Excellent video! Although considering most of your audience are newcomers to Astrophotography, I would suggest making more budget-oriented videos. You took a great shot with the canon 75-300mm lens on the Andromeda Galaxy, would love to see you push that lens to more and more deep sky objects.
Thanks for this one! Everytime I watch your videos, I learn something different. Or, you go over what I already know and re-affirm it. Thanks for your TIME!!
I just subscribed to your channel an hour ago and watched ton of videos. Keep posting good stuff. Also really curious, what do you do as a full time job apart from CZcams videos?
I work a full time job at a Blues Museum during the day and I'm a full time musician and sound engineer by night. Makes it hard to find time for astronomy and CZcams, but I'm single and live alone so I make it work!
Great video. Thank you. I have just. unmodified camera and iOptron skyguider pro. But it seems, modification is really good idea. It would be great, if you can prepare another video about Telrad and ASIAIR.
There are videos about modifying your DSLR. Granted, there is no going back, let alone messing it up in the first place. But I have an old Canon T3i that I am considering doing it myself.
Hi, I have a similar setup with the same guider on my camera's L bracket. Do you find it hard to find a balance point with it throwing off the center of gravity? Are these imbalances too much for the skyguider? I'm worried about damaging the guider
I'm really enjoying the channel! There's so much character - We need more of that lizard, though. And I really don't like how close I am to ordering a star tracker. Are there any trackers that will locate the deep space object for you?
Hey Walt. Another great video. The power box, that is something I have been wondering about. I don't like having to change out batteries in my T3i, what seems like every 90 min. So what is that power box you were using, how long does it run you equipment, and how would I hook my camera up to a power box like that? I won't be getting an ASI air, I enjoy navigating and finding the target manually. It also helps with learning the sky. But the power box would be huge for me. And what kind of dew strap were you using that it detects the temperature and turns on and off on its own?? Thanks for your help in advance, and keep up the good work!.
Hi, great photos and keep going, i want to buy a dsrl for astrography and i don’t know if canon 4000d is good for this. Can you recommend me something similar for this? Thank you!
Sorry, one more question: if I am trying to image of a particular star, is there a method of making a star stand out more than the others? Or maybe even the stars that make up a constellation?
Hey, recently subbed to you! You often mention being able to do it with just a laptop and star tracker but end up always using your asiair. Would it be possible to get an example of just using a computer to control exposures and stuff? Is that possible without the ASIair? Most of the ‘beginner’ stuff on CZcams always uses one with a star tracker, or go completely bare bones with tripod and lens - no in between lol I’d love to use my computer to control the exposures (without spending the $500 on asiair) if possible!
It came out beautiful Walt!! Very good work, I can see have been Investing in new gear, looks like it's got a lot of potencial, how much did you spent on the entire setup?
Would it be better to buy a CCD camera for astrophotography, as opposed to using a DSLR? I think the CCD cameras are less expensive than modifying an off-the-shelf camera. I want to set up a refractor scope with piggy back cameras for wide field, and a through-the-tube imaging at prime focus. I have a deep trauma left over from a Cassegrain telescope being soaked in a fog bank, and I want to go with a refractor deep-sky compatible.
That is a very good question! I think it all depends on what you are already working with. I got into astrophotography before the pandemic and so my camera was also used for travel. Over the years I acquired a lot of different lenses. It just made sense for me to stick with the DSLR route for a little while and use what I already had. I think people who start out as general photographers and move into astrophotography would probably do something similar. As I build a telescope collection, getting a dedicated astronomy camera will be the better route eventually!
Beautiful image! Glad to see a new video. I was wondering if the harsh weather down that way knocked you out of commission for a while, which would have been completely understandable. I'm looking at having my camera modified. I think I want to go clear glass, but I was reading that some sort of UV/IR filter is essential to prevent star bloating when going with clear glass. What have you experienced so far? And yes, I'd love to know more about your setup! I'm content to continue to shoot low-fi on a budget for the time being, but I would like to start (slowly) accumulating the necessary equipment for more advanced shooting.
