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@martijnschuman 4 года назад

I still don't understand why you only have ~5,3k subscribers. You deserve wayyyyy more. Keep up the great work

@paulwood6729 4 года назад

Hear hear. It's amazing the files are shared, I'm not aware of anyone else doing this.

@mokhan4748 3 года назад

Now he has one more subscriber.

@OOria 4 года назад

I think you are doing THE BEST astrophotography videos on RU-vid. From start to finish scripted and well planned. Nowhere else do you get this much information combiend with beautiful cinematics. Unbelievably how you learned and improved yourself in the last years.

@michaeldavis2818 4 года назад

Great video Tim! You break everything down and make it easy for a beginner like me to understand...love your channel!

@RaysAstrophotography 4 года назад

Well said Tim! Definitely this is a crazy hobby and equipments makes it more crazier!

@ChrisSmith-lk2vq 4 года назад

Wow Tim! Well made! Your video editing skills are growing fast ;) well made. Greetings Chris

@TheUrbanAstronomer 4 года назад

Nice informative video and beautifully edited!! Loved the images too!

@nathanhassey4724 3 года назад

OMG that intro was legit.

@birreboi 4 года назад

Informative video Tim. Should be of help to those thinking of starting this amazing hobby.

@edforrest8697 4 года назад

Great videos. Thank you so much. Keep up the excellent work!

@wanderingquestions7501 4 года назад

One also has to match the equipment correctly. You don’t need a computer anymore except for processing. An AsiAir is dirt cheap for all the things it does (image sequencing, color wheel control, focus control, guiding, plate solving, polar aligning. remote control from smart tablet or phone etc) and it is EASY to use.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Because most people already have an asi air for 350€ and not a PC which they could already use

@wanderingquestions7501 4 года назад

AstroAddict If they already have an AsiAir they already have their other gear and I fail to see any point in your video

@KingRifRaf 3 года назад

Very clear synthesis, very accessible, in a (well, two...) word: great video. I don't comment very often on RU-vid, but you definitely deserve it !

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

Thank you!

@blaircolliver5194 4 года назад

Thank you very much! You provide excellent explanations that are very helpful for beginners (and not-so-beginners).

@entropytango5348 3 года назад

Nice video, no loud music or stupid introductions, sound advice, Thank You

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

Glad it helped

@wesleydonnelly2141 4 года назад

Brilliant Vid Tim! You're really growing as a vlogger my friend! It really shows in you vids! Well Done sir! Wes, Liverpool, England ( Bortle 8 )

@tamrich7762 4 года назад

Excellent advice Tim!👍

@knightclan4 3 года назад

Excellent video mate

@ergio1 4 года назад

Thanks Tim, as always great videos! I wish I had followed your advice 12 month ago, it would had saved me some dollars along the way and could perhaps had achieved better results sooner. Now days I’m with a small refractor 72ED on the sky adventurer and it works great with guiding! Perhaps heavy on term of the capacity of the mount but it works great at this stage...Once I get more experience I will get a more serious mount like the HEQ5

@sciencepetr5179 4 года назад

Dude. Subscribed. You make killer videos.

@TheWonkyAstronomer 4 года назад

Great video. Lots of good information.

@astrovert.ed2321 3 года назад

Well done, Good Sir.

@kayasper6081 Год назад

Autoguiding is not really the only way to go. I guide manually and it works great. Exposures up to 9 minutes with a focal length of 600mm and get pin point sharp stars. The only disadvantage is that you have to be so concentrated that the mosquitos can eat you alive while you can't move!

@freeandcriticalthinker4431 6 месяцев назад

Super sweet!

@vencislav_krumov 4 года назад

Great vid!

@richardgracews6 4 года назад

I went Maksutov Newtonian a ES 152 comet hunter no regrets! It was my first real scope just got carbon ES ed80 triplet too. No guiding yet need to look into that more I aready have a asi120mini just no guide scope yet just the ed80 joking and yet serious too just to try until I get a guide scope. I upgraded to Losmany style dove tail to handle the load a noticeable improvement over the oem vixen solution on eq6R powered by custom lifepo4. 6 years ago my mind was blown by looking through my rifle scope at Jupiter and seeing moons! 6 months ago using my cellphone Though Skywatcher130 on Andromeda blew my mind and I was hooked! Thanks to you and the other tubers for the education great vid's keep it up Clear Skies!

@richardgracews6 4 года назад

Also just picked up a C8 real cheap. Oh no I'm an addict too!

@PanosGeorgiadis 4 года назад

Smashing the like button!

