Last updated: May 11th, 2026
Welcome to Milky Way Calendars, a service by Capture the Atlas. By purchasing credits, generating a custom Milky Way calendar, accessing your account, or using this website, you agree to the following Terms and Conditions.
Please read them carefully before making a purchase.
1. Service overview
Milky Way Calendars provides custom digital calendars designed to help photographers plan Milky Way photography sessions for a specific location and year.
Each custom calendar is generated using the information provided by the user, including:
- Location name
- Exact coordinates
- Selected year
The calendar includes data such as moon illumination, moonrise and moonset, sunset and sunrise times, Milky Way visibility, Galactic Center visibility, and the average elevation of the Galactic Center.
All times are shown in the local time of the selected location.
2. Credits and purchases
This platform works with a credit system. Each credit allows you to generate one custom Milky Way calendar.
Credits may be purchased individually or in bundles, depending on the options available on the website at the time of purchase.
Once a credit has been used to generate a calendar, that credit is considered redeemed and cannot be reused.
Prices may change at any time without prior notice. The price shown at checkout at the time of purchase is the final price for that transaction.
3. User responsibility for correct inputs
You are responsible for entering accurate information before generating your calendar.
This includes the correct:
- Year
- Location name
- Latitude and longitude
- Coordinate format
Coordinates must be entered in decimal degrees, with latitude first and longitude second. A period must be used for decimals, and a comma must separate latitude and longitude.
Example:
36.2350298733245, -116.77082298179006
A negative latitude refers to the Southern Hemisphere. A negative longitude refers to the Western Hemisphere.
If you enter incorrect coordinates, an incorrect year, an unsupported location, or coordinates in the wrong format, the resulting calendar may be inaccurate or unusable. In these cases, a new purchase or credit will be required to generate a new calendar.
No refunds will be issued for calendars generated with incorrect information provided by the user.
4. Calendar generation
After submitting your request, your custom calendar may take up to 5 minutes to generate.
In some cases, generation may take longer due to technical issues, server load, payment processing delays, or other circumstances beyond our control.
We will make reasonable efforts to ensure the platform works properly, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted, instant, or error free access to the service at all times.
5. Calendar availability and downloads
Once generated, your custom calendar will be available in your account for download for one year from the generation date.
After this one year period, the calendar may no longer be available in your account, and a new purchase may be required to access or generate it again.
We strongly recommend downloading and saving your calendar locally after generation.
We only store calendars for current and future years. Past year calendars may not remain available on our servers.
6. Saturdays only format
Custom Milky Way Calendars show data for Saturdays only.
This format is designed to keep the calendar clear, easy to read, and printable. Nearby days usually have similar Milky Way and moon conditions, but the calendar does not provide daily data for every date of the year.
By purchasing and using this service, you acknowledge that the calendar is a planning tool and that it does not include every day of the selected year.
7. Unsupported regions
Polar regions above 66.5° North latitude or below 66.5° South latitude are not supported.
If you submit coordinates outside the supported latitude range, the service may not be able to generate a valid calendar.
No refunds will be issued for calendars requested for unsupported locations if the user entered coordinates outside the supported range.
8. Accuracy and limitations
Milky Way Calendars are designed to provide accurate planning information based on the coordinates and year submitted by the user.
However, the calendars are provided as a planning tool only. Actual shooting conditions may vary due to factors including, but not limited to:
- Weather
- Clouds
- Smoke
- Haze
- Light pollution
- Terrain obstruction
- Mountains or buildings blocking the horizon
- Local access restrictions
- Temporary closures
- Safety conditions
The calendar does not guarantee that the Milky Way will be visible in practice, that the sky will be clear, or that a specific composition will be possible from the selected location.
Users are responsible for verifying local conditions, safety, accessibility, weather, and any permits or restrictions before going into the field.
9. Digital product policy
Milky Way Calendars are digital products.
Due to the nature of digital products and automated calendar generation, all sales are final.
Refunds will not be issued for:
- Incorrect coordinates entered by the user
- Incorrect year selected by the user
- Incorrect location name entered by the user
- Unsupported coordinates
- Failure to download the calendar within the available download period
- Change of mind after purchase
- Not using purchased credits
- Misunderstanding that the calendar shows Saturdays only
- Weather or field conditions that prevent photography
If there is a technical issue caused by our platform that prevents your calendar from being generated or downloaded, please contact us so we can review the issue.
10. Technical issues
If a payment is completed and your credit does not appear in your account, or if your calendar fails to generate due to a platform error, please contact us at info@capturetheatlas.com
We may ask you to provide your order number, account email, location submitted, year selected, and any screenshots that help us diagnose the issue.
If we confirm that the issue was caused by our system, we may, at our discretion, restore the credit, regenerate the calendar, or provide another appropriate solution.
11. Account access
You are responsible for keeping your account login information secure.
We are not responsible for loss of access caused by incorrect email addresses, forgotten login details, user error, or failure to maintain access to the email account used for purchase.
If you lose access to your account, contact us and we will make reasonable efforts to help you recover access.
12. Personal use license
Each custom Milky Way calendar is provided for personal use only.
You may download, print, and use your calendar for your own photography planning.
You may not:
- Resell the calendar
- Redistribute the calendar publicly
- Share the calendar as a paid or free product
- Upload the calendar to public websites or file sharing platforms
- Use the calendar as part of a competing product or service
- Remove Capture the Atlas branding or copyright notices
Commercial licensing, group use, or educational use may require written permission from Capture the Atlas.
13. Intellectual property
All content, design, text, graphics, data presentation, calendar layouts, branding, and materials available on this website are owned by Capture the Atlas or used with permission.
Purchasing a calendar does not transfer ownership of the underlying system, design, data structure, website, or intellectual property.
You receive a limited, personal, non exclusive license to use the generated calendar for your own photography planning.
14. Payment processing
Payments may be processed by third party payment providers.
By completing a purchase, you agree to the terms, privacy policy, and payment conditions of the relevant payment provider.
We do not store full payment card details on our servers.
15. Currency
Prices are in US Dollars.
16. Changes to the service
We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Pricing
- Credit packages
- Calendar features
- Download availability
- Supported regions
- Account features
- Website functionality
Any changes will not affect calendars that have already been generated, except where continued access is no longer possible due to technical, legal, or security reasons.
17. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Capture the Atlas shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from the use of Milky Way Calendars.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Missed photography opportunities
- Travel costs
- Accommodation costs
- Transportation costs
- Equipment costs
- Weather related losses
- Inaccurate user input
- Inability to access a location
- Failure to download a calendar
- Technical interruptions
The service is provided as a planning resource, and the user remains responsible for all travel, safety, photography, and field decisions.
18. No professional guarantee
Milky Way Calendars are intended to help with photography planning, but they do not constitute professional, legal, safety, travel, or astronomical advice.
You are responsible for making your own decisions in the field and for verifying all relevant information before traveling or photographing at any location.
19. Privacy
Your use of this website is also subject to our Privacy Policy.
We may collect and process information necessary to manage your account, process your order, generate your calendar, provide customer support, and improve the service.
Please review our Privacy Policy for more information.
20. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms and Conditions at any time.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.
By continuing to use the website or purchase credits after changes are posted, you agree to the updated Terms and Conditions.
21. Contact
For questions about these Terms and Conditions or your Milky Way Calendar purchase, please contact us at:
info@capturetheatlas.com
Capture the Atlas LLC
Las Vegas, Nevada
