@@AstroBackyard I only have 200dollars and a DSLR camera What is the best telescope you'd suggest me buy with 200bucks I mean like can I buy anything with it?
@@paulcrackton7064 so true, we are not guaranteed anything. gotta enjoy this hobby while we still can as amateur ground based astronomers. harsh reality is when 40k+ starlink sats, amazons, microsofts, face books sats out there and who knows who elses, we are screwed. they are not all going to care about anti reflective matter, there will be collisions with more space junk, and even if they did have anti reflective materials it would still be disruptive to our hobby which they won't care about with the advent of more space based scopes which will be well out of our financial reach for years to come.
"The night sky isn't going anywhere, and you have the rest of your life to enjoy it." What a great and profound statement. It makes so much sense. I think this way of thinking can be applied to most of life's pleasurable activities. No need to rush to become the best. The preparation and anticipation of climbing the mountain at times far exceeds the sitting atop it.
I absolutely love your passion on astronomy and the stars. Your videos and blog has rekindled my dream of getting started at looking at space again. My mom bought me a telescope from Sears back in 1970. Didn't go any further until I watched your video on the harvest moon and a few days ago took some decent photos of the Moon. I love your down to earth explanations. Clear and concise. 47 years after looking through my Sears bought scope, I'm ready to start. My sons will be amazed. Thanks Trevor! You are a great teacher!
Well done as always, Trevor. If you're serious about a book, especially an intro to astrophotography book I think you're already halfway there. Look into Tony and Chelsea Northrup. They produced tons of how to and instructional videos on general photography then integrated them into an all encompassing book. It's now the #1 selling book on photography in the world and I'm convinced it's because of the integration of youtube content and amazing personalities, you have both of those already. GO FOR IT!
I'll vouch for them. While Chelsea's face gets a bit old and you get tired of seeing Tony shoot her as if she's some Ubermodel,, their web instruction is great, for the most part.
Agree...I actually volunteered to help Tony edit his e-book. They have a fun channel with tons of dedicated followers on Facebook. They did an "Astrophotography" video a while back that was actually a nightscape photography session.....you should hook up with him to bring true astrophotography to his work.
Trevor, you're absolutely right, it is the best hobby in the world! I've just recently gotten into this and I enjoy every clear night outside. Every night you learn something new, one tiny step at a time. It requires a lot of patience and dedication, but it is totally worth it when you finally see the image on your computer screen and you have revealed a small piece of the beautiful universe that remains hidden for most other people.
I started getting into amateur astronomy 20 years ago after seeing the rings of Saturn, and then fell out of it during my college years. I still have a 10 inch Newtonian on a nice equatorial computerized mount. Your videos are sparking my interest to pick up astrophotography more and more. Keep up your great TH-cam videos. The pictures you're getting are amazing compared to what I could get from the early 2000 with the digital cameras of the time. Thank you. Look forward to watching your next video.
Hi Trevor, you must have heard that numerless times before how great you are and I just have to confirm that. I really like your enthusiasm and the human dimension that you deliver in your videos, whitch makes this fantastic hobby for me even more amazing.. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and passion. Your fan from Slovakia.
Excellent Tutorial Video, Excellent Information, and Excellent Advice!! Thank You So Much For Your Knowledge, Experience, and Guidance To Help Us To Become Successful In Taking Nighttime Astrophotography!!
Trevor, great vid, been following you for a while now and just love the way you present your vids, easy to follow, simplistic explanations and overall never boring or tiresome. This vid in particular is very useful to newbies and those that have been at it awhile. I still refer to this to remind myself how important setting up is. I’m in the UK and have rare opportunities to image but the great thing is, there always a vid to watch, a tutorial to learn from and books to read that are full of important & useful info. I’m always learning something new with your vids. So thank you for all the effort and time you put into these and look forward to many more.
I loved that video. Just starting myself. The bit about failure is a stepping stone to learning (I paraphrase) ut keep on going is the bit I am really enjoying. Took several dozen small subs last night, all useless. Binned them and hope to have a go tonight after learning something. A couple of hours watching the sky with my eyes whilst scope was taking photos was thoroughly relaxing and enjoyable. The night was not a waste at all.
About 4 years ago I wanted to get into drone racing , I already race rc planes , if you want to build your own drones “quadcopters” to fly it’s a steep learning curve . I now race them after 3 years of learning . I found one person on TH-cam that became my guru in that hobby . After watching many TH-cam videos on astrophotography I’m happy to tell you you are the astrophotographers TH-cam guru. I wanted to get into astronomy again and bought a cgem ll mount with a 8” sct and a stellarvue 110 Ed doublet before I decided that technology caught up to astrophotography and it’s like the movie wizard of oz movie when it goes from black n white to color , omg . Now I have to make what I have work . I did buy a Cannon t6 on eBay , will mod later . Now the steap learning curve of post processing. All it took was a cellphone handheld to eye piece to get a nice picture of the new moon just days after I bought the setup , minus cannon camera , to ask myself hey this is cool I wonder what’s going on now . Of course had I watched the wrong things to buy for astrophotography video you put out I would now have a redcat and a decent mount . But I know I’ll be blown away by my first pictures . Only the moon one so far . And yes write the book . I am dedicating every morning with coffee and learning photoshop as a priority . My wife bought me an awesome gaming quality dell with photoshop installed . Gets here in a few days so I’ll have one comp to watch and learn and the new one with photoshop to practice on at the same time . I’ll post my first successful image on budget astrophotography FB group . Keep up the good work and write the book , oh wait I said that .
