I've been an Astronomer since 1975 and your channel is great. I had a great astronomy session a few days ago with Jupiter and it's 4 Moons then Saturn and the Moon. It's all about preparation and the process to get great results.
Nice job - it was nice seeing the video from end to end - sleeping in the car - that's dedication! I hope you do get that observatory one day! Keep going for that APOD!
Beautiful results! Love how your video captures the routines of an astrophotographer traveling to remote dark sky site to image. I have a tent cot. It’s a cot with a tent on top of it. Sets up in a minute and Much better than sleeping on the ground or car.
Cool. I've always had an issue with creepy crawlers while camping maybe this will ease my mind a bit although Id have to find one that had the wrap around see through netting at one end for my head so that I could still see the sky and the Alien's standing over me watching me sleep 👀
Nice job. Great video. I really enjoyed it. Yes, an observatory would be great but... I love going to dark Bortle 1 locations and "earning" my data like you just did. The images I get are much more memorable that way.
Thanks! And very true, I would actually prefer to make the drive and sleep inside the observatory while imaging rather than staying at home, feels more of an accomplishment :D
I really do think that you got the best image of the pleiades by far, you got all the dust around the pleiades. Nice Job, and andromeda, I really like the warmth but that's personal.
Love your picture of the Pleiades! 😃 Oh, and the reason why you didn't get more blue in M31 is probably because there IS very little blue in M31. It is a yellow galaxy.
@@PoM-MoM Deep space objects are mostly photographed with several different kinds of filtering involved. It is not like you will get to see a complete picture of a nebula that represents a "true" colour photo, as you would see in case you could approach the object close enough as to actually eye-ball it. It would probably not look the same then. But, as people, we like to see things in an appealing way. We cannot accumulate enough photons with our eyes, peering through an eye piece to perceive a faint nebula in "true" colours, so, we have to rely on instruments to accomplish that for us. Invisible wavelengths, like infra-red and ultra-violet, are part of the interesting spectrum that these objects emit, so, we do not want those images go to waste. Cameras can see these photons, but our eyes can't. That's where filters and software composition show up and perform their magic. We have no other option than to deceive ourselves that those beautiful pictures are the real thing. They are the best approximation of what we can do to image these wonders of nature.
Nice work on Andromeda and Pleiades! You've definitely done better than I have with those targets! Congrats on a great night. Tip for keeping the condensation off of the camera in the refrigerator (or freezer) -- Keep the door closed while collecting your darks. When finished, quickly place the camera in a zip-lock bag, squeeze out excess air and seal until it is back at room temperature. Cooled air in a standard refrigerator is de-humidified -- Moisture condenses on the surfaces of cold objects when exposed to warmer moist air when the door is opened. Once again, Nice work!
Just getting back from a night of imaging and checking out your vid! I have a sedan, so I try to sleep with just the seat reclined. It's not the best, but better than not sleeping at all and then driving. M45 came out great, congrats!
Thanks Nico, I use to have a smaller car for the first 5 years in this hobby and NEVER was able to fall asleep with the seat reclined... I would try but end up staying up all night or leaving around 3AM because I was so bored. It now feels so nice to be able to sleep "good enough" in the large trunk.
Good stuff man. Always enjoy vids from you guys. Its amazing seeing how similar ALOT of peoples first shots of andromeda and the Pleiades, and some of the other "beginner" targets, turn out. I know my first shot of Andromeda was with a Canon T5i and a 70-300 kits lens, untracked. Then I did it up a little in Light Room. Looks VERY similar to the one in your previous attempts. Its cool to look back and see that stuff. I'll never forget where I was when I took that picture....and that was the moment I was hooked lol. Clear skies guys!
just stumbled apon your channel and I really enjoyed this video, amazing images you where able to capture looking forward to seeing more content. Clear Skies
Hi Dear, congratulations for the Andromeda. It looks pretty similar to the APOD from April. That one had more colorful stars but yours is also a great job !
Brilliant, as I have said before...my Dream would be to have somewhere like that and image all night! Very nice shot. Hopefully going to get a power bank soon (Similar to Jackery) so I can finally get a wide FOV of Orion (Barnards Loop etc). Thanks for the great video.
