You boys with your fancy CCD and CMOS cameras have it so easy. 😉 I personally miss my days working in a darkroom processing glass plates and film. After hours of manually guiding the scope, there was something extra special in watching the image appear while the plate was in the developer bath. And then there was the mind numbing experience of using a densitometer to manually measure the brightness of hundreds of stars. Clear skies to all.
Thing that got me hooked on AP was that last comet. Drove up a hill at midnight. Got out the car. Looked around for 5 min. "I think that smudge is it. Is that it? I think that might be it." Took a 30 sec shot with my entry level $500 (including 2 lenses and a bag) Canon DSLR. I wasn't even sure if it was in shot. Looked at the display on the back of the camera and it looked like a firework had gone off across the sky. Wow! OK now I get it.
I knew it was going to happen when I bought my first telescope just one year ago. I now have 3, the largest is 208mm and I’ve ordered all the parts to add a camera - going inexpensive, build some skill, then see what happens next. Thanks for your channel Dylan, it’s better than Mayberry RFD re-runs, and I learn stuff.
Can't disagree with any of what you said, astrophotography is superior to visual. But that visual can be relaxing as hell, and sometimes an entire night of astrophotography is just swearing loudly and waking up your neighbors at 3am. Those good nights though are worth it all.
I just picked up this hobby a few weeks ago. Last night I took out a pair of binoculars and trudged through the freshly fallen snow on my deck and stared up at the crystal clear sky. The air was super crisp and it's amazing how much the naked eye misses. I can't wait for summer but I've read that the humidity affects seeing.
@@Astronurd I'm not sure I know what your point is. Are you saying that visual astronomy doesn't include binoculars or the unaided eye? Because visual astronomy predates the invention of the telescope.
@@spamcan9208 Yes i know this, but what Dylan is always referring to is the astronomers who use their telescopes visually. He constantly derides us that do. I myself have two pairs of binoculars. A Pentax 20x60 WP and Opticron 15x70’s. I use these in rotation with my three telescopes.
The Second American Revolution doesn't kick off until 2025, this is the opening shots. It's going to get a LOT worse in the next four years. Between the spiders, the jellyfish and dying in the desert from either not having enough water, or foolishly sticking your hand down a wombat hole, Australia is looking better all the time, except no guns, and that's a real negative for me.
The pan out to your wife playing the violin while you gaze introspectively out at the hail storm was great. Comedy and cinematography all in one. Well done. Also, thanks for the astrophotography history lesson. You mentioned Harvard but do you feel the work of Brian Schmidt and his team have done in proving the universe is accelerating played any part in the development of better and larger telescopes and the cameras they used while hunting for supernovae, there by impacting astrophotography?
@3:50 .... The parallax of Alpha Centauri was successfully measured from Cape Town, South Africa by Thomas Henderson using a mural circle. Bessel and Von Struve also made use of other instruments other than photography to measure their first parallaxes in the 1830's So it is possible to measure parallax without using a camera.
My plan is to buy all of the high-ticket astrophotography gear before I settle down. Hopefully that means a Losmandy mount and/or C11 by the end of the 2021. I like my EQ6-R Pro but I just don't think it's up to the task of long-exposure imaging w/ an SCT. In the mean time, I've switched-gears to wide-field on a Esprit ED100. My only issue, is when I order something that is said to be "in stock" but still end up waiting MONTHS for it to ship. As a result, I'm relegated to using a filter slider while I wait for the 11-slot filter wheel to arrive. Probably still waiting for it to be manufactured.
Love it mate! Great vid as usual. Biggest questions I get tho are for getting a DSLR working with a Reflector...... maybe a vid on the pros and cons over a Reflector vs Smidt for photography. (would like to know myself as I am considering upgrading to a Smidt)
It's an amazing time to be around and see the progress..I have a few astronomy photo books from the early 70s (and one Astro book from 1860s by John Herschel) and to see what they did back then was amazing with film
At 5:17 you talk about persistence. I think if you have dedicated astro cameras or still visual we all share that persistence. Although when I have to drag my rig outside my persistence is tested 😂. Love you vids Dylan, keep em coming!
Thanks for another video Dylan. Watching your videos sometimes is just way more entertaining then reading Cloudy Nights, and seeing how people bash each other on what gear is better.
Great video, Dylan! Love the violin part!! Very fitting of these (cloudy and rainy) times were living. In the meantime, it doesnt hurt learning about the history of astrophotography
Thanks for the video man getting into astrophotography is very overwhelming it's easy to worry everything I'm doing is wrong hopefully you continue with this type of video I will watch every second .
Nice approach; History of Astrophotography & How to put camera on telescope. Basic but still entertaining. And this is the perfect distraction from what is going on in US. Stay Safe Dylan Don’t ever lose your sense of humor!!