"The night sky is not going anywhere, and you have the rest of your life to enjoy" That's my motto as well trevor :) I always say that's the best thing about this hobby (to be able to take it easy) and now I've heard you say it. Funny stuff. Clear skies!
I like your Videos most!! Since I started Astrophotography a few months ago, I found your channel. Your passion inspires me going out into the Night doing this great hobby!!! Thanks a lot and carry on with your great TH-cam channel! 👌 Greets from Austria!
I just spent $700 getting a very very basic, go-to setup with a 2 megapixel dedicated camera... this is just to learn. I have a feeling this is going to be an expensive hobby and I am barely even scratching the surface... Luckily I have a very powerful laptop already for image processing. I figure I will start small with this basic set up I put together and go from there. At worse the cheap set up I have put together will make a fun camping set up as well. I ended up getting a 5" reflector with a 650mm focal length. I also picked up my collimation laser, 3x barlow, and a .5x focal reducer. There is so much to learn and it is going to be a great hobby! Your video was super helpful breaking this down more than the written tutorials have! Thanks!
It's always a lot of fun to capture your own imagines. I have been doing it for about 40 years now, there not Hubble's but they are mine..clear skies everyone.
My wife Rae is very supportive, but she has been thinking of starting a group for "wives of astrophotographers"! I am thankful for every video you make. They are so well done!
Trevor you've always helped me out... either with questions in private messages or through your videos. This is a perfect video for a beginner. Yes your equipment is a level or 2 up from a beginner standpoint but the process is the same. Thanks man and clear skies as always!
i have just received the last of my equipment today...its clear tonite and (as far as the weatherman knows) for the next couple of nites. i must say im a bit nervous (of all things to be feeling). I wanted to take a moment to thank you Trevor, I probably would not have done this without the proof that you have shown. Keep up the great work man, you have no idea how helpful this channel is.
Congratulations Trevor! 25000 Subscribers Milestone Reached. Love you brother. Best Astronomy Channel ever on TH-cam. Regards, Milind Chandwe from India. Once gain Thanks for sharing your videos always with us. #Love #Congo #Cheers.
This is the second video from Your channel I have watched (after, making Astro photography with t3i), and the words of wisdom in the end of the video did approved my latest contemplations of doing things with joy in life. I found difficult and sometimes hard to push myself without passion. After i did found passion, love came along. Again. Thank you for great work, and all the best in future projects, I'll keep up with your channel, as I found it to be very informative and with very friendly tone.
It really is about the journey. You can find my images on my IG, iDeepSpace if you're curious. I'm currently imaging the Jellyfish Nebula. My nemesis. This was the third object I ever tried to capture, back when I had no idea what I was doing, and I had an Orion Sirius mount that was never properly polar aligned, and always missed it's point on Go-to. So I was excited when I learned the Jelly was right next to Tejat, a naked eye star that was easy to find. I live in Florida, it's hot here. I set out to grab some data on the jelly, knowing it was darker than other objects I'd imaged but that hadn't really clicked for me. I pointed my gear at Tejat, and looked just a little upwards, and saw..... nothing. Up, down, left, and right, I scanned all over. Knowing that the nebula should be RIGHT THERE! For three hours I laid on the ground in a tennis court, sweating in the heat, being demolished by mosquitos, and wiping sweat and bug spray out of my eyes. Finally, I gave up and went inside. Only after a good nights sleep did I realize again that the Jelly was a very dim target, maybe I just wasnt exposing my camera long enough to see it. So I head out again the next clear night, and sure enough. There it was, exactly where I was looking the entire time.... Fast forward a year, I'm shooting the horsehead nebula, which appears to us as upside down, so I flipped the view in my capture software to orient it properly. After I was done I thought, let me grab some data on the jelly, so I swung over to it, and moved my view just a little bit upwards, where I KNEW the nebula was.....the problem was, I had forgotten I had flipped the view hours earlier, and when I came back and looked at the two hours of data I had gathered, all I saw was the bottom tail of it.... Foiled again. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me lol. As we speak, I'm outside collecting data on this damn thing again, only this time, I'm going to be the one winning. :D It's not the destination, but the journey that makes this so much fun. I live smack dab in the center of the city of Tampa, and just like Trevor, I refuse to use a remote obs. It's just not the same. Not my gear, not my work, not my image. I'll take my light pollution any day. Clear skies!
