4 Best WITHOUT a Star Tracker, N. Hemisphere Edition

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My favorite targets for "untracked" astrophotography by season.
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Комментарии : 96

@AlynWallace 3 года назад

The king of budget astro. Kudos to you man awesome vid again

@johnray854 3 года назад

Hello there I also enjoy your content

@thesilentastrophotograper6594 3 года назад

@@johnray854 general Kenobi!

@SandroShugladze 3 года назад

Thanks, I learned from you so much. You are my source of inspiration 😊

@raphaelcoelho1557 3 года назад

I stacked 500 to 1000 lights and got huge datails of Laggon, Triffid, Eagle, Omega Nebulae (135-200mm from 1.3 to 2s f/2.8 and iso 1600). First tracked so far, I did Lagoon Nebula (f/5.6 iso 800 and 30s at 200mm) and the results were very simular to untracked.

@billpickle2875 6 месяцев назад

Got interested in this hobby 10 yrs ago .. got discouraged with cloudy scottish sky's and sold all my kit. Came across your channel by chance after being inspired by a bortle 2 sky 2 hrs from my house and now I'm looking to repurchase a few bits n bobs. Love this channel and your approach. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

@Byaltair 3 года назад

Hi Nico, please don't forget us, in Southern Hemisphere 🤣 👍🏼

@spacemanschannel6380 3 года назад

I want to photograh all of these. It never gets boring. 😁 I also enjoy photographing star trails, satellite trails or ISS timelapse.

@tachyon3.14 3 года назад

Week 9 of appreciating Five Minute Fridays Also this is really helpful as I have a really tight budget to work with and can’t spend much on stuff like star trackers so thanks!

@Peyre 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for your work. I tried Andromeda untracked and my friends / family were amazed by the result. Little do they know I simply followed your tutorial!

3 года назад

60° north we dont get lots of dark nights in the summer. 😭 Greetings from the land of a thousand lakes!

@groundhoppingwlkp3622 Год назад

But you can have longer exposures (especially near Polaris) untracked, and also longer winter nights :) Greetings from 51 degree north ;)

@afryhover 3 года назад

Nice job Nico. Good thing is, we can reshoot these targets year after year and improve as our skills improve. 👍

@oldfilmguy9413 3 года назад

Great series please keep them coming!

@michaelfeng1716 3 года назад

Please make a part 2 for Southern Hemisphere!

@johnotoole9384 3 года назад

Another awesome video! Enjoying these so when I am tracking a target with my telescope and mount, I can still enjoy taking pictures with my lenses!

@avt_astro206 3 года назад

Fantastic Video For Those Who dont have a Tracker. Thank You Nico!! ..your an inspiration for Beginner Astronomers

@Metaldetectiontubeworldwide 3 года назад

A great one Nico , enjoyed it alot. Lots of video´s i watch over and over again , to learn ..learn and relax ! Thank you my friend Grtzz from the Netherlands Johny geerts

@JJherne 3 года назад

Great choices Nico. Not sure how they'd be untracked, but my current summer targets (tracked) from my position of c.51N (South East UK) are in Hercules and Ursa Major - M13 (Hercules Star Cluster which I think is just a fantastic sight), the Pinwheel Galaxy and my personal favourite of all, the Whirlpool Galaxy.

@andrewc2252 3 года назад

Thanks for the inspiration Nico!

@ericemanuelson5128 3 года назад

Great video! Hope to give it a try.

@lojeda 3 года назад

Once again, thank you! this so cool for us non-tracking-device enthusiast

@ShaleenMohan 3 года назад

Hi Nico, awesome video. Such a helpful stuff. Thank you for inspiring us. Luv from India :)

@johnray854 3 года назад

Thank you, now I know some good beginner targets, enjoy the content!