Good to see your rain! Nice and fresh. Bad for astronomy, sure. But isn't it nice anyway! And good speech too. We've pretty much always had a camera on telescopes for anything useful. But I do like to just visually observe, just for the awe of it.
Great video! Just remember to balance your instrument after you attach a camera. It helps prevent the drive motors, from over working. Awesome video as always!
The history of astronomy and astrophotography is very interesting. I didn't know that what was (for 70+ years) the worlds biggest telescope was in Ireland. I used to think I lived in a boring place. Sadly I can't visit it because of lockdown, but hopefully soon I get a chance. Very interesting video as usual:)
Thank you for getting to the basics. What do you think about using filters or filter wheels in your photography? I need more basics like this as a novice.
Jeez, even the hail tries to kill you in Australia. We only get hail that big when there's a decently sized tornado around... And we're at the edge of tornado alley.... The violin bit was hilarious too.
@@DylanODonnell Wow! It will knock off a lot of small shrubs! sometimes here in North Texas, we get baseball size hail. We have to replace our roofs if that happens
Great video Dylan, just one point of order though. The observed change in position of the stars during the eclipse was a confirmation of Einstein's theory of General (not special) relativity. Cheers
Galileo was awesome. Let's not forget that. But, he was sauced when he drew star fields (not that there is anything wrong with that). Fact. Why? Because you read it here.
Hey Dylan, you and Trevor from astrobackyard inspired me into the astrophotography world. Since i fell in love with it im planning on buying a astrophotography equipment. What im thinking to buy is: Skywatcher EQ5 pro for mount, a skywatcher 150/750 f5 telescope, a small guide scope, and a autoguiding cam, all of these would cost me about 1200-1300 dollars. I already have a dslr and a laptop so i don't need to buy them. Do you think these equipment would give me good and sharp images of nebulae and galaxies with 1-8 hours of exposure depending on what object? And if any suggestions on what part of the equipment i should change please let me know and please don't recommend expensive equipments because i cant afford them.
Hi Dylan Just getting started with this hobby. Bought a Star Adventurer pro pack, but am having real difficulties polar aligning it. I'm in Lismore, so not too far from you, but when I try to find the small group of stars for the alignment, I just can't see them. Not naked eye or with the polar scope. Spent last night starring at the Southern Celestial Pole (thanks to Stellarium) for over an hour. Please help. Do you have any advise for a complete idiot😁 trying to align this dam thing? Cheers
100% Facts Astrophotography is a black hole money goes in an pretty photos are ejected "with a lot of work an practice".... In my 2nd year of astrophotography an I have already well crossed the 5 figure mark. But Dylan if we could go back an make the decision all over again "not how the space time continuum works" I would still have made the same choice maybe not the same 1st scope. However I defiantly love Astrophotography as well as sharing the results. Seeing a person's eyes light up when you show them a compressed an scaled jpg on your phone of any of your captures is priceless. Sure everything is meaningless an we are all going to die, But while we are alive in our current state we have a purpose an our hobby is a very humbling and inspiring one.
Sounds like my history. LOL I started out at age 9 or 10 with a Tasco 50mm but never did much astrophotography until those handy dandy smart phones came around. When I retired, I bought myself a 10" Dob and enjoyed visual mucho better and the occasional short phone photo. One year into that, I got an 80mm refractor on a tracking mount and with stop watch in hand, tried out my old Nikon D40. After the initial 120 second wait time (exposure), the image of M42 was jaw-dropping (and the hook went into my lip). Now, a few thousand $$$ later, I enjoy the challenge of astrophotography and love to set up both scopes and visual the time away while the photo rig snaps away.
Hi Dylan,Ive Played a Violin Since I Was Around 11-12..,Im Just Wrapping Up a 52 Hour Shift..Not a Good Few Days..I Hate Alcohol.. Going To Try and Get Some Data On The Orion Nebula Before Calling It a Night,Clear Skies,and Stay Safe🙏🏼🌏🔭❤️
Hi Dylan, My school is currently applying for an ICT innovation fund from the Hong Kong government that needs to focus on future ready learning outcomes like Ai, Big Data, IoT etc. We are planning to build an automated observatory but to be eligible for the funding we need to connect the dots in regards to how the students will use the data from the Telescope to better understand future ready technologies. They have asked for specific softwares which I have considered Tensorflow and other API's but being a novice in this field I would love your help or feedback on which direction to take!
Brilliant bit of history in there… and love the ‘focus’ on attaching the camera to the OTA. Although you could’ve shown the camera attachment a bit quicker for God sake ;-)
Somebody needs to do the history of amateur astrophotography, I was around doing it starting in the 70’s up to around the early mid 90’s with hyper sensitized film, there is quite a rich and interesting history from the amateur side too.