I think Trevor does a good job of showing what most of the requirements are, he knows for sure what it takes. He left out a few things; dew heaters, hardware power management, and a few other things like image processing. What he doesn't say is you better also enjoy learning how to work all those software programs he mentions. There is software to align the scope, software to control the scope, software to track your target, software to manage your camera, software to store and process images and on and on. Some of the software is free, some is inexpensive, all of it requires time to master. As a star gazer who made the transition to photo, I will attest to the learning and expense curve being very steep and long. There are a lot of variables that all have to work to get a good result. You will have nights when one little thing does not work, it may or may not be your fault, but you will have learned how hard it is to get everything to work together at once. Then you will need to manage and process all those images, there is software for that too. Just picking which software you want to use will take a lot of time as will learning to master it. Think hard before you start down the astro-photography road. Make sure you have the required interest and drive, it will be a huge investment in time and money. You have to be in it for the journey as he says, and willing to spend a huge chunk of your leisure time and entertainment/hobby budget on it. It also helps not to need much sleep. Did I say it's a great hobby? You could compare it to Dirt Bike riding, realizing you will break bikes and bones eventually, and there is a lot of down time recovering from injury, I know it's one of my other hobbies.
Watching your videos for some time. All are outstanding, but this is the best “how to” for the neophyte in those looking to start! Thank you thank you thank you!
Good tutorial, I have all the equipment, just haven't had the gumption to get started. This video provided a starting point. As to a program to run your mount (if you have a Mac), I would recommend Sky Safari. I have used it for years for visual viewing. Great program.
Hi Trevor, greetings from Spain! I´ve being enjoying observational astronomy since 12 years ago and now I´m starting to do planetary astrophotography before jumping to deep sky one. I still need to spend more money to get that, but the journey is amazing! Thank you very much for sharing all these amazing videos!
Trevor you're honestly the greatest thank you for another great video you've inspired me to start astrophotography and my setup should come any day now rather than just a camera on a tripod. You're absolutely right about the difference between a setup 1000 miles away or just sitting on your porch. Thanks again for being such a great guide in this confusing but AMAZING hobby
All the dislikes are from salty people who thought this would be an easy, affordable hobby. This was so informative I dont know where to start. So I wont. Great job, very impressive pictures. I will stay tuned for more.
My mount sits behind my 25 foot travel trailer on a small lot in a trailer park with trees blocking the view north and west and east and have to look over olianders to the south. And getting out and looking at the night sky with my CC6 or my Explorer Scientific AR 102 mounted on my motorized LX 70 eq. Still a lot of fun and sometimes the views are unreal. One advantage to being in the north west corner of Arizona. Your videos keep me motivated even at the age of 76. Good seeing to you.
From the first time I watched a video from AstroBackyard I was hooked, turned me from just viewing & after seeing your beautiful images I wanted to try for myself ,though mines a small setup it works well. Thanks for the knowledge & look forward to the next instalment.
Great video, as always. One thing to keep in mind is to never give up when things don't work. I had nights where guiding simply would not work and tracking randomly stopped but I never just packed up. Use those nights to try out new things, play with the settings. It's better to loose out on a picture but still get practice with the gear than pack up and just hope that next time it will work...
I live in france, Trevor and am a member of the local (~18km) astro club. I met a young guy there a couple of weeks back with a stunning setup, nothing like yours but brilliant never the less. When I looked at his setup, computer, camera etc I noticed some Trevor Jones features. " you watch astrobackyard" I said. Yes came the answer. You influence may be greater than you imagine.
What an awesome channel! I don’t have any of this gear but dream about it. ONE day I will start and that’s a promise I made to myself, and I credit Trevor for a decent chunk of my enthusiasm! Thanks so much!
Thank you! Excellent description. At last some things made clear for me. Superb photos! I appreciate your work and passion for astrophotography and of course your inspiring videos
Well orchestrated explanation in well-defined steps Trevor. I am so impressed by your video production, teaching ability, and your astrophotography skills along with a desire to show what you know to those trying to figure it out!............ hope to meet you this year at the Black Forest Star Party in October 2021. Its on! Will you be there?
Trevor i subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago and am now addicted .me and my girlfriend have watched all your videos and I must say your passion for this hobby comes across in a big way and makes me want to get out there and do it myself, in all the years I have been trying to figure out how to do this your channel is the best channel i have ever come accross and that is saying something you are very entertaining and engaging and have the best youtube channel I have ever watched,I look forward to watching for years to come and who knows I may get some beautiful photos like yours someday thank you so much for what you do and for making it so interesting keep up the great work you are doing for us lovers of this hobby, clear skies buddy, Alan Crowe Ps: ignore my punctuation skills in not very good at it
Thank you Trevor. I enjoy your videos for quite a while now and you aswell as your pictures a truly inspiring. I´m still pretty newbie but it is so much fun staying outside, watching those small points while knowing they are so incredible far away, huge.... it is just a mindblowing hobby. I´d like to say (German) Dankeschön
Something I always wanted to do Trevor. I just got ahead of the technology. Now, as retirement age nears, my focus on this is back. But, on a shoe string budget. Decent mount, probably a DLSR, guide scope, and the universe!
