Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] Question: Photographing he Milky Way
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:54:48 -0400
References: <A5CDFF7A-846E-46EB-9F36-63172CA64EF9@yahoo.co.uk>
 
I think it's there most all the time, but if you use an iPhone, the app 
SkyWalk does a really good job of showing you where to look at any given 
time.

The app is a lovely little window on the sky with IDs of what you see.

ric


On Jun 22, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Peter Cheyne wrote:

> I live in a rural area, and would like to have a go at photographing the 
> Milky Way with an interesting foreground subject (not decided what yet).  
> Can anyone suggest a website so I can see when the Milky Way is visible 
> from where I am.  I mean a site where you can input your location.  
> Failing that is there any cheap or free software that does this for the 
> Mac?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter
> 
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] Question: Photographing he Milky Way)