Yeah between the intense humidity, otherworldly mosquitoes, and hurricane season it's been hard to get outside lately. But all that is coming to an end! So I decided not to get a clear glass modification because I personally didn't think I would ever try infrared photography. I instead just went for a hydrogen alpha mod. That way I didn't have to worry about additional filters and bloated Stars. It still makes a huge difference!
Hi Walt, thank you for another great video. I took this video as inspiration and tried it myself last night. However, the result was kind of disappointing. I could barely see the nebula due to the incredible amount of stars in the picture. Do you have any recommendations on what I could do differently to not overload the pictures with stars? What am I doing wrong? Thank you!
The veil nebula is particularly troublesome with all the stars! Make sure you are using a duel narrowband filter like the Optolong L-Enhance or L-Extreme. Use an astro modified camera. And finally make sure you get it at least 3 to 6 hours on the target! In processing you should remove the Stars and process the nebula and stars separately. Try Starnet Version 2 or StarXTerminator.
@@deltaastrophotography Thank you very much. I tried Starnet before, however, StarXTerminator worked now so much better for me. I am happy with my new post process results. Thank you !!!
This is great, I allways learn with this guy. However, title is not entirely precise. Actually the gear is Dslr astromodified + a lot of expensive items. I recommend watching it anyway
I keep the tablet in a leather case. Closing the case keeps the frost away. I also bring it inside when my rig is shooting for long periods of time. It's totally fine if the tablet loses connection with the ASIAIR. It'll just keep shooting away.
@@deltaastrophotography So, when you are shooting for long periods of time and you bring it in, the rig is good to go. Interesting. I figured that you would still need it run the setup.
Is there a specific tablet model that you use with the ASIAIR?? And does the power box automatically turn on your dewstrap? How does it know what to turn on? I am interested in that blue box because I live in a bortle 7 and I will have to drive out somewhere remote to image. I did find a bortle 1/2...it had an artificial brightness of 5.25, but there is no power source out there. This has been my biggest question to solve. I have a T3i and it eats through batteries.
I don't think you need a specific tablet. I use a Galaxy Tab, but I can also use my phone as well! The pocket power box comes with a temperature and humidity sensor. It detects the dew point and turns the dew heaters on for you. The only problem with using it in the middle of nowhere is you have to buy some kind of big battery or power station to power it. You would need something like a Jackery 500 or a Goal Zero Yeti 500.
@@deltaastrophotography yeah, that's probably the route I'll go. I'll get the battery and the blue box and go from there. I have seen others use a battery pack, but I don't know how long those work for, and I want to know for sure that I got enough juice to last as LEAST a full night. And in the winter, that could be 12 hours or more. How long does it take to recharge the battery from dead to full charge? Can you recharge it from your vehicle? Is there a way to run a cable from the cigarette lighter port in your car to the battery to charge it?
@@kevinashley478 My Yeti 400 will run my rig for 12 to 18 hours. That's with a large go-to mount, ASIAIR, two dew heaters, and a camera. A laptop significantly reduces it to about 6 hours or less. Yet another reason why I prefer ASIAIR over laptops. I'm not sure about charging the battery with the cigarette lighter, but most of them are solar chargeable and you can get solar panels for them.
@@deltaastrophotography oh ok. I have actually heard that the solar panels aren't very efficient and that it takes days to use solar to recharge even a battery bank. I'm sure I can figure it out. First, rebuild my house, THEN I'm off to image the Heart and Soul nebula for my granddaughter!
@@deltaastrophotography Thanks I have a 18 - 200mm which I took some pictures with and it came out good but I did not try it while zoomed in yet. Great videos btw Cheers
I used an M48 to Canon adaptor. When I ordered the telescope, I just called OPT and asked them to send the proper adapter for Canon cameras with the telescope. They were so helpful!