@branislavmikuska1907 3 года назад

Great video, Niko. There is so much beauty in the night sky... It would. be problem for me to take one for each season. But I have to mention for myself, Pleiades🐤🐣 in the winter, Rho Ophiuchi in the summer🐍

@akselrn8784 3 года назад

So perfect, just what I needed:)

@ManishFrenchStudio 3 года назад

Knowledgeable video 🎁🎉🎉 thank you for sharing 🙏❤️🎉🎉

@koolkrazy1 3 года назад

Another awesome #5MinFriday ... Thank you Nico.

@RishabhBains 3 года назад

Love the sweatshirt nico 😃

@Unknown-tk4ul 3 года назад

Love your vids ❤❤

@GalaxyArtMedia 3 года назад

Good result on Cygnus region!

@FredOzzie 2 года назад

Another interesting, clearly-explained and well-organized video. Thanks. One suggestion (that I've made before) is to give the 35mm camera EQUIVALENT focal length in addition to the actual FL. I assume you are using an APS-C camera, which has a crop factor of 1.6. If so, your 85mm is equivalent in field of view to 135-136mm and your 200mm equates to 320mm.

@rudigerbraun9103 3 года назад

Thank you for this quick guide. Unsuccessfully there is no good forecast for clear sky the next weeks, the whole year was mostly cloudy(or full moon). I hope i can catch andromeda, i did so last year in september by accident. And this year i want to catch it more serious. 😀

@R-A-F 3 года назад

I took the milky way photo in my profile pic, using my Galaxy S21 ultra. Used snap seed to edit it (just messing about first time try), light pollution is pretty bad but I got the stars to pop out 😊

@carlosrojasrodriguez930 3 года назад

I need that sweatshirt!!!

@rockymountainastro1239 3 года назад

I think the Link is in the description, my friend!

@luiz-seigo 3 года назад

Great ideas. Hope you'll do another for the south hemisphere

@GeekySai 3 года назад

I have finished all targets mentioned here waiting to improve my image quality this year 😀

@JP-mu5er 3 года назад

I absolutely love astronomy, I live in the southern hemisphere and don't have much equipment but I follow the path of the stars each night and check up on the differences between the stations too. Thanks for the video!

@groundhoppingwlkp3622 Год назад

Still you have brightest nebula seen from Earth - beautiful Carina Nebula :)

@memerhd8888 Год назад

@@groundhoppingwlkp3622 and the magellanic clouds, how I wish to see such bright nebulas/galaxies

@MrSameerMalik1 3 года назад

Ever since starting Astro photography I’ve been looking Forward to winter for the first time

@bingus2550 3 года назад

your the best man! cant wait to get another go at orion! i have started with astrophotography since around october last year and i couldnt do a lot because i didnt have the equipment. but now i do, but the times when things come are just a bit too late for me. so in the winter i will have loads of time to catch some great images of orion and maybe even andromeda.

@johnray854 3 года назад

Same

@bingus2550 3 года назад

@William Manning i am also looking to buy a dlsr for planets because that seems also cool

@13_cmi 2 года назад

Orion and andromeda are what I’ve been doing. Once I have a small telescope or something faster I can go for darker targets. I’m with a busted camera and a slow telephoto lens that is still good but not for dark stuff

@SimonsAstronomy 4 месяца назад

This video is exactly for me

@MaxPRUDHOMME 3 года назад

Thx for the idea i'll give a shot in august at the Lagoon Nebula if it is still up there. I just finished the Nort America Nebula and even with a f.4,5 lens, it is still pretty bright, but i would have loved to have a better lens to capture it. Clear skies to everyone !

@josephbradley7216 2 года назад

Winter is also good to keep sensors cool as well! ;)

@YohannChaplin 3 года назад

I really love this series of 5min Friday, it is such a great starting point on a tons of different subjects. Now I wonder, to pick up this nice red hydrogen, can a long exposure time with a tracking mount (Let's say in a relatively dark sky, out of the city) achieve nearly as good results as an astro-modified camera?

@jonathanmartins7744 2 года назад

Would be nice to have a video like these for the south hemisphere.

