Did I Actually Just Take a Picture of a BLACK HOLE?! 

You have a way of making people want to get out of the house and look at the sky man. I bought my first setup because of you man. Thank you!

It makes me angry when he calls himself an amateur, this guy is a professional and is way too underrated

nasa after seeing this: *sweats profusely*

"In behalf of my country, I apologize for all the smoke" Me, a brazilian: _let's gloss over the pantanal and the amazon_

I think RU-vidr “Chucks Astrophotography” also captured this target as well. Nice capture! I’m just getting started and learning as I go. Hope to get to this level soon!!

Incredible Trevor!! - I love the shot on it's own, but the information that goes with it takes it up to the next level :-) I hope your (and my!) weather begins to sort itself out soon, it's been unreal! Take it easy man, Luke

Incredible capture, your work is truly spectacular, one day I want to be able to make high-quality captures like yours. 👌

Hi Trevor !!! I love to see that you have photographed the Tulip nebula with Cygnus X1 and the shock arc. Just a week ago they gave me an APOD for the Tulip. Yes, 45h of integration. Greetings!

Great stuff Trevor as always. Like how you are actually thinking of "asking" Ashley if you can go to space, like you are asking Mom to go out and play in the yard!

Cygnus is practically at my zenith in my area, so being able to see what’s up there aside from the Northern Cross is very cool

Always fascinating to watch Trevor, and I love that "modest setup" lol.

Excited to see backyard astrophotographers talking about going to space! We are definitely reaching the next level!

That would be a dream come true for me, especially if I had access to the camera gear I wanted so I could document it all. I would be a drooling spaz for sure as I recorded EVERYTHING. I went up in an airplane years ago taking photos of the skydivers, and the descent downward at 194 mph, and was totally thrilled as I took a few photos and a short video. My best capture was the last skydiver just before he jumped with the blue sky and clouds reflecting off his helmet visor, and the look on his face of pure joy and anticipation. Shortly after that event, I suffered a massive pulmonary embolism that put me on blood thinners, after the blood clot to my lungs damaged them and my heart. I've been told I could never go up in a plane again because of my condition. That really sucks because I love arial photography as well as astrophotography.

In the constellation of Cygnus There lurks a mysterious, invisible force The Black Hole of Cygnus X-1

Bro! You’ve elevated every step, from the video editing to the image itself! Great job and thanks for all the help in this hobby! By the way, amazing shot!

Great image Trevor! Going to space, can't imagine!

Excellent video Trevor, your editing is on the next level!👍

Time to cue up Rush - A Farewell to Kings/Hemispheres

….This one’s for Mr. Peart :)

Thanks for taking a photo of me bro. :)

Hey Trevor!! Wow, Impressive shot man, its amazing what we can do with amateur equipment!! that's a Beautiful shot of the tulip nebula and the black hole jets!!

I'm not happy about the omaze distraction, but I can see the attraction to more commercialism, sponsors, etc.

That is a total badass looking image with some great editing work nicely done Trevor. and hope u get to space one day

recently I have taken an image of a black hole with my iphone when I took a picture of the night sky. the focal length was pretty wide, so the probability of actually capturing a black hole is pretty high.

the production quality of your videos just keeps going up, this video was gorgeous!!

I could be wrong, but wasn't Cygnus X-1 the very first black hole candidate ever recorded?

You got this good job backyard scientists 🕺

I like your telescope and astronomy knowledge! Also, I’ve always been a big fan of astronomy. I understand that a black hole has gravity that is so intense nothing can escape it and I’m sure this applies to any objects being sucked into it. My question is….how can light not escape it if it is not a solid object?? Has science been able to prove this or is this just a theory? Thanks for keeping me curious about the universe!!

I watched this video a second time (cloudy skies), and when I realized it was the Cygnus region, I opened up a wide field shot I took with my modified Canon 60D and a Canon 100mm f2.0 lens a couple of weeks ago. I didn't know I had photographed the Tulip nebula, and I was even able to identify which star was Cygnus X-1! Resolution at this zoom level terrible, and absolutly no hint of expanding bubble of course. But the field stretch from Eta Cygni to Deneb just outside my crop. It's the first image I was able to collect 'substantial' integration time, 5 hours and 35 minutes. Very happy with this shot. Thanks for all inspiering videos, and keep Rudy in your cast! 😄

I can hear Ash now... "Trevor, you're always going to space! From the back yard, from the office, from the couch....!"

What an awesome video, man! I'm looking forward to visiting all these places we can only see right now. Long live the Alcubierre Drive (theory :D)!

Hey Trevor, great photo… but this is the first time I’m starting to feel like you’re veering into clickbait. Your content is good enough without misleading titles like this.

From the moment he mentioned Cygnus X1, I immediately thought of Neil Peart. Dude just happens to resemble Neil! Am I crazy?

Wish that black hole would suck up all the smoke :/

Man I can’t believe how far your channel and indeed your astrophotography has come since the early days/vids Trevor!!?? Not only are you publishing content on a par with professional multi million dollar media companies, you’re even advertising a genuine chance to win a seat aboard a frickin space craft into low Earth orbit!!?? 😧🔥🔥🔥 Speechless!! Thanks as always Trevor, Ashley and the awesome little Rudy! 💯🪐👍 Wes, Liverpool UK

There’s a documentary on them filming the black hole on Netflix, if you already haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it!! Absolutely fascinating!!!

I hope you nailed it. What an amazing feather in the cap.