I'd recommend a Klymit Static V for a sleeping pad. We've used ours in southern Africa and Patagonia when astro imaging.. Super light and the 'V' version is extra wide. 76cm x 193cm.
@@GalacticHunter Exactly and even though your mind wanders/wonders you're most likely much safer as well. Nevada is an open carry state, I'm sure you already know that 🤠👍
Oh no! I had one of the freeze pax fall on my toes. It actually broke my pinky toe. Very painful 😫 I now keep a plastic shoe bin from the dollar store in the freezer for such things and lil tiny Häagen-Dazs servings. Keeps the lil demons from being self propelled at me. Also now we know one of your diet tricks, individual portions of ice cream instead of half gallons. It's more expensive but it's smart, that is if you eat only one at a time, once a week 😁
Thanks for the light trick, I have to check that on my car (ford). I've killed my battery a few times - once just cleaning my car! PS: I take my flats before I start imaging - more convenient I think, unless its already dark of course ;-)
Great image! The dark current curve on the QHY 600 (and ASI 6200) is very flat below about 0 deg C, so you can probably use a higher temp. Going from -15C to -5C, you only add about 0.35 e- of thermal noise over a 180 sec exposure, which is 1 ADU if you are imaging at gain 56 in Mode #1 as we discussed a while ago. So essentially no difference. QHY 600 sensor charts: www.qhyccd.com/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=94&id=55&cut=1
Cool video! I was expecting you to be terrorized by a spider in this one but I am glad there was no snake drama. Are you taking darks every session? Why don't you build a dark library? It's also funny that you're called Galactic Hunter but you don't like galaxy season. :-) This is actually my favorite skies of the year- I just need some more clear skies! I had a couple of nice nights and got 6 objects in and almost zero sleep but it was worth it after the weeks of poor skies.
Haha you're right about picking the name Galactic Hunter but not liking galaxies. Well, I'm just so in love with nebulae. I do have a dark library but this was my first time using this camera at 180s exposure time :)
Hi! I Have a question about buying a telescope for astrophotography So i have a Canon 450d (APS-C) and a used Heq5 goto mount which i spent most of my money on and it's pretty much on my budget limit so i was wondering, should i buy a newton like 150/750mm f5 or 130/650mm f5 or maybe i should try to buy a refractor? I know that refractors are much lighter and easier to use and maintain and usually have really nice image quality, but for me newtons are way more affordable although i know that it needs more cleaning, and frequent colimation and they're heavier but i think it will not be a huge deal for me because I've been using one (dobsonian 8"), but I'm wondering if the quality of images from small newtons like 5-6" are good?, do you have any suggestions on which one should i choose for my first astrophotography telescope?
Hi, I would go with an 8" Newtonian (203/800mm), this is what we started with and we loved it! Refractors are indeed more portable but much more expensive usually compared to newts
@@GalacticHunterUnfortunatly I'm struggling to find orion 200/800 on market in my country but I've found Orion 150/610. Will this telescope also do well instead of 200/800?
Why does the camera need to be cold? And how did you add colors to print? Also thanks for the list of items you use, I’m trying to start this wonderful hobby
The camera is cooled to reduce the noise! This image was taken with a one-shot-color camera so the color is there when you process it. If you image in monochrome then you'd have to "map" each gas to R, G or B :)
@@GalacticHunter Great answer! Indeed, what you normally see is how the separate colour channels are sepatately recorded and then synthesized by software at your workstation. I as a beginner am soaking up so much knowledge from you experienced guys, thank you!
Merci pour ce partage et bravo pour les photos! Mais il y a trop de pubs... une avant une après la vidéos et 2 pendant??? Ça fait un peu trop, dommage.
Thanks Dave! Loving the MyT, have you seen our review: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/software-bisque-paramount-myt-review ? Don't hesitate to email me at anytime!
Galactic Hunter just checked out the review. I have been looking at mounts for awhile and this seems to check the most boxes for me . Well except the price. Lol
Pretty amazing that you can get Andromeda framed up with that huge scope. I have an 80mm refractor and even with a 0.8 reducer (380mm FL), with an ASI533 (1inch sensor), M31 is just too big to fit in one frame. What kind of reducer are you using? Does having a full frame camera make that much of a difference?