@@deltaastrophotography I thought so, but I wanted to make sure...wouldn't you know that right when I'm about to buy my tracker, scope, and accessories, my house flooded. I swear I can't get a break. People say that God doesn't give you more than you can handle. I really wish God would stop having so much faith in me.
I don’t get it Walt. Just one of your 3minute subs provided a superb capture (albeit looking very green which is not h alpha, is it?). I took 100 subs at 45 seconds each with my Nikon d5500 unmodified with a Sam yang 85mm f1.4 stopped down to f4 and, even stacked, I can’t even see the nebula. With extreme processing in Siri (which is causing me nightmares to try and use) followed by further processing in affinity photo, I STILL can’t get more than an extremely faint (you’d be hard pushed to even see it) sliver of grey in witches broom or the rest of it. My histogram on camera showed 25% to right of left edge. Watching you and people like you is one thing but, having so many issues with software like Siri plus just not being able to get it all right during processing, my images are utter crap.
The green is from the bayer matrix pattern of the DSLR camera. They pick up light in RGGB so a lot more green than red and blue. That can be removed in a multitude of ways. The Veil Nebula is extremely challenging so don't get too discouraged! I've already had to change the name of this video once to include the accessories part. I probably need to change the name again to let people know that this is not really a beginner target. You need an astro modified camera to pick up most of the Ha and a dual narrowband filter like the L-Enhance or L-Extreme to keep the stars from totally dominating the image. I also highly recommend getting no less than 3 hours worth of data! I shot the Veil over the weekend and it was still a challenge!
@@deltaastrophotography I understand the need for a modified camera for the Ha but I never thought for a moment that you could capture so much detail in one sub than could be achieved in 100 stacked 45 second subs. Is the modified camera really that much more sensitive? 100 45 second subs which cannot even show the nebula against a single sub of yours with a modified camera? Really? Or would you suggest I’ve had settings wrong in camera?
@@earthling-fh2mg The Veil is already very dim. It's going to be nearly invisible to you without an Ha modification. Check out the difference that mod makes! instagram.com/p/CpNn1DjutZI/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Nice work! The image came out great! The background music felt like a Si fi movie is going to start 🙂
Excellent video!
Although considering most of your audience are newcomers to Astrophotography, I would suggest making more budget-oriented videos. You took a great shot with the canon 75-300mm lens on the Andromeda Galaxy, would love to see you push that lens to more and more deep sky objects.
Oh for sure! I fully plan on trying that lens out on the Orion Nebula when it rises a little earlier in the night!
@@deltaastrophotography Thanks. I'm looking forward to it!
Thanks for this one! Everytime I watch your videos, I learn something different. Or, you go over what I already know and re-affirm it. Thanks for your TIME!!
I always enjoy watching your videos! I’d be interested in learning more about the ASIAIR. Thanks!
man your videos are just so amazing and underrated , enjoying every video you put up.
Really like your creative videos, very positive. Great final image, keep it up! I think alien and lizard are connected mentally somehow.
I love your videos so much. So funny and informative. Thanks buddy!!
Excellent video mate. Love the Veil Nebula one of my favourite targets.
Thanks! It's becoming one is mine too!
These are entertaining even for the casual viewer. Keep up the good work, bud!
Thanks Coop!
It's been long time but worth it, this viel nebula is something i never seen before. Awesome video cannot wait for more.
Haven't watched yet but came to say I'm so excited to see you dropping new vids still. Wasn't sure if you hung em up or not. First
From a budding astrophotographer, I love your content, keep up the great work! I've learned so much from your videos :)
Thanks! Glad we can share this amazing journey!
Your videos are gold! I want more!!!
You have come a long way in a short time. I love your new intro! Great photo also!!!
Great video & a fine final photograph! I bought a Telrad a few months ago - it's an excellent finder.
Deffo interested in more vids on the auto guider etc. Awesome pic!
great video as always. your video always inspire me to do more with my simple set up
Awesome shot!
