Be glad you’re not in Florida. Not only are clouds a major issue in summer. Not only does everything wanna bite you but it also wants to unalive you year round. Keep up the great work. Here’s to clear skies 🤞
I drove 120 miles to Joshua Tree and I thought that was too much. 1000 miles?! Holy cow! Great photos! My Milky Way didn’t come out great because of light pollution in Southwest outside of JT. I did manage to get a selfie with Andromeda and Pleiades. Going back in August during new moon.
I'm using the iOptron Skyguider Pro. It does well with my Tamron 150-600 but I had to get an auto-guiding setup to really take advantage of focal lengths over 200mm.
Quick question, how do you do your polar alignment with the ISGP, I’m shooting at 250mm and no matter how well o align using the PS align app as reference, it always somehow managed to get worse and worse as I’m balancing weights and finding my target.
This probably needs it's own video. I'll try to break it down. I do my initial PA before I add the weight, camera, ect. Once I'm balanced I do another PA. Very often I have to shine a red head lamp down the polar scope to see the reticle. But here's the thing. The ISGP base actually kinda sucks and makes PA difficult when everything is mounted. There are two down facing knobs on the base that tighten everything when you are done aligning. I HATE those! I just keep them fully tightened at all times. This can make it difficult to turn the left and right azimuth knobs so I replaced them with bolts. Now I can adjust the left and right azimuth with a wrench and everything stays very tight. I'm thinking about just upgrading to the William Optics base for the ISGP. I used a friend's and it was solid, but smooth as butter! DM me on Instagram if you wanna see pictures of anything I am talking about.
@@deltaastrophotography Thank you so much dude! Your idea with replacing the knobs is genius and I’ll have to try doing that if I can get my hands on some screws. But I’m sure plenty of other people (including me) would kill for a quick polar alignment tutorial as you make some of the best out there! I’ll be sure to DM you if I end up needing help.
The photo is a composite. I can't remember the settings for the foreground, but the Milky Way is ISO 800, f/4, and a three minute exposure time. I'm using a star tracker or so I can get three minutes easily with no star trails. I took about 20 or so 3 minute exposures and stacked them in Sequator to get a really clean detailed Milky Way. You can see more details in the full video. czcams.com/video/xSlXuD-qKY4/video.htmlsi=RmXJz8FoD2UzpnoK
I just want to say your videos are probably the most entertaining while useful Astro videos out there and I always look forward to the next one, Walt.
Thank you so much! If it doesn't clear up here soon I might have to take another trip and make another video! 🤣😭😂
@@deltaastrophotography Then I wish you cle….dull skies! 😉
@@earthling-fh2mg 🤣😂
Vsauce of astrophotography
Kudos Delta Dude! 1000 miles and the image looks to be worth every inch.
Great job Walt! As always!
Be glad you’re not in Florida. Not only are clouds a major issue in summer. Not only does everything wanna bite you but it also wants to unalive you year round. Keep up the great work. Here’s to clear skies 🤞
Love it!!!
I drove 120 miles to Joshua Tree and I thought that was too much. 1000 miles?! Holy cow! Great photos! My Milky Way didn’t come out great because of light pollution in Southwest outside of JT. I did manage to get a selfie with Andromeda and Pleiades. Going back in August during new moon.
That is very cool ❤
Which star tracker is that? I am looking for a tracker that can carry my sigma 150-600!
I'm using the iOptron Skyguider Pro. It does well with my Tamron 150-600 but I had to get an auto-guiding setup to really take advantage of focal lengths over 200mm.
Quick question, how do you do your polar alignment with the ISGP, I’m shooting at 250mm and no matter how well o align using the PS align app as reference, it always somehow managed to get worse and worse as I’m balancing weights and finding my target.
This probably needs it's own video. I'll try to break it down. I do my initial PA before I add the weight, camera, ect. Once I'm balanced I do another PA. Very often I have to shine a red head lamp down the polar scope to see the reticle. But here's the thing. The ISGP base actually kinda sucks and makes PA difficult when everything is mounted. There are two down facing knobs on the base that tighten everything when you are done aligning. I HATE those! I just keep them fully tightened at all times. This can make it difficult to turn the left and right azimuth knobs so I replaced them with bolts. Now I can adjust the left and right azimuth with a wrench and everything stays very tight. I'm thinking about just upgrading to the William Optics base for the ISGP. I used a friend's and it was solid, but smooth as butter! DM me on Instagram if you wanna see pictures of anything I am talking about.
@@deltaastrophotography Thank you so much dude! Your idea with replacing the knobs is genius and I’ll have to try doing that if I can get my hands on some screws. But I’m sure plenty of other people (including me) would kill for a quick polar alignment tutorial as you make some of the best out there! I’ll be sure to DM you if I end up needing help.
East US problems. The desert is superior for astroimaging ;)
Camera settings?
The photo is a composite. I can't remember the settings for the foreground, but the Milky Way is ISO 800, f/4, and a three minute exposure time. I'm using a star tracker or so I can get three minutes easily with no star trails. I took about 20 or so 3 minute exposures and stacked them in Sequator to get a really clean detailed Milky Way. You can see more details in the full video. czcams.com/video/xSlXuD-qKY4/video.htmlsi=RmXJz8FoD2UzpnoK