I'm thinking of buying a small piece of land up in Pahrump for this type of activity. It's pretty dark on the north side of town. Do you go out to Red Rock?
That's the dream! Parhump is really dark indeed. No I don't go to Red Rock, slightly too light polluted in my taste. I believe it's Bortle 5 or so and it keeps on getting worse every few years.
I cooled it down to the exact same temperature as it was when imaging so that I could take Dark calibration frames (to stack with the other frames and reduce the noise in the image)
When she works the next day there is no way she can come out to the desert :( But we're currently working on Episode 15 together so she'll be in there :D
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I've been an Astronomer since 1975 and your channel is great. I had a great astronomy session a few days ago with Jupiter and it's 4 Moons then Saturn and the Moon. It's all about preparation and the process to get great results.
Beautiful photo of the Pleiades !!!
They came out really good! What makes them even better is the comfort you had to sacrifice to get the shots.
they are awesome !...
and then 😒 an odd thing to say.
@@PoM-MoM I'm so sorry, did I say something offensive? Wasn't my intention.
@@jmannUSMC nevermind me today lol no worries
Nice job - it was nice seeing the video from end to end - sleeping in the car - that's dedication! I hope you do get that observatory one day! Keep going for that APOD!
Nice images! Love the blues and details in M45. Memory Foam Roll Up Mattress, Amazon. Might help your bones!
Thank you! I now use an inflatable mattress, so much better than what I used in this video haha
Love that picture of the Pleiades best I’ve seen. You inspire me to keep learning and improving my own astrophotography
Thank you Matt, knowing we inspire others is a great feeling!
Beautiful results! Love how your video captures the routines of an astrophotographer traveling to remote dark sky site to image. I have a tent cot. It’s a cot with a tent on top of it. Sets up in a minute and Much better than sleeping on the ground or car.
I was wondering about getting that, maybe in the near future :)
Cool. I've always had an issue with creepy crawlers while camping maybe this will ease my mind a bit although Id have to find one that had the wrap around see through netting at one end for my head so that I could still see the sky and the Alien's standing over me watching me sleep 👀
@@PoM-MoM there are screens on all 4 sides of it so if you want to keep it open to view around you that’s an option.
Nice job. Great video. I really enjoyed it. Yes, an observatory would be great but... I love going to dark Bortle 1 locations and "earning" my data like you just did. The images I get are much more memorable that way.
Thanks! And very true, I would actually prefer to make the drive and sleep inside the observatory while imaging rather than staying at home, feels more of an accomplishment :D
I really do think that you got the best image of the pleiades by far, you got all the dust around the pleiades. Nice Job, and andromeda, I really like the warmth but that's personal.
Thanks a lot!
Agree, I also like the warmth of the Andromeda Galaxy. No one really knows what they look like unless you actually drove there. lol
wow, so beautiful
The milky way and scope shot took my heart... Magnificent
Thanks! Looked really nice on the DSLR screen 😍
Thanks! Really great shots. We had our 80mm binocs out last night on those two targets, and are always amazed.
Thank you! Great targets for binos especially M31 🥰
Great job! Beautiful images! 😀🔭👋
Love your picture of the Pleiades! 😃 Oh, and the reason why you didn't get more blue in M31 is probably because there IS very little blue in M31. It is a yellow galaxy.
What makes the galaxy either blue or yellow?
@@PoM-MoM Deep space objects are mostly photographed with several different kinds of filtering involved. It is not like you will get to see a complete picture of a nebula that represents a "true" colour photo, as you would see in case you could approach the object close enough as to actually eye-ball it. It would probably not look the same then. But, as people, we like to see things in an appealing way.
We cannot accumulate enough photons with our eyes, peering through an eye piece to perceive a faint nebula in "true" colours, so, we have to rely on instruments to accomplish that for us. Invisible wavelengths, like infra-red and ultra-violet, are part of the interesting spectrum that these objects emit, so, we do not want those images go to waste. Cameras can see these photons, but our eyes can't. That's where filters and software composition show up and perform their magic.
We have no other option than to deceive ourselves that those beautiful pictures are the real thing. They are the best approximation of what we can do to image these wonders of nature.
Thanks for the pictures
of my home 🌠🌌
and protector 💪ORION 🥰
Nice shot with beautiful detail.
