Really amazing content! Been watching non-stop backwards from the latest videos. Found it funny that he goes to all the trouble to blur out the name of the road only to say it out loud in the video himself! Keep up the excellent work!
I watch your videos and the fact that you can actually go to pick up the stuff you bought on ebay is facinating to me, a person living in a small town in a middle eastern country.
I don't have any telescope, I can't buy one, but by watching this channel, I am happy because I can watch the sky from your eyes and feel that I am live at that moment, thanks man💗 keep making this type of vids
this has been a long term interest of mine that im just starting out in its been fun to revisit these videos again and i forgot all the old drum and bass which i love and dj'd for years. like many of us i outgrew the scene but i still love the music
Oh Good God!!! I feel so bad for you over there. SERIOUSLY!! The weather does suck!!! I thought It sucked here in the states in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania But......you over there got me beat!!! :) Surprised to not hear about people jumping out of windows over there:) Keep up your good work! Venus looked great!!!
Jesus. I hope the dog didn't fart before the exposure finished.. That roof seems to vibrate like jelly. I like your humor. It is good to see that Astrophotography is not all about the ultimate image.
Had a kid tell me he could bench-press 250 lbs...I put 250 on the rack and he couldn't move it...then he says, "Concrete weights not steel." LOLOLOLOLO great video...I'm only a couple months into the hobby. I'm interested in live sky views from scope to laptop. I bought a ShortTube 80.
ive been having a problem with once aligned it would slowly lose the tracking at first i put it down to batteries not lasting long so i bought a power supply but it still happened i wondered why when setting up my AZ GTI why only the top button and right button flashed even though i could use all buttons when it come to manually finishing the alignment i will be testing that next time theres a clear sky here in wales i think u might have solved my problem for me THANK YOU it can be so frustrating when you end up spending most the night just messing with it to then realize you are finally set up and and ready to go and then you've lost the shot thumbs up for the video
i done as u said and only use the 2 buttons to set up it worked i had a good night out all night looking instead of spend the first part of the night mess around and then wait for camera battery to charge because it took to long to setup thumbs up thankyou
Great channel, find you very interesting and easy to understand and follow along. Keep making great content. Ps, any chance you could take some planets, moon et with say the dslr 50mm lens or 300+mm typical lenses. Would like to know whats possible
Hey, just stumbled on your video, loved it. I am in London as well (South) and would really like to get into Astrophotography. I am a complete novice and would like to try it out on a relatively cheap budget. Can you offer more advice on scopes to buy? Thanks. Andy... Oh and where can I go to meet like minded people to learn from?
Hi andy... What scope to buy, good idea. And please get intouch with me on fb and I'll intoduce you to some groups . Eberyone is super friendly. My fb page is called astrobiscuit 😁
Thanks Rory. Can you confirm. To get the camera plus telscope in focus you simply focus on the brightest star first then use the mount to align? I have a skywatcher 130p + skyscan alt/az mount + canon 450d but I find that the stars are too faint to show up in the viewfinder despite the iso being set at 1600 and using the lowest f stop.
My problem may be that when I try and focus on things very far away my camera can't get close enough to the telescope. To focus things in the far distant the lens needs to be additional cm or two closer to the mirror. Welcome to Dante's inferno.
I had to chop my 130 down to reach focus. always easier to do it in the day but I think you've figured that out. It may be possible to employ longer bolts at the back to push the mirror a few cm down the tube so you can reach focus.
@@Astrobiscuit Of course! After some research I think I have found a solution. The Canon EOS to M42 adapter I was using is a bit thick. I have ordered an ultra thin one which should move the camera about 1 cm closer to the telescope focal point. There is another solution and that is to use a barlow which moves the focal point to where the camera can focus but that affects the field of view. If all else fails I have a new Raspberry Pi camera with telescope fitting which will sit right close up to the focusser. That might make for a useful portable camera setup for my telescope. The Raspberry Pi is a small single board computer that runs Linux and they have just released a new high quality camera module for it. And its all cheap.
You can buy a wifi add on for the mount whcih means you don't need to touch it for alignment and adjustment. Worth it in my opinion. Question though. Having aligned the mount and gone to a planet, say Jupiter using the controller. How does one set the mount to track Jupiter?