@willissutherland8516 3 года назад

You really have a nice Delivery Tim...No BS just straight talk...Tim...I really like your Home...Perhaps you live in Norway...Based on the Design of your home...Or Sweden or Switzerland...Thanks again for getting us Newbies up and running in Astrophotography..

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

Nope, not in the countries you mentioned ;)

@TheNarrowbandChannel 4 года назад

Well edited! Maybe someday mine will be half as good. Keep up the good work. Perhaps someday we can get you to NEAF.

@damiansa2574 4 года назад

HI TIm! Great video. I have an spare a7r3 and I would like to get into astrophotography. Would the camera work without modification?

@GavinThomas 2 года назад

thia video has helped me imensly . thoroughly enjoyable and explanatory, thank god for people like you to share your knowledge . starting out on an eq3 aand sw 72 ed . guide scope too . will this mount be sufficient to start the journey? thanks in advance Tim

@fireislandmavic5939 4 года назад

that is a really cool room

@catchingphotons 4 года назад

Very good video Tim! I wish I could level up with your editing-scills ;) Greetings! Chris@catchingphotons

@chrisdiorchannel7514 3 года назад

Is it possible to use iPad pro instead laptop?? I saw one video saying something like that about asiair I think it's from astrobackyard I'm not sure

@DjovertJade 4 года назад

Thank God i was drifted to your channel

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Don't thank god, thank the RU-vid algorithm

@stephenkerley3395 2 года назад

Tim would a Canon 5d mk111 be good……..plus using a 71, or an 81 apo triple what image size could I expect with printed images. Yes I’m a total beginner, watching your vid was so easy made a lot of sense got to thank you for that 👍

@keeplookingup911 4 года назад

For beginners, one can start with Binocular and smart phone... quite affordable and will give good learning experience. After this replace Binocular with telescope... move to Refractor telescope aperture 50, 70, 90, or 100. Replace smartphone with DSLR.

@andreww9252 3 года назад

Great work Tim, I've just invested in an EQ6R Pro mount and mounted a C5 to start my astrophotography journey. I'm interested in planetary and deep sky, can you suggest some basic imaging options?

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

Deep Sky and planetary are very different from another. Your scope is better for planetary, since the focal length is quite big. Planets need veery long focal lengths, deep sky does not. Most of the usual deep space targets will be too big for this telescope. But even the planets will be small, try to connect a 2x or 3x barlow and a camera that can shoot very fast exposures. If you want more information, check out the page from Cory Schmitz

@aesarikaya 4 года назад

Dear Tim, you have a great channel keep up the good work ! I have one question, if i'm using autoguiding do i have to perfectly polar align ? Is it enough just rough align ? Thanks !

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

The purpose of AutoGuiding is to correct errors like wrong polar alignment. But if your polar alignment is 'only' rough, the graph will be jumpy as hell. Make the best out of the two, use a precise polar alignment and AutoGuiding, and the result will be great!

@aesarikaya 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict Thank You So Much !

@febsat 3 года назад

Hi Tim. I really enjoy following you on your astrophotography journey. Would you have any tips on gear maintenance? In particular, those rare occasions when a person needs or feels the need to clean the front lens of the telescope. Some of the things I see on the internet as the 'proper way to clean' look quite scary. I know that it is something that should not be done frequently and in most cases a few little specs etc on the lens will not be noticeable. Thanks. Keep up the great work.

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

I never made 'proper' cleaning attempts. I just use a mircofiber cloth, the same one i use for my glasses. If you do that long enough, the lens will be clean agian. If you want to use air pressure beforehand, be careful with compressed air cans. Most of these have an active component, which can seep into the frame of the lens holder. I usually do that with a simple squeeze air pump. And don't use those cheap cleaning kits from the internet. Some of these brushes are greasy - out of the box...

@n-da-bunka2650 3 года назад

What you have shown here is almost what I am planning to buy for my first "starter" set up with a small difference in that I am looking at 100 & 120s so that I can also use them for visual as well as imaging. Why did you chose the color version of the Altair camera in the guidescope when the mono version is probably more precise and is cheaper?

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

Cuz i did not even know that it was color back then. It's only the guide cam, it does not matter

@cj-nj7vt 4 года назад

Hi I enjoyed your video's what guider system do you recommend with a celestron 8" slt schimdt cassegrain with avx mount and tripod thanks which will be used for deepsky photography in the future at the moment just planetary use.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

An off axis guider

@IndianaMint 3 года назад

Please how can i get photos like this with sony a640p, idk what attachments to get

@knightclan4 3 года назад

He's up to 11.5 K subscribers now.

