I Drove 4 Hours to Photograph The Milky Way
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- On Father's Day Weekend I traveled to the 2018 Cherry Springs Star Party. On top of sharing great stories of astrophotography with new and old friends, I photographed the Milky Way with a DSLR camera.
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Wow Great clip I am so glad you stop by . I was the one with the 36 telescope
Kevin Frederick thanks for letting me look through your scope as well. Awesome view of the Eagle Nebula. It was an honor to put the scope there myself.
Great fun sharing the sky and making new friends
What a beast of a scope man, i guess you can't feel the aperture fever anymore 😬
where can i see pics made with your 36?
I have not taken any pic with the 36
I drove six hours to see a 2.5 minute eclipse. Well worth it.
@your momma youtube I have no idea what you mean by this
I'm sorry for your loss Trevor. Thank you for this video and that unbelievably beautiful ending. I'm sure your dad is there proudly watching down on you and your family's life. All the best to you and warm greetings from Scandinavia.
It was like that every night where I grew up in northern Michigan. I always thought it looked so strange to see brown skies at night when we visited cities
So Sorry about your Dad. But so glad you have a way to ease the loss and contemplate his still being with you. I do the same with my Dad and Mom. I love your video, and presentation. The Milky Way pictures is Awesome. Thanks for sharing with us all. Only God can make a tree, but Look What Else He Did....!!!! Oh My Graciousness...!!!!
God bless, your Dad was with you in every moment.
Fantastic Trevor you are a great ambassador for astronomy love your work. When I read the part about your dad it’s hits hard. I’m sure he was with you . Take care and Clear Skies. Carl 👍
Trevor...how do you determine your exposure times, ISO settings and beginning setup(s)? I'm a brand new beginner and would like to know how you decide where to begin with exposure times/settings and how many exposures to take at each setting for your stack.
TY...glad your dad was there with you!
Great video Trevor as always! Nice Milky Way image! I hope to see the Trifid nebula image soon as well. Glad it was a clear night for everyone. I was actually there on Thursday night (was the only night I could make it) and it was an awesome clear night. No place like it.
That ending got me. Stunning photos
This ending always makes me cry. Sensitive!
Been to a dark sky reserve down in New Zealand, it was incredible!
Good tribute to you`r Dad,hits home a bit with me ,I lost my Farther not long ago, but I`ll never forget when The Transit of Venus & the Sun in 2012 it was the only celestial event he ever saw ,I had a 100mm x900mm ed doublet goto Telescope with a proper Sun Filter on it ,Looking at VENUS go Across the SUN was incredible never see that again 4 another 127 years , but I am glad I got to look at it with my Old Man on the 6-6-2012! rip Friday
oh man to have been there for that Al Nagler moment you just have to get out there under the stars in the elements to experience that kind of stuff. thanks for the inspiration to get to my first dark sky star party !!
I remember the first time I ever saw the Milky Way. I was at a camp site up at Sauble Beach, Ontario....my ex and I had just smoked a little J, we laid back on the grass and suddenly were shocked by this gargantuan pink and orange THING looming over us. The detail that the naked eye can see in the dust clouds and star clusters is astonishing. That experience changed me forever. How is any of this possible? The road to enlightenment is the realization that God is impossible and foolish, and then believing in Him anyway, because without a God, life loses all meaning...THAT is where the greatest of minds have always settled.
Looks like it was a great trip! How did the guy with the 36" dob, keep the mirrors from fogging up?
Aye! Niagara College! I’m in the photonics program there right now and I’m actually hand grinding my own mirror to make a cassegrain reflector
We drove here from Detroit. My very first milkyway shot after 3 failed attempts in the UP.
I instantly recognized the Mass Effect tune..nice!
Happen to play SC or ED?
amazing, and thank you for sharing you weekend with us, bye the way I'm so sorry about your father.
I drove 5 hours to photograph and look the Milke Way for the first time!! This travel was amazing, worth it.
I’m here trying to learn how to use a telescope in NY ( for my son I got him a celestron for Christmas) . Great work!
I drove to the Okie-Tex Star Party 2019 from Alton Illinois a few minutes from St.Louis.
Nice video astrobackyard!
Trevor that was an amazing video. Good job.
Amazing picture
Thank you for taking us with you! People have no idea what it's like to be outside and not see ANY lights from horizon to horizon. I think everyone should at least once in their life go to a remote area and connect with the universe and nature.
Great video man!
Nice! You should've also taken some video of the night sky as-is, without the enhanced exposure. Do you have any such video?
Really great stuff thanks!!