I now have the newer version which is WiFi... and controllable with my phone. much better. basically if you have everything level and the scope poi ting in the right direction it'll track jupiter fine
@@Astrobiscuit Thanks . After you type in Jupiter and the mount points at Jupiter does it keep on tracking automatically or is there a tracking button somewhere? Also if you get a chance check out a French TH-cam channel called Astronomy Practique (if you speak French). Its very good.
@@PWBERRETT yes it should track... and there is also a tracking button (the speed of tracking varies depending on whether your looking at the stars or the sun or the moon
So tell me . Did you mount the camera directly with the camera adapter and extension to the Telescope? if so, What and how did you achieve focus for the camera? The reason I ask is because I have an 80mm celestron on a similar mount and a Canon DSlR "unmodified". What can I do with my set up? THANKS!
You take out the diagonal mirror and replace it with a 5cm (ish) extention tube which fits between the telescope and the camera😜 please ask if you have trouble finding one and ill help show you what to look for
@@Astrobiscuit wow I didn't expect so fast reply ...btw I'm watching the third part of this 😀😀 And is d5300 unmodified good for astrophotography???and is there cheap star tracker???
So, this scope looks like the Skywatcher Startravel 102 SyncScan AZ GoTo... if it is, does it work for beginner level Deepsky imaging? Awesome video, a bit "unorganized" but awesome!.
Simple answer: yep totally works for beginner level deep sky imaging. More complicated answer: the set up is great but the maximum exposure time is 45 seconds and probably 30 seconds is a safer bet ( FYI Longer exposure times allow you to get fainter objects). Still there are loads of galaxies and nebula that you can get with this set up + some of the modern cameras with low read noise work really well with lots of short exposures. A more expensive driven equatorial mount would allow longer exposure times but also an added bit of difficulty. ;-)
Awesome!! I got a Nikon D3400 and the Noise really isnt a problem, so 30 second max exposure is all i need. Thanks for answering, now i know what im getting next bday!
@@PWBERRETT longer exposures are likely fail due to field rotation. you need an equatorial mount do longer exposures. Also longer exposures will fail due to guiding inaccuracies.
4.2k subs is CRIMINAL for the content here, keep making vids like this
Thx buddy i plan to get back to a bit of astrobiscuiting in sept
@@Astrobiscuit Now heading towards 200,000 subs which is still criminal! Should be 2 million...nay 20 million!
@Cad Bane thats what she said 🤣
@@Astrobiscuitcongrats on 300k subs also what’s the best telescope for cheap that you recommend to see planets like Saturn Jupiter and the moon?
Really amazing content! Been watching non-stop backwards from the latest videos. Found it funny that he goes to all the trouble to blur out the name of the road only to say it out loud in the video himself!
Keep up the excellent work!
Ha yes, you shouldn't give out your address, or someone else's online
From here,a astrolegend was born🎉
I watch your videos and the fact that you can actually go to pick up the stuff you bought on ebay is facinating to me, a person living in a small town in a middle eastern country.
i'm in the exact same situation here, stuck out in the desert, no ebay, no scopes. no stars.
I don't have any telescope, I can't buy one, but by watching this channel, I am happy because I can watch the sky from your eyes and feel that I am live at that moment, thanks man💗 keep making this type of vids
@CoDGplays thank you I will sure try
Can't buy one or won't...
I used to bulls-eye Wamp Rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.
this has been a long term interest of mine that im just starting out in its been fun to revisit these videos again and i forgot all the old drum and bass which i love and dj'd for years. like many of us i outgrew the scene but i still love the music
"Venus is gonna be a brilliant star to focus on," ...okay lmao
he means how the tracking mounts use 'star alignment' which refers to everything as 'stars' for users who don't know what they are looking at
@@CC-gv6us I know but still it was funny
Oh Good God!!! I feel so bad for you over there. SERIOUSLY!! The weather does suck!!! I thought It sucked here in the states in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania But......you over there got me beat!!! :) Surprised to not hear about people jumping out of windows over there:) Keep up your good work! Venus looked great!!!
had to subscribe after you broke the mount.
