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Thank you John for a great video. I did try to light up bigger bright stars. I got a problem with small stars that are close to the big stars. It does not look natural. It is difficult to pain white on the mask to open correct amount of the big stars. Do you have a way to tackle this problem?

Why do you merge the layers? What happens if you don't? Would be nice if you give the files names so it is more easy to follow. Had to watch it three times until I got the workflow!

One of my ha rgb images came out all wierd colours in screen, following starscaper

Did the old guy like your image?

Stunning image, those cameras, I take it same lens, same camera, one with a ha filter one without? Does that give perfect overlay when editing, how long does it take to edit? What's the bracket you use?

You get the best skies in the sh, so jealous..... Epic image..... I'll bear your tip for fg and sky

hey, thanks for all the info. i didnt quite get why i need to re-level the mount though? cheers

Hi John! Just saw this video. Outstanding tutorial my friend. I just wanted to clarify something. You shot the RGB panorama, stitched it and got it ready as a "base layer". Then you shot only the Ha-rich areas such as the Gum, Orion complex, California, Flaming Star, etc and took several Ha images to stack. Then you masked it using the Overlay method and then copied them over the RGB panorama base layer and used Free Transform, Puppet Warp etc to align the Ha signals over the RGB in just those specific areas needing the Ha enhancement. You also duplicated the layers to control your Ha edits for certain parts of the image such as the lower end of the Gum and upper end of the Gum individually and then masked and got rid of the unwanted part after colorizing. Is this summation of your technique accurate? Thanks.

I didn't imagine that the shots obtained with the filter were only used to obtain a mask on which to add color. This gives you total control over each area with ha. Thank you very much for this contribution!!!

This is really amazing, thank you so much for sharing this!!!!!👋👋👋

Is it stable for long exposure photography?

Another great video from you...thanks for all the inspiration!

Hello! I wanted to buy a 35mm sigma, I am convinced by the fact that it is light, weighs 600g. I would like to use it for astrophotography and everyday use. Is there a big difference in quality apart from the weight and is it better to buy a 40mm? 40mm weighs twice as much

Dude I basically see this vid every month since I consider it a truly guideline

Starnett 2.0 fresh download for 2024 is amazing for deep sky. Clear skies

incredibly underrated!!! your shots are absolutely phenomenal!

You said you shoot the HA at f1.4. Do you use the Astronomik Max FR version or just the normal astronomik?

Hi John - can your technique be used for MW images that are not Panos?I use Pixinsight right now, but like your technique...

Beautiful image. :) Lostock. I haven't been there since the IceInSpace astronomy camps in 2006 and 2007. Took some of my most memorable images from there, mostly because of the people that came along. :) Is that private property or can anyone access it?

Good video, mate....thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! On a lighter note, did you find any life in the Milky Way galactic centre?😆

Great info John....

You said it did not balanced properly? But it’s still good? I want to try this with my iOptron Sky Guider Pro and 2 different focal lenses on stock cameras.

Getting ready to go out to western Kansas tomorrow for a late season Milky Way pano. My new star tracker in hand, it'll be my first go with new toys. Your suggestion on sequence to shoot photos is priceless. Thanks. I'll let you know on Instagram how it goes. Cheers!

John, did you leave all the stars in this pano or did you filter some with Star XTerminator? It's an awesome shot!

I had bought and used this program a few months back. It is awesome, but your video is epic! This makes it so much more than I had before. Thanks. Again, looking forward to getting out into the New Mexico desert in another month to catch the Milky Way above an ancient Pueblo village. Should be an amazing trip. Cheers!

So once you start the tracker you dont turn it off, you adjust the level after each shot whilst its tracking?

Good one, mate! Thank you!

Amazing video thank you so much ! I'm hesitating to buy 2 Benro Polaris, as they make auto panos, I plan to shoot at the same time one "normal shots", and one HA shots, would merging the 2 work please ? (I have two astromod A7R3).

Since we can't really see the core here from where I live, I am really looking forward to a Orion pano now since I'm having my 6D modded 🤩

I think it's always tricky with the top row since it feels less wide than the bottom row. It feels like it changes its width during the rise up the sky.

Clear instruction this is John. HAve you cganged the Z flex tilt for another ballhead type on top? Why is taht and what is the make?

What is your favorite lens for astronomy

Great review. How do you know which 3 stars to choose to do the proper alignment ? How do you know if it is aligned successfully after going through the process? I've been doing the 3 stars alignment but I can't seem to figure it out what am I doing wrong, after that it won't go to any of the correct stars/nebulas etc after I do the alignment. So I must do something wrong. (It is properly aligned to Polaris.)

Hi John, Thanks for this useful video. How do you do manual focus through the HA filter? We would barely see the stars through it , wouldn't we?

Hey John, why did you decide to use a ball head instead of the Z-brackets with this setup?

Thanks again. I've shot many Pano over the years but never with a tracker. I have a shinny new tracker now and your advice is so helpful. I'm hoping to give it a try in about two weeks.

WOW! Starxterminater!! I'm going to go back and reprocess all of my older photos with this. Thank you

Outstanding work mate, amazing learnings from your channel. thank you!

Flaming star and tadpoles nebulae I think

Absolutely amazing video, John. Thanks for sharing such valuable process and tips, I do really appreciate it!

I just discovered this channel. I love the content.

Can you tell me how do you alignment from south?

Hi John Thanks for all your content - absolutely love it. Learning so much. I'm an amateur photographer from Tassie and I'm planning my first tracked milky way panorama in a few weeks - looking to buy my first star tracker. I'm tossing up between the Mini and the Pro 2i, with budget being a bit of a concern. I'll be shooting on a Sigma 50mm 1.4 DG HSM with a Sony A7C, so payload shoould be okay for both. But I've heard the Mini struggles with timing out/failing on the app side, with disconnects/resets etc. Have you found this to be an issue? Just worried I'll get 10 photos in on a perfect night and stuff up the shot because the app failed on me! Any advice would be super useful. :) Thanks mate - keep up the great work!

Hi John, awesome video. First question, do you turn the tracker off each time you level for the next shot? Secondly, what clamp is that you use to secure the camera? Thanks

Nice. Thank you.

Wooow. It's insane

Does gray version peel off?

I did same gigantic 2,8 gigapixel panorama with sony 85mm at northern hemisphere total zigzag tracked 238 images stitched togheter, but got some problems. First comes PTGui (not Pro version) with huge lack of Control points (my overlap was 65%) i did manualy frame by frame, then PTGui got me a massive banding lines between frames and strange color casting between a vertical rows. Is ithis banding lines and color difference fixably only in PTGUI Pro or how you manage your backround so clean and without starnge banding? Thanks John

Great video Mate! Was wondering how to do Panos with a tracker like that! Was the foreground also a pano? Do you incorporate the foreground in the pano shooting process or just blend it separately in post?

Amazing. Thanks for another great video John.