Awesome Video Dylan. You Covered Brief History. Fun Video ,,, how Are You Getting On : ) well Astronomy Has Lot To Do With Maths and Physics. Good Explanation Dude. Our Universe Is Biggg.
From the most likely accurate historical evidence depicted at 2:50, we can safely say that Galileo was better at drawing p*****s, than drawing accurate star/lunar charts...
g`day dylan i guess when you only have a candle to see what your drawing in the middle of the night you can be out by a bit and a 1/2 lol i think old galileo did ok with what he had to work with back then ....great video dylan i enjoyed the history lesson would like to read the rest of your essay of which the video is a summary of .... you should get your trouble and strife (the wife) to play more on your videos i remember the carpark (i think you were in a carpark) video when she last played violin on your video ... great work misses o`donnell cheers james D
9:47 I would love to see the 5" scope used to take... i don't know... 8 hours? maybe even 4 hours hours of stacking just to show what it's capable of with enough diligence, the right tools and techniques. I am really amazed with how long ago historically people could see such faint objects like the whirlpool galaxy or others.
While I appreciate the video, for those who ARE just starting out may have gotten a very bad impression from you. I don't know if you can still order the 'Astro Fi' series of telescopes, I don't see them on Celestron's website, you are showing an Alt/Az mount, which as those of us who do AP know is a bad choice for AP. Of course, it's only 600 pounds UK when it came out. A NexStar 5SE bundle at Highpoint Scientific, with eyepieces, a A/C power cord, and a battery/lamp/powerbank is $840. Still, an Alt/Az mount. The least expensive option from Celeston is a 6" SCT on an AVX mount, and since I own an AVX mount, I'll come right out and say 'Don't buy that!' If someone came to me now, looking for their first set up, it certainly wouldn't be on an Alt/Az mount. Sure, for taking photos of the moon and planets, relatively bright objects with short exposure times, you could get away with it, but you know that's not what they're going to be looking for. For the mount, as I said, I'd stay away from the Celestron AVX completely. A Meade LX85 www.highpointscientific.com/telescope-accessories/mounts/telescope-mounts/equatorial-mounts/meade-lx85-computerized-goto-equatorial-mount-217000 or an Explore Scientific EXOS-2GT www.highpointscientific.com/telescope-accessories/mounts/telescope-mounts/equatorial-mounts/explore-scientific-exos-2gt-goto-equatorial-mount-with-pmc-8-electronics-exos2gtpmct3-00 Both are in the 30 pound range for payload, giving room to grow later on. For a telescope, recommending a SCT or a Mak-Cass for a first scope isn't fair, really. You know how hard they are to use for AP. Why not use a small refractor to begin with, even a good doublet? www.highpointscientific.com/telescopes/refracting-telescopes/refractor-optical-tube-assemblies-ota/william-optics-zenithstar-73-f-5-9-fpl53-apo-doublet-refractor-with-dual-dovetail-plate-gold-a-z73gd For $650, that's a good starting point, especially with FPL-53 glass. If they want to add a 4", they could go 'inexpensive' and add an Explore Scientific for $1,200 www.highpointscientific.com/telescopes/refracting-telescopes/refractor-optical-tube-assemblies-ota/explore-scientific-ed102-refractor-telescope-es-ed10207-01 Or, they could go to an R.C. in the 6" aperture:www.highpointscientific.com/telescopes/catadioptric-telescopes/acf-edgehd-rc-telescopes/gso-6inch-rc-ritchey-chretien-telescope-6rc So, for sake of argument, let's take the EXOS-2GT, the ZenithStar 73, and the 6" R.C. as 'beginner' A/P gear. That's $1,900 right there, tax and shipping, maybe a bit more. Next, if you add the camera you're proposing, that's $350 US, and would be awesome for looking at the moon, and Jupiter and Saturn should turn out nicely on a 5" Mak-Cass or SCT. But, go to the deep space stuff and you're just going to lose it. M31, everyone's favorite to shoot just leaves you with the center of the galaxy. Even with the 73mm Zenith Star, it's still missing 50% of the galaxy. A ZWO 294 or ZWO 294 Pro, between $700 and $1,000USD, in color, would be the best way to go for a camera, at least for a small refractor. You could even get the Veil Nebulea, with a 0.8 reducer/flattener. If you decide to pick up a couple of eyepieces and a star diagonal, inexpensive ones, you're very near to $3,750. Add a battery pack, software, and other things and you're around $4,000 or more Astrophotography is not inexpensive, if you want to do it with any degree of self fulfillment. Having said that, I'd love to see what you can do with the setup you showed us on the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and solar system objects. Then, I'd like to see what it does on deep space objects. Since you know more about this than I do, you might teach me stuff I don't know. Let's see, how about the Seagull Nebula, Mon R2 IRS3, M42 and M43, and finally, M31, or M33 if you'd like. My point is that there are some objects for which the camera and scope may work well, but many more where it won't, especially on an Alt/Az mount. But, I'd like to see the results to see if I'm wrong.
