My BEST Astrophoto EVER! - The Cygnus Wall
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
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I'm thankful to you all for the support!
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Its absolutely outstanding Luke!!!! Beautiful colors. I love all the details you were able to bring out. Thanks for sharing my friend!!!!
Oh my goodness, I'm in love with this picture. It looks like the universe is being ripped open and on the other side there's a new, lively, and vibrant one being born!
Wow Scott!! - What an awesome and imaginative comment!! - it really does look like that! I'll never look at the image the same way again :)
Thank you so much!
Impressive work again Luke. You are destined to be the Trevor Jones of the UK!
Thank you so much Martin! - That is high praise indeed mate! :O
Corking image mate always loving the oxygen being such a deep blue
Hey there Ruz! - I really appreciate you coming by to watch mate! also, your help and support has been absolutely incredible buddy :) huge thanks!
Clear skies!!
And that's a WOW! from me. fantastic image!
Hey Yambolic! - thank you for taking the time to watch and comment mate! :) I appreciate it a great deal!
Cheers! 👍👍
Mesmerizing image!
Good work👏
Hey there!! :D thank you so much for that! :)
YES, It's a great picture.
Thank you Kevin! :) I appreciate it mate 👍
Wow, outstanding image again Luke, what a lot of details you have there, and I really like your color processing 👍👍
Great piece of info about the exposure time !
Ow and really good choice of music Luke 👍
Hey Siegfried! - Thank you so much!
I'm very pleased to hear you like the image and processing, I'm over the moon with the image! :)
Great to hear the exposure length section was interesting!
Glad you like the music! - I just started paying for a subscription to a music platform so I can now find and use many more tracks and not have to use the same ones over and over : -)
Thank you so much for watching!
Amazing end result Luke. Great effort!!
Thanks so much James! 👍👍
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you Robert! :)
@ 12:16 of the video along with the crescendo of the music when you presented your image was an awesome adrenalin rush ........ thank you
Heya Mike! :D - wow!! thank you so much mate, I'm overjoyed to read that! - I'm really thankful for your time and support!
Cheers for watching :)
Clear skies!
That final image is absolutely breathtaking. Great job!
Thank you!! - Really glad you like it mate, it's awesome to hear :)
It really has the wow factor this video/image dude. Bravo!
Thanks so much bro, I couldn't be happier to hear you like it :)
Thank you for watching!
Fabulous capture there!!!
Thank you so much mate! :) 👍
It is INSANE how you produce these images with a color camera! Wow! 😯😯
Hey Isaac!! - Thank you man!! - it's awesome to hear you are enjoying the images mate, especially coming from you - you've taken so many beautiful shots! :)
I do love the colour camera + dual narrowband combo! :D
Thank you for watching mate!
Lovely capture Luke. I am transitioning over to cloud photography. This’ll make you laugh. My surname is Clouder. Think i’m cursed lol. Right new channel Cloudbloke
Haha that's bloody brilliant! 😃😃
Well, on the upside - there's likely to be no shortage of content opportunities for Cloudbloke 😂
Thank you for watching mate!
Another great video, the final picture is truly stunning. As always great advice communicated in away that is easy to understand. Thank you and already looking forward to the next video. 👍
Heya Dan! - Thank you so much for that feedback, I really am glad that the informational parts of the video are digestible! it's really very motivating to hear things like that, so thank you! :)
I appreciate your support!
So much beauty in that there image, and the music almost knocked me off my chair. Great video all round. Congrats.
Hi there Andrew! :D - I'm glad the reveal had some impact!! I took a fair bit of time choosing the right track haha :)
Thank you for your support!
Such a great photo!! Great job :-)
Hey Cierra! - I'm really glad you like it, thank you so much for watching! 👍👍
Beautiful!
Thanks Trevor!
Awesome image. Very nice.
Thanks so much mate! :D
Holy cow dude!
I certainly agree with your title.
No click bait there!
That's awesome to hear Rick! 😃
I'm super glad that you liked it mate!
Another lovely shot ,beautiful colours, still nothing but cloud here,hopefully clearing up soon.
Hey there Peter! - Thank you very much mate, I really hope it clears up for you soon! :)
Thanks for watching!
Excellent colors on the Cygnus Wall!
Hey there Chuck! Thank you so much for giving my video a watch and a comment mate, I really appreciate your time! :) 👍👍
Great video with a few great tips in it. Brilliant image at the end!!! I’d love to see a processing video of this image.
Thanks matey! - l should probably look into that! - thank you for the suggestion 👍
Cheers for watching :)
It would be great if you good. That image was awesome but it’s also interesting for people to see how it started. I’d definitely be interested.