Nice work on Andromeda and Pleiades! You've definitely done better than I have with those targets! Congrats on a great night.
Tip for keeping the condensation off of the camera in the refrigerator (or freezer) -- Keep the door closed while collecting your darks. When finished, quickly place the camera in a zip-lock bag, squeeze out excess air and seal until it is back at room temperature. Cooled air in a standard refrigerator is de-humidified -- Moisture condenses on the surfaces of cold objects when exposed to warmer moist air when the door is opened.
Once again, Nice work!
Thank you so much for both the kind words and the tip about condensation! Will definitely do this from now on!
Esse lugar é show!
keep going i love it
a one-inch memory foam mattress is perfect for sleeping in the car.
Spectacular shots!
Just getting back from a night of imaging and checking out your vid! I have a sedan, so I try to sleep with just the seat reclined. It's not the best, but better than not sleeping at all and then driving. M45 came out great, congrats!
Thanks Nico, I use to have a smaller car for the first 5 years in this hobby and NEVER was able to fall asleep with the seat reclined... I would try but end up staying up all night or leaving around 3AM because I was so bored. It now feels so nice to be able to sleep "good enough" in the large trunk.
Amazing images!! I love Looking at Pleaides with My Binoculars It's Just Awesome!
Thanks! Yes they look great through binos!
Watching you setup this magnigicent beast..... Aye Carumba!
Super images at the end. Inspiring stuff!
very nice, I liked it.👍🏼🔭👌🏽
Another amazing video. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
Good stuff man. Always enjoy vids from you guys.
Its amazing seeing how similar ALOT of peoples first shots of andromeda and the Pleiades, and some of the other "beginner" targets, turn out.
I know my first shot of Andromeda was with a Canon T5i and a 70-300 kits lens, untracked. Then I did it up a little in Light Room. Looks VERY similar to the one in your previous attempts.
Its cool to look back and see that stuff. I'll never forget where I was when I took that picture....and that was the moment I was hooked lol.
Clear skies guys!
Thank you and yes I totally agree! The one from my previous attempt was with a T3i and 70-300 lens as well!
@@GalacticHunter Ah yes, I knew it looked similar!
Very nice capture ! Wonderful weather you have there... my country almost 70-80% cloudy all the time very sad....
Sorry to hear :( I come from a very cloudy place too and I understand the frustration! Nevada really is perfect for this hobby!
@@GalacticHunter at list I still can watch you two having good imaging! Cheer!
Awesome results!!
I will need some time to comment it all „en detail“, but I would like to start with: incroyable! Quelle beauté! Andromeda my love! More later on ..
just stumbled apon your channel and I really enjoyed this video, amazing images you where able to capture looking forward to seeing more content.
Clear Skies
Thank you so much!
Hi Dear, congratulations for the Andromeda. It looks pretty similar to the APOD from April. That one had more colorful stars but yours is also a great job !
Thank you Rafael!
Nice job!
Yes, you need an observatory; it’s the real game changer
Sweet...just waiting before bed after my Warzone Duo win with bro, hoping for you to post! :)
Haha hopefully that ended in a win :D
@@GalacticHunter It did indeed 🤟 10 Kills, not too bad for me.
Let’s go in on an observatory!
Yesssss! Already found a great spot, but I think I'll wait until we reach 50 or 100K subscribers if that ever happens before making a kickstarter 🤔
@@GalacticHunter sure..
I WAS WAITING FOR A NEW VIDEO YAY
YAAYYYYY 🎉
Why is it always cold even in the summer when observing !!!
Great results Antoine, :)
Thank you Noel!
Brilliant, as I have said before...my Dream would be to have somewhere like that and image all night! Very nice shot. Hopefully going to get a power bank soon (Similar to Jackery) so I can finally get a wide FOV of Orion (Barnards Loop etc). Thanks for the great video.
Thank you and good luck!
I'd recommend a Klymit Static V for a sleeping pad. We've used ours in southern Africa and Patagonia when astro imaging.. Super light and the 'V' version is extra wide. 76cm x 193cm.
Boy I know this feeling being in a remote location to shoot the night sky. I do this when taking my 6-8hrs milky way panos :)
The best! It really feels nice to be alone far from the city
@@GalacticHunter
Exactly and even though your mind wanders/wonders you're most likely much safer as well.
