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I have the Vespera II and this video was 100% exactly what I was hoping to find. Thank you sooooo much for your efforts. Brilliant! 👏🤩

Worked great, thank you. I still have some adjusting and practice to do, but very helpful.

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Pretty simple and effective! I have kept it! Many thanks

Excellent Jeff

What a cool experience! Thanks for sharing!

Jeff, it was wonderful to meet you and thanks for showing us all the amazing tech you brought. Really cool seeing the timelapse you were working on. Hope you enjoyed your trip to Maine!

My brother's video from the trip. czcams.com/video/JVcVaYHynPc/video.htmlsi=TbI88O3YBpVEQ_T7

have you thought about a clip show of the images that aren't done in "post" thanks

So there's nothing about showing how to stack these images? Just the tiff file? I wish somebody would actually do a video. Stacking fit files from the vespara. That would really help out a lot

Jeff great capture of the whirlpool galaxy eating up the smaller galaxy it was a great pic 👍👍👍👍👍

Hey Jeff Im pointing my Vespera at the Heart Nebula as I type this in mosaic mode and Im sure it wont come out like yours bc I dont really do much with post picture enhancement but thanks for sharing my friend

If you paid over $500. You paid too much !

Great advice, always thought Affinity Photo is a somewhat overlooked software for astro photography. I've been using it for four years and it does everything I want it to do though I do use RC plugins and JR macros with it as well. I still use a separate stacking software (DSS,) most of the time though.

This a great idea for testing how a camera would work during the 2024 eclipse - thanks!

Can high quality and large or mid-size prints be made from dwarf 2 images?

Superb👍

Wonderful video, thanks for posting. I've jut had one delivered (dwarf 2) and looking forward to getting to know it.

Thank you! I'm just starting in astrophotography and Affinity is my photo editing software.

Great video! I am just a beginner with this stuff and i have a Dwarf II and have taken a few stabs at some DSO's and trying to follow some of the other Affinity astrophotography videos is confusing. At this point, your video is just what I have been looking for. I do have a question. Since I am already using Affinity, would it help to do the stacking in Affinity and then use your process for the Affinity PNG file? Thank you.

Jeff. What is the software?

I have a Stellina and have had it for a few years now. It is a really good Telescope and since it is so easy to use you can have it up and running within minutes. The pics are really good and using editing software you can get some amazing pictures. The other thing about the scope is it is software upgradable and the object catalogue grows all the time. Now I can adjust exposure time and amounts. I can also take pics of the sun with the filter you can by. So this scope can get better and better

What processing software is this?

Thanks for sharing!

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Hi, amazing pictures ! I just got my gift Vaonis Vespera on mothers day from my husband and son. I love Universe, stars as you all are . Never had telescope, love my CANON and Star Walk2 Application. Question: Clearer images only depends on visibility and illumination around ? Or like you should be finished by editing? Thank you for your help in advance !!

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This video is amazing! Thank you so much.

thanks for these tutorials, i have been trying to follow them, however, for some reason whenever i open a .tiff file downloaded from the vespera into affinity photo and do the first step - tone mapping persona - as you state, it overly brightens the image way more than your images and even after sliding the exposure meter down all the way there's way too much noise and brightness, they dont get as dark as yours, i'm wondering if this is because my original .tiff files are brighter due to imaging from a bortle 7 suburban sky zone unlike yours, or i'm not sure if this is because i am using affinity photo 2, i'm not sure how to get affinity photo 1

Thanks Jeff for a great video. I just received my Dwarf II Telescope and waiting for clear skies to try it out. During this last year, I have be using a Cannon DSLR with a Star Adventure tracker and Affinity Photo as a stacker and post processor for astrophotography. After watching your CZcams video I will definitely consider purchasing the plugins for star removal and noise reduction.

Beginners, don’t buy the D2 astronomical camera. I did, I regret it, and find it is far more frustrating than fun. My Unistellar has been great.

Thanks for the guide! This will be very helpful for newcomers like myself!

Nice and beautiful video. Thanks for sharing. Big Like 10

What the original advert for this post claimed was that you were going to compare the the three various all in one astro-imaging systems. That's what led me to open your file. Unfortunately you don't do this, but instead mostly just discuss the Vespera model. Since I was looking for info on which unit makes the most sense to purchase, this video was very disappointing to me.

Excellent Astro Photos. The post processing definitely takes them up a notch from the base native output to a tablet or smartphone. Although the photos output directly from my Vaonis Stellina, with a bit of enhancement from my iPhoto app, look pretty good. People fail to realize the amount of technical wizardry going on behind the scenes with these new generation smart telescope/imagers. Prior to purchasing my Stellina I had spent years of time, effort, steep learning curve, massive frustration, not to mention $1000’s of dollars, to get to this level. First night out with a Vaonis automatic scope you can get images like this. The Astrophotography purists will always prefer building their own setups and developing their craft. They will get better images in the end but it will take years and buckets of money to really get those results. Most people, especially those new to the hobby would rather go the smart scope route. Trust me

I'm surprised that we dont see any "modern" equatorial mount with build in GPS/Scope to solve plate and align. Were you would just stick your camera / scope on it.

thank you very much. Please, more tutorials with the Dwarf 2

Most people cant purchase a dwarf ii yet.

What are your recommended settings for the lenses for this type of video? At least a general starting point for wide angle versus telephoto shots?

WOW! This is really cool. Do you have any links to this software? Is it free?

I’m a longtime astronomy enthusiast, particularly DSOs. Have wanted to do DSO photos for many years but cost, complexity, and steep learning curves kept me away, now with these new smartscopes combine camera and scope look perfect. I’ve been looking at the eQuinox2 and Vespera. The Vespera images seem sharper and less noisey to me ( I have photography background) , at first I thought the larger aperature of the eQuinox2 might be better, but the contrast, sharpness and colors seem better with vespers’s refractor optics. I live in a bortle 5 zone with close access to bortle 4, I also travel for a part time job to a bortle 2 zone. So several questions 1) would you get a eQuinox 2 or Vespera and why? 2) would Vespera work well in a bortle 4 or 5 zone. 3) what do you think of the new Dwarf 2 just to get my feet wet? It apears to have considerably less quality compared to Vespera. Your pics are truly mind blowing!

Great video! Probably the most honest and accurate description of the smart/robotic telescopes I have seen. You chose your words very carefully and don't over sell the new telescopes.

What is the frame rate? If it is 24 fps, then you will not get smooth motion with that high shutter speed. And you also incur a big cost in terms of noise as you see, because of the needed increase in gain. The appropriate shutter speed is 1/50th. The image otherwise looks pretty good.

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very good video i choosed the evscope but the vespera is also a very good scope

Very informative video. Thanks for your hard work and explanation.

This deserves more likes!