Is the picture at the end real?
Yes
his a master in procesing,you can do it to,go with a dslr150 euro in dark place morning at 3am shot 30sec iso 3200 ,with 28mm f3.5 trow milky way you will go crazy,now take a good dslr go with f 1.4 28mm you...wil camp on dark site forever
@instantsoup It's called the Milky Way because the ancient Greeks believed it was milk coming from the goddess Hera's breasts.
FYI, NASA didn't existed centuries BC. USA isn't that old.
Oh Saints Bloody preserve. ..we've got one of those "It's NASA CGI" dolts in, didn't think it would be long ... they were photographing the Milky way long before NASA or CGI even existed. .plus, even today CGI is STILL not at the high level needed to create an image as good and as real as that.... but it's their loss, their ignorance denies them the sheer pleasure of enjoying the wonders of the universe... terrific pictures there by the way.
Thanks for making this video, I really enjoyed this.
LMFAOOOOOO i got into astrophotography last year and never realized this was 25 mins from my house
LOL the mass effect menu music xD
The biggest dobsonian money can buy or equatorial sct or refractor ??
Brilliant! love it!
Ya, thats haven.. wish all country had such community and authority to preserve dark night sky.
It dont get any better than tent'ing seriously dont go popup or camper . I did for my wife and it was just a hassle all the time . The tent was simple and fun. Even our kids said they missed the tent...sold all rv crap and just went back to a tent...best decision ever
I love astronomy .
It was nice to finally meet you!
I'm planning to return to Cherry Springs in a few weeks because the night we drove out for was pretty cloudy. Keep up the amazing work! :)
Is that Rick Flair at 4:20?! WOOOOO 😜 good video!
Everytime you show the main image, The hair at the back of my neck stand
how to get a 36"mirror like this?
Can someone please explain to me why the camp wanted visitors to not use white light? I don’t understand
because at red light eyes can adapt to the night and at white light not
Earth is just like tiny little dust in top of a penny as a solar system, drop somewehere in the road of new york city as a galaxy. Our universe as big as an earth with million of cities, town, and countryside.
Dude, I'm in Ottawa. Algonquin is great
haha, I picked the right one. Yeah, I'd say you did!
why do you use the red light for ?
So it doesn't mess up your eyes after they adjust to the darkness.
I love your videos, but man 13 min of video and only one minute of the actual pictures?! gives us more please
Meanwhile here in New Zealand: I drove 20 minutes to bortle class 1.
I didn’t realise how rare that is in other parts of the world
Jae Birb wow am I jealous. In America you have to drive 6/hours to class 2
How i know what bortle class is my location ?
MartinACRT just google “light pollution map” and click on the first website, then move the map to your location and click on it, it should then say a number on the bottom
@@mintydrizzel25 i am 3 hrs from a class1 and i live in nebraska 1 1/2 from a class 2 so maybe for you 6 1/2 hrs lol
Lucky you. The best I can do by driving a long distance is a Class 4.
I drove 2 million light years to watch this. All the way from Andromeda A baby!
@Robert Fowler They were indeed, at a fraction of the speed ;+}
if you waited little bit andromeda coming to us, you could have avoided coming (pun intended).
@@parthsavyasachi9348 :)
Aren't you that guy that hacked into the US military system?
That was impressive.
What's your planet name
Outstanding Trevor, thank you for taking us along on this dark sky journey, stunning imagery! One thing that truly should out on this video, the tribute to your Dad, I'm very sorry for you loss and I'm sure he'll always be there with you, well done Sir!
This is what I like about astronomy. No matter political opinions or religion we all seem to be friends, because of our shared hobby.
Great video as always Trevor!
Religion and politics hold no ground in the sky friend. The sky is it's own magestic marvel. Ruled by no one, yet there for us all to ingress.
Happy viewing.
@@LynxStarAuto You saying that is expressing an opinion that is not relevant to astrophotography
@@alinaqirizvi1441 How is the stargazing community unrelated to astrophotography?
I wish my country has such kind of enthusiastic people creating events of star gazing.
Same
What country do u live in
So do I.
Wakanda
same here
I remember in the 70's looking up at the sky from my backyard and seeing the milkyway so brightly across the sky folks today would not believe it... now I'm lucky to see a few stars and the moon from the same backyard.
Yeah light pollutions kill milky way i hope new generations born 2010 will dont be like people never see a star
@Nature and Physics tell me about it, they ruined my neighborhood with these bright blue LED streetlights. I can still see a few stars but that's it.