Special relativity does not deal with gravitation but rather object moving at a constant velocity. It was/is the theory of General Relativity which describes gravity (in terms of the geometry of space time) and hence made the prediction regarding the deflection of photons passing near a massive object (to be complete, Newtonian Gravity also predicts a deflection but with about half the value of that predicted by Relativity) . Suggest you read a little more history of astronomy (eg., "The Sleep Walkers") to see how visual astronomy, without even telescopes, was crucial to the development of modern physics - Brahe -> Kepler -> Newton ...
Bottomless pit is right. I am now finding that there is always a new shinny object to buy. I also have a new pet peeve. It is geared toward people making astrophotography videos and they name their videos "budget" astrophotography. Don't make me laugh.....Nice flex BTW... Keep up the great work.
3:40 Bessel, 1838, first parallax on 61 Cygni, 0.314", measured by eye. , first "useable" stellar astrophotography is around 1880, meaning photos able to show stars that can't be seen in a telescope. First catalog of photographic parallax, 1901 by Kaptein, 58 stars... I like the first photograph of a man. It's a guy having his shoes shined in the street. 7 minutes of exposure in full day... Photo of 1838... mashable.com/2014/11/05/first-photograph-of-a-human/#:~:text=The%20first%20photograph%20of%20a%20human%20being&text=This%20picture%2C%20the%20earliest%20known,the%20curve%20in%20the%20road.
You boys with your fancy CCD and CMOS cameras have it so easy. 😉
I personally miss my days working in a darkroom processing glass plates and film.
After hours of manually guiding the scope, there was something extra special in watching the image appear while the plate was in the developer bath.
And then there was the mind numbing experience of using a densitometer to manually measure the brightness of hundreds of stars.
Clear skies to all.
Hardcore man :)
Thing that got me hooked on AP was that last comet. Drove up a hill at midnight. Got out the car. Looked around for 5 min. "I think that smudge is it. Is that it? I think that might be it." Took a 30 sec shot with my entry level $500 (including 2 lenses and a bag) Canon DSLR. I wasn't even sure if it was in shot. Looked at the display on the back of the camera and it looked like a firework had gone off across the sky. Wow! OK now I get it.
I knew it was going to happen when I bought my first telescope just one year ago. I now have 3, the largest is 208mm and I’ve ordered all the parts to add a camera - going inexpensive, build some skill, then see what happens next. Thanks for your channel Dylan, it’s better than Mayberry RFD re-runs, and I learn stuff.
Can't disagree with any of what you said, astrophotography is superior to visual. But that visual can be relaxing as hell, and sometimes an entire night of astrophotography is just swearing loudly and waking up your neighbors at 3am. Those good nights though are worth it all.
I just picked up this hobby a few weeks ago. Last night I took out a pair of binoculars and trudged through the freshly fallen snow on my deck and stared up at the crystal clear sky. The air was super crisp and it's amazing how much the naked eye misses. I can't wait for summer but I've read that the humidity affects seeing.
@@spamcan9208 Visual astronomy is looking through a telescope not just your eyes
@@Astronurd I'm not sure I know what your point is. Are you saying that visual astronomy doesn't include binoculars or the unaided eye? Because visual astronomy predates the invention of the telescope.
@@spamcan9208 Yes i know this, but what Dylan is always referring to is the astronomers who use their telescopes visually. He constantly derides us that do. I myself have two pairs of binoculars. A Pentax 20x60 WP and Opticron 15x70’s. I use these in rotation with my three telescopes.
@@Astronurd lol he's not being serious, it's a reoccurring joke he does.
Pissed myself laughing at the Galileo part!!
same!
Awesome video Dylan. Loved the history. Brilliantly edited and researched😎👍👍👍
Thanks! It’s actually a short summary of an essay I wrote while I was studying which is why I had all the references :)
You are just great man; keep inspiring people and please keep always that fantastic sense of humour that makes you unique among all astroph. TH-camrs
Cheers Victor :)
Greetings from America’s 2nd Civil War. Question: what exactly was Galileo drawing at 2:50? Looks sorta like a rocket. With balls.