Nevada is an open carry state, I'm sure you already know that 🤠👍
10:39 R.I.P
Oh no! I had one of the freeze pax fall on my toes. It actually broke my pinky toe.
Very painful 😫
I now keep a plastic shoe bin from the dollar store in the freezer for such things and
lil tiny Häagen-Dazs servings. Keeps the lil demons from being self propelled at me.
Also now we know one of your diet tricks, individual portions of ice cream instead of half gallons.
It's more expensive but it's smart,
that is if you eat only one at a time, once a week 😁
On M31 what was that on the left hand side midways up, it looked like a nebula? Maybe a halo of some sort. Great video as usual.
Yes a reflection which I believe occurred because my back focus wasn't perfect
Thanks for the video Antoine For sleeping in the car best to just get an inflatable mattress . You can clone out that reflection in photoshop
Thanks for the light trick, I have to check that on my car (ford). I've killed my battery a few times - once just cleaning my car! PS: I take my flats before I start imaging - more convenient I think, unless its already dark of course ;-)
Great image! The dark current curve on the QHY 600 (and ASI 6200) is very flat below about 0 deg C, so you can probably use a higher temp. Going from -15C to -5C, you only add about 0.35 e- of thermal noise over a 180 sec exposure, which is 1 ADU if you are imaging at gain 56 in Mode #1 as we discussed a while ago. So essentially no difference.
QHY 600 sensor charts: www.qhyccd.com/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=94&id=55&cut=1
Thank you Patrick!! Yes I need to take care of finding the perfect settings once and for all and be set, I'll take a look at that link right now
❤️
I wish I have a telescope like you
All professional Astrophotographers should have RV.
Sorry, what is RV?
@@sevastyanehin8484 Recreational vehicle, RV is a motor vehicle or trailer which includes living quarters designed for accommodation.
@@keeplookingup911 thanks
Will a converted Dodge Caravan work? That's what i am using.
@@Zealor365 whatever floats your boat 🤗
the Exped medium length air mattress is what I use for my car
Que envidia :((( y que hermosoooo :D
Did you use ABE OR DBE on plaedes... It has so much fine structutes
DBE always!
As soon as you put the tripod down I thought "can't afford it" :)
Amen brother
Cool video! I was expecting you to be terrorized by a spider in this one but I am glad there was no snake drama.
Are you taking darks every session? Why don't you build a dark library? It's also funny that you're called Galactic Hunter but you don't like galaxy season. :-) This is actually my favorite skies of the year- I just need some more clear skies! I had a couple of nice nights and got 6 objects in and almost zero sleep but it was worth it after the weeks of poor skies.
Haha you're right about picking the name Galactic Hunter but not liking galaxies. Well, I'm just so in love with nebulae. I do have a dark library but this was my first time using this camera at 180s exposure time :)
@@GalacticHunter I would love to see your guiding graph with that mount. I would imagine it's flat as a pancake!
Hi!
I Have a question about buying a telescope for astrophotography
So i have a Canon 450d (APS-C) and a used Heq5 goto mount which i spent most of my money on and it's pretty much on my budget limit
so i was wondering, should i buy a newton like 150/750mm f5 or 130/650mm f5 or maybe i should try to buy a refractor?
I know that refractors are much lighter and easier to use and maintain and usually have really nice image quality, but for me newtons are way more affordable although i know that it needs more cleaning, and frequent colimation and they're heavier but i think it will not be a huge deal for me because I've been using one (dobsonian 8"), but I'm wondering if the quality of images from small newtons like 5-6" are good?, do you have any suggestions on which one should i choose for my first astrophotography telescope?
Hi, I would go with an 8" Newtonian (203/800mm), this is what we started with and we loved it! Refractors are indeed more portable but much more expensive usually compared to newts
@@GalacticHunter okay :)
Thanks for advice!
@@GalacticHunterUnfortunatly I'm struggling to find orion 200/800 on market in my country but I've found Orion 150/610. Will this telescope also do well instead of 200/800?
@@micharu570 hi
@@christopherlohse5792 hi
The Nitecrawler is amazing. Hard to use anything else after using this.
Yes!!! This is definitely he next thing I would buy, so expensive but a game changer!