Thanks for the new video, Walt! Your videos are great! I have watched some of your past videos at least a dozen times. They’re all awesome. Thanks!
wow , love it
I just subscribed to your channel an hour ago and watched ton of videos. Keep posting good stuff.
Also really curious, what do you do as a full time job apart from CZcams videos?
I work a full time job at a Blues Museum during the day and I'm a full time musician and sound engineer by night. Makes it hard to find time for astronomy and CZcams, but I'm single and live alone so I make it work!
Great video, so detailed I love it!!
This is incredible!!!
top man. great video.
Great video! Also like the humor mixed in! Regards from Holland.
Great video. Thank you. I have just. unmodified camera and iOptron skyguider pro. But it seems, modification is really good idea.
It would be great, if you can prepare another video about Telrad and ASIAIR.
Sure thing! I'll make those my goal for the next few weeks!
There are videos about modifying your DSLR. Granted, there is no going back, let alone messing it up in the first place. But I have an old Canon T3i that I am considering doing it myself.
Hi, I have a similar setup with the same guider on my camera's L bracket. Do you find it hard to find a balance point with it throwing off the center of gravity? Are these imbalances too much for the skyguider? I'm worried about damaging the guider
Thank you Walt! Please show us how you processed this target with that set up, especially in Pixinsight.
I would love to! I mostly use Pixinsight these days.
I'm really enjoying the channel! There's so much character - We need more of that lizard, though.
And I really don't like how close I am to ordering a star tracker. Are there any trackers that will locate the deep space object for you?
Hey Walt. Another great video. The power box, that is something I have been wondering about. I don't like having to change out batteries in my T3i, what seems like every 90 min. So what is that power box you were using, how long does it run you equipment, and how would I hook my camera up to a power box like that? I won't be getting an ASI air, I enjoy navigating and finding the target manually. It also helps with learning the sky. But the power box would be huge for me. And what kind of dew strap were you using that it detects the temperature and turns on and off on its own?? Thanks for your help in advance, and keep up the good work!.
Very helpful
Hi, great photos and keep going, i want to buy a dsrl for astrography and i don’t know if canon 4000d is good for this. Can you recommend me something similar for this?
Thank you!
oh my wow! man u Rock!!!!
Lol! Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Is it possible to use an off-the-shelf DSLR with no modifications to capture the images, and stack them into Photoshop?
Yes for sure. You just won't pick up as much red. If you go to a really dark area, you are going to get some pretty decent results!
Hey, real quick, what is the music you use for the opening, first 8 seconds?
great picture! how did you get the diffraction spikes on a refractor?
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
You're so funny, dude 👍🏿
Sorry, one more question: if I am trying to image of a particular star, is there a method of making a star stand out more than the others? Or maybe even the stars that make up a constellation?
Hey, recently subbed to you!
You often mention being able to do it with just a laptop and star tracker but end up always using your asiair. Would it be possible to get an example of just using a computer to control exposures and stuff? Is that possible without the ASIair?
Most of the ‘beginner’ stuff on CZcams always uses one with a star tracker, or go completely bare bones with tripod and lens - no in between lol
I’d love to use my computer to control the exposures (without spending the $500 on asiair) if possible!
Please show us how you processed this modified dslr image! PI preferred.
It came out beautiful Walt!! Very good work, I can see have been Investing in new gear, looks like it's got a lot of potencial, how much did you spent on the entire setup?
Great image. I have pretty much the exact same set up but haven’t been using a filter (the ASI Air pro is excellent). Is it a clip in filter?
Would it be better to buy a CCD camera for astrophotography, as opposed to using a DSLR? I think the CCD cameras are less expensive than modifying an off-the-shelf camera. I want to set up a refractor scope with piggy back cameras for wide field, and a through-the-tube imaging at prime focus. I have a deep trauma left over from a Cassegrain telescope being soaked in a fog bank, and I want to go with a refractor deep-sky compatible.