@@lukomatico beautiful image - love your vids, find then calming, relaxing and at a pace that are very easy to follow your workflow - I think I've got the equipment I need (well, we never have all the equipment we really want) but am yet to get it all hung together.
Seeing what you get it is so encouraging and if I can apply some of the patience and calm approach to imaging that you have then I'll get there in the end.
Please keep posting vids, they help so much and give hope to those of us that currently might be struggling.
Thats wonderful to hear mate, thank you so much for taking the time to write that thoughtful comment! :)
It's great to hear you have all the gear to make a start when you are ready, you have so much fun ahead of you - it truly is a rewarding way to spend your time :)
I will certainly keep making the videos, especially with such lovely feedback as this!
Thank you :)
Great image. I remember getting 3 nights in a row last summer on this target. Used camera lens and loved the result. Got a GT-81 now so hopefully get a better version this year.
Thanks mate! - I'm sure you'll get a beauty of an image with the WO GT-81! Lovely scope 👍
Amazing results Luke. Well done!
Thanks a ton Dave! - That's great to hear :)
Almost makes me want to move to OSC!! Fantastic image!
Hey Alan! - that's high praise indeed!! :)
Thank you for watching mate 🙏
Very much enjoyed this one Luke. Some useful tips on exposure length. Epic image at the end mate, great overall video.
Hey there Ollie! - Thank you mate, it was ace catching up with you while I was imaging too man - thank you for that!
I'm glad you liked the vid! :D
@@lukomatico Was super to catch up man for sure we'll do it again :)
Nice one Luke! 👍🏻 Noddy
Hey Noddy! - thank you mate :) 👍👍
I recently took my best ever astrophoto, but it was nothing to compare !!! Good stuff !
Hey Steven! - I'd love to see your image mate, doing your best is always something to be very proud of! - feel free to message or link it to me on Instagram if you have it! :D
Thank you very much for watching :)
Wonderful image. It's funny how it doesn't take too many nights of bad weather to get a bad case of astrophotography withdrawal :)
I seem to have chronic withdrawal Logan 😅😅 it takes about 2 nights and I'm going up the walls!
Thank you very much for watching mate, as always 👍👍
Another fantastic video and the image is just wow. Can’t wait to get my 26 OSC
Thank you mate! - I hope you have as much fun as I do with mine :D they are an awesome sensor!! - Thanks for watching!
Woaw ! Stunning final image 👌
I subscribe to your channel right now 🤩
That's brilliant mate!! - a huge thank you for your support, I'm so grateful :)
Thank you for watching 👍👍
Clear skies!
Really loved this video Luke! I LOVED the music you added for the reveal! And it's always nice coming back to imaging after many cloudy nights.
Hey Caleb! - thank you so much mate, I'm glad you like the reveal and the music :D
Keep up your good work man! :)
@@lukomatico thank you Luke, you too! :)
Amazing picture as always! Your astrophotos are breathtaking
That's really kind of you to say Savjol, I appreciate it mate! :) 👍👍
Thank you for watching!
Very nice image well done.
Huge thanks mate! :) I appreciate you watching!
Wonderful video! I am fortunate to have a great view of Cygnus in the next month (Bortle 3/4) and will point my imaging scope on the wall. You need to cut some trees and shoot out some lights! Your image is fantastic and one you can be very proud of. Well done. A new subscriber.
Hey Mike! :)
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a lovely comment mate!
I wish you the absolute best of luck with your imaging of the wall - I hope the skies are clear, bortle 3/4 must be magnificent to see!
Sometimes the trees and lights are annoying to deal with, but I've just gotten so used to it now! - I wouldn't know what to do with myself if they all suddenly disappeared! :D
Thank you for subscribing, I really do appreciate the support :)
Clear skies mate!
@@lukomatico Hey back Luke! You are welcome. Looking forward to many more great videos from you! Respect.
Thank you Mike! - there will certainly be plenty more to come my friend, I hope they don't disappoint! :)
Clear skies 👍
Nice informative vid and an excellent capture at the end. Really do like your vids, not gimmicky, too the point and packed with info. Would be interested in seeing a vid on how you process data from the l-extreme.
CS
Brad
Thank you Brad! - what a lovely comment mate, that's brilliant to hear 😊👍👍
I'll look into a processing tutorial for this one!
Thank you for your support mate!
Isn't shooting NB great? :)
Very nice man, you are upping your game with each shot.
Hey mate!! - I do love shooting some narrowband, such striking results!! always a thrill :)
Thank you so much for watching!
