This channel is made for astrophotographers, astro-imagers interested in seeing one persons cinematic journey in astrophotography .These videos will be depicting the adventure, the funny things that happen and results I get in the middle of the night. I present these videos as short stories that I hope everyone in this amazing hobby can identify with. Consider subscribing and enjoying these adventures with me.
So funny (and I'm so sorry) that you forgot your final spacer ring. Photo still looks incredible! Just ordered a zenithstar 73 so very excited for it now! 😁 Though no ccd camera for me yet
Congrats on your purchase! My z73 and z61 give my triplet a run for its money. I know you will enjoy it! Yea that was tragic last year but I still had a good tike shooting that night! Thanks for watching this one!
Good info about this camera and nice result! I have also considered getting one 071MC used. I have the same cameras you have, a qhy183c and a qhy294mm (I'm not anti zwo, they were just better priced compared to zwo when I got them). Clear skies, keep the videos coming. Peace!
Thanks for the informative video. I got these filters too, now need to find a worthy target. Do you have a short list of Sii rich targets that would be good to try? I'm in the northern hemisphere.
There are lots out right now. Heart and soul, bubble nebula. North America neb, elephants trunk neb, eagle, triffid, lagoon has lots! Butterfly neb just to name a few for ya. Hope this helps!
I have a Antlia quad band filter which has Ha OIII SII and H beta that I use with my ASI071 MC Pro. It’s advertised as a light pollution filter. Would I get a better result if I processed each band separately, ie separating the channels then combining later on in the processing cycle? I could only shoot 1 set of flats though. I’ve seen some use a OSC camera with a “broadband” filter then shoot with a narrow band filter with Ha and SII then prove them separately and finally combine them. Have you thought about adjusting the tilt on your ASI071 and if you have do you know the procedure and is I difficult? Your imaging location looks different. I find it had to stay up that late. This is my first summer trying to image and getting started at imaging around 11pm I feel I’m lucky to get one hour, at the most two hours in before packing up and I don’t have to get up to go to work, I’m retired, but much older than you.
Hello there! It's hard to say. The bandpasses of those filters are pretty wide. If you gathered enough signal I would think that processing per channel will always be best. I say experiment and see what comes of it! Yes you can use single narrowband filter with an OSC camera you just need lots of exposure tho since only certain color pixels are activated. Thats whats nice about these filters. they are set at a narrowband pass and allows you to use most of the pixels on the camera. Tilt is really easy to adjust a bit of trial and error though. It's adjust by 3 grub screws on the front of the can. Astrophotography is real hard during the summer months. My favorite time of year is fall. still good weather it's cooler and longer nights. Just remember it's all about enjoying the process. If you only get 1 hour or 2 hours or 12 hours! Just keep acquiring and stacking data! Someday that photo will be amazing!
I am planning to buy a Hyperstar for my C8 but I am atomished about your stars. How do you manage to have such nice stars with a normal C6 and Hyperstar ? do you proccessed them before with some kind of starless ? how do you do ? Clear skyes
Hello there! I think I won the lottery with my c6 the alignment of my optics is excellent. I've worked with other C6 and they aren't like mine. That being said hyperstar is a corrector of which it does a great job of doing so. The mirror is already at F2. When I processed my photos in this video it was before I started using pixinsight. It was processed in photoshop and I used starnet to remove the stars. I prestretched my stars to the point where I like them then processed the starless nebula separate. It's much easier these days now we have tools like blur exterminator but to answer your question that was my process. I do think alot has to do with my copy of the c6 but you can definitely achieve the same results with the tools we have available now. Hope this helps!
Cuiv did a review of this filter set with high praise. I already have the SV220, so purchased the Sii-Oiii. I understand there's a pixinsight script for easily combining the data. I use Siril, so. I enjoy your videos a great deal. Taco must not like the smell of sulfur 😊
I did see that one. It's actually what made me want to try OSC out and I'm glad I did. Siril is wonderful! I'm sure Taco doesn't that little scamp hasn't jumped in my videos lately. I always hope he creates a ruckess in the background! LOL Thanks for watching this channel. It is really appreciated!
I was out at our place in Ocean Shores that night. near Oyhut, I have bortle 3/4 skies. I had setup to shoot some AP, and had forgotten about the aurora. by the time I was setup and ready, I noticed the sky's were really grey. An hour or so later, wow, naked eye aurora everywhere. Such a magical night.
That must have been beautiful that night especially with the ocean sound in the background. I have so many good memories out there at OS as I am sure we all do here. Thank you for sharing that experience and I appreciate you watching this one!
Nice work. As I think about getting into AP (visual only now), I'm thinking OSC and filters such as these as maybe being a less expensive way to get started. Looks like you're getting good results and I'm looking forward to seeing more. Is the processing of the data and separation of channels anything special/difficult (newbie question)?
Osc is a great entry way into astrophotography. Nothing special at all it's a button click in pixinsight or in photoshop you can just simply select the color channels. I'll probably include that in the next video.