Hey Trevor, greetings from Perth Western Australia. Just found your channel and subscribed after the first video. I'm brand new to astronomy and astrophotography but super keen to learn more.
Great video. I like your opening statement about collecting data from other telescopes and that being better, yeah right. There is nothing like doing the capture yourself
Great video, Trevor. It's exactly the type of video I searched for when I started attempting astrophotography. I'm an avid fan, keep up the awesome work. Clear skies, from New Zealand!
Thanks so much Trevor. Been waiting for a video just like this. Extremely helpfull. My backyard is like yours. In New Jersey. Not far from the lights of Philadelphia
Hey Trevor! You are an inspiration and really gives me motivation to continue with astrophotography. I started with a Go-To Alt-Az mount and it worked fine for viewing the night sky. But soon realized that i had to get a equatorial mount for photography, so i bought a Skywatcher Eq3-2 with a Explorer 150PDS tube. I have tried astrophoto many times, but there's always something that comes in the way. Either it's my DSLR that aint got enough juice or it's just another night without clear skies. Now i got myself a Bahtinov mask and some USB extensions, so hopefully i will be able to capture Jupiter on July 31 when it's in opposition. Wish you all the best and a Big thanks for all the tutorials and tips/trix. PS. Please write that book. I will be the first who buys it. /Mike
Great video. This would probably be the best presentations of what our hobby is all about, that I have seen so far. Having to deal with all the technical issues and a constantly moving target, means that it's like photography on steroids
inorite, i got a "department store" telescope with motorized mount and the cheapie eye pieces, 90 degree angle mirror thing, and a DSLR(unmodified), but I'd just feel stupid trying to do this stuff. That pixl insight stuff is just bananas.
By just spending a little a month (UK £100 - 200) after a few months all i need to start taking a few images is a mount and there are options for that too im getting the skywatcher EQ-3 then the motorised goto kit for it next month so there are a few budget ways into astrophotography . Second hand gear is also a great option.
eq6 500$ used 130pds 200$ used canon 450d 50$ used baader mpcc 50$ used 12 ah led gel 30$ new adapters and cables and intervalometer 50$ new 880$ :P i found eq5 for 200-300$ and good newtons for 5$...
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Its not just about the adventure, it’s about the journey to get there. The learning and logistics. Keep up the great work!
#Truth Thanks man.
yeah , its about spending those stacks as well , spending your stacks that is .
@@dedskin1 Amateur musicians spend quite a bit on instruments, amplifiers, etc. A passion is never a bad thing to invest your money in ;)
@@AstroBackyard I only have 200dollars and a DSLR camera
What is the best telescope you'd suggest me buy with 200bucks
I mean like can I buy anything with it?
"The night sky is not going anywhere and you have the rest of your life to enjoy it" I loved that part!
i wouldnt be so sure that the night sky stays as free. satelites will increase (starlink for example +40K) and global warming is clouding the sky.
@@paulcrackton7064 so true, we are not guaranteed anything. gotta enjoy this hobby while we still can as amateur ground based astronomers. harsh reality is when 40k+ starlink sats, amazons, microsofts, face books sats out there and who knows who elses, we are screwed. they are not all going to care about anti reflective matter, there will be collisions with more space junk, and even if they did have anti reflective materials it would still be disruptive to our hobby which they won't care about with the advent of more space based scopes which will be well out of our financial reach for years to come.
"The night sky isn't going anywhere, and you have the rest of your life to enjoy it." What a great and profound statement. It makes so much sense. I think this way of thinking can be applied to most of life's pleasurable activities. No need to rush to become the best. The preparation and anticipation of climbing the mountain at times far exceeds the sitting atop it.
I absolutely love your passion on astronomy and the stars. Your videos and blog has rekindled my dream of getting started at looking at space again. My mom bought me a telescope from Sears back in 1970. Didn't go any further until I watched your video on the harvest moon and a few days ago took some decent photos of the Moon. I love your down to earth explanations. Clear and concise. 47 years after looking through my Sears bought scope, I'm ready to start. My sons will be amazed. Thanks Trevor! You are a great teacher!
Well done as always, Trevor. If you're serious about a book, especially an intro to astrophotography book I think you're already halfway there. Look into Tony and Chelsea Northrup. They produced tons of how to and instructional videos on general photography then integrated them into an all encompassing book. It's now the #1 selling book on photography in the world and I'm convinced it's because of the integration of youtube content and amazing personalities, you have both of those already. GO FOR IT!
I'll vouch for them. While Chelsea's face gets a bit old and you get tired of seeing Tony shoot her as if she's some Ubermodel,, their web instruction is great, for the most part.
