Milky Way core rising over the Three Sisters mountains

Computational astrophotographyiPhone

AstroGlow

Stack the night. Keep the glow.

Live star-aligned exposure stacking for iPhone: Milky Way, aurora, open-ended star trails, and light trails, with a physics-based exposure assistant, night-vision interface, self-timer, and programmable intervalometer.

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AstroGlow live Milky Way stacking view on iPhone — Inside AstroGlowLive view while a stack builds: mount detection, exposure status, and the lens-style capture toolbar.

Original photography · Steven Smith

On-deviceGPU star-aligned stacking

4 modesMilky Way · Aurora · Star Trails · Light Trails

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The night sky, one tap away

Your phone can see the Milky Way. AstroGlow proves it.

AstroGlow captures a continuous burst of exposures and stacks them live on the GPU — registering every frame on the stars, averaging the noise away, and keeping the light. The exposure plan is computed from your actual lens with the NPF rule, the gyroscope decides tripod or handheld, and every finished stack is cleaned of hot pixels before it lands in Photos. No account, no uploads, one-time purchase.

Mount and focus

The gyroscope confirms the tripod, and the 5× star-focus loupe helps you calibrate true infinity on a real star.

Tap once

The assistant plans frames, shutter, and gain from the NPF rule, then stacks the sky in real time — you watch the image build.

Save the night

Hot pixels are removed automatically and the finished stack saves to Photos at full resolution — or program the intervalometer and let it run.

Real product. Current interface.

See AstroGlow at work.

AstroGlow live Milky Way view with mount chip, status pill, and lens-style toolbar — Live stacking

AstroGlow open-ended star-trail capture painting circumpolar arcs — Star Trails, open-ended

AstroGlow timer panel with self-timer presets and programmable intervalometer — Timer & intervalometer

AstroGlow night-vision interface in deep red with focus calibration panel — Night Vision

AstroGlow NPF calculator panel showing focal length, aperture, and exposure plan — NPF exposure plan

Built around the real workflow

Tools that earn their place.

Star-aligned stacking

A GPU tracker follows the brightest star and shifts every frame back into registration with sub-pixel precision, so long integrations keep pinpoint stars while noise falls away.

Four sky modes

Milky Way and Aurora stack with alignment; Star Trails runs open-ended until you tap stop; Light Trails paints headlights and city motion with the same lighten engine.

A physics-based assistant

The NPF rule computes the longest trail-free shutter from your actual lens, and gyroscope variance decides tripod versus handheld — the whole exposure plan derives from that, automatically.

Timer and intervalometer

A 3, 5, or 10-second self-timer kills tap-shake or puts you in the frame. The intervalometer programs up to 99 stacks with timed gaps, saving every shot to Photos automatically.

Built for the dark

Night Vision shifts the entire interface deep red to protect dark adaptation, the focus loupe zooms 5× while you calibrate infinity, and a live stability gauge reads the mount.

Finished, not fiddly

Every capture ends with automatic hot-pixel removal and noise cleanup, then saves as a full-resolution image. A complete in-app Field Guide documents every control and the physics behind it.

Apple distribution

Preparing for TestFlight

AstroGlow is being prepared for iPhone beta testing, with a one-time-purchase App Store release to follow.

Listing pending

Serious optics, honest limits

Everything happens on your phone.

01PrivacyHow AstroGlow handles your work and data 02SupportHelp for the next dark night 03TermsPlain terms for a night-sky camera

Privacy PolicyEffective August 5, 2026

Overview

AstroGlow is a computational astrophotography camera for iPhone. It does not require an account, and image processing happens on your device.

Solution 7 Media does not collect personal information through the app, sell personal information, use advertising SDKs, use analytics SDKs, or track you across apps or websites.

Camera and motion

AstroGlow uses the camera to capture the frames it stacks. Frames are processed on-device and are not transmitted to Solution 7 Media.

The gyroscope is read on-device to detect whether the phone is on a tripod and to display a stability gauge. Motion readings are not collected or transmitted.

Photos access

AstroGlow requests add-only Photos access — the narrowest permission iOS offers for saving. The app can add the images you choose to save (or that the intervalometer saves for you) to your photo library; it cannot read your existing photos.

App Store privacy summary

Data Not Collected by the developer
No tracking
No third-party advertising
No account or sign-in

Contact

Privacy questions may be sent to support@solution7media.com or directed by phone to 503-257-6177.

SupportHelp for the next dark night

Your first stack

Mount the phone on a tripod and watch the chip switch from HANDHELD to TRIPOD.
Open Focus and drag the slider until the brightest star shrinks to a point — the view zooms 5× while you drag.
Pick a mode under Modes; Milky Way is the right default for a dark sky.
Tap the shutter. The ring fills as frames accumulate; review, then save to Photos.

Timer and intervalometer

The Timer panel sets a 3, 5, or 10-second self-timer and programs the intervalometer: choose shots and gap with sliders or one-tap presets, and every shot in a sequence saves to Photos automatically. Tap the shutter at any time to end a sequence early — everything already captured is safe.

If stars look blurry or still trail

Blurry stars are almost always focus — recalibrate on a star, and remember the slider's far stop is past true infinity. If stars trail in Milky Way mode, make sure a genuinely bright star is in frame for the tracker, shelter the tripod from wind, and re-tighten the mount. The in-app Field Guide has a full troubleshooting section.

Contact support

Email support@solution7media.com or call 503-257-6177. Include your device model, iOS version, AstroGlow version, and a short description of what happened.

Field safety

Astrophotography happens outdoors at night. Exposure calculations are photography aids, not safety guidance — stay aware of terrain, weather, wildlife, traffic, and land access, and never rely on the phone screen for situational awareness.

Email AstroGlow support

End User License AgreementPlain terms for a night-sky camera

AstroGlow is offered under the Solution 7 Media End User License Agreement below, accepted in the app on first launch. Exposure calculations and capture guidance are photography aids and do not replace safety, navigation, or weather information.

Read Apple’s Standard EULA