I Took A Picture of the ORION NEBULA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- How I Took a Picture of the Orion Nebula!
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With only a few hours of clear sky time, I set up my camera and star tracker to photograph the Orion Nebula under a first quarter moon.
The final image includes 90 x 60 seconds (1 hour, 30 minutes) of total exposure time from my Bortle 6 backyard!
I hope this video inspires you to get started in astrophotography and explore the wonders of the night sky with me!
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If you have the time and patience, I would love to see you do a livestream from start to finish, preparing, setting up, capturing *insert any “easy” target here* and also editing it right after… I imagine it would last about 8-10 hours but it might give us some really-really great insight into your process of focusing/re-adjusting/capturing and getting the results you want. ❤ Keep up, you are doing absolutely amazing, and we all love what you do! 😊
Would tune in!
I would be following along with my set up
Your "basics" videos are what got me started in astro. I have a Nikon 5600, Tamron 150-500 lens and the Star adventurer GTI. Lots of fun.
Another stunning image!
One of the things I wanted to recommend to people, is the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tripod. That's what I use for my trackers. Relatively cheap ($130CAD). It is nice and sturdy, but most importantly has a platform that goes in the middle of the legs, so you can put your intervalometer on it, USB battery bank for dew heater power, ASIAIR, etc.
BUT, the best tripod is the one you already have, and that's sturdy. So if you can't, or don't want to spend the money on a dedicated tripod for your tracker, use the one you have.
A small square of Velcro on the back of the remote and the leg of the tripod is the trick which works for me.
As someone who likes astronomy, I gotta say this photo is EPIC
Thanks to you (and a few other AP channels) I jumped into AP recently. Last week was the first time I shot deep sky, and it was a double: M42 and M45. I used a D5300 (astro-modded) with a 180mm prime lens on an EQ6 mount. 150 30-second subs each. Stacked with DSS and processed with GIMP both images turned out better than I could have hoped for a first attempt. M42 really needs more focal length so I will use a 300mm prime next time I get a clear night.
Stunning image Trevor. Loved it as usual.
I am down at least a 5 year astrophotography rabbit hole, and it all started right here , with this channel, just like this. I now have hours and hours of these same targets, using just a camera/lenses and now a William optics GT81. As a matter of fact, I just bought an asi air plus which is still in the box!!
It's good to see you teaching beginning astrophotographers one of the easiest and most rewarding DSOS in the Winter night sky during Nebula season.
Clear skies. Happy Holidays.
During most mornings on the way to work i always look at Orians belt next year ill get my star tracker and start photographing it. Its monsoon season here so i have to wait till may. Love your work. Thanks for showing us
It’s amazing how much this hobby brought me down the worm hole. $4,0000 later, and that’s probably on the budget side of astrophotography lol. Great video!
Yeah, I've noticed lately this has become an expensive addiction too!!
Incredible… wow!
Trevor, you got me into astrophotography and I cannot thank you enough for doing so!!! Thank you so much for your videos and your kindness!
I absolutely love your videos. You have inspired me to start my own TH-cam channel. I hope that one day I can become as great as you ❤❤
Watching this as i have my newly bought equipment next to me genuinely is so exciting
Hello there i am a 12 year old astrophotographer and I just want to say that you are really inspiration and have very good advice and amazing content Thank you so much
and if you can’t I understand
I use the Ego lawn equipment eco system. With all the batteries, i bought the 400w inverter and use that for all power (tracker, ASIAIR, dew heater). Works great, and plenty of juice.
Thank you! I always enjoy your work. I’m learning so very much from you. Merry Christmas 🎄 I also watched your live stream today. Merry Christmas & Clear Skies
Thanks for the more "beginner" level video. Your videos and website are very well polished. It's content like this that has help TH-cam change the learning curve on just about everything. I tired some astrophotography back in the 90s with a Pentax film camera and a 6" Criterion. I did get some good shots of the moon. It was hard because the lack of information. I'm getting back into the hobby and just picked up a Star Adventurer GTI.
Awesome shot! Great video too! Merry Christmas Trevor and Ashley!
I want a star tracker so bad. hopefully soon. Great video!
Totally stunning
This is exactly the type of content that initially got me to love your channel. Would love to see more of these "lesser-scripted" videos where you go through your sessions and talk about what and how you're going about setting up your shots - even if it's at advanced level.
Wow that final image blew me away!
The result is stunning! I really want to start doing this when my basic photography lessons are done. The universe is amazing! So is macro photography. So those 2 things have my interest.
Thanks for another great upload
Taking my GTi out tonight, first ever attempt at tracking AND Orion nebula. This was perfect timing. Thank you from Australia. No need to worry about frost here tonight, tis hot.
STOP TAKING PHOTOS OF ME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!
I waited several years to get a Star Adventurer and I’m so glad I finally did. Even sprung for a modified Canon R. Simple yet quite effective wide angle astro is very enjoyable, especially when it’s cold out.