Agree...I actually volunteered to help Tony edit his e-book. They have a fun channel with tons of dedicated followers on Facebook. They did an "Astrophotography" video a while back that was actually a nightscape photography session.....you should hook up with him to bring true astrophotography to his work.
I see a galaxy beside your name, how did you do it?
Your unbounded enthusiasm for astro photography and astronomy is remarkable and infectious! Thank you.
Thanks Trevor! Absolutely love your channel. Please never stop!
Love from Australia.
Poetic description for an inspired activity.
Trevor, you're absolutely right, it is the best hobby in the world! I've just recently gotten into this and I enjoy every clear night outside. Every night you learn something new, one tiny step at a time. It requires a lot of patience and dedication, but it is totally worth it when you finally see the image on your computer screen and you have revealed a small piece of the beautiful universe that remains hidden for most other people.
I started getting into amateur astronomy 20 years ago after seeing the rings of Saturn, and then fell out of it during my college years. I still have a 10 inch Newtonian on a nice equatorial computerized mount. Your videos are sparking my interest to pick up astrophotography more and more. Keep up your great TH-cam videos. The pictures you're getting are amazing compared to what I could get from the early 2000 with the digital cameras of the time. Thank you. Look forward to watching your next video.
Awesome vid, helped so much! Love the Mass Effect track in the background :)
Hi Trevor, you must have heard that numerless times before how great you are and I just have to confirm that.
I really like your enthusiasm and the human dimension that you deliver in your videos, whitch makes this fantastic hobby for me even more amazing..
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and passion.
Your fan from Slovakia.
Thanks a mill. It is not everyone who shares. Much appreciated.
You have a knack of explaining things easily. Enjoy your vids!
Thanks Noel!
Excellent Tutorial Video, Excellent Information, and Excellent Advice!! Thank You So Much For Your Knowledge, Experience, and Guidance To Help Us To Become Successful In Taking Nighttime Astrophotography!!
Trevor, great vid, been following you for a while now and just love the way you present your vids, easy to follow, simplistic explanations and overall never boring or tiresome. This vid in particular is very useful to newbies and those that have been at it awhile. I still refer to this to remind myself how important setting up is. I’m in the UK and have rare opportunities to image but the great thing is, there always a vid to watch, a tutorial to learn from and books to read that are full of important & useful info. I’m always learning something new with your vids. So thank you for all the effort and time you put into these and look forward to many more.
sweet, an almost 20 minute astrobackyard video for my birthday! thanks Trevor
I loved that video. Just starting myself. The bit about failure is a stepping stone to learning (I paraphrase) ut keep on going is the bit I am really enjoying. Took several dozen small subs last night, all useless. Binned them and hope to have a go tonight after learning something. A couple of hours watching the sky with my eyes whilst scope was taking photos was thoroughly relaxing and enjoyable. The night was not a waste at all.
Your are a great teacher..better than several R1 colleagues I work with!
Extremely well done. Comprehensive and helpful. You should write that book
About 4 years ago I wanted to get into drone racing , I already race rc planes , if you want to build your own drones “quadcopters” to fly it’s a steep learning curve . I now race them after 3 years of learning . I found one person on TH-cam that became my guru in that hobby . After watching many TH-cam videos on astrophotography I’m happy to tell you you are the astrophotographers TH-cam guru. I wanted to get into astronomy again and bought a cgem ll mount with a 8” sct and a stellarvue 110 Ed doublet before I decided that technology caught up to astrophotography and it’s like the movie wizard of oz movie when it goes from black n white to color , omg . Now I have to make what I have work . I did buy a Cannon t6 on eBay , will mod later . Now the steap learning curve of post processing. All it took was a cellphone handheld to eye piece to get a nice picture of the new moon just days after I bought the setup , minus cannon camera , to ask myself hey this is cool I wonder what’s going on now . Of course had I watched the wrong things to buy for astrophotography video you put out I would now have a redcat and a decent mount . But I know I’ll be blown away by my first pictures . Only the moon one so far . And yes write the book . I am dedicating every morning with coffee and learning photoshop as a priority . My wife bought me an awesome gaming quality dell with photoshop installed . Gets here in a few days so I’ll have one comp to watch and learn and the new one with photoshop to practice on at the same time . I’ll post my first successful image on budget astrophotography FB group . Keep up the good work and write the book , oh wait I said that .
I love your videos, I would rather see ur images of the galaxy from ur backyard, you make it so real, thanks so much for sharing
"The night sky is not going anywhere, and you have the rest of your life to enjoy"
That's my motto as well trevor :) I always say that's the best thing about this hobby (to be able to take it easy) and now I've heard you say it. Funny stuff. Clear skies!
I like your Videos most!!
Since I started Astrophotography a few months ago, I found your channel. Your passion inspires me going out into the Night doing this great hobby!!! Thanks a lot and carry on with your great TH-cam channel! 👌
Greets from Austria!