Nice review. I have had only one night out with my 103. I have the 1.0 and .8 reducer. I’ve heard not so good things about the .6. Your images look great. Any issues with back focus with the .6? Some have said it needs 0.5 to 1 mm additionally space.
Thanks for watching this one. Naw no problems at all with the .6. The stars in the corners and edges need a small adjustment to backfocus yes but it's too small for me to worry about, However .5 mm of additional spacing is nice in the corners and edges.
It's funny that you mention that. I was thinking about making a video about just that. Kind of an end of summer thing. To answer your question though it's really hard to say. I like the ease and image quality of the refractor but cost aperture and speed of a c6 with hyperstar can't be ignored either. I struggle with comparing the two. They are so similar in so many ways. I think I need to make that video for me lol! We will see what happens.
@@astronotna that would be great, I already have the c6 was thinking of using a asi533 with it, have the reducer and then was thinking of getting the Hyperstar at a later date. But most people on forums always say refractors are a lot easier for getting into astrophotography.
533 would be great! I'm slowly getting around to using it on my Hyperstar. Refractors are pretty easy tho. If you already have a C6 and are used to collamation Hyperstar would be a breeze for ya!
The threads are M42 on the c6 looks like the askar oag comes with the hardware for that. I don't own a askar oag so just double check the proper ring size is installed
I have an idea. Two side by side Hyperstar c6’s on my AM3 of which would be under the weight limit with counterweights. I would use the same cooled color Zwo 183 camera and no filters as I shoot frim bortle 2. This would give me increased amount of integration and as shooting side by side post processing would be easier than shooting over multiple nights as I might not be aligned properly. Is this idea too good to be true?
Hello ! Amazing review. ! The tracker is perfect but the GO TO function I never been able to make it work so far. I used the 3 star alignment but it goes crazy wherever it wants. It will never go to the proper celestial object after the alignment. I am perfectly Polaris aligned , long exposure tracking works but the go to function does not work. Any suggestion what I might be doing wrong will be greatly appreciated. I'm starting to think my unit is defective:)). Thanks
@@astronotna By going crazy I mean it will not go to the correct celestial object I select from the menu. It goes to a different direction , sometimes pointing downwards to the earth. Apparently my mistake was not tightening back the 2 screws after balancing the lens and camera. I am using a sony a7s with 800mm mirror lens, extremely light compared to a telescope. Hopefully tonight will be clear skies so I will test it again :>
Thank you so much for making this video! As someone who's still learning, you've helped fill in several blanks for me. I use my ZWO Asi533mc in conjunction with my Skywatcher Esprit 100ED triplet and my Celestron 8se, depending on what I'm imaging and I've been thrilled with some of my final results when I get lucky enough to do everything properly! Here's a quick tip for anyone else who images with the Celestron sct.. in my opinion the focusing knob on some of these Scopes is so bad it almost makes it impossible to capture decent deep sky or planetary images. I was able to resolve this by buying a cheap rubber 1" furniture pad, drilling a hole in the center such that it will fit tightly on the shaft of the focus knob, removing the original Focus knob, pushing the rubber pad all the way onto the focus shaft until it reaches the body of the telescope, and finally replacing the original Focus knob. This gives me finer detail over the focus and thanks to the extra friction on the furniture pad, the focus doesn't jump all over the place anytime there's the slightest vibration.
Awesome review . How do you know which 3 stars to choose to do the proper alignment ? How do you know if it is aligned successfully after going through the process? I've been doing the 3 stars alignment but I can't seem to figure it out what am I doing wrong, after that it won't go to any of the correct stars/nebulas etc after I do the alignment. So I must do something wrong. (It is properly aligned to Polaris.)
Thanks! If you are properly aligned to polaris and it slews to your alignment stars in the first place that is all that is required. The aligment stars you choose are the brightest ones you can see in your sky. What do you have mounted on your GTI?
@@astronotna Thanks. So far I am using a very light dslr 75-300mm canon lens . I don't have a scope yet , I need to master proper alignment first :). For example I did the alignment , I clicked to go on Andromeda and it went crazy down , not even pointing at the sky , lol :))
Very nice. Excellent image. Your reviews made my decision to buy the 103APO. That .6 reducer is really nice for narrowband. I liked your bahtinov mask you printed. May I ask where you got the print files for it. Thanks.
Wonderful result and great work on the B-roll mounting the reducer on your telesope. I think I have to check if the target is available from where I live.
My friend, you make awesome well filmed videos! I too just picked up the Askar, but the 120mm version and a new Player One 533 monochrome. I feel you on those clouds. This is our only clear night for another week.
@@astronotna I’m still trying to adjust to the focal length coming from the WO GT71 lol! It’s a well made beautiful piece of equipment for the price. No way I’m affording any other refractor for the prices they usually go for. I’ve also purchased a monochrome I have to get used to as well, but I’m excited! I’m so in love with this hobby lol
Oh my gosh right? This hobby really takes it's toll on the pocket books doesn't it! Mono is great and signal from it is always epic. I started out shooting monochrome and it wasn't till now that I tried narrowband OSC. I definitely have a appreciating for both right now and I agree there is alot to love about this hobby. I hope you get some dark sky time!