Honestly hands down the best channel I've found in a long time, can't wait to catch up on all your videos, even made me consider getting my own starter equipment and giving it ago!
Wow Nathan! - That's one heck of a compliment mate! :D Thank you!!
I'm so glad I started out in this hobby, it isn't too easy at times admittedly, but when you are over the initial learning phase things become so much more fun! :)
Thank you for watching mate!
Wow wow wow. That is absolutely incredible. Love the colours. Fantastic video mate.
Hey mate! - a huge thank you, I'm glad you liked it!! 👍
Great capture as always Luke! Always love watching your videos!
Thanks so much Joe buddy! - i appreciate your time man 👍👍
Wow, nailed it Luke! What an amazing final image!
Congrats and great job!
Hey mate, thank you so much for the kind comment! - I'm glad you liked it! 😃👍
Thank you for watching!
Another great image and video. You have the ability to make the technical understandable. I watch many astrophotography videos from around the world you are already up there amongst the best.
Wow Griff! - that's incredible to hear mate, I feel really grateful that you'd think so highly of my videos! 😃
Thank you!! I feel inspired 👍
Stunning work here, the ending gave me chills! Keep up the great work, wishing you clear skies!
Hey there! - That's absolutely brilliant to hear, thank you so much for watching and leaving a lovely comment! :)
Smashing shot, nice presentation and great production! I subscribed.
Hey there mate! - I appreciate you giving support like that, I'm very thankful!
Thank you for watching, I'm glad that you liked it! :) 👍
@@lukomatico Any time! By the way I’m curious how you got into this hobby. Cheers!
I seem to remember it all started with looking at the moon through an old rifle scope and wanting to see more! - I saved up and got a used 10" dobsonian one Christmas which was incredible, my first views of jupiter and saturn occurred that year and the fire was well and truly lit when I observed the core of the orion nebula through it.. I had to see even more! - and so began the journey of discovery that has been astrophotography :)
@@lukomatico Thanks that sounds like my own “route”, albeit that I started with a 8 “ Dob. I can remember I was so delighted to have found the core of the Andromeda Galaxy after searching for an hour and almost giving up 😀
@@douweodh4146 That's brilliant :D - I do remember similar experiences so I know the feeling! :)
Thanks for sharing!
I enjoy your videos so much Luke, keep going mate and flipping send that Cygnus wall in as an APOD entry!! Really sage info and great b roll and music too!
Hey Chris! - that's awesome to hear mate, I'll send it off to APOD at your request hehe 😁
I'm really thankful for you watching, can't wait to see what you are up to next 👍👍
@@lukomatico Good, I'll check you know :D Me, I somehow seem to be making a mini narrated documentary about the Summer Triangle and the objects within lol
I can't wait to see it mate :D sounds like it'll be brilliant!
Another cracking video with great content and information . Stunning image at the end with great detail and colours
Heya Paul! - brilliant to hear mate, I'm glad it was entertaining! :)
Thank you for taking the time to drop by and leave a comment! 👍👍
Well done on two clear nights, you're clearly doing better than most of us :) This must be my favorite target (probably because it was one of my first) and you did an awesome job on it. Looking forward to future content (but the weather does not look great).
Hey mate! - Hugely glad you like the image, especially when it's one of your favourites! I'm glad to have done it justice for you :)
I 100% will be bringing out plenty of new content, so it's great to hear of your interest in it!! - very motivating!
Thank you for your support!
Excelente mi amigo saludos de Argentina
Thank you very much my friend, I'm happy you enjoyed the image! 😃
Greetings from UK! 👍👍
Wowza what an amazing image you took there buddy. You must be proud of that one and a great video intro into the image too.
Thank you Stu! - really proud of it mate :) thanks very much indeed for watching! 👍👍
WOW! That’s all I can say! That’s excellent Luke! Well done mate, I can’t wait for my 120 to get here even more now, if I can produce images half as good as that, I’ll be over the moon! Pardon the pun😀
I’m watching this feeling better as it’s pouring with rain right now!
Clear skies mate
Hey Simon! - I'm chuffed that the video made things less gloomy, even if for only a few minutes :D
I think you'll be absolutely ecstatic when you get the scope in your hands mate! :)
Thank you for watching 👍
I always enjoy your videos. Great job!
That's great to hear Michael, thank you!! :) 👍
Another great vid, and a fabulous image! Well done Luke, it's really beautiful, so what's next? :) :)
Oohh, good question!! I'm a little stumped I guess Mart! - I'll have to pick something that is rising well whenever we get clear skies again :) maybe the tulip, or the veil if it takes a while to clear!
