Planetary Nebula Skywatcher 150PDS - Backyard Astrophotography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- After only getting one successful night over the last few weeks here's my first night out with my new Newtonian scope the 150 PDS from Skywatcher.
All music and images by me.
Clear skies hope you enjoy.
Exceptional processing! Looks great!
Thanks Chuck I've no real idea what I was doing just a mish mosh between PixInsight and PS.
@@AstroSoundscape Sounds like me, lol.
Great image... It's one of my favourite nebula
Ollie, beautiful final image, looks like the new scope is a winner, Kr Ian
Thanks Ian yes so far I am enjoying the scope, it's taking a little more getting used to being so used to my little refractor but can certainly take some nice images.
Great vid Ollie, that Newt looks a nice piece of kit! The stars look absolutely fine, great first image! Nice to see you’ve got some lovely clear skies, I’m going crazy here, nothing but clouds! Nice piano work Ollie 👍
Cheers Simon. Actually been a few weeks since we had clear skies I was waiting hoping to get another clear night for more data but decided to just process what I had. Hope we all get a change soon.
Image looked fine! Good job.
Thanks 👍
Loved your image Ollie and the music and video! Hope you get some clear nights soon so we can see what other targets you capture with your new scope!
Hey Joe thanks Pal. I'm hoping this Thursday for next clear one. Hope you're getting a few clear nights up at Bear Claw.
Image is really great Ollie, also love the piano music!
Thanks muchly Sharpstar 👍. Glad people are enjoying the music too.
Another great video and yet another object to ad to my ever growing list
Thanks Alan glad you enjoyed it. I know that list just keeps on growing, keeps me busy though.
Awesome image and music!!
Glad you enjoyed thanks for stopping by.🙏
Great image , and wonderful music as always. Congrats on the new scope,
Thanks Luke cheers mate.
Fantastic! Love the color. Not overdone. Good job.
Thankyou Garnett I nearly started to go down a faux SHO route but I just really liked the colors in this as they were.
Lovely end result there Ollie, and I'd just like to say how I enjoyed that this video in particular felt a bit like a journey/story for some reason!
Hope them clouds bugger off soon mate :-)
All the best,
Luke
Hey Luke always good to hear from you mate. I'm currently playing with a few different mounting ideas for this scope to get best balance. Thanks for the feedback pal gives me something to think about going forward. Looking forward to your next vid mate. Cheers!
Nice job Ollie, great capture! Clear skies
Thanks Trev
The new scope is looking great Ollie and what an Image you got from it. I would be really happy with that, especially with the new learn curve and set backs with weather. You have done an Awsome Job mate!
Hey Ben thanks for stopping by yep overall it came out better than expected just need to figure out a few things with consistency, there's always something to figure out. Thanks mate hope you're going well.
Please make more videos like this one my dear friend! :) I absolutely loved it! :)
That's super nice of you to say very glad you enjoyed it. I sure will try my best, thanks for stopping by.🙏
Spectacular, that’s a fabulous image for the first one on a new setup. Kudos to you and thanks for posting. I’ve just bought this scope after watching TH-cam vids on the 130 and 150. I really am starting from scratch, with an old Sony Alpha 58 and an eq2 which I’ll upgrade very soon. Sadly, the box that the 150 came in, was filled with clouds which were released as soon as I opened it. Things can only get better...
Cheers
You've picked a good scope to start with these things really do pack a punch. Those cloud filled boxes tend to come with nearly all astro purchases !!
Nicely Done Ollie! Good to see You get Some Clear Skies, Still Bad Hear :(!! Great Image of Helix Nebula, Nice Music As Always!
Thanks DSH hope you enjoyed. Yes this was nearly 3 weeks back now been clouds ever since. Hope you get some clear soon.
Awesome image and I love the song
Hi Michael very pleased you enjoyed the music too something I love just trying to do to enhance the images. Thanks for checking out the channel.
Beautiful photo Ollie. I loved the Piano, you're very good. Enjoyed this video :) and I think I heard the bell sound from APP? hehe
Hey thanks Caleb and yes spot on mate the APP GONG going off in the background. Sometimes it gives me a right shock.
I love the super chilled video. You are right that it seems to be cloudy everywhere, either that or forest fires. :( Gorgeous image at the end and I hope you’re happy with the scope. I find balancing the newt with the camera and guide scope challenging because the weight isn’t in the same plane but you have the right idea hanging the camera down. It took me a while to work that out!
Thanks Mark yes indeed with all the awful weather hopefully more clouds and rain for the fires. Yes balancing has been interesting, I've been playing with a few different looks. I always think if that camera falls out pointing down😕. Glad you liked the vid mate.
Ollie, that image of the Helix is really good for 3hr30min. Great first image.. Loved the piano again as always.. The Helix is one of those target tha I would love to get but it sits a little to south for me. Great job!!
Hey Jason thanks as always for stopping by. I didn't really realise Helix was more a Southern only type target. If you ever want the data to play with just email me(see about tab), happy to send it. Thanks mate.
