previous offers is about 18 months in credit. The shift from standalone to "Software As A Service" is becoming the standard model, what I hope is that with the reduction in pirate...

Fingers crossed for Cyber Monday...

I normally run my CC subscription about 18 MTS in advance and take advantage of Prime Day & Black Friday deals - as mentioned above you can simply keep tacking them on. I also got a free 2 months with the recent purchase of a USB 6TB HDD :)

Yup comes with the territory, always worth going out as the forecast can be very wrong :) I remember one evening it was reporting 10mile visibility & no cloud, where the reality was you could not see the end of the bonnet due to the torrential rain and 100% cover - it happens...

Its one of those areas I need to do, I always fancied doing some of the sheep leaps on the Devonport Leat as well as some of the crosses. I had a great shoot of Windy Post after the firework competition in Plymouth. I did not think Windy would work, but was really impressed with the results :)...

I am a big fan of Stellarium, it's a really nice bit of software, I use it a lot - a couple of screen shots, which I have used in presentations to camera clubs - I was trying to show how the sky changed over one night as well as how the sky changes through the year

It runs on both android & iOS. The iPad is a marginally better experience, simply because you get a bigger screen so more real estate to play with - if you have both iPhone & iPad you will get a dual installation anyway - this is a pair of screen shots from both...

Hi Nod, good to see you are still active :) I am sure our paths will cross at some stage... Many thanks, it's good to try to set challenges, but it does get harder as the years roll on... I have had a lot of success with Burgh Island over the years. It's always a pain to get to and you need...

That has worked well, far nicer without the shutters. Did you do any of the cross?? One of those locations that has a chuffing great TV antenna in the other direction :). What was the EXIF ???

Ok best guide on meteors is the one produced by the team at PhotoPills, they do one every year - see https://www.photopills.com/articles/meteor-guide That covers nearly everything you are asking, have a read - the only thing on your settings is that I would up the ISO, I normally start at 3.200...

I must admit they are far easier in the winter, just a shame that the main action happens at silly o'clock in the summer :)

It easier to see when you have the app - the milky way moves across the sky in a similar way to the sun and the moon, so it will rise in one part of the sky, move across the sky then set in a different direction - it's compounded by the core not being visible all the time, so its only visible...

Possibly the most useful is PhotoPills, this is an amazing app with lots of details & works on both IOS & Android - https://www.photopills.com/ PP allows you to select your location - so the dotted half circle, shows the direction of the milky way - this example is the Sea Arch at Dawlish...

I think this is the 11th year I have done a monthly astro shoot - I must admit it's never easy as some months are dire & the weather gods conspire to spoil the views while other months could easily fill all 12 shots... Anyway, here you go... · January – Super Moon over Hay Tor. I had...

I would suggest trying to get something a bit more interesting in the foreground, you can work with anything, it just needs to add some interest. Also try using a star app to find something interesting in the sky, you can also use puddles to use as mirrors, etc - but welcome to the dark side :)