@rimarDe 4 года назад

Super Video! Kurzweilig und informativ. Hast du eine Liste der hier vorgestellten Geräte? Oder habe ich was übersehen? Ich überlege mir einen kleinen APO zuzulegen, da hilft das Video sehr. Besonderen Fokus habe ich auf Autoguiding. Habe eine HEQ5-Pro und 6d mit 135mm Samyang und will das jetzt eben um den APO erweitern. Da komme ich wohl langsam nicht mehr um ein Autoguiding rum. Bis jetzt lief es aber gut (Polemaster und die Nachführung der Montierung haben bei der Kamera mit dem Objektiv gute Dienste geleistet)

@robferreira6500 4 года назад

Great video Tim. I have the HEQ5 pro on my list but have to wait another year or so when I move back to Germany. I was wondering if you have an opinion on the Omegon Camera veTEC 16000 C Color camera?

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Seems like the rebranding will never stop. I recommend getting a camera from a dedicated shop (such as ZWO or Altair Astro), Omegon does only slap their name on the products without any quality control

@robferreira6500 4 года назад

Thanks Tim, that what I figured. My plan is to buy the asi183mc pro here in the US and take it to Germany with me since it's cheaper here. Looking forward to being back in the Gelnhausen area again. Clear skies to you, and be safe.

@Pipe-organ-recordings 4 года назад

Good job! I would tell people to go a little bigger the the mount to carry more weight

@3082frank 4 года назад

Nice video, what about a sky guider pro as a start up or an ASI air to replace the laptop on field for a beginner on a budget to be abĺe to shoot long exposures without star trail.Any suggestions 😊. Thank you for the video. Man, you have some brilliant and beautiful images. I am jelly. If possible can we please have the settings beside your images for a future video. The settings really help us noobs. Would it also be possible to have like an in depth video, like a masterclass on how you captured paleadis from start to finish, with post processing? I would pay for a masterclass. Have you ever thought of doing a masterclasses for each nebula or astro image you take. Thank you

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

No paying over here, i wanted to do a start to finish video for some time, but never really got up to do it

@bealema123456 4 года назад

Hey, great videos and content here ! Thanks for sharing ! Quick question, whats your opinion on the Bressier Messier AR 127s/635 Exos- 2 goto scope ... any good for astrophotography? :)

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

The scope looks great! I just hope that the mount can handle that thing and your equipment

@bealema123456 4 года назад

I just know it will cause problems with it now being Apochromatic. .. so that's my negative thought

@cosmoscarl4332 3 года назад

I jumped head first into deep sky after doing tracked shots with a cheap single axis motorized mount. (Two axis but only the RA axis had a motor.) And un tracked tripod shots. Now I have the 10"f/3.9 Orion astrograph and the Orion HDX 110, which is a low end observatory class mount with 110 lb. Capacity. This is a drastic jump from beginner level to high intermediate level astrophotography, but I feel I'm ready after tons of research. Please give me your advice on power options. The mount only comes with a cigarette lighter male plug and im undecided which power pack to use. I noticed low end units and high end units for power but not much in between.

@cosmoscarl4332 3 года назад

Also I live in the states and I'm looking for a domestic website with a calculator to figure out what CMOS or CCD camera is best for 1000mm f/3.9 . I will be starting with my Canon 800D though. Need info on the proper coma corrector also. Been looking at Baader mark 3 but its at least 300.00 US.

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

That's indeed a very big leap. With a mount that heavy, i doubt that you will take it out under dark skies on a regular basis, so why buy a power pack? I just bought a 12v 5a power supply with different adapters, and one of them was a fit, done. And i would guess that the website you are looking for is this: www.bintel.com.au/tools/astronomy-calculator/?v=322b26af01d5

@cheesification 4 года назад

HAHAHA keep up with the positive humour!!

@cliveroberts415 4 года назад

The mount is definitely the key to good AP I wasted money buying a cheap mount and although it is possible to get decent results on brighter DSO (M31, M42 etc) I would say HEQ5/AVX level is the minimum for consistent results.

@cliveroberts415 4 года назад

@Aluxxz Skywatcher HEQ5

@viktorstrom5872 4 года назад

Can you recommend a star tracker instead of a goto eq? (My wallet can’t afford a eq goto).

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Skywatcher Star Adventurer or iOptron SkyGuider Pro

@koolkutz7 4 года назад

I use the Skywatcher Star Adventurer Pro pack with my Nikon D7500 + Nikon 75-300mm f3.5-f5.6 VR ED lens which is a neat set up. No guiding, no laptop, no wires etc & I track for about 2 mins per image, then stack in software.