Wonderful image of the Helix Ollie - the Newtonian looks like it's going to produce a lot of nice images going forward. On a different note, would you Aussies stop sending all your bloody clouds over our way!! :)
Hey Logan thanks. Lol, Can't you do that thing from LOTR where Gandalf calls out some magic spell to make all the clouds part.
@@AstroSoundscape oh... um..... yes well..... of course I.... ahem .... can
@@LogansAstro 🤣🤣🤣 if they do another movie you've got the job.
Despite the weather issues you encountered, I think your attempt at the Helix Nebula turned out great! Congrats on the new scope, and I hope it serves you well!
Thanks very much AstroPark yes indeed hope to get plenty of use from it.
Hey Ollie, when I had my newtonian, I used to mount my guidescope on top on the scope. If you see on the back of the OTA tube rings, I believe that's a 1/4 screw. I moved that screw to the first ring and mounted my guidescope there with the dovetail that came with the guidescope. That helped me TREMENDOUSLY with balance! Anyway, just a suggestion my friend. Message me I you need an example lol. Beautiful image and live the music as always!!
Hey Isaac yes I'm already onto that one mate. Used an old dovetail bar and mounted it on the top rings much easier to balance now Cheers👍 Hope you and Jason got a trip planned soon. We've got a few days of rain ahead.
Great image - well done. Want some wind to rattle your scope? Join us in Cape Town!
Thanks again Peter I can imagine that would be pretty windy right on the coast there. Great to have a viewer from South Africa thanks for dropping in.
Nice job Ollie. That came out real good despite the challenges. My Edge with the dew shield catches wind pretty bad. Anything over 6 mph/10 kph and I won't even bother with it. My little 70mm refractor cuts through the wind with no problem though.
Thanks James, absolutely I'm much more conscious of the wind speed now. At least I can always stick the 80mm refractor back on for those breezier nights like you say.
I like how you say you'll add some piano to make up for the image not being so great, then post up a really smooth nicely processed image of the Helix lol You're too modest Ollie :D Nice scope mods so far and the piano fitted nicely as always : )
Cheers Chris. So I actually processed the image after I recorded the last video, I was sure it was going to be pretty bad but the around 3 hours gave it enough umph. I just need my compression ring now, they must be popular.
Great video Ollie! Victoria's weather has been dreadful the last couple weeks for astro so i was wondering how you got this in.... until I saw future Ollie at the end haha. Hoping to see more vids with the Newtonian as I'm also in the process of looking to increase focal length without breaking the bank. Continue the great work!
Hey Tom thanks mate. Yes indeed the weather has been super frustrating I've lost count how many times I've setup only to break down an hour later. I still need to do a fair bit more testing with this(different objects types) so far I'm liking it.
Found a 350$ tube only 150pds for my first telescope/AP rig. Looking her up to see if i should buy her and so far im convinced
It's a super little scope at this price Jeremy, sure there's collimation but at this price point hard to think of anything else you can get this level of image quality out of. Thanks for watching:)
I'd be happy with that sadly that's a target that's hard to get in the UK as it's always been one I'd like to shoot, I've imaged with Newtonians on & off for a while now & I've never bothered with a fan on the back although if I were setting up quite quickly & wanted to get the temperature down on the primary mirror to ambient then I can see the benefits. I use an ST80 as a guidescope & have it mounted on a second dovetail on top of the scope & balancing has never been to much of an issue. Breeze is definitely an issue with them though so unless you can find a way of sheltering the rig that will continue to be problem on a breezy night.
Hi Tich. Overall the target came out better than I expected. Main reason for the fan was a friend recommended it helps keep secondary dew free without creating more of a wind sail. To be honest it never normally that breezy in my back yard but certainly like you say much more sensitive than my refractor. I like the guide scope idea on top makes a lot of sense for balance. Cheers.
Mount your guide camera on top of the scope for better dec balance as it's directly opposite to the camera
Thanks Nick, yes one of the things I'm going to look into makes a lot of sense.👍
nice image. did you use any filters, is the camera a oneshot colour?
Hi yes this is a OSC camera with the Lextreme filter in.
Nice image! How did you attach the rear fan mod to the rear of the scope? velcro?
I just used those little 3M kinda like Velcro clips for hanging pictures. 👍
Good stuff, been curious how the Newtonian was going to work out. Skies have been bad here too, but it's from the massive wildfires ~15 miles away...
I'm enjoying it so far, probably need to use it a fair bit more though to understand it with different targets. I've been hearing of those fires here on TV sounds dreadful, much like our season in 2019, hope you get the rain to help.
Nice shot Ollie. Where are you buying the new compression ring? I have an 8 inch Saxon Newtonian, I can"t find one anywhere.
Hey Chessy I found them at First Light Optics unfortunately I'm waiting for them to come into stock though, I have it on backorder.
Thanks Olly I ordered one, I will probably have to wait as well. Happy nights ahead, take care.
Good video. What coma corrector did you use?
Thanks Jim this was the Skywatcher Aplanatic corrector.
What is the name of the camera?