Ha ... Yes, the garden takes quite a bit of attention, particularly in this heat and humidity. At least I can do most of the astronomy inside where it is air conditioned.
Thanks, Logan. Well, I started to think about the difference of leaving a rig inside an observatory versus using a good covering technique. It seems that within an observatory, it would get hotter and the humidity would be the same. Anyway, 3 years, and all is well.
Excellent work Pat 👍 I’ll be heading back to this vid for reference when I have Nina connected and I want to do a mosaic 😀 Great image mate! Hope your cover stays on with all that rain coming! Clear skies mate!
Thanks, Simon. You do know, I was poking at you, Glenn, Luke, and Martin (Sweden) about getting 7 hours of astronomical dark here in Savannah in early July. Those covers will hold, even under windy conditions. I have more rain coming in about an hour from now. During July and August, we get about 13 inches (33 cm) of rain
Ha Rob ... Good question ... I don't. I set up outside and then run inside and hope I have everything connected properly. The dew-straps sure do get a workout this time of year. There have been a few times when I would need to go out around 11 PM to check on the rig and it felt hotter than during the heat of the day! And those blood sucking mosquitoes ... I hate them.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Yes I know that you remote into your scopes. I just don’t feel good leaving mine all alone. Anyway, I’ve used the ThermaCell butane mosquito repellant with very good effect in deep south Jersey. Sadly, it does not work against humidity!
Thank you so much for this video. I have not used mosaics yet because I didn't know how to stitch together the images. I also have not used Photoshop. (I use Gimp). Now I have an excuse to purchase Ps. Great images as well. Clear Skies.
I don't use GIMP, but I would think there could be a way of "Stitching" within it. Photoshop is good, but there is a strong learning curve associated with it and you can't buy it, only rent it on a monthly/yearly subscription, but it is powerful.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Yea, it's a bit pricey. That's why I haven't tried it yet. I will try to research your method for Gimp, but being a free app, they don't have all the bells and wistles that Ps has. Thanks for the advice.
@@astrojudebob I just did a quick search for stitching panoramic images in Gimp. It can be done. Do a search for it and you might luck out. I think you will need GIMP 2.10 or higher
Thanks for your very interesting video. I didn't understand one thing: when I set the number of photos to take, what should I do? I set a single session for example 30 photos of 5 minutes and Nina runs the session every panel? OR do I set the session for each individual panel?
When you set up the target in NINA, select the number of panels that you feel is the size of the field of view you want. Let's say you have a 4-panel mosaic chosen. The next step is to "Add target to sequencer". The simple “Legacy Sequencer” will do just fine. In the sequence you will see 4 separate targets. Set the desire settings in each of them and once ready, hit the GO button. NINA will do the rest. When the nighttime session is done, you will have 4 separate targets to stack. Once stacked and processed, you then can stitch them together.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Ok, I tried with Nina's simulators and I saw exactly everything you described. Thank you very much, you have been very helpful. Keep up the good work… Clear skies.
That dark stretch from Cocoon is very tough to get. I tried it from bortle 7. It is not convincing. Need bortle 1-4 for this. Generally, I will stop attempting dark nebulas from bortle 7; it is just waist of time.
Hi Ana. Yes, those dark streams are rather difficult until these new narrowband filters became available. My setup is a Bortle 4.5. I can visually see the Milky Way
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Narrow band give somewhat artificial dark nebulas. I can pull those from bortle 7. Broad bands are more natural and pretty. But tougher to get. I organized my pictures by collections: messier objects, emission nebulas, reflection nebulas, Abell galaxies, planetary nebulas, etc. There is collection: dark and dust nebulas. It has only one picture - Iris nebulae. A lot to get! 😀
Your garden is stunning matey and equally the astro is superb💯✌️
Thank you, Stephen. Gardening during the day, astronomy during the night
my wife loves your garden!
I love your work 💖
so she made make a deal ... I can have infinite gear if she gets that garden ... little does she know 😂😂
Ha ... Yes, the garden takes quite a bit of attention, particularly in this heat and humidity. At least I can do most of the astronomy inside where it is air conditioned.
Great video as always pat always loved watching you growing up as a kid..
Thank you, Mr Patel
Another great video! Thanks Pat.