I just spent $700 getting a very very basic, go-to setup with a 2 megapixel dedicated camera... this is just to learn. I have a feeling this is going to be an expensive hobby and I am barely even scratching the surface... Luckily I have a very powerful laptop already for image processing. I figure I will start small with this basic set up I put together and go from there. At worse the cheap set up I have put together will make a fun camping set up as well. I ended up getting a 5" reflector with a 650mm focal length. I also picked up my collimation laser, 3x barlow, and a .5x focal reducer. There is so much to learn and it is going to be a great hobby! Your video was super helpful breaking this down more than the written tutorials have! Thanks!
It's always a lot of fun to capture your own imagines. I have been doing it for about 40 years now, there not Hubble's but they are mine..clear skies everyone.
Love your videos - appreciate your passion. Absolutely wonderful- thank you. 👍🏻⭐️
Another very helpful video - thank you.
Yes!! First video in weeks, been waiting for this!
Exactly!
Probably the best video I've seen on this subject! Great job!
One day I'll come to your home
....and learn all this perfectly in few days and you'd be the best teacher ❤️
Thanks for a great video, as a beginner there is a great deal to learn
This is the best tutorial for begginers I've ever seen! Thank you very mutch from Brazil.
My wife Rae is very supportive, but she has been thinking of starting a group for "wives of astrophotographers"! I am thankful for every video you make. They are so well done!
Trevor you've always helped me out... either with questions in private messages or through your videos. This is a perfect video for a beginner. Yes your equipment is a level or 2 up from a beginner standpoint but the process is the same. Thanks man and clear skies as always!
I love going out and setting up. was told once "miss the chill, miss the thrill" there is a lot of truth to this.
Amazing! Thank you for sharing. I'm really considering a slow start into it and enjoying all the research. Your videos are so fun to watch!
i have just received the last of my equipment today...its clear tonite and (as far as the weatherman knows) for the next couple of nites. i must say im a bit nervous (of all things to be feeling). I wanted to take a moment to thank you Trevor, I probably would not have done this without the proof that you have shown. Keep up the great work man, you have no idea how helpful this channel is.
This video is far more the best introduction i’ve ever seen, very educative, very straightforward, very well done, thank you !
Congratulations Trevor!
25000 Subscribers Milestone Reached.
Love you brother.
Best Astronomy Channel ever on TH-cam.
Regards,
Milind Chandwe from India.
Once gain Thanks for sharing your videos always with us. #Love #Congo #Cheers.
This is amazing stuff... I’m so excited about astrophotography now, thank you :)
This is the second video from Your channel I have watched (after, making Astro photography with t3i), and the words of wisdom in the end of the video did approved my latest contemplations of doing things with joy in life. I found difficult and sometimes hard to push myself without passion.
After i did found passion, love came along. Again. Thank you for great work, and all the best in future projects, I'll keep up with your channel, as I found it to be very informative and with very friendly tone.
It really is about the journey. You can find my images on my IG, iDeepSpace if you're curious.
I'm currently imaging the Jellyfish Nebula. My nemesis. This was the third object I ever tried to capture, back when I had no idea what I was doing, and I had an Orion Sirius mount that was never properly polar aligned, and always missed it's point on Go-to. So I was excited when I learned the Jelly was right next to Tejat, a naked eye star that was easy to find.
I live in Florida, it's hot here. I set out to grab some data on the jelly, knowing it was darker than other objects I'd imaged but that hadn't really clicked for me. I pointed my gear at Tejat, and looked just a little upwards, and saw..... nothing. Up, down, left, and right, I scanned all over. Knowing that the nebula should be RIGHT THERE! For three hours I laid on the ground in a tennis court, sweating in the heat, being demolished by mosquitos, and wiping sweat and bug spray out of my eyes. Finally, I gave up and went inside. Only after a good nights sleep did I realize again that the Jelly was a very dim target, maybe I just wasnt exposing my camera long enough to see it. So I head out again the next clear night, and sure enough. There it was, exactly where I was looking the entire time....
Fast forward a year, I'm shooting the horsehead nebula, which appears to us as upside down, so I flipped the view in my capture software to orient it properly. After I was done I thought, let me grab some data on the jelly, so I swung over to it, and moved my view just a little bit upwards, where I KNEW the nebula was.....the problem was, I had forgotten I had flipped the view hours earlier, and when I came back and looked at the two hours of data I had gathered, all I saw was the bottom tail of it.... Foiled again. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me lol.
As we speak, I'm outside collecting data on this damn thing again, only this time, I'm going to be the one winning. :D
It's not the destination, but the journey that makes this so much fun. I live smack dab in the center of the city of Tampa, and just like Trevor, I refuse to use a remote obs. It's just not the same. Not my gear, not my work, not my image. I'll take my light pollution any day.
Clear skies!
2021 watching this and the first thing i noticed! IS THE MASS EFFECT OST!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU FREAKING ROCK!
Another wonderful video. Thanks Trevor!