A star constellation duh
You can get your explaination here th-cam.com/video/_vzVgX1BtBY/w-d-xo.html
The Second American Revolution doesn't kick off until 2025, this is the opening shots. It's going to get a LOT worse in the next four years. Between the spiders, the jellyfish and dying in the desert from either not having enough water, or foolishly sticking your hand down a wombat hole, Australia is looking better all the time, except no guns, and that's a real negative for me.
wut? 2:18
Great stuff Dylan! Comedy, music, science and Astrophotography all in another outstanding video. Thanks for sharing!
The pan out to your wife playing the violin while you gaze introspectively out at the hail storm was great. Comedy and cinematography all in one. Well done. Also, thanks for the astrophotography history lesson. You mentioned Harvard but do you feel the work of Brian Schmidt and his team have done in proving the universe is accelerating played any part in the development of better and larger telescopes and the cameras they used while hunting for supernovae, there by impacting astrophotography?
Yeh I skipped a lot .. but was focussing on examples where astrophotography impacted science not the other way around :)
@3:50 .... The parallax of Alpha Centauri was successfully measured from Cape Town, South Africa by Thomas Henderson using a mural circle. Bessel and Von Struve also made use of other instruments other than photography to measure their first parallaxes in the 1830's
So it is possible to measure parallax without using a camera.
My plan is to buy all of the high-ticket astrophotography gear before I settle down. Hopefully that means a Losmandy mount and/or C11 by the end of the 2021. I like my EQ6-R Pro but I just don't think it's up to the task of long-exposure imaging w/ an SCT. In the mean time, I've switched-gears to wide-field on a Esprit ED100.
My only issue, is when I order something that is said to be "in stock" but still end up waiting MONTHS for it to ship. As a result, I'm relegated to using a filter slider while I wait for the 11-slot filter wheel to arrive. Probably still waiting for it to be manufactured.
Love it mate! Great vid as usual. Biggest questions I get tho are for getting a DSLR working with a Reflector...... maybe a vid on the pros and cons over a Reflector vs Smidt for photography. (would like to know myself as I am considering upgrading to a Smidt)
I appreciate your creativity as it consistently holds my interest. Thanks.
Thanks Mark :)
An excellent video, really like the humour, I am always amazed at how much extra you have to spend to go from a ok image to wow.
It's an amazing time to be around and see the progress..I have a few astronomy photo books from the early 70s (and one Astro book from 1860s by John Herschel) and to see what they did back then was amazing with film
At 5:17 you talk about persistence. I think if you have dedicated astro cameras or still visual we all share that persistence. Although when I have to drag my rig outside my persistence is tested 😂. Love you vids Dylan, keep em coming!
Thanks for another video Dylan. Watching your videos sometimes is just way more entertaining then reading Cloudy Nights, and seeing how people bash each other on what gear is better.
Nerds eh !
You're a one man documentary machine, loved it!
Great video, Dylan! Love the violin part!! Very fitting of these (cloudy and rainy) times were living. In the meantime, it doesnt hurt learning about the history of astrophotography
Thanks for the video man getting into astrophotography is very overwhelming it's easy to worry everything I'm doing is wrong hopefully you continue with this type of video I will watch every second .
“Why we photograph space”
Me: trying to figure out why I photograph space before Dylan tells me.
Nice approach; History of Astrophotography & How to put camera on telescope. Basic but still entertaining. And this is the perfect distraction from what is going on in US.
Stay Safe Dylan
Don’t ever lose your sense of humor!!
Another hilarious video 😂😂😂😂 Thank you Dylan, you made my day ! ... way too short !
Good to see your rain! Nice and fresh.
Bad for astronomy, sure. But isn't it nice anyway!
And good speech too. We've pretty much always had a camera on telescopes for anything useful.
But I do like to just visually observe, just for the awe of it.
Great video! Just remember to balance your instrument after you attach a camera. It helps prevent the drive motors, from over working. Awesome video as always!
The history of astronomy and astrophotography is very interesting. I didn't know that what was (for 70+ years) the worlds biggest telescope was in Ireland. I used to think I lived in a boring place. Sadly I can't visit it because of lockdown, but hopefully soon I get a chance. Very interesting video as usual:)
any tips on interpreting some of the scientific information we see in astrophotographs
min 2:16 sounds like one of those observational astronomers tales xD! Nice vid, again!
Thank you for getting to the basics. What do you think about using filters or filter wheels in your photography? I need more basics like this as a novice.
I have a few videos about colour and colour theory in astro :)
Jeez, even the hail tries to kill you in Australia. We only get hail that big when there's a decently sized tornado around... And we're at the edge of tornado alley.... The violin bit was hilarious too.
9:33 „throw your eyepieces away“ The roast
Great video as always. I am glad I bought the QHY462C - brings out details a lot better than my mirrorless can, way better.