@AdityaModi642 3 года назад

Sir, can u make a dedicated video for astrophotography in India......U make amazing content helping me a lot.

@ICGHarsh 3 года назад

Hello From India, Nico Sir

@cemoguz2786 2 года назад

Do part 2 for 500 and 1000 fl

@bruno_r 3 года назад

I dream someday to buy at least a good camera to take photos like that. I'm from Brazil and here, most of astronomy equipments are very, very expensive. The camera is, lets say, the most "concrete dream" to me 🤣

@mexmax1657 3 года назад

Great video like everytime, Nico :) I have a somewhat noobish question, maybe you can help me. I (finally) got the Laowa 15mm f2 and am pretty hyped to test it out in the night. However, it suffers from coma (which I absolutely hate in Astro shots). Long story short: If I use a Sky Tracker (Like my Barndoor), is it even still important to shoot at a low aperture? My assumption is, that it actually doesn't matter (that much) anymore, since I simply can do a longer tracked shot to compensate for it. I'm only talking about Milkyway Nightscapes. No Deep Sky stuff. Am I wrong?

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

It's a tradeoff. You will get better stars and yes you can compensate for loss of light by taking longer exposures, BUT it will take longer overall to get good results in terms of signal to noise ratio. I. E. One hour at f/2 is NOT the same as one hour at f/4. The f/2 results will have a much better signal to noise ratio. So you are basically trading better stars for a noisier photo. They key is to find a good balance. Usually around f/3.2 or f/4 is a nice balance between better stars and still letting in plenty of light.

@mexmax1657 3 года назад

@@NebulaPhotos Thanks for the quick response. :) OK. but does it visually make a difference if I let's say take one hour at f2 and two hours on f4? (I mean except the visual differences of the lens itself). Damn, we're buying a possibly fast lens just to stop down again then. This is so bitter... ;)

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

F/4 is 2 stops slower than f/2 (f2.8 is in the middle). So 6 hours at f/4 would match the SNR of 2 hours at f/2. I'd also expect 6 hours at f/4 to look better than 2 hours at f/2. The tighter stars will give it a cleaner, more polished appearance.

@mexmax1657 3 года назад

@@NebulaPhotos OK. So this sounds that it is not the biggest problem to stop down a little and to take more/longer shots instead. Thanks again for clarification. :)

@RishabhBains 3 года назад

Nico just a quick question, I am using an unmodded Canon M50 mirror less camera. So can I get some detail on the North America Nebula ?

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

Yes, that camera will work well. The key will just be a dark sky and a fast lens.

@RishabhBains 3 года назад

Ok thanks

@VenkateshUdaiyar 3 года назад

Can you make a video specifically about calibration the dark frame, flat frame and bias farme please

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

On my list

@VenkateshUdaiyar 3 года назад

@@NebulaPhotos I have a lumix G85k mirrorless camera with kit lens 14-44 mm f3.5-5 will it be ok for astrophotography

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

@@VenkateshUdaiyar Yes, under dark skies, you can shoot the milky way well at 14mm f/3.5. Constellations will look good at 44mm f/5. For close-ups you'll want to save for a fast telephoto lens.

@VenkateshUdaiyar 3 года назад

@@NebulaPhotos yes i am saving for a fast telephoto lens for micro four third camera. After watching your lessons i am confident that i can do it. Lots of love from india.

@olivierbufole1291 11 месяцев назад

I have an alt az mount. Would taking short exposures like 1 to 2 secs and stacking them also produce results like those.

@NebulaPhotos 11 месяцев назад

Yes, with an alt az mount you could even probably go up to 10 sec. per exposure and get even better results. The issue you will run into with very long sessions is field rotation once you stack. But it will mostly affect the edge of the photo. If it bothers you, you can always crop to center (assuming the object is centered.

@olivierbufole1291 11 месяцев назад

@@NebulaPhotos what gain and exposure time are needed to see lots of nebulosity from the Pleiades?