Why does the camera need to be cold? And how did you add colors to print? Also thanks for the list of items you use, I’m trying to start this wonderful hobby
The camera is cooled to reduce the noise! This image was taken with a one-shot-color camera so the color is there when you process it. If you image in monochrome then you'd have to "map" each gas to R, G or B :)
@@GalacticHunter Great answer! Indeed, what you normally see is how the separate colour channels are sepatately recorded and then synthesized by software at your workstation. I as a beginner am soaking up so much knowledge from you experienced guys, thank you!
15 thousand in the astro kit and you spent 50 bucks on sleeping arrangements.... 500 rule should be in effect..... LOL !!!!!!!
The only part of the setup I own is the guide scope and guide camera, so that rule is actually in effect 😆
He needs to spend his money on equipment that is important..........
@@GalacticHunter so, unlike the rest of us that have to pay for our stuff. i have no sympathy for your problems.... sorta.
@@1pcmedic but he doesn't pay for any of it. he should have coin for a better bag and cushion
Merci pour ce partage et bravo pour les photos! Mais il y a trop de pubs... une avant une après la vidéos et 2 pendant??? Ça fait un peu trop, dommage.
Sérieux???! Je n'active pourtant jamais les pubs qui sont après la vidéo et très rarement pendant 🤔 Je vais regarder mes options merci de me le dire
Beautifull M31!
Your camera will varm up your Corona beer 😱😊
Haha :D
Both images are great. Awesome work and nice setup. I'm looking at getting the myt mount. How do you like it.?
Thanks Dave! Loving the MyT, have you seen our review: www.galactic-hunter.com/post/software-bisque-paramount-myt-review ? Don't hesitate to email me at anytime!
Galactic Hunter just checked out the review. I have been looking at mounts for awhile and this seems to check the most boxes for me . Well except the price. Lol
did you take any darks? also how do you know where you area allowed to just pull off in the desert and park all night?
Why the cooling camera stuff? I would appreciate if someone could explain this in a newbie way
Cooling the camera (and therefore the sensor) helps reduce the noise by a lot! a warm sensor will give your image noise that include "hot pixels"
Pretty amazing that you can get Andromeda framed up with that huge scope. I have an 80mm refractor and even with a 0.8 reducer (380mm FL), with an ASI533 (1inch sensor), M31 is just too big to fit in one frame. What kind of reducer are you using? Does having a full frame camera make that much of a difference?
Having a full frame camera makes a HUGE difference! I was myself surprised, but yes it's so much wider with a full frame. Reducer is 0.8x
What mount and tripod were you using in this video?
I'm thinking of buying a small piece of land up in Pahrump for this type of activity. It's pretty dark on the north side of town. Do you go out to Red Rock?
That's the dream! Parhump is really dark indeed. No I don't go to Red Rock, slightly too light polluted in my taste. I believe it's Bortle 5 or so and it keeps on getting worse every few years.
@@GalacticHunter I just bought a quarter acre of land in the north side of Pahrump for $3500.
Nice Video 👍🏽: Could you please explain how do you run Astro-Software on a Mac ?
Thanks, I actually use Windows using Bootcamp
why did you cool down tha camera at home again? i don't get it..
I cooled it down to the exact same temperature as it was when imaging so that I could take Dark calibration frames (to stack with the other frames and reduce the noise in the image)
@@GalacticHunter oh okay, i didn't get that you were taking more pictures there 😅
Can you tell me the link to buy the light panel?
There you go: amzn.to/2WOCyKa
Dude, get a Ther-A-Rest Xtherm or something similar.
Yo wat up!! I’m jealous y’all have access to really dark sites :(
I feel bad for people who are too far from dark sites :(
0:28 song?
is it in america?
How did you sleep all night without your telescope getting stolen?! In Albania that would be impossible
Where I park is really difficult to access and also there is nothing around besides that highway, but I always sleep with one eye open just in case :D
@@GalacticHunter haha, I would too😁
Hate it when your buns are dead
Snake Boots? ... No Thank You. Images look good though.
Where is the wife?
When she works the next day there is no way she can come out to the desert :( But we're currently working on Episode 15 together so she'll be in there :D
@@GalacticHunter I was wondering when the next Episode was coming out. Can't wait!