That is a very good question! I think it all depends on what you are already working with. I got into astrophotography before the pandemic and so my camera was also used for travel. Over the years I acquired a lot of different lenses. It just made sense for me to stick with the DSLR route for a little while and use what I already had. I think people who start out as general photographers and move into astrophotography would probably do something similar. As I build a telescope collection, getting a dedicated astronomy camera will be the better route eventually!
Awesome as always! Would it be possible to also put links to all the equipment you used??
Beautiful image!
Glad to see a new video. I was wondering if the harsh weather down that way knocked you out of commission for a while, which would have been completely understandable.
I'm looking at having my camera modified. I think I want to go clear glass, but I was reading that some sort of UV/IR filter is essential to prevent star bloating when going with clear glass. What have you experienced so far?
And yes, I'd love to know more about your setup! I'm content to continue to shoot low-fi on a budget for the time being, but I would like to start (slowly) accumulating the necessary equipment for more advanced shooting.
Yeah between the intense humidity, otherworldly mosquitoes, and hurricane season it's been hard to get outside lately. But all that is coming to an end! So I decided not to get a clear glass modification because I personally didn't think I would ever try infrared photography. I instead just went for a hydrogen alpha mod. That way I didn't have to worry about additional filters and bloated Stars. It still makes a huge difference!
Hi Walt, thank you for another great video. I took this video as inspiration and tried it myself last night. However, the result was kind of disappointing. I could barely see the nebula due to the incredible amount of stars in the picture. Do you have any recommendations on what I could do differently to not overload the pictures with stars? What am I doing wrong? Thank you!
The veil nebula is particularly troublesome with all the stars! Make sure you are using a duel narrowband filter like the Optolong L-Enhance or L-Extreme. Use an astro modified camera. And finally make sure you get it at least 3 to 6 hours on the target! In processing you should remove the Stars and process the nebula and stars separately. Try Starnet Version 2 or StarXTerminator.
@@deltaastrophotography Thank you very much. I tried Starnet before, however, StarXTerminator worked now so much better for me. I am happy with my new post process results. Thank you !!!
This is great, I allways learn with this guy. However, title is not entirely precise. Actually the gear is Dslr astromodified + a lot of expensive items. I recommend watching it anyway
Related... how do you protect the tablet during the low temperatures in the winter (frost, etc)?
I keep the tablet in a leather case. Closing the case keeps the frost away. I also bring it inside when my rig is shooting for long periods of time. It's totally fine if the tablet loses connection with the ASIAIR. It'll just keep shooting away.
@@deltaastrophotography So, when you are shooting for long periods of time and you bring it in, the rig is good to go. Interesting. I figured that you would still need it run the setup.
Is there a specific tablet model that you use with the ASIAIR?? And does the power box automatically turn on your dewstrap? How does it know what to turn on? I am interested in that blue box because I live in a bortle 7 and I will have to drive out somewhere remote to image. I did find a bortle 1/2...it had an artificial brightness of 5.25, but there is no power source out there. This has been my biggest question to solve. I have a T3i and it eats through batteries.
I don't think you need a specific tablet. I use a Galaxy Tab, but I can also use my phone as well! The pocket power box comes with a temperature and humidity sensor. It detects the dew point and turns the dew heaters on for you. The only problem with using it in the middle of nowhere is you have to buy some kind of big battery or power station to power it. You would need something like a Jackery 500 or a Goal Zero Yeti 500.
@@deltaastrophotography yeah, that's probably the route I'll go. I'll get the battery and the blue box and go from there. I have seen others use a battery pack, but I don't know how long those work for, and I want to know for sure that I got enough juice to last as LEAST a full night. And in the winter, that could be 12 hours or more. How long does it take to recharge the battery from dead to full charge? Can you recharge it from your vehicle? Is there a way to run a cable from the cigarette lighter port in your car to the battery to charge it?