Thanks to you, since your last video doing this, I have finally done it myself, and I'm ready to learn more with this video
Hi Trevor. Thank you for the fantastic videos on a beautiful hobby. I was wondering, if possible, is there anyway that you can provide a video when doing these great "How TO's" on the setting up of the intervalometer. What were your settings? For example, what would be the best intervals that you found useful? Thanks for the entire great setups and "how to's". Just short of beautiful work.
Great video and result Trevor, I'm hoping to get another go at Orion this winter as well.
Looks like a whole different reality up there
I very much appreciate your content, it’s high quality. The way you document your process and film it is so wonderful, thanks for the great stuff! 🤙🏼
My Nikon Z6ii Astro modified camera is just so good for this type of work.
finally a good and simple tutorial, nice!
I’ve been following for a while (mainly from insta) and always wanted get properly into AP. I own a Canon 5D MkIV, RedCat 51, 70-200mm lens and on the day I receive my star adventurer GTi, you release this video. BY FAR the most helpful video I’ve come across, almost like it was perfectly curated for me! I can’t wait to see the results using your advice! Thanks for all the help, Trevor 👊🏼
awesome, very good work !!!
Hey dude ! Firstly, sorry for my english, i’m French fan and i follow you since your debuts on YT. I appreciate your evolution and all things you are sharing, tips, experience,etc..
Last week, I finnaly bought my Star Adventurer GTI and an Askar 180 pro ! Your video spawn on a perfect timing for test my Canon RP modify on this set up. It’s time to transform the long hours of theory on TH-cam, to PRACTICE (your ultimate advice : stop watching, go shooting 😉) Thanks a lot AstroBackyard !
Another awesome video as always Trevor! Though I do have one thing I would like to comment on.
That being, I feel like labeling the Star Adventurer GTI as a star tracker is a bit misleading, especially for people that are new to the hobby. The functionality of the GTI is much closer to that of an equatorial mount than a traditional star tracker. And Skywatcher would seem to agree seeing as they label it as an equatorial mount in their manual.
I wanted to bring this up because I don't want beginners to get the wrong idea of what star trackers are capable of, and how basic their functionality really is. They might assume that all "star trackers" can do what is shown in the video, and then be dissapointed when they purchase something like the Star Adventurer 2i, only to find out it can basically do none of it. And with the 2i (and most other genuine star trackers) being at a much lower price point, I think something similar to this scenario is fairly likely.
I hope this doesn't come across as nitpicky or semantics because I do genuinely think this clarification between the two is important, especially for people new to the hobby. I feel like we have a responsibility as communicators to make sure we put out the most accurate information as possible, since we were the same inexperienced and passionate begginers at some point, learning from youtube videos and blog posts. And the last thing I'd want is for someone's passion to be squandered after investing money in to the hobby, only to be frustrated, disappointed, and off-put by their underwhelming purchase.
That ended up being a lot longer than I was expecting but oh well lol. All the best and happy holidays!
That was very thoughtful. I'm very wordy with excitement,emotion,cause,etc. like you Lol.I can tell you unconditionally appreciate the passion of this artform and the people. I'm a newbie, loving comments the processing to final image and I may have spent what little money I have in the wrong place because I could have easily assumed something didn't do what I thought. Being informed is #1 and thank you for "being that guy" on informing or discerning the difference in equitorial/startraker
I have not so fast lenses and no star tracker at the moment but I'm looking forward to it. I already took some still crappy (but decent for my original expectations) pictures of Andromeda galaxy and Orion nebula as well. What amazes me in your final reveal of the finished image is that I got this optical illusion of a parallax effect (which of course is not possible here) when you move the image from the Horsehead nebula to the Orion nebula. 😊
Thanks for the very timely video Trevor, I got my GTI last Monday.
Love is sky
Absolutely stunning.
Happy Christmas, Trevor
From basic astro rigs to the biggest processing tip...I'm always impressed with how much you know. But how did you know Bob was my uncle. That's spooky.
I was intrigued for a minute. Then realized that gear is way beyond my means. Cool video though and I’m glad I stumbled across it!
Stunning shot.
Fantastic Trevor. I have the SA GTI and I’ll certainly be looking to put it to use more often.
Great video I’m getting a telescope for Christmas. I can’t wait.
Nice work! I was interested to see how far out your initial alignment was with the GTi mount. I often find that initial alignment is way, way off, despite setting the mount in the home position before attempting the alignment.
Hi from Boston!
Simply love your work!
I'm pretty sure I've commented something similar on a previous video but...
I've watched your videos for years and you are the reason my bank account hates me today
Hi from Spain!!!
Awesome video!! ❤ merry xmas
Please don't write Xmas. Because either Protestantism, satanic cults, or atheists who hated the word of Christ. They deleted Christ and added x to mas.
Merry Christmas.
Okay so it's not just my friend's Gti that sounds like that, good to know. He turned it on and slewed at JGAP and we all turned around thinking he broke something.
Haha
Excellent video! and amazing photo! I'm very interested in giving this sort of photography a try!
Great video. Tnx a lot
Did not get why you use the filter inside the camera. Great video !!
Beautiful image, Happy holidays!
As always a great video. I just wish it would quit raining here in Columbus ohio. Merry Christmas to you and your wife.
is there a specific dovetail you’d recommend? i also don’t have a collar for my camera lens so is that required or can the camera itself be mounted to the dovetail bar? if not do you as well know of any lens collars to mount everything to the dovetail?