Just found me a new favorite youtube channel !
Among other things, I have worked in Europe as a Millrite. A trick I learned, fill all hollow legs with dry sand. Dampens vibration out.
great suggestion
Jesus. I hope the dog didn't fart before the exposure finished.. That roof seems to vibrate like jelly. I like your humor. It is good to see that Astrophotography is not all about the ultimate image.
Had a kid tell me he could bench-press 250 lbs...I put 250 on the rack and he couldn't move it...then he says, "Concrete weights not steel." LOLOLOLOLO great video...I'm only a couple months into the hobby. I'm interested in live sky views from scope to laptop. I bought a ShortTube 80.
really cool channel :) subbed :)
ive been having a problem with once aligned it would slowly lose the tracking at first i put it down to batteries not lasting long so i bought a power supply but it still happened i wondered why when setting up my AZ GTI why only the top button and right button flashed even though i could use all buttons when it come to manually finishing the alignment i will be testing that next time theres a clear sky here in wales i think u might have solved my problem for me THANK YOU it can be so frustrating when you end up spending most the night just messing with it to then realize you are finally set up and and ready to go and then you've lost the shot thumbs up for the video
Totally feel your pain.this is the most frustrating hobby ever. Let me know if i can help😃
i done as u said and only use the 2 buttons to set up it worked i had a good night out all night looking instead of spend the first part of the night mess around and then wait for camera battery to charge because it took to long to setup thumbs up thankyou
nice and the camera gets the most out of a telescope. 😎 thanks.
Just as it was teaching a crescendo it’s all over. What the. Now I understand my wife’s predicament.
And I thought my imaging sessions were problematic!
Nice
2 weeks of cloud.... try living in Wales! :P Nice vid's. Keep 'em coming.
Great channel, find you very interesting and easy to understand and follow along.
Keep making great content.
Ps, any chance you could take some planets, moon et with say the dslr 50mm lens or 300+mm typical lenses.
Would like to know whats possible
I did use a 180mm lens here th-cam.com/video/5nsAvMOsis4/w-d-xo.html
50mm lens won't give you any good view of any planet or even the moon bro
Even a 300nm is no good for planets , not even really enough for a good view of the moon bud. You need ten times that FL ! Ha
Hey, just stumbled on your video, loved it. I am in London as well (South) and would really like to get into Astrophotography. I am a complete novice and would like to try it out on a relatively cheap budget. Can you offer more advice on scopes to buy? Thanks. Andy... Oh and where can I go to meet like minded people to learn from?
Hi andy... What scope to buy, good idea. And please get intouch with me on fb and I'll intoduce you to some groups . Eberyone is super friendly. My fb page is called astrobiscuit 😁
I would but i'm not on fb!!
ok next best place to go is www.stargazerslounge.com - again everyone is super friendly but its not as chatty as fb.
Luke Skywalker using photon torpedos sounds like a sounds like a throw away comment but it's really a geek filter.
Thanks Rory. Can you confirm. To get the camera plus telscope in focus you simply focus on the brightest star first then use the mount to align? I have a skywatcher 130p + skyscan alt/az mount + canon 450d but I find that the stars are too faint to show up in the viewfinder despite the iso being set at 1600 and using the lowest f stop.
My problem may be that when I try and focus on things very far away my camera can't get close enough to the telescope. To focus things in the far distant the lens needs to be additional cm or two closer to the mirror. Welcome to Dante's inferno.
I had to chop my 130 down to reach focus. always easier to do it in the day but I think you've figured that out. It may be possible to employ longer bolts at the back to push the mirror a few cm down the tube so you can reach focus.
fyi f stop shouldn't come into it... I'm surprised you are even able to change the f stop. just checking but have you removed the lens?
@@Astrobiscuit Of course! After some research I think I have found a solution. The Canon EOS to M42 adapter I was using is a bit thick. I have ordered an ultra thin one which should move the camera about 1 cm closer to the telescope focal point.
There is another solution and that is to use a barlow which moves the focal point to where the camera can focus but that affects the field of view.
