Learn about the equipment I use to take my photos of deep sky objects (DSOs), and how I set it up for a successful night of imaging. Resources for this video can be found here: http://nebulaphotos.com/resources/setup Music: Fishgods by Fourmi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Fourmi/L_Alunissage_des_Fragilos/06_-_Fishgods Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 01:15 The Mount - Orion Atlas EQ-G 04:25 The Camera, Telescope, and Guiding - ZWO ASI1600mm-c, Stellarvue SVQ86, ZWO ASI290mm-mini, and Astromania 60mm guide scope 09:52 Imaging Accessories - Dew control, Bahtinov mask, QHY Polemaster 13:39 Power - Everstart marine battery, Kreiger 1100 w inverter, Minnkota battery box 16:26 Laptop and Software - Lenovo Thinkpad, EQMOD, Cartes du Ciel, PHD2, Sequence Generator Pro, PinPoint, QHY Polemaster 19:32 Leveling and assembling the tripod 21:43 Assembling the mount and adding counter-weights 24:20 Attaching the telescope to mount 26:42 Setting up power and cables 27:37 Rough polar alignment 28:36 Balancing 31:32 Setting up Cartes du Ciel and EQMOD 35:05 Setting up PHD2 36:30 Setting up Sequence Generator Pro 38:47 Using QHY Polemaster for fine polar alignment 44:04 1-star-alignment with Cartes Du Ciel, EQMOD, and SGP 47:30 Focusing with Bahtinov Mask and SGP 50:29 Plate solving and centering on target 53:09 Calibrating PHD2 55:48 Starting the sequence in SGP
In this live lecture, School Director Forest Chaput de Saintonge teaches the fundamentals of astrophotography and how a beginner can get started with this type
Join me as I show you every step of capturing and processing the Orion Nebula (M42) with a DSLR, small telescope, and an iOptron SmartEQ mount. Links/resources
Another beginner-level stargazing astrophotography session. Once again, this video was not one of my most interesting so it may be a bit dull for anyone not int
I describe each of the common kinds of telescopes, and tell you all the quirks that make one more appropriate than others for your astrophotography efforts. Th
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Below are some of the telescopes I've used in recent years, ranging from ~30 -3000 dollars. (shortened for YTs character limits) Price $35 76mm reflector do
The William Optics Zenithstar 61 is a doublet apochromatic refractor telescope that excels in deep-sky DSLR astrophotography. This is NOT a paid endorsement!
In this astrophotography tutorial I demonstrate the benefits of upgrading to and using a complete astrophotography setup. The benefits of autoguiding are demon
Sit beside me during a stargazing atrophotography session while I mumble to the camera, sometimes incoherenly :o) This video turned out to be not one of my mos
Welcome back people :) the title of the video says it all, i am talking about modified dslr cameras. To help you in the decision, whether you should get a modi
This week I show you how to take photos of the stars with your a7iii. If you want to know step by step how to shoot astrophotography pictures, then this is for
Tony Hallas at OPT's 1st Annual SCAE Imaging Symposium. Astrophotographer Tony Hallas discusses the basics of DSLR imaging and provides intermediate pointers
Watch part 1 here first: https://youtu.be/Qb1ceFM-DkQ This video shows a basic processing routine using DeepSkyStacker and GIMP. Links and more information here
In this video I show how I photograph the Milkway. I talk settings, as well as show how to take a Milkyway Panorama. I have tutorials on how to process these a
This video was created using the iMovie software from the iLife Package, Apple Inc. Use of audio "sample content" from Apple is approved via Apple’s Software L
I hope you enjoy! Links to things mentioned into the video! Deep Sky Stacker - http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html (DeepSkyStacker 3.3.4) GIMP - h
This video is about eyepiece projection method. It’s a short account of my experience testing various scopes with Gosky’s tele-extender. I hope that some of the
Darrell Heath of the UALR Department of Arts, Letters, and Sciences goes through the pros and cons of the various kinds of telescopes you may want to use. ualr
In this video I show you how to setup your SkyGuider Pro from start to finish, including balancing the counterweight, adjusting the Polar Scope, and how to do a
