Tool walkthrough · 0:57 · silent, with on-screen words
A walkthrough of the Milky Way Season Planner, recorded from the real tool: the light-pollution warning, the month scores for 2027, June’s best night, and framing the core.
Shows the Milky Way Season Planner from Georgetown on Mon 15 Feb 2027, its 2027 month scores and the best night of June 2027, with the default camera and aim.
A silent walkthrough recorded from the real Milky Way Season Planner on this site, with the cursor and on-screen words showing each step.
Opened at Georgetown (Bortle 8) on Mon 15 Feb 2027, the planner first warns that the Milky Way is not visible under that sky and offers a dark-sky simulation. Its 2027 month scores grade March to September Good, February and October Fair and the rest Poor, topping out at 59. In June 2027 the best night is Tuesday 1, scoring 84 (Excellent), with a 14% lit waning crescent Moon; the core peaks 54° up at 01:07 planner time (01:00 GYT) and stays up for 7.7 hours. Use this night moves the planner to that date and time, when the core is 54° up and above the default 25° aim.
0:00 The Milky Way Season Planner shows when the galactic core is up in the dark from Guyana, month by month and night by night.
0:04 Georgetown is Bortle 8, too bright to see the Milky Way, so the planner warns you. Simulate dark sky plans as if you had driven out to a dark site.
0:11 Set your camera body and lens: the planner starts with a Sony A7 III at 24 mm.
0:16 Each month gets a score for its 15th. From Georgetown in 2027 March to September grade Good, February and October Fair, and the best is 59: the core never climbs high enough here for Excellent.
0:25 Tap June: the preview date jumps to the 15th, and the calendar below fills with June's nights.
0:30 The best night of June is Tuesday 1, scoring 84 (Excellent): the Moon is a waning crescent, 14% lit.
0:39 That night the core peaks 54° up at 01:07 planner time (01:00 GYT) and stays above the minimum for 7.7 hours.
0:45 Use this night sets the date and the time of the core’s peak. The core is 54° up, above the default 25° aim, so Frame reads No: drag the viewfinder or turn the dials to frame it.
0:53 Save a shot card, or open the field guide to carry the night into the field.