I think Trevor does a good job of showing what most of the requirements are, he knows for sure what it takes. He left out a few things; dew heaters, hardware power management, and a few other things like image processing. What he doesn't say is you better also enjoy learning how to work all those software programs he mentions. There is software to align the scope, software to control the scope, software to track your target, software to manage your camera, software to store and process images and on and on. Some of the software is free, some is inexpensive, all of it requires time to master. As a star gazer who made the transition to photo, I will attest to the learning and expense curve being very steep and long. There are a lot of variables that all have to work to get a good result. You will have nights when one little thing does not work, it may or may not be your fault, but you will have learned how hard it is to get everything to work together at once. Then you will need to manage and process all those images, there is software for that too. Just picking which software you want to use will take a lot of time as will learning to master it. Think hard before you start down the astro-photography road. Make sure you have the required interest and drive, it will be a huge investment in time and money. You have to be in it for the journey as he says, and willing to spend a huge chunk of your leisure time and entertainment/hobby budget on it. It also helps not to need much sleep. Did I say it's a great hobby? You could compare it to Dirt Bike riding, realizing you will break bikes and bones eventually, and there is a lot of down time recovering from injury, I know it's one of my other hobbies.
Excellent ! great video, thanks!
I really enjoyed your video thanks...has made me put my wallet away and start simple, enjoy the journey and get there slowly
Watching your videos for some time. All are outstanding, but this is the best “how to” for the neophyte in those looking to start! Thank you thank you thank you!
Good tutorial, I have all the equipment, just haven't had the gumption to get started. This video provided a starting point. As to a program to run your mount (if you have a Mac), I would recommend Sky Safari. I have used it for years for visual viewing. Great program.
Right? RIGHT!!! Beautiful images, and, they are captured by YOU! And your backyard is AT LEAST as big as Luxemburg!
Thank you for sharing our common passion, your tips are always improving my astrophotography world
Hi Trevor, greetings from Spain! I´ve being enjoying observational astronomy since 12 years ago and now I´m starting to do planetary astrophotography before jumping to deep sky one. I still need to spend more money to get that, but the journey is amazing! Thank you very much for sharing all these amazing videos!
This is such a great channel. Thanks
Nice recap of Astrophotography! Maybe I'll attempt this from my backyard.
Excellent video 👍 I'll definitely watch more of your videos, thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Love ur dog!
those quotes at the end though, gave me goosebumps when the music and image kicked in straight after them. Great video Trevor!
You just condensed into one video what I spent countless hours figuring out. Awesome job :P
Your video is an excellent introduction to astrophotography! Your work and passion create incredible results. Thank you very much!!!
Keep them coming Trevor, been practicing the hobby for two years now, really enjoy your video's and tutorials very inspiring. Clear skies from 🇬🇧
Trevor you're honestly the greatest thank you for another great video you've inspired me to start astrophotography and my setup should come any day now rather than just a camera on a tripod. You're absolutely right about the difference between a setup 1000 miles away or just sitting on your porch. Thanks again for being such a great guide in this confusing but AMAZING hobby
I appreciate that Wes - sounds like we're on the same page. Clear skies buddy
All the dislikes are from salty people who thought this would be an easy, affordable hobby. This was so informative I dont know where to start. So I wont. Great job, very impressive pictures. I will stay tuned for more.
But it is affordable
My mount sits behind my 25 foot travel trailer on a small lot in a trailer park with trees blocking the view north and west and east and have to look over olianders to the south. And getting out and looking at the night sky with my CC6 or my Explorer Scientific AR 102 mounted on my motorized LX 70 eq. Still a lot of fun and sometimes the views are unreal. One advantage to being in the north west corner of Arizona. Your videos keep me motivated even at the age of 76. Good seeing to you.
Great educational tutorial video Trevor
A great explanation of our hobby!
From the first time I watched a video from AstroBackyard I was hooked, turned me from just viewing & after seeing your beautiful images I wanted to try for myself ,though mines a small setup it works well. Thanks for the knowledge & look forward to the next instalment.
Great video, as always.
One thing to keep in mind is to never give up when things don't work.
I had nights where guiding simply would not work and tracking randomly stopped but I never just packed up. Use those nights to try out new things, play with the settings. It's better to loose out on a picture but still get practice with the gear than pack up and just hope that next time it will work...
Couldn't agree more. Those nights when eveything goes wrong - you can at least take away 1 mistake that you'll never make again.
I live in france, Trevor and am a member of the local (~18km) astro club. I met a young guy there a couple of weeks back with a stunning setup, nothing like yours but brilliant never the less. When I looked at his setup, computer, camera etc I noticed some Trevor Jones features. " you watch astrobackyard" I said. Yes came the answer. You influence may be greater than you imagine.
Always look forward to your videos Trevor. Keep it up!
Wow, what amazing pictures you take!
What an awesome channel! I don’t have any of this gear but dream about it. ONE day I will start and that’s a promise I made to myself, and I credit Trevor for a decent chunk of my enthusiasm! Thanks so much!