Lost my dad in January 2018, so this was my first Father's Day without him. So, I appreciate this video so much! He helped me into astronomy back when i was 6 and bought me a Sears refractor for $300 whole dollars ( this was 1974!), and I was hooked. We looked through my Obsession 25" Dob LOTS of times before he was unable to walk, much less climb, so we shared so much of that together. Astronomy can be such a HUGE family experience. We were recently in the florida panhandle, and I showed my daughter the Milky Way and we say Meteors all night from the roof of a house near the ocean. We could see Messier objects with naked eyes, and used binocs to resolve them. Such an amazing experience. This is an incredible hobby, and you are doing an incredible job. Thank you very much, Trevor, for reminding me of why I love this so much!
Sorry about ypur Dad, but remember that every time you look out at night, he is right there looking back at you🙏🙏
He was there yes...
thank you for such a great video
Sed lyf
Sorry for your loss, but that purchase was for him and a bonus was making you happy haha
That sounds like you've had the best experience...I'm in awe✨...I'm so sorry for your loss❤
Sorry for your loss, Trevor but such a lovely tribute to your dad. Amazing, Inspiring work! Great capture!
Amazing video Trevor! So sorry to hear of your loss...Great Tribute to your Dad!
Dad is perhaps watching you from Andromeda , but believe it, every time you look up He’s giving you the thumbs up, looking down. 👍✝️❤️
Really enjoyed the video. The Milky Way image is jaw dropping. Well done!
Please upload just the Milky Way part, so I can watch that looped.
Awesome shot of the milky way!
Hoping to make my way out to a dark sky reserve soon for the milkyway. Live in New Zealand so I don't have to travel far!
Josh Swan i live in NZ to
4:46 mass effect song
Yep!
Great listening!
Vigil theme
@Pablo D
Hello, superintendent
Halo picture
Random guy:*Pulls out iPhone flashlight*
Everyone else:*Pulls out guns* YOU'RE SURROUNDED
Awesome video man, looks like a super sweet place to go get some sky action
Absolutely breathtaking Trevor! Keep up the good work!
What a nice shot! Hope your dad is doing well up there
Sorry for your loss brother. I lost my dad a year ago and I miss him more and more every day. Great video. I created a live deer cam stream on my youtube channel so my dad could watch the wildlife behind our house. Today in his memory I let the stream run 24/7. Image the stars every night in memory of your dad. He's right there with ya. Safe Shooting, The Cajun.
Ur comment is 1 month ago yet ur live video still playing today
another great video Trevor - been plagued with cloud this winter in New Zealand - glad someone is getting some sky time!! nice job!
Well put together video, captured the atmosphere of the event. I live in the U.K & I will never be able to attend such an event, nor afford decent equipment, but you share your hobby with us all. You certainly appear to know your stuff, and have shinning interest in your chosen hobby. You Dad must have been proud of you, and he lives on through you and will always be with you.
I think I would drive across the country for a photo like this. Absolutely breathtaking.
Same
4 hours? i would drive 44 hours to photograph that !!
I'm from sunflower galaxy i drove 27 million light years just to see your fucking galaxy
Yea, man! I have been to La Palma, Canary Islands once. Dude, this was an incredible experience! I have never seen the Milky Way so bright and clear like that. So, I can definitely see, what you mean. It probably was around Bortle 2 there. Sometimes, when the weather is perfect, it reaches Bortle 1. It's such a shame that most people have no idea what's above their heads, just because they cannot see it anymore.
That's a wonderful video Trevor! I've just been myself to a StarParty here in Italy, and apart from capturing some nice images with my setup, I really enjoyed the feelings and inspiration that you get out there under a nice sky together with other fellow stargazers. It's always hard getting to some nice dark skies, but when you do it, the reward is always big and fills your heart! Loved Al Nagler's reaction to that 36"! :-) I had the luck once to look into a similar sized dobson in the Atacama Desert, pointing at the Tarantula Nebula, and it was shocking, like looking at a long exposure picture! When you get to such big diameters, you can actually start to see some hints of colors!
Look at 8:05 that tent has lights.
ive tripped so Many times,over those lines.
Another great video as always. I spent a week in Morocco recently, up every night, first time shooting the stars, inspired by your videos. Was magical. Lost my Mum last year and it certainly felt like she was out there looking down. Special moments looking back up. Would love to see what you got of the Triffid Nebula...keep up the great videos, thanks for doing!
I am sorry for your mother, I am Morocco living in Tangier .. If you go back Morocco I can help you find beautiful places to watch the stars
Full of passion and well done as always! Had me choked up at the end. My blessings.