@@kevinashley478 My Yeti 400 will run my rig for 12 to 18 hours. That's with a large go-to mount, ASIAIR, two dew heaters, and a camera. A laptop significantly reduces it to about 6 hours or less. Yet another reason why I prefer ASIAIR over laptops. I'm not sure about charging the battery with the cigarette lighter, but most of them are solar chargeable and you can get solar panels for them.
@@deltaastrophotography oh ok. I have actually heard that the solar panels aren't very efficient and that it takes days to use solar to recharge even a battery bank. I'm sure I can figure it out. First, rebuild my house, THEN I'm off to image the Heart and Soul nebula for my granddaughter!
@@kevinashley478 My girlfriend has a Jackery and she charges it with Solar. I'll ask her how long it takes.
Do you zoom in while taking the pictures from a dslr lens?
Yes! I have a 75-300mm and a 150-600mm zoom lens. I use them all the time and zoom in a lot!
@@deltaastrophotography Thanks
I have a 18 - 200mm which I took some pictures with and it came out good but I did not try it while zoomed in yet.
Great videos btw
Cheers
Also, how did you connect the camera to the telescope?
I used an M48 to Canon adaptor. When I ordered the telescope, I just called OPT and asked them to send the proper adapter for Canon cameras with the telescope. They were so helpful!
@@deltaastrophotography I thought so, but I wanted to make sure...wouldn't you know that right when I'm about to buy my tracker, scope, and accessories, my house flooded. I swear I can't get a break. People say that God doesn't give you more than you can handle. I really wish God would stop having so much faith in me.
Thanks for the video. It's too complicated for me. Cheers.
Yeah I had to get an intermediate video out of the way! I have some more beginner stuff coming soon!
I don’t get it Walt. Just one of your 3minute subs provided a superb capture (albeit looking very green which is not h alpha, is it?). I took 100 subs at 45 seconds each with my Nikon d5500 unmodified with a Sam yang 85mm f1.4 stopped down to f4 and, even stacked, I can’t even see the nebula. With extreme processing in Siri (which is causing me nightmares to try and use) followed by further processing in affinity photo, I STILL can’t get more than an extremely faint (you’d be hard pushed to even see it) sliver of grey in witches broom or the rest of it. My histogram on camera showed 25% to right of left edge. Watching you and people like you is one thing but, having so many issues with software like Siri plus just not being able to get it all right during processing, my images are utter crap.
*Siril (bloody autocorrect)
The green is from the bayer matrix pattern of the DSLR camera. They pick up light in RGGB so a lot more green than red and blue. That can be removed in a multitude of ways. The Veil Nebula is extremely challenging so don't get too discouraged! I've already had to change the name of this video once to include the accessories part. I probably need to change the name again to let people know that this is not really a beginner target. You need an astro modified camera to pick up most of the Ha and a dual narrowband filter like the L-Enhance or L-Extreme to keep the stars from totally dominating the image. I also highly recommend getting no less than 3 hours worth of data! I shot the Veil over the weekend and it was still a challenge!
@@deltaastrophotography I understand the need for a modified camera for the Ha but I never thought for a moment that you could capture so much detail in one sub than could be achieved in 100 stacked 45 second subs. Is the modified camera really that much more sensitive? 100 45 second subs which cannot even show the nebula against a single sub of yours with a modified camera? Really? Or would you suggest I’ve had settings wrong in camera?
@@earthling-fh2mg The Veil is already very dim. It's going to be nearly invisible to you without an Ha modification. Check out the difference that mod makes! instagram.com/p/CpNn1DjutZI/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
When the accessories are more expensive than essentials... welcome to astrophotography..
Yup pretty much!
Good video but the title is a bit misleading.
Thanks! It wasn't intentional. I was trying to keep the title short. I added "and accessories' to the title. Clear skies my friend!
@@deltaastrophotography woah. thanks. Clear skies to you too sir :)