As suggested use stellarium to check. PC Mac version free. Android iOS need pay.

Also download an app called moon phase to know the moon cycle.

Moon's reflection is very bad. It can turn night photo to day like effect.

No WhatsApp group?

anyone shooting in Selangor? would like to join and learn some skills from fella sifu

maybe i should organize one trip for miri(sarawak, bintulu welcome too) too XD

9th April - trip to tusan, meet at McD petronas krokop, take off time 930pm. finishing time reaching back miri might be 2 or 3am

1. ieR (edpaul) - zero one six 410 o99o -whatsapp.
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tip:
pack more water. keep hydrated.
bring torchlight, but avoid using when people are shooting
bring hand's free junkfood, you dont wan to touch your camera with your finger full of cheetos

also, for those who are interested to join whatsapp group (im gonna create it later... can whatsapp my number or PM me your number)

mau ask sikit, usually where to shoot milky way in cameron ah...

Hey guys. Wonderful reading this post. Can I join in any of the upcoming trips?

Did u need special zoom lens for this?

I been there twice and never seen the milky way. 

Maybe it was a cloudy night.

Hi, interested in shoot milky way. But i cannot join 9/4 due to work (mid night). Can add me into the group, pls? thx

Cameron of course. 
What is the ideal iso to avoid the noise problem? 
I seen night vision lenses for my cam.
  Are they any good for this kind of view?

i recently had my first experience shooting Milkyway in Yunnan Province.  Very kelangkabut...kekeke

Hope to join you guys and try shooting again but Im not in the country.

May be next time and good luck to you guys.

First time shooting and was standing at a cliff where there was no flat surface.  I was trying my best to balance myself and also figuring out the settings.  First time for nooby like me to shoot Milkyway.  In fact, it was spontaneous decision with 2 PRCs the night b4.

how about port dikson?

Finally a thread dedicated to milkyway 

i've been to sekinchan a few times to try my luck to capture that cluster of stars..

unfortunately 3 out of 3 times also kena ruin by the damn clouds! 

anyhow nowadays sekinchan doesnt seem to be the best place to capture milkyway anymore as the light polution there is getting worst...

Do you guys go for group star shooting? would like to tag along if there is any 

Finally a thread dedicated to milkyway 

i've been to sekinchan a few times to try my luck to capture that cluster of stars..

unfortunately 3 out of 3 times also kena ruin by the damn clouds! 

anyhow nowadays sekinchan doesnt seem to be the best place to capture milkyway anymore as the light polution there is getting worst...

Do you guys go for group star shooting? would like to tag along if there is any 

just came back from a simple shooting trip.

this is why u do not wan to shoot with a moon in the sky. (moon is 40% crescent, or 6th lunar day)

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this was shot at around 10pm. so much light pollution from the moon 
edit: btw, the pic is not edited. its direct jpeg out from camera....    zero edit

10 more days for good shooting period (minimum light pollution from the moon)

last night went for milkyway hunting until 3am, drove like 200km around places...wasnt so much in luck, but i need to advise everyone, nothing comes according to plan, or perfect day (night for my case) but you must never give up and continue to fight on(waiting is our game)...

well, last night milkyway timing was it will come out at 12 and best at 2am so we start our long drive at 9... we reach our spot at around 10pm, and start hiking and after a 15min, i notice very dark heavy cloud, and hearing sound of rain in the distance (had good hearing from training during macro shooting to hear to hunt for insect) had to RUN back to our car (stop by the roadside) and just when we(3 of us) reached our car, heavy rain poured down.

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its a raining night, discouraged. this photo taken after the rain stopped around 11:30. my friend was suggesting we give up and go home, unlike my style, who believe perseverance will reward you.

but if without the cloud, the sky is crazy clear~ i mean, the naked eye can see massive amount of deep space stars then normally with hazy/misty night.

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look at how much clear star can be capture... damn the clouds. and then, lightning fires non stop, one friend suggested (sailor/cruise captain) that we better dont stay at our location, well, we are on a open ground, slightly elevated from other grounds, basically we are open target for lightning strike.

Discourage, we pack up, call it a night and headed home, by driving of course. buttttttt im not giving up yet, i know these weather, driving away from the thunder cloud storm about 20mins later around 40km? i stopped by a roadside (tim's hideout, google it, nice place to hang out for starglazing), i took a look out the car, and 

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and we can see the milkyway with our naked eye. and its the first time for one of our friend, and she goes "wahhh, wahhh wahhh" non stop and still laughed non stop for 10min.

then i suggest we head back to where we came from... 15 min driving back to where we came from, i knew a spot where we can give a try, not a perfect spot as its a entrance road to another kampung and because saturday, car coming back from the city non stop, disturbing our exposure. but then, its also a good spot to park our car safely and....

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i just snap a few shot and sit there and enjoy the stars... but, sadly, couple minute later, cloud comes in again

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did i mention the non stop lightning? well, it create a nice effect too. and it continues, cloud comes, we move to new spot, cloud comes we move to new spot, and until 3am, we packup and headed home.

a few more shots.

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Today lesson. after the storm comes the rainbow milkyway

Hi, these photo are along kampung beraya to kampung tusan(trusan) Bekenu, Miri. It's along the beach, benefit, strong wind, no haze issue. Bad, lots of salt particle contain in the air.

the we chat QR code says it's expired :/