It’s really an amazing little camera for the price! Best of class.
2:49 I fukin love those Easter “nuts”
A man of culture! 2:50
0:16 Neat, free ice balls for the whisky.
Also at 1:22 you're actually looking better after than before. 1:02
@@Kyle_Hubbard 1:02
Great presentation and well researched.
Bought a table top dob. Made the silly mistake of "try taking a photo using it"...now everything appears to have been made with unobtainium.
Very informative, great video! Looking at Galileos drawing of the moon he either had very bad optics or was very drunk.
Nicely done Dylan! You get hail storms in Australia?
Not uncommon especially here in the subtropics!
@@DylanODonnell Wow! It will knock off a lot of small shrubs! sometimes here in North Texas, we get baseball size hail. We have to replace our roofs if that happens
Great channel dude! What a fascinating history of astronomy. Such an amazing observatory you have!
Thanks Dylan! Great history lesson and again, another great video! 👌🏻👌🏻 🇨🇦
Great video Dylan, just one point of order though. The observed change in position of the stars during the eclipse was a confirmation of Einstein's theory of General (not special) relativity.
Cheers
This is what we call “klugscheisser” in German. But yeah... it’s true, it’s the confirmation of the general theory of relativity.
Great video @dylan.
Funny and informative! Nice one Dylan.
Galileo was awesome. Let's not forget that. But, he was sauced when he drew star fields (not that there is anything wrong with that). Fact. Why? Because you read it here.
Very nice history overview, love it.
Four "arc" minutes in to the video and I'm lusting after the piano!!!!!!
Hey Dylan, you and Trevor from astrobackyard inspired me into the astrophotography world. Since i fell in love with it im planning on buying a astrophotography equipment. What im thinking to buy is: Skywatcher EQ5 pro for mount, a skywatcher 150/750 f5 telescope, a small guide scope, and a autoguiding cam, all of these would cost me about 1200-1300 dollars. I already have a dslr and a laptop so i don't need to buy them. Do you think these equipment would give me good and sharp images of nebulae and galaxies with 1-8 hours of exposure depending on what object? And if any suggestions on what part of the equipment i should change please let me know and please don't recommend expensive equipments because i cant afford them.
Bloody Good Job Dylan Loved the history
Hi Dylan
Just getting started with this hobby. Bought a Star Adventurer pro pack, but am having real difficulties polar aligning it.
I'm in Lismore, so not too far from you, but when I try to find the small group of stars for the alignment, I just can't see them. Not naked eye or with the polar scope. Spent last night starring at the Southern Celestial Pole (thanks to Stellarium) for over an hour.
Please help. Do you have any advise for a complete idiot😁 trying to align this dam thing?
Cheers
100% Facts Astrophotography is a black hole money goes in an pretty photos are ejected "with a lot of work an practice".... In my 2nd year of astrophotography an I have already well crossed the 5 figure mark. But Dylan if we could go back an make the decision all over again "not how the space time continuum works" I would still have made the same choice maybe not the same 1st scope. However I defiantly love Astrophotography as well as sharing the results. Seeing a person's eyes light up when you show them a compressed an scaled jpg on your phone of any of your captures is priceless. Sure everything is meaningless an we are all going to die, But while we are alive in our current state we have a purpose an our hobby is a very humbling and inspiring one.
Well said!
Really awesome video man, I enjoyed it. 🙃
I think you'll find that gravity bending light is general relativity, not special. That 1881 nebula photo blows me away.
Correct, thanks !
love the intro with your wife! i look forward to you videos they are great
Nice drawing of a rocket at 2:50 😏
Sounds like my history. LOL I started out at age 9 or 10 with a Tasco 50mm but never did much astrophotography until those handy dandy smart phones came around. When I retired, I bought myself a 10" Dob and enjoyed visual mucho better and the occasional short phone photo. One year into that, I got an 80mm refractor on a tracking mount and with stop watch in hand, tried out my old Nikon D40. After the initial 120 second wait time (exposure), the image of M42 was jaw-dropping (and the hook went into my lip). Now, a few thousand $$$ later, I enjoy the challenge of astrophotography and love to set up both scopes and visual the time away while the photo rig snaps away.
Hi Dylan,Ive Played a Violin Since I Was Around 11-12..,Im Just Wrapping Up a 52 Hour Shift..Not a Good Few Days..I Hate Alcohol..
Going To Try and Get Some Data On The Orion Nebula Before Calling It a Night,Clear Skies,and Stay Safe🙏🏼🌏🔭❤️
Thanks for the history lesson Dr. D!
Anytime Rob :)
Very cool as always! cheers mate :)
"Astrophotography, not even once" 😂😂😂
Love your videos.