You make it look so easy awesome video
Awesome shot dude!
Welcome back to the beginning. So many channels have moved on as their creators have gained experience and knowledge but that leaves a large gap for beginners. Thanks for inspiring a new group who are just starting out. You got me restarted all those years ago when you were just starting up and it was much appreciated.
Omg that’s fantastic matey✌️
Great Image! Would love that for a wallpaper.
I love astrophotography and have been doing Milky Way for quite some time. I did Orion without a tracker, and now waiting on my first tracker! Yay!
I recently heard of deepscape photography. Do you have any videos on that type?
Whew! Flat earthers gonna hate this video
They sure will
Keep up the good work trev. But please please please do a video using your best scope shooting a complete random spot of the sky . No objects . Just to see what you find
JJ
Cool photo.
Thanks for all informations. Why not using Synscan intervallometer instead of hard one?
Can you try to capture a photo of the andromeda galaxy with the smallest newton telescope you can find ?
Nice but the camera lens is way more expensive than many great telescopes.. what would be the advantage? thanks!
From what I can see, if you only do Astro Photography none. But some people also do wild life, landscape or other photography as well so may already own a quality lens and don't need a scope. Some lenses, like the Samyang/Rokinon 135 f2 are very reasonably priced and are great for astro photography as they can be used with astronomy cameras as well as DSLRs and still give great results. A lot of astro photographers end up owning both.
Thank You 🪐
*I want to jump into night sky photography, where do I start and what gear do you recommend? Could you please make a video on this pleaseeeeeee btw where are you taking all these amazing pictures?*
Great one! ❤
Great video, I'm inspired now. Just curious, what's the song at the end of the video?
Another great video. So you have any videos about how to figure out the best exposure settings for DSOs?
Bro plz captured the cosmic key hole near Orion if possible.
Great picture, I also will try M42 with my Samyang 135/2.0; may I ask you which ISO setting you used? I am also living in an bartle 5 area..
Are you going to review the new WO Pliedes scopes?
I have a pretty similar configuration, I just still waiting for the adapter to the optical tube. By the way, it's a Mak-Cass 125-1900 F/15 with a Canon 6D MKII, so, I guess could be convenient to learn how to create mosaics. Could you help me with some recomendations about that? I also have the same mount, the GTi. Thanks!
Very nice. My 130mm Newtonian reflector and ZWO asi294mc can't image that large an area.
I thought the easiest thing would be lp filters, but I can't find any. Do youknow of goodonline stores that have a good range of light pollution filters? Ones that are preferably best (or geared towards) nebula?
How do you manage to keep natural star colors?
Evening Ash & Trevor 🥰
Wow! Love that wide field view! Nice image Trevor. How do you deal with frost on the telescope/lens and camera after an imaging session? Keep it all together, put the lens cap on and put the whole unit in a bag to warm up in the garage/house? I am always so leery about condensation! Dr B from Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦
Anybody have experience with MFT cameras and these things? Probably need a lot more time because of the smaller sensor
How does the app, and go to functions work in places with no WiFi, and no reception? Will it still track?
Another fantastic video Trevor, I love my Canon Ra but here in Aberdeenshire, Scotland we have had a terrible Autumn/Winter so far for weather (almost 10x more rain than normal), got a recent Skywatcher 72ED APO to use with the good old trusty Skywatcher star adventurer and a Optolong L-Pro filter.......just waiting for those clear skies lol. Do you find that iso800 for the Canon Ra is the best for shooting deepsky? keep up the great work, regards Simon
Does anyone think a simple tracker like a Move shot Move would work for deep space objects like this?
I'm thinking of Buying this camera and Filter and attaching my Apertura 60,, FPL-53 Doublet Refractor Scope to it, do you think a SVBONY SV195 T Ring Adapter Wide 48mm would fit on this camera or do you recommend one that will work???? Anyone here know???
Can you do a video that doesn't involve a $2k+ lens? Maybe a kit lens.
Hello,
I have captured over 160 mins exposure data of Orion Nebula from nikond750 and tampon 150-600 mm lens from a bottle 6 sky. When I’m processing the data, I’m not able to get the details of the rightmost part of the nebula (when running man nebula is at left side). What am I doing wrong?
Hello, this is a question for this entire community and hopefully someone can see this comment. Can I just edit a photo by layering it a bunch or do I still need to use photoshop of some sorts? Im a beginner with not that preferred of a rig and like $0 budget…
Hello, after seeing your video I would like to ask how u do dithering using SAGTI without guiding, thx😆😆😆
i need a dslr i do rlly want to start with astrophotography
I just got my star adventurer 2i last month. I bought it in time for the eclipse in April but I mainly plan to use it for the milky way and other stars. Which lens warmer do you have or would recommend?
Hi. Hope you had a good Christmas. We are just wanting to know what computer and brand of computer you use to process your images? Do you use and iPad or Samsung android for your asiair? Thank you. Hope you can help my partner out. He needs to get started but these are the things keeping him back.
Yolande