If all else fails I have a new Raspberry Pi camera with telescope fitting which will sit right close up to the focusser. That might make for a useful portable camera setup for my telescope. The Raspberry Pi is a small single board computer that runs Linux and they have just released a new high quality camera module for it. And its all cheap.
Hey mate love your channel. Are you near Finsbury Park? I’m in New Zealand but me cousins are in Enfield lock and Waltham abbey. I miss London.
You could use sand bags for the tripod feet rather than loading so much weight on the tripod legs.
Top vid was always What software are you using on pc
Wunderbar!!!! 😍
My tripod broke there too xD
Why are you bothering with a cheesy mount when there is a Losmandy mounted Televue behind you at 2:14
I got more of a budget but only about 500 600 hopefully will get a good deal.
Yeh you could think about getting an eq mount which means you can take longer subs😁
Venus has been reclassified as a star 🌟 now......oh
I have a Celestron GP C-102
You can buy a wifi add on for the mount whcih means you don't need to touch it for alignment and adjustment. Worth it in my opinion. Question though. Having aligned the mount and gone to a planet, say Jupiter using the controller. How does one set the mount to track Jupiter?
I now have the newer version which is WiFi... and controllable with my phone. much better. basically if you have everything level and the scope poi ting in the right direction it'll track jupiter fine
@@Astrobiscuit Thanks . After you type in Jupiter and the mount points at Jupiter does it keep on tracking automatically or is there a tracking button somewhere? Also if you get a chance check out a French TH-cam channel called Astronomy Practique (if you speak French). Its very good.
@@PWBERRETT yes it should track... and there is also a tracking button (the speed of tracking varies depending on whether your looking at the stars or the sun or the moon
👍 👍
Go on. Admit it. The only thing wrong with the remote was that the batteries needed changing.
LOLOLOLOLOL
You used also a laptop that you forgot to claculate in the total price :)
I borrowed the laptop... Honest😂
@@Astrobiscuit ha ha ha
keep it up man
what cable did you use to connect the canon to the mac?
Hi I'm trying to get into Astrophotography. Can you list the things I might need to buy?
marsweeb yes plz
So tell me . Did you mount the camera directly with the camera adapter and extension to the Telescope? if so,
What and how did you achieve focus for the camera? The reason I ask is because I have an 80mm celestron on a similar mount and a Canon DSlR "unmodified". What can I do with my set up? THANKS!
You take out the diagonal mirror and replace it with a 5cm (ish) extention tube which fits between the telescope and the camera😜 please ask if you have trouble finding one and ill help show you what to look for
@@Astrobiscuit is ur camera modified??
@@treefallleaves6711 yep i took out canon's ir filter
@@Astrobiscuit wow I didn't expect so fast reply ...btw I'm watching the third part of this 😀😀
And is d5300 unmodified good for astrophotography???and is there cheap star tracker???
👍👍
Would a canon 250d work for taking pictures? Does it filter the red and blue out?
Probably
So, this scope looks like the Skywatcher Startravel 102 SyncScan AZ GoTo... if it is, does it work for beginner level Deepsky imaging? Awesome video, a bit "unorganized" but awesome!.
Simple answer: yep totally works for beginner level deep sky imaging.
More complicated answer: the set up is great but the maximum exposure time is 45 seconds and probably 30 seconds is a safer bet ( FYI Longer exposure times allow you to get fainter objects). Still there are loads of galaxies and nebula that you can get with this set up + some of the modern cameras with low read noise work really well with lots of short exposures. A more expensive driven equatorial mount would allow longer exposure times but also an added bit of difficulty. ;-)
Awesome!! I got a Nikon D3400 and the Noise really isnt a problem, so 30 second max exposure is all i need. Thanks for answering, now i know what im getting next bday!
@@Astrobiscuit I can get longer exposures using Astrophotography Tool and the camera in Bulb mode.
@@PWBERRETT longer exposures are likely fail due to field rotation. you need an equatorial mount do longer exposures. Also longer exposures will fail due to guiding inaccuracies.
Can't find ANY decent telescope for that kind of money ir auction. :(
SVBONY SV48 90mm F5.5 2" Refractor Astronomical Astrophotography ebay $275. works good for me