I love your videos and your hobby..please go onnn!👍🏽
Thank you!
TH-camrs PLEASE STOP WITH THE BACKGROUND MUSIC WHILE SPEAKING. People like me have a very hard time picking out words. Thank you.
This year (2022) was my first Father's Day without my dad who passed in November of 2021. I took my son to a dark site over the weekend and it was amazing immediately after getting out of the truck. My first thought was, "I bet Dad would have loved to be out here."
Big thumbs up man! I love every single second in this video , it shows everything what makes this hobby so special.
Greetings from Germany
It was great meeting you and Ash at CSSP!!! Awesome video... it really captured the essence of the event. Long live the image intensifier event at Kevin's 36" dob on M17 and Al Nagler yelling "Holy S*1t!" That Messier object will always remind me of that experience! I'm honored to have been included in one of your videos. Clear skies my friend.... until next time!
Glad you stoped by it was a cool night
Wow! absolutely fantastic....what a star party :) big thumbs up!
To save your time go to 11:12
Your welcome
CoCo BeatZ nah I’m good.
@@DarthNibiru same. We are good
This type of videos cant be skipped
Guys
SinisterVenus420 .
I'm new at this type of night photography. I need a good camera and telescope for the sky photos. I like your set up.
I'm new to your channel. I like snow at night. I haven't figured out the best way for shooting those shots.
I was hoping what it would look like from that 36 inch telescope
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Just made my first trip to cherry springs last weekend (it's about a 2.5 hour drive for me.). It was under a full moon but viewed saturn, Mars, jupiter and the moon. My girlfriend and I were awestruck by the views but high level clouds on Friday night, and mostly cloudy skies Saturday night put a damper on any imaging attempts. I'm an amateur by every stretch but your videos are keeping me motivated to not give up and keep trying. I'm so sorry for your loss of your father and your tribute to him is beautiful. Would love to run into you someday at cherry springs and thank you personally for the work you do and the help you have given not only me, but my girlfriend, and so many others out there. Clear skies my friend.
Thirty some odd years ago took my telescope to Ft. Davis in West Texas.
The Milky Way was so bright it cast shadows.
Before electrification that was the sky every person in the world experienced.
So many are urban dwellers now they have no concept of the true nature and beauty of the heavens.
Whatever is in the skies and earth in between them they all worship the God the almighty the One the unseen
Every time you reveal the picture I just get goosebumps and get emotional, it's so amazing to see the beauty of those galaxy's! I wish I was able to start with this hobby, but the equipment is just so expensive and there's a lot of light pollution in my area. I already have a great DSLR and I'm saving up for a better lens for shooting the milky way and maybe a telescope in the future. I also hope to get my driver's license to get away from the light pollution :D.
Anyway, I really enjoy your videos, thanks for making my evening again :)
Milky way is our galaxy so how is possible to take photos of it ?
Suppose a car is our milky way. We are inside the car. So how can be take the photos of the car
You take pictures of the inside of the car.
Great video Trevor, very sorry about your loss, my Dad has been gone 50 years and I teared up!
Great, liking the traveling to cons and distance based content. What about observatory based videos? Few years ago I got to see the variety of global equipment used on mauna kea. Keep up the awesome work!
I just love your videos man... I hope to make it there some time soon. I’m about 1 hour north of Philadelphia. Maybe I can meet you there in person one day. Keep up the amazing work!
This was a great video but OMG it made me cry at the end. When you mentioned your late dad and said he was there and then BAM the photo...I've got goosebumps!
What an amazing video! I actually recognized the tree line as being Cherry Springs. I spent many a night there over the years. I also stop at that same store, in Olean, for last minute supplies. I cannot wait to get back down there. Maybe our paths will cross there someday. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us! Clear skies!
I was there this weekend. Sorry I missed talking to you. Friday night was amazing. Sat somewhat of a let down. But I thought the weekend was a success, at least for me. I learn something new about the sky and my scope every time I go out.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Michael
I did some travelling around SE Asia late 2018. Whilst on the island of Gili Air, I was able to see the Milky Way with my own eyes as there was very little light pollution. It was the first time I had seen it myself. I couldn't stop looking at it. It's just beautiful. Your pic is brilliant. Well done.
U answered my question before I ask
@@revinger1 Out of curiosity, what was the question?
Amazing video. How much detail could you see with the 36" dob? Colors? And I am sorry about your father and your tribute to him is nothing short of amazing. This being father's day 2 years later I really feel you. We are all star stuff, born from it and cycled back into it. Love your videos. Keep up the good work Trevor!