Enjoyed that one. Thank you!
"Kids telescope" pointing towards a 600 dollar telescope.
Mfw I'm using a 60 dollar telescope.
Hi Dylan, My school is currently applying for an ICT innovation fund from the Hong Kong government that needs to focus on future ready learning outcomes like Ai, Big Data, IoT etc. We are planning to build an automated observatory but to be eligible for the funding we need to connect the dots in regards to how the students will use the data from the Telescope to better understand future ready technologies. They have asked for specific softwares which I have considered Tensorflow and other API's but being a novice in this field I would love your help or feedback on which direction to take!
Anna finally playing again ... albeit ever so briefly ... 😊
Greetings from Milan Italy 😂😂😂😂 wondering on what constellation Galileo’s drawing Was referring to.
Can’t remember now!
Great video man 🌌🌌🤘🏻
Another great vid thanks Dylan. So what is you next mount you might get?
Brilliant bit of history in there… and love the ‘focus’ on attaching the camera to the OTA. Although you could’ve shown the camera attachment a bit quicker for God sake ;-)
Could you attach the adapter after the 0.63 reducer?
Loved the history aspect!!
Watching Dylan do all that curling, was impressive. He must be so buff 💪 under that white coat. 😂
The only question I have, what was Galileo, sketching?
Somebody needs to do the history of amateur astrophotography, I was around doing it starting in the 70’s up to around the early mid 90’s with hyper sensitized film, there is quite a rich and interesting history from the amateur side too.
Awesome Video Dylan. You Covered Brief History. Fun Video ,,, how Are You Getting On : ) well Astronomy Has Lot To Do With Maths and Physics. Good Explanation Dude. Our Universe Is Biggg.
Looks like Galileo drawings resemble Seth´s in SuperBad movie. Interesting....
0:22 time for a radio telescope
so deep it was , the history and the science of course
Flexxxin!!!!! Great video. Clear skies
Great explanation love it!
The melancholic violin is the best!
From the most likely accurate historical evidence depicted at 2:50, we can safely say that Galileo was better at drawing p*****s, than drawing accurate star/lunar charts...
Was looking for this comment 😂
Nice Easter eggs 🤣🤣
Great video as usual!
2:51 I see what you did there.
g`day dylan i guess when you only have a candle to see what your drawing in the middle of the night you can be out by a bit and a 1/2 lol i think old galileo did ok with what he had to work with back then ....great video dylan i enjoyed the history lesson would like to read the rest of your essay of which the video is a summary of .... you should get your trouble and strife (the wife) to play more on your videos i remember the carpark (i think you were in a carpark) video when she last played violin on your video ... great work misses o`donnell
cheers
james D
But why the white coat????
Nice violin playing at the begining.😊
9:47 I would love to see the 5" scope used to take... i don't know... 8 hours? maybe even 4 hours hours of stacking just to show what it's capable of with enough diligence, the right tools and techniques. I am really amazed with how long ago historically people could see such faint objects like the whirlpool galaxy or others.
The 5” (127mm) telescope can also take amazing photos of the planets and moon plus some of the brighter deep space targets.
Thank you so much for diving down the deep dark hole of no return, so that I don't have to. You are the best.
This Dude just cracks me up.
At 2:19. One of the "many others". What the hell has he got in his hand ????!!!!
While I appreciate the video, for those who ARE just starting out may have gotten a very bad impression from you. I don't know if you can still order the 'Astro Fi' series of telescopes, I don't see them on Celestron's website, you are showing an Alt/Az mount, which as those of us who do AP know is a bad choice for AP. Of course, it's only 600 pounds UK when it came out. A NexStar 5SE bundle at Highpoint Scientific, with eyepieces, a A/C power cord, and a battery/lamp/powerbank is $840. Still, an Alt/Az mount.
The least expensive option from Celeston is a 6" SCT on an AVX mount, and since I own an AVX mount, I'll come right out and say 'Don't buy that!'
If someone came to me now, looking for their first set up, it certainly wouldn't be on an Alt/Az mount. Sure, for taking photos of the moon and planets, relatively bright objects with short exposure times, you could get away with it, but you know that's not what they're going to be looking for.
For the mount, as I said, I'd stay away from the Celestron AVX completely. A Meade LX85
www.highpointscientific.com/telescope-accessories/mounts/telescope-mounts/equatorial-mounts/meade-lx85-computerized-goto-equatorial-mount-217000
or an Explore Scientific EXOS-2GT
www.highpointscientific.com/telescope-accessories/mounts/telescope-mounts/equatorial-mounts/explore-scientific-exos-2gt-goto-equatorial-mount-with-pmc-8-electronics-exos2gtpmct3-00
Both are in the 30 pound range for payload, giving room to grow later on.