@luboinchina3013 4 года назад

Second hand Goto EQ

@pixelvin2272 4 года назад

What would you recommend on a budget of 1000$ for a mount and a scope ? I thought about an SW eq 5 goto and a SW 150/750 PDS.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Try this scope in combination with the mount: www.astroshop.de/teleskope/skywatcher-apochromatischer-refraktor-ap-80-600-evostar-ed-ota/p,15056#tab_bar_1_select i'm sure you will have more fun with a refractor

@pixelvin2272 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict Thanks for the recommendation! Is a field flattener crucial for beginning astrophotography or rather optional for better images?

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Optional, no doubt. If there is a Galaxy in the middle of the frame, you will not consider slightly warped stars in the edges

@zimmerartur 3 года назад

Just tuned in... does anybody know if the clestron mount motor is stable enough to do such pictures? Good video btw.!

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

Every mount can track the stars, and every mount has it's limitations. Which one do you mean?

@davidaylsworth8964 3 года назад

Okay, so how about an outtake reel? 🤔

@waf7463 4 года назад

Hi. I'm really interested in astrophotography but I live very near the equator (3° North). I never got a chance to see polaris to polar align and I think I can't polar align porperly, just rough polar align. Can anyone help me with this? Will rough polar align works to take a shot of galaxies and nebulas? I don't want to buy the go-to if I can't polar align

@Ronbo765 4 года назад

CORZONEX I would contact Celestron and ask about their StarSense camera and polar alignment. It uses plate solving. Some people also use SharpCap software and a digital camera to do the same thing. Also, drift aligning may work also (Phd2). I think you only need very rough polar alignment to make these above methods work.

@ranjitgovindaraj 4 года назад

CORZONEX I’m living 11°N also and I can never see POLARIS to align from my location. So I drift alignment using PHD2. Initially it can be intimidating but it get really easy as you do it often. Sharpcap and any other plate solving doesn’t really help as north from my location is not really visible till 25° from the horizon. I do a rough polar alignment using the PS Align Pro App for IOS. And Drift alignment using PhD2. I’ll try and find a video to explain this to you in a better manner. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L_Yn8BZ0Hm0.html

@catchingphotons 4 года назад

And please check the range of your desired mount. Some mounts are limited to.. say 10° - 70° latitude. Greetings Chris

@AceHardy 4 года назад

📸🎬🎥

@roundcube3058 3 года назад

Does a tracker mount have to be level??

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

It will help you with polar alignment

@armandopiscitelli9864 4 года назад

Thank you for your attention to the beginners, your videos are perfect! I'm a photographer and, since last year, I'm shooting the milkway using a wide angle (24mm f 1.4). Because I have also some knowledge of astronomy I'd like to learn to make photos of galaxies and nebulas. Can you please tell me what is the focal length, diameter and speed that I need? I also need to transport it to go (by car) on the mountains, because I want to avoid the city light. Thank you for your help.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

You can use everything from 135 to 1000mm, depends on the target

@armandopiscitelli9864 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict Thank you so much for your answer. So, if I want to take a good photo of andromeda or the horse head nebula (for ex.) 1000mm if enough? I have a full frame camera. Can you please tell me what is the difference from using a 1000mm telescope or a 1000mm photo lens? I appreciate your help

@armandopiscitelli9864 4 года назад

@Aluxxz Thank you, I appreciate your kind answer!

@Ano_nym122 4 года назад

Hätte dieses Video ein halbes Jahr früher gebrauchen können :D aber hab wohl nicht so schlecht gewählt, bin jetzt allerdings nur „Team Newton“ :D

@guptarakesh 4 года назад

Hi I'm by professional Wildlife photographer and now planning to shift my focus to Astrophotography. I'm looking for some options that should be light weight, high quality imaging and pocket friendly. Here is India most of the Sellers are offering the solution but at an exhorbitant price. Can you suggest some options ?

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

The smallest telescope that would make sense is the WO RedCat. Or, for 200$ less, their ZenithStar

@guptarakesh 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict WilliamOptics are priced very in comparison to similar ones. What Diameter you suggest for Planets and Deepsky photography ? The only concern is that the Tube should not be too heavy and aperture needs to be fast.

@AstroAddict 3 года назад

You can use everything for deep sky. Small Doublet/Triplet refractors from 300 to 450mm are affordable and easy to use. You can forget about planetary. Those scopes are gigantic

@PanosGeorgiadis 4 года назад

JFYI: the google drive link for Pleades doesn't work.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Gonna check!

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

It should work now, thanks for the heads up!

@ianmoore2332 4 года назад

sadly, still failing :-( Thanks for great YT content Tim, learning lots with each one you release.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

@@ianmoore2332 Do you mean the download link?