Very informative, thanks.
BEST I HAVE SEEN SO FAR
Very good introduction, very helpful. Thanks Trevor.
Thanks Frank!
excellent informative video. Thank you!
Thanks, Trevor, great video! I was out imaging tonight and it was a great refresher!
Thank you! Excellent description. At last some things made clear for me. Superb photos! I appreciate your work and passion for astrophotography and of course your inspiring videos
My 8 inch edge HD comes tomorrow.......the EQ-6R on tuesday........this will be my 1st larger scope. Great vid bro.
An awesome video recently got into Astrophotography and this video helps a lot!
Excellent presentation. Thanks . Keep it up
Well orchestrated explanation in well-defined steps Trevor. I am so impressed by your video production, teaching ability, and your astrophotography skills along with a desire to show what you know to those trying to figure it out!............ hope to meet you this year at the Black Forest Star Party in October 2021. Its on!
Will you be there?
Trevor i subscribed to your channel a few weeks ago and am now addicted .me and my girlfriend have watched all your videos and I must say your passion for this hobby comes across in a big way and makes me want to get out there and do it myself, in all the years I have been trying to figure out how to do this your channel is the best channel i have ever come accross and that is saying something you are very entertaining and engaging and have the best youtube channel I have ever watched,I look forward to watching for years to come and who knows I may get some beautiful photos like yours someday thank you so much for what you do and for making it so interesting keep up the great work you are doing for us lovers of this hobby, clear skies buddy,
Alan Crowe
Ps: ignore my punctuation skills in not very good at it
Thank you Trevor. I enjoy your videos for quite a while now and you aswell as your pictures a truly inspiring. I´m still pretty newbie but it is so much fun staying outside, watching those small points while knowing they are so incredible far away, huge.... it is just a mindblowing hobby. I´d like to say (German) Dankeschön
Good Job Trevor.
Hey Trevor, newbie here. I look forward to checking out all your videos and learning all that I can.
Something I always wanted to do Trevor. I just got ahead of the technology. Now, as retirement age nears, my focus on this is back. But, on a shoe string budget. Decent mount, probably a DLSR, guide scope, and the universe!
Awesome! Also, I love the Mass Effect music. Nice touch.
Hey Trevor, greetings from Perth Western Australia. Just found your channel and subscribed after the first video. I'm brand new to astronomy and astrophotography but super keen to learn more.
Great video. I like your opening statement about collecting data from other telescopes and that being better, yeah right. There is nothing like doing the capture yourself
Great video, Trevor. It's exactly the type of video I searched for when I started attempting astrophotography. I'm an avid fan, keep up the awesome work. Clear skies, from New Zealand!
Loved this video, Trevor - so well explained, and, as always, so passionate. Many thanks.
Wonderful tutorial! I have just started to dabble in planetary astrophotography with my dslr and dobsonian.
Thanks so much Trevor. Been waiting for a video just like this. Extremely helpfull. My backyard is like yours. In New Jersey. Not far from the lights of Philadelphia
Thank you for posting one of the more informative videos I've seen on TH-cam. Really great job!
Hey Trevor! You are an inspiration and really gives me motivation to continue with astrophotography. I started with a Go-To Alt-Az mount and it worked fine for viewing the night sky. But soon realized that i had to get a equatorial mount for photography, so i bought a Skywatcher Eq3-2 with a Explorer 150PDS tube. I have tried astrophoto many times, but there's always something that comes in the way. Either it's my DSLR that aint got enough juice or it's just another night without clear skies. Now i got myself a Bahtinov mask and some USB extensions, so hopefully i will be able to capture Jupiter on July 31 when it's in opposition. Wish you all the best and a Big thanks for all the tutorials and tips/trix. PS. Please write that book. I will be the first who buys it.
/Mike
Love that you still use some of the music from Mass Effect.
Great video. This would probably be the best presentations of what our hobby is all about, that I have seen so far. Having to deal with all the technical issues and a constantly moving target, means that it's like photography on steroids
When ur too poor so u watch deep sky astrophotography tutorials for fun
inorite, i got a "department store" telescope with motorized mount and the cheapie eye pieces, 90 degree angle mirror thing, and a DSLR(unmodified), but I'd just feel stupid trying to do this stuff. That pixl insight stuff is just bananas.
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By just spending a little a month (UK £100 - 200) after a few months all i need to start taking a few images is a mount and there are options for that too im getting the skywatcher EQ-3 then the motorised goto kit for it next month so there are a few budget ways into astrophotography . Second hand gear is also a great option.
eq6 500$ used
130pds 200$ used
canon 450d 50$ used
baader mpcc 50$ used
12 ah led gel 30$ new
adapters and cables and intervalometer 50$ new
880$ :P
i found eq5 for 200-300$ and good newtons for 5$...
It's not quite as bad as being too poor to afford watching astrophotography tutorials, or fun
Strong work, great advice, congrats 25 K!