For a telescope, recommending a SCT or a Mak-Cass for a first scope isn't fair, really. You know how hard they are to use for AP. Why not use a small refractor to begin with, even a good doublet?
www.highpointscientific.com/telescopes/refracting-telescopes/refractor-optical-tube-assemblies-ota/william-optics-zenithstar-73-f-5-9-fpl53-apo-doublet-refractor-with-dual-dovetail-plate-gold-a-z73gd
For $650, that's a good starting point, especially with FPL-53 glass.
If they want to add a 4", they could go 'inexpensive' and add an Explore Scientific for $1,200
www.highpointscientific.com/telescopes/refracting-telescopes/refractor-optical-tube-assemblies-ota/explore-scientific-ed102-refractor-telescope-es-ed10207-01
Or, they could go to an R.C. in the 6" aperture:www.highpointscientific.com/telescopes/catadioptric-telescopes/acf-edgehd-rc-telescopes/gso-6inch-rc-ritchey-chretien-telescope-6rc
So, for sake of argument, let's take the EXOS-2GT, the ZenithStar 73, and the 6" R.C. as 'beginner' A/P gear.
That's $1,900 right there, tax and shipping, maybe a bit more.
Next, if you add the camera you're proposing, that's $350 US, and would be awesome for looking at the moon, and Jupiter and Saturn should turn out nicely on a 5" Mak-Cass or SCT. But, go to the deep space stuff and you're just going to lose it. M31, everyone's favorite to shoot just leaves you with the center of the galaxy. Even with the 73mm Zenith Star, it's still missing 50% of the galaxy.
A ZWO 294 or ZWO 294 Pro, between $700 and $1,000USD, in color, would be the best way to go for a camera, at least for a small refractor. You could even get the Veil Nebulea, with a 0.8 reducer/flattener.
If you decide to pick up a couple of eyepieces and a star diagonal, inexpensive ones, you're very near to $3,750. Add a battery pack, software, and other things and you're around $4,000 or more
Astrophotography is not inexpensive, if you want to do it with any degree of self fulfillment.
Having said that, I'd love to see what you can do with the setup you showed us on the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and solar system objects. Then, I'd like to see what it does on deep space objects. Since you know more about this than I do, you might teach me stuff I don't know. Let's see, how about the Seagull Nebula, Mon R2 IRS3, M42 and M43, and finally, M31, or M33 if you'd like. My point is that there are some objects for which the camera and scope may work well, but many more where it won't, especially on an Alt/Az mount. But, I'd like to see the results to see if I'm wrong.
Yeh I’ve got a whole video discussing the mount option and beginner telescope in more detail :)
@@DylanODonnell You ARE the man! I thought you might have something like that up your sleeve. :)
Special relativity does not deal with gravitation but rather object moving at a constant velocity. It was/is the theory of General Relativity which describes gravity (in terms of the geometry of space time) and hence made the prediction regarding the deflection of photons passing near a massive object (to be complete, Newtonian Gravity also predicts a deflection but with about half the value of that predicted by Relativity) .
Suggest you read a little more history of astronomy (eg., "The Sleep Walkers") to see how visual astronomy, without even telescopes, was crucial to the development of modern physics - Brahe -> Kepler -> Newton ...
dylan fr flexing on people's inaccurate star positions from fkn 200 years ago
Losers
@@DylanODonnell LMAOOOO YOU MADLAD CHAD AHAHA
Why look at something, like the stars and not take a picture? Especially when you bought a thick tube... I mean telescope...?
Galileo was an artist :-)
Great vid Doc
Bottomless pit is right. I am now finding that there is always a new shinny object to buy. I also have a new pet peeve. It is geared toward people making astrophotography videos and they name their videos "budget" astrophotography. Don't make me laugh.....Nice flex BTW... Keep up the great work.
THICC!!!!!!!! Is it me or did Albert Einstein look like you as a young Lass?
Yeh boiiii (naw lil Einstein and his big lil brain)
3:40 Bessel, 1838, first parallax on 61 Cygni, 0.314", measured by eye. , first "useable" stellar astrophotography is around 1880, meaning photos able to show stars that can't be seen in a telescope. First catalog of photographic parallax, 1901 by Kaptein, 58 stars...
I like the first photograph of a man. It's a guy having his shoes shined in the street. 7 minutes of exposure in full day... Photo of 1838... mashable.com/2014/11/05/first-photograph-of-a-human/#:~:text=The%20first%20photograph%20of%20a%20human%20being&text=This%20picture%2C%20the%20earliest%20known,the%20curve%20in%20the%20road.