@NebulaPhotos 11 месяцев назад

@@olivierbufole1291 Not answerable without a lot more info. In general, the key with deep sky astro is not gain/exposure time for a single sub-exposure (light frame), but total integration (total exposure time that goes into the stack). With total integration, the more the better as SNR keeps improving. I did a video on this here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0vd6Zk5M5OA.html

@TachibanaKyosuke 3 года назад

I’m trying to understand how only 2-3 seconds of exposure gave you this much details. When I shot a Milky Way, I usually need 20 seconds with ISO 3200,6400 to see this much (f2 ultrawide lens). Is it because the sky wasn’t as dark? There are some places that I went to that was so dark that I can actually see Milky Way with my bare eyes, is that the condition for these photos?

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

Yes, it was taken at a dark place where I could see the milky way. 🌌

@Brik2246 3 года назад

:D noice

@yahtheahmed2236 Год назад

pls do a southern hemisphere for us living small amount of people on the bottom of the earth.

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Here you go: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xzBCkVupOzo.html

@damidammi Год назад

how do you keep the image so still (without star trailing) if you shoot 400shots @ 2secs each? without a tracker? I missing something here, could you please explain?

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

You should manually re-center every couple minutes, but of course even then each shot will be slightly different due to the earth's rotation. The magic happens when you bring it into a specialized software like Deep Sky Stacker or Siril. These programs can align all the images automatically based on the star patterns as long as the stars are in-focus and reasonably round. So the main reason the final image is sharp (not trailed) is the software aligns all the images perfectly before they are stacked (averaged) together.

@damidammi Год назад

@@NebulaPhotos thanks for explaining, very helpful! I’ll look into that very soon :) thanks again and keep up the great content on the channel! It’s very precious

@niiights 28 дней назад

may i ask a list of things i’d need for this ? i’m a beginner and it’s my dream to be able to do this

@NebulaPhotos 28 дней назад

Sturdy Tripod, DSLR or Mirrorless Camera, Lens (faster is better), Shutter release cable, Dark sky, Computer and storage space to stack images. Check out some of the popular videos on my channel for more details: ru-vid.com/group/PLrzbdmripj1cQ4nNQrocsyzlOR8KSG5AX&si=BY14OM0WDmk5oO9q

@skymedia7347 3 года назад

T3i or t7i which one is good for beginners?

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

Either will work fine for a beginner. I'd probably go for the T3i since it will be cheaper and spend more on a good lens

@skymedia7347 3 года назад

@@NebulaPhotos thank you😍

@marcosaltran9719 3 года назад

As a beguiner, I'm thinking. . . 1000 photos??? How long it takes to stack them all? On my PC? One week maybe. . . . lol

@NebulaPhotos 3 года назад

Hi Marcos, I use very old laptops, and it is able to stack them overnight (about 8-12 hours), but storage space is a concern. Luckily the price of large external hard drives has never been lower. (4 TB for $80!)

@quantik1678 3 года назад

First

@aran1162 3 года назад

Remember we southerners have only one season😂

@dougross51 3 года назад

HEY NICO FROM CAMBRIDGE!

@cdz9400 11 месяцев назад

Lmao I found Andromeda first try. Guess I got lucky

@dougross51 3 года назад

Too bad you can't connect this with ocean liners!

@dougross51 3 года назад

Your position is very vague and hard to offer immediate assistance!

@ogulcanyolcu8714 Год назад

568x2 sec, untracked. HOW

@NebulaPhotos Год назад

Check out some of my start to finish videos. It's pretty easy, just manually recenter every few minutes, and then let the stacking software align the images based on star patterns

@hunter133official 6 месяцев назад

@@NebulaPhotosdoes DeepSkyStacker work with this? I'm trying to shoot the Orion Nebula with my phone, a non-conputerized Alt-az, and some weird magnifying glass thingy

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Shooting & Processing Orion Nebula with a DSLR and Tripod, NO TRACKER - Astrophotography Tutorial

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