Thank you
Great final images Pat. That mosaic stitched together nicely. I'm impressed that you have been able to leave the scope out for three years!! CS
Thanks, Logan.
Well, I started to think about the difference of leaving a rig inside an observatory versus using a good covering technique. It seems that within an observatory, it would get hotter and the humidity would be the same. Anyway, 3 years, and all is well.
Excellent work Pat 👍 I’ll be heading back to this vid for reference when I have Nina connected and I want to do a mosaic 😀 Great image mate! Hope your cover stays on with all that rain coming! Clear skies mate!
Thanks, Simon.
You do know, I was poking at you, Glenn, Luke, and Martin (Sweden) about getting 7 hours of astronomical dark here in Savannah in early July.
Those covers will hold, even under windy conditions. I have more rain coming in about an hour from now. During July and August, we get about 13 inches (33 cm) of rain
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Lol🤣Poke away mate! Can’t believe Martins sky at 1am, still daylight!! Glad the covers stay on👍 CS
@@SimonsAstro Did you see where Martin got an APOD recently?
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Yes! Well deserved, he said he wanted one and he got it😀 just waiting for ours😀
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support.
Thanks!
Much appreciated
You're very inspiring, Pat! The only thing I want to know is how you deal with the heat, humidity and mosquitos!?
Ha Rob ... Good question ...
I don't. I set up outside and then run inside and hope I have everything connected properly. The dew-straps sure do get a workout this time of year. There have been a few times when I would need to go out around 11 PM to check on the rig and it felt hotter than during the heat of the day! And those blood sucking mosquitoes ... I hate them.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Yes I know that you remote into your scopes. I just don’t feel good leaving mine all alone. Anyway, I’ve used the ThermaCell butane mosquito repellant with very good effect in deep south Jersey. Sadly, it does not work against humidity!
Thank you so much for this video. I have not used mosaics yet because I didn't know how to stitch together the images. I also have not used Photoshop. (I use Gimp). Now I have an excuse to purchase Ps. Great images as well. Clear Skies.
I don't use GIMP, but I would think there could be a way of "Stitching" within it. Photoshop is good, but there is a strong learning curve associated with it and you can't buy it, only rent it on a monthly/yearly subscription, but it is powerful.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Yea, it's a bit pricey. That's why I haven't tried it yet. I will try to research your method for Gimp, but being a free app, they don't have all the bells and wistles that Ps has. Thanks for the advice.
@@astrojudebob I just did a quick search for stitching panoramic images in Gimp. It can be done. Do a search for it and you might luck out. I think you will need GIMP 2.10 or higher
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Wow, very kind of you. Thank you so much. I will check it out. Appriciate your help and your videos.
Thanks for your very interesting video. I didn't understand one thing: when I set the number of photos to take, what should I do? I set a single session for example 30 photos of 5 minutes and Nina runs the session every panel? OR do I set the session for each individual panel?
When you set up the target in NINA, select the number of panels that you feel is the size of the field of view you want. Let's say you have a 4-panel mosaic chosen. The next step is to "Add target to sequencer". The simple “Legacy Sequencer” will do just fine. In the sequence you will see 4 separate targets. Set the desire settings in each of them and once ready, hit the GO button. NINA will do the rest. When the nighttime session is done, you will have 4 separate targets to stack. Once stacked and processed, you then can stitch them together.
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Ok, I tried with Nina's simulators and I saw exactly everything you described. Thank you very much, you have been very helpful. Keep up the good work… Clear skies.
That dark stretch from Cocoon is very tough to get. I tried it from bortle 7. It is not convincing. Need bortle 1-4 for this. Generally, I will stop attempting dark nebulas from bortle 7; it is just waist of time.
Hi Ana. Yes, those dark streams are rather difficult until these new narrowband filters became available. My setup is a Bortle 4.5. I can visually see the Milky Way
@@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy Narrow band give somewhat artificial dark nebulas. I can pull those from bortle 7.
Broad bands are more natural and pretty. But tougher to get.
I organized my pictures by collections: messier objects, emission nebulas, reflection nebulas, Abell galaxies, planetary nebulas, etc. There is collection: dark and dust nebulas. It has only one picture - Iris nebulae. A lot to get! 😀