Some of what I've built in the last six months
Support me on Patreon
Help me keep building
If anything I've made has helped you, this is the best way to support me. Join free and get your own alien in the Patreon Playground, or pick a tier from £3 a month.
- Free to join
- £3 a month and up
- Your own alien on every tier
Five ways in
From stardust to the meaning of life
Every tier, free included, gets you your own alien in the Patreon Playground. Each one has everything in the tier before it.
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Stardust
Free
Come in, look around, get your alien.
- Your own alien in the Playground, designed by you
- Public posts and announcements
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Dwarf Stars
£3 a month
Your name in the sky, and in my videos.
- Your name in every video description
- Sneak peeks of what's coming next
- A vote on what I point the telescope at next
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Red Supergiants
£5 a month
My best pictures, full size, yours to keep.
- Full-resolution downloads of my best images
- Behind the scenes from the garden
- 10% off my shop: prints and books (one-time use)
- Plus everything in Dwarf Stars
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End of the Universe
£10 a month
On screen at the end of every video.
- Your name on screen in the Patron Sky at the end of every video
- A data pack every quarter: my own garden data to process
- 15% off my shop: prints and books (one-time use)
- Your own observatory on the Playground's Moon
- Plus everything in Red Supergiants
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The Meaning of Life
£42 a month 10 places
Ten places. The answer, and a lot more.
- Your alien in the spotlight at the end of a video at least once a year
- A Stellar Birth Certificate digital download (4K)
- 20% off my shop: prints and books (one-time use)
- A crater on the Playground's Moon, named after you
- Plus everything in End of the Universe
Want to design your alien first? Make it on my Patreon page, then bring its code with you.
Six months, 18 new things
What your support keeps going
Most of it is free, and I want to keep it that way. Here are some of them.
FreeThe Telescope Man's GardenMy back garden at night as a free 3D stargazing game.Play it 
FreeWhat You Can SeeMy own footage at the size you'd really see through the telescope and eyepiece you pick.Try it 
Beta this winterThe Astronomical appMy free Android app that runs a whole telescope rig from your phone.Join the beta list 
FreeJupiter's and Saturn's MoonsWhere the moons are on any night.See tonight 
170+My gear reviewsTelescopes, mounts, cameras and accessories, each tested the same way.See the leaderboard 
FreeWhat Your Budget SeesThe same target through telescopes at different prices.Compare them 
20 NovStellar Birth CertificatesThe real star whose light set off around the day you were born.Coming soon
26 DecStargazing with the ScottingsA relaxed show from our garden.Coming soon
What your support means to me
Over the last six months I've built 18 new things for anyone who loves the night sky, from a 3D game of my back garden to an app that runs a whole telescope rig from your phone. Most of it is free, and I want to keep it that way.
Your support is what makes that possible. It means more time building, more nights testing in the garden, and more of it shared for free. Every single one means the world to me.
Thank you, Damon