Thank you for watching mate! :)
😳 Amazing dude! 👍🏼👍🏼 truly stunning 👍🏼 I could spend hours looking at certain parts of the picture wondering wtf is actually there?? if ya get what I mean 😂👍🏼 should av filmed day 2 as well tho dude, the vid for me is way too short 😁😁 bravo tho 👏🏽
Hey there bud! - I deffo know what you mean about looking at certain parts for ages, it's mesmerizing to see and think about that kind of thing, 100%! :)
I was really unsure as to if I should make the video longer or shorter, I often worry I'm taking up too much of people's time and so want to keep them shorter - maybe I need to do a poll to ask around :D thanks for the idea!
Much appreciate you watching mate,
Clear skies!
@@lukomatico longer vid for me dude 👍🏼👍🏼 and I believe your next picture/pictures, are gonna be just as good as this, as they always are 👍🏼
@@DrNat1 Thanks so much mate!! :) very encouraging words!
Clear skies!
Great video. Bee n cloudy here for awhile so have not been able to get out. So i get to live through your videos. Thanks
That's awesome to hear Mike! - I love sharing them so to hear you are enjoying the videos is great news indeed :)
I hope it clears up for you soon! - thank you for watching mate 👍
Just found out your channel. Subscribed 👍
Hey Depayan! - that's awesome of you, I'm so thankful to have your support! :)
Thank you for watching mate! 👍👍
Great picture indeed. Upload with processing workflow would be nice addition!
Also curios about the reason to take flats ahead of the session (I think seen same order in other videos)?. Instict tells you may only add dust to you imaging train overnight, so taking flats at the end ensures you have most "up-to-date" version of imperfections.
Hey there MrWacha! :)
I'll look into a processing workflow video, thank you for the suggestion! :)
Re: flats, I tend to just do it early out of habit! - I do keep my optical path as clean as possible though in general, and I usually have no problem using the same flats for lots of sessions until I change filters :)
Thank you so much for watching! 👍
@@lukomatico I'll use the same flats for weeks. Tiny bits of dust don't seem to affect the image, even on my sct. If a new spot appear the subs/stacked image.. that's when I get a fresh set of flats.
Good to hear we do the same thing basically! :D
Excellent video and smashing image 👍 what program are you processing in ,
Hey there mate! - I'm processing in PixInsight 👍👍
Thank you for watching! 😃
Hi luke great video I have a celestron avx mount and 80mm Skywatcher esprit and zwoasi533mc Pro upgrading to the 120 esprit and eq6 r Pro mount with the same colour camera as yours and using my avx mount and smaller wide field scope with zwo wifi as well as a second scope setup in the field setup leaving the 120 in the garden.What bracket and length did you use to mount your Skywatcher 120 scope on your eq6-r Pro mount an what make did you use and did you have any problems with balancing it.
Hey matey! - That's a lovely setup you have there :-)
Regarding dovetail, i am using a 19" losmandy dovetail on my Esprit 120, and clamping it with an ADM dual clamp on the EQ6 :-)
My scope came with the big dovetail, if it just had the standard one I'd have used that instead though, no problem! don't feel like you have to upgrade the regular one mate!
I hope that helps!
All the best,
Luke
Wow! beautiful image! How much light pollution do you have there?
Hey Lucas! - thank you mate! 😃 regarding light pollution, its bortle 7 here, so quite light polluted! :)
Thank you for watching 🙏
10-minute exposures seems extremely long...the rejection rate would be a major concern for me (also UK) with passing clouds and satellite trailing. Is that due to the Optolong extreme? I'm using the enhance and find that 5 minutes is more than enough on an almost identical setup?
Hey Steve! - I had the exact same concern initially mate! - in my experience though, it's really not been that bad! :) I always stack my all frames that have satellite trails etc and sigma clipping just gets rid of the trails by detecting and rejecting the outlier pixel values on those frames vs the rest of the stack - cloud is another case, but generally I just skim through my subframes and delete any with cloud interference present :) - I do find the longer subs give smoother end results, there's not a massive difference by any means but still a noticeable one in my (admittedly limited) testing :-)
Thank you very much indeed mate for watching and sharing your thoughts! I massively appreciate your time!
All the best, and clear skies!
Luke
@@lukomatico thanks for the reply! I’ve been umming and arring about increasing my sub lengths and if your images are anything to go by I will be trying that now, keep up the videos mate it’s a cracking channel!
APOD right there I reckon :-)
Hey mate! Thats very kind of you to say :D
Thank you for watching!