@ianmoore2332 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict yes Tim, the Google link gives me a 404 error...tried on Chrome, FF and (new) Edge ....

@nilaya80 4 года назад

How do you power everything up when you are out in the field without 240v outlet ?

@ryanbroom2642 4 года назад

Try a power tank

@nilaya80 4 года назад

@@ryanbroom2642 And that can power up a laptop as well ?

@ryanbroom2642 4 года назад

@@nilaya80 I have a Powertech 42Ah battery. Just plugged my laptop into it and it was charging so seems ok to me. You can also charge the battery with solar panels if needed.

@ati3x 4 года назад

All of the components support 12v DC source. Computer, mount, Dev shields.. For example i have Canon 500d Dslr, an i bought USB dummy battery. Then i could use simple power bank. A 12000 mAh power bank is enough more than one night at -10 C ambient temperature.

@nilaya80 4 года назад

@@ati3x But my laptop requires 19v DC. Thanks

@rageofyouth569 3 года назад

I got 130eq what what is the best...love from India Kolkata

@Kavinraaj_G.K Год назад

I am from a middle class family from india. I only have a budget of 1200euro for all components for astrophotography. What can i do?

@AstroAddict Год назад

You should go for second hand parts, like a used Canon DSLR from ebay. Those come in at about 200-300$, sometimes even modified. Same applies to a budget tracking mount, like a used iOptron sky tracker. You can also put in a few minor accessoires like a clip filter, focusing mask and as lens maybe a used rokinon 135 f2. 1200€ will not be enough for a PC controlled deep sky setup, but if you have some dark skies, the setup I described can also get you far!

@ErtyCraftern 4 года назад

Lohnt es sich noch jetzt den Heq-5 pro zu kaufen?

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Warum sollte es nicht?

@ErtyCraftern 4 года назад

AstroAddict naja ist es nicht schon älter? Bzw. anders formuliert, ist es immer noch (im Vergleich mit neueren Mounts der selben Preis/Gewichtsklasse) eine gute Wahl?

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Kennst du da denn welche?

@ErtyCraftern 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict naja ich sehe immer mal wieder etwas von iOptron, kenne mich aber in dieser Hinsicht nicht so aus. Deswegen überlege ich momentan, ob ich das HEQ-5 pro kaufen sollte und wollte gerne mal deine Meinung dazu hören. Aber von deiner Antwort leite ich ab, dass das HEQ-5 immer noch top ist.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Natürlich muss man schauen ob die Montierung den eigenen Anforderungen standhält, aber nur weil sie alt ist heißt das nicht das sie schlechter geworden ist. Schon damals war die Nachführung sehr gut für einfache astronomische Anwendungen wie meine. Das alter ändert nichts.

@rccola454 4 года назад

Nice video Tim, well edited and explained! I have a question though, I want to get into the hobby and I know my first big purchase is the mount. I’m considering the Celestron AVX, but most I see on RU-vid seem to go Skywatcher’s HEQ5. I’m trying to understand why when on paper they seem very similar, is the something that I’m missing that makes spending the $200 more on the HEQ5? Most places in the States have the AVX at $899 (it’s currently on sale for $799) vs the HEQ5 at $1,150.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Both have the same price in my region

@rccola454 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict Makes sense then, so all things being equal, would you still pick the HEQ5 over the AVX, or is it just which ever is the cheapest at the time of purchase?

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

It depends on how dedicated you want your setup. Both will work with average telescopes, but I think that the avx will eventually become too small If you want to upgrade

@StarlancerAstro 4 года назад

Your google drive link doesn't work.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Thanks for the reminder, it should work now

@moritzheintze7615 4 года назад

A GoTo and an auto guider are defintively NOT needed to get started in deep sky astrophotography. A good star atlas will both let you know how to align your mount (a point slightly beside the polsr star) and find your objects.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

I said multiple times that this video is not for starters

@moritzheintze7615 4 года назад

@@AstroAddict Please check the title: "Beginner Equipment ...". And the first thing to be replaced by experience is the GoTo.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Beginner - deep sky, and not Astrophotography in general

@AmatureAstronomer 10 месяцев назад

Everything is too expensive, to hard, to complicated and too heavy. After three months of wrestling with a German equatorial mount, figuring out how to use the telescope, camera and software, I got my first photo of Jupiter and four moons, last night. I should have taken up knitting.

@rfcdgaf 4 года назад

I disagree, I think beginner deep sky setup is a cheap used canon DSLR and super cheap but super high quality older takumar lens on like a used skywatcher pro.

@AstroAddict 4 года назад

Fair enough!