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Which one would Galileo choose?

Have you heard of graxpert? its great for background extraction/ graideeint removal.

i dont got the lens you show, mine is a 70-300, but ill give this a shot! I do have a tracker so that'll probably help! my arms broken though, apologies for any bad typing/spelling.

This was impressive. Dang...

“Orion start to finish” is what I search for all things astrophotography in my short journey. Classic video. Thank you.

Everyone deserves this sky.... We can't have world peace so Why can't we just have this?

Thank you very much 👍

Absolutely fantastic work here. I have been imaging for a year with some mediocre results but your step-by-step explanations are brilliant and so easy to follow. Thank you for taking the time to make and post these.

Grand idea!

Excellent video but you never did starless stretching first as you said you will

I noted all the practical advantages of the telescope over the expensive Canon lens, but an interesting comparison for me would be to compare the Spacecat with a zoom lens of a more similar price, say the Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3, which I have seen is a popular lens to use for astrophotography. I suppose I would expect the Spacecat to be better image quality but it would be nice to see how much better.

On the final image we can see some sorte of concentrics circles is that the true north ? or some of arctefacts ?

For the price of a mini pier, now $150 per month, it's a deal. I have a pier reserved and they have my scope. Just waiting for install/set up.

for Iphone 14 users, which is the best lens of the 3 to use?

So, to decrease the newtonian total price, will a dobsonian mount be any good? Like the motorized skywatch virtuoso GTi?

I went to a dark sky site in Tenerife national park for the lunar eclipse a few years ago. It was incredible. As the Moon moved into eclipse it no longer bleached the sky, and revealed the Milky Way. Seeing the Moon in eclipse, next to the Milky way, while standing within the desert caldera of a massive volcano was something I will never forget.

it would be interesting to use a Nikon camera or a Sony one juste cause their sensors are that much better in terms of dynamic range and overall sharpness ! A nikon d810 for example actually avoid sony cameras cause i just remember that they are dubbed the Star Eaters du to their heavy noise reduction even in Raw

great video and instructions !!

Very interesting video. Thanks!

Yes, I KNOW the teaser said it was the "Dwarf 3," but please note that that was a fabrication. The Dwarf 3 does exist, BUT IT ISN'T BEING SOLD BECAUSE IT CAN'T SHIP BEFORE SEPTEMBER. I know because I've paid for one, and know the story. It is more capable by a bit, than the Dwarf II, so your results will be slightly better. Also, they look slightly different as well.

You''re using the "there's no free lunch" saying incorrectly.

Useful👍🏻👍🏾

Omg, first of all your works are always amazing and I'd really apperciated your efford to make astrophotography so much easier for beginner like me. Second of all, this will be my next deep skp object that I will catch. Love your work and thank you for all the inspiration that you brought to all of us who watched the video.

Canonite!!!

Excellent video thank you very much

Could I do this with a Nikon P1000, it's a bridge camera with a 125x zoom. I've always wanted to do this but I only have that camera to help me!

hello I finally got myself an am5 mount on AVX tripod and the zwo extension. bought used for a good price and I would like to get the askar fra300! I have an asi air plus, an EAF an asi 120 for guiding with the 50 mm scope from svbony. The main camera is the asi 294 MC pro. My question is is the camera made for this lens!? And what would be the good filters that I should get to complete my kit? Thanks Benoit

Small object, big scope and a reducer? I can see the benefit of a small sensor but not the reducer, guessing you didn't have the 1x flattener? At 1x you could have used a larger sensor and had about the same size image, maybe a better image if you can track it well. Using the reducer would be a better question.

i tried it and even left my camera out shooting all night. I stacked around 5 hours of data from bortle 4 and sadly got nothying. I will try it again with a higher iso

Time for a haircut

Does this lens works / is compatible with a Panasonic S5ii ?

Thanks!

Nice video. After you polar align then turn on live view on the DSLR, should Polaris be in the center of the live view screen or off center according to the position in the app? Thanx for the info.

Hey Nico @NebulaPhotos ! One question; maybe I missed the answer, but: How the heck did you align (register) the pictures?!? But without stacking them? Did you do this manual in Siril or something? Anyway; Thanks for all your very handy tutorials wich also got me started with astrophotography about 2 years ago ;) (started with my Nikon on Tripod and escaleted pretty fast to an 8"/1200mm Newt on an Cem60 🤣) And now this comes very helpfull as the Perseijades tonight. Captured also some for test last night. Thanks!

Betelgeuse the star. czcams.com/video/jOGIxSF0j2s/video.htmlsi=AZniGMqoejycBcdz

Sirius the star by an amateur astronomer. czcams.com/video/Og27UJNHOns/video.htmlsi=mwkr0DDPnIAbf7Pr

when I launch it I just get a command prompt window, no interface.

I've been easing my way back in after a long time away (Nikon F3 and early digital days) and all your stuff has been super helpful. I've tried this and it didn't turn out half bad considering everything that didn't go right. (Bahtinov mask went from IN to CA on its way to NH. Interval code on my OM-1 is bugged at exposure times > 1 sec. All about normal for having fun with AP!) The combination of reviews and tutorials is just great. And you've convinced me to take it slow. I think I know what gear I want, but the camera and tripod are great for now. In the meantime, I need to head over to Patreon! All the best!

Hi Nico, thanks for a great tutorial. I'm still feeling my way around Siril. Just a quick question or thoughts - the background extraction. Would it be easier to do the extraction after the the Star Removal or is the background extraction affected by having the start in place?

i wonder how to replicate the masking in Affinity :)

Excellent review and explanation, thankyou!

ok, reaching to see if this actually gets a response on such an older vid... but I have a Canon T8i, and according to the stuff just after the 10 min mark ... my cam... with my tripod... and a 'nifty-50' lens that'll go to f1.8 should actually give me good deepspace images? given doing the rest, and using the bahtnov mask etc?

"You only get ONE shot!" *Pulls out a 16" SCT with a hyperstar

Fantastic video tutorial! Thank you!

Interesting comparison. I use Siril, but have never used Siril scripts. I use all the manual options.

Very cool!

Thanks for that. Having used DSS and Photoshop on my first DSOs (Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae) and got a pretty poor result, I restacked and reprocessed using Siril and got a much better one in a fraction of the time, mainly by following along with your tutorial. Couldn't get the platesolve to work for some reason though.

Thanks!

"affordable"

Fever you say? The new 203APO is in the stores now, slap that one on your mount and let us know how it does. 7,800.00usd, F7, 1421mm, 51lbs. Not sure its worth an extra 3k over the 185, that's a steep jump for 18mm or <1".