Awesome image Trevor, that mount, scope and camera combo is crazy! You’ll need to start earning some serious brownie points with Ash if you want to go to space! Or take her with you😀 who’ll look after Rudy!

THIS GUY TOOK A PICTURE OF A BLACK HOLE FROM HIS BACKYARD. It's, actually, really, offically, The Future.

I’d love to see flat earth ears take a trip to space

As always, an absolute banger. Keep it up, king! 👑

Trevor we need an ‘AstroBackyard’ Spotify playlist please. 👌

love this new template as Card Collector !!! What about the visual effect on the pic ? Was it with Abode After Effects as described by Dylan ?

i never ever in my dreams thought about a sponsor being a flight to space to random people like me

When you started your channel I bet you never thought you would be saying "win a trip to space" on one of your videos one day. Loved the final image but the story that goes with it gives it a whole different meaning. You are an inspiration to many and wish you all the best. Clear skies!!!

This dude claimed he’s caught the black hole in space with telescopes… bullshit! It’s IMPOSSIBLE.

Awesome vid and info Tdog. I was literally talking about this (Cygnus X-1) to a friend a few week back! after looking up the closest black holes to the sun lol. Stunning image and great vid! If you get those seats on virgin galactic, do you fancy reserving one for me 😂? I’m sure Richard Branson won’t mind a seat for a seat deal 😂

Man I would love to get me one of them Observatory's for my setup Thanks for the video Trevor can't weight tell you get it all setup man

Six stars of the northern cross In mourning for their sister's loss In a final flash of glory Nevermore to grace the night

It’s interesting to contemplate that in the images we take, there are likely planets with folks taking pictures of us. Or at least of what the Earth was how ever many years ago it was when the light left. And ditto!

Can’t wait to see what the observatory can do!

Your channel has always been a great source of learning from amateur AP however you seem to be starting to succumb to the wide spread YT practice of ‘click baiting’ to attract viewers. You of all people know it’s impossible for you to take an image of a BH from your backyard. I would encourage you to resist the temptation to click bait to attract viewers as it will ultimately come back to haunt you. You can easily come up with interesting titles for your videos without having to resort to click baiting ...

He may be the first youtuber to give away tickets to space

Not unless you have a storage device that can handle 4.5 petabytes of info.,...lmao

Modest setup? 🤣. You are my man trevor 💪💪

Dude 👍I'm just a mobile astrophotographer but damn the technology is great.

Fun fact, an actual black hole would have a blue hue to it rather than the red we see in pictures 👌🏾

Man i got goosebumps. This is amazaing.

Great video, man. It's great to know there are more people like me who actually like to stare on the night sky. Your vid's are worth of subscription. TY!

omaze is giving away seats to space now. jeez these guys are nuts!

3 commercials in a 7:00 video and a click bate title, moving up in the world Treavor... That's 7:00 of my life I'll never get back.

I hate when RU-vid astronomer use post-processed images instead of showing what they actually see through an eyepiece with their naked eyes

why i love science:*space*

Thanks for sharing mate. Just wanted to say that you have been a great source of inspiration for me over the last few years and today I finally purchased my first star tracker. Very keen for the next phase of this adventure. Keep it up man 😊👍🏻

As always awesome shots brother. Love the channel. The only channel I have notifications on lol

Dude your video editing is through the roof. The 3D zoom part on the pictures lookes awesome!

The two tickets for the virgin galactic spacecraft ride should be given to a couple flat earthers 😂

Trevor, you cannot take a photograph of the black hole with a 100mm Sky-Watcher or any other standard astrophotography rig, let's be serious. Even NASA can't do it in traditional way. The picture of the black hole they obtained was via aperture synthesis and then translating radio data into visual representation. Black holes are some of the smallest object in the universe. They have profound influence on their surroundings but sizewise they are very small. We may never be able to image them directly not even with professional telescopes.

“I don’t have a network of radio telescopes”....... YET Lovely videography, well explained and informative.

How do you take those shots? I have a 10 inch Dobsonian I really struggle to find galaxies and clusters it frustrates me! any tips would appreciate it :)

Yo! That's awesome. I hope you goto space Trevor!

Trevor i would like to thank you for how amazing and pure your videos are. your the reason i love space and telescope. im only 11 and im selling all my legos on eBay to get my first telescope. an 8 inch dobsonian.

Seems like the alogirthm is slowly starting to like this video :) Awesome video, you earned my sub!

Sometimes when i think about black holes, i feel a little frightened. There's the simulation theory, that we all just live in a simulation, that it's possible we're all just living in a 'computer' (given, one heck of a high performance computer if that were the case). Black holes just don't seem to add up to me, like if we do live in a simulation, i suspect that black holes are like the runtime trying to handle integer values that go beyond the memory allocated for it in computer programming, causing some nasty bugs or glitches. Black holes to me seem like very anamolous objects, bending space time to the point that inside of one, no matter which direction you go, the geometry is so bent that all directions lead deeper inside the black hole. As a computer programmer of C#, JavaScript, and a few other languages i see black holes as bizarre "bugs" in our universe, as though they were an oversight of the "developer" leading to some highly anamolous results.

Saw the word black hole in thumbnail and clicked immediately

Awesome! Just getting into this hobby! The images you capture are amazing!

You are one of the first people to actually take a picture of a black hole

Absolutely gorgeous!

Spectacular image. We'll done Trevor; inspite of our crappy, smokey Ontario skies.

Amazing capture Sir..!! Just awesome..!! Yes, you one day, sure get your 'window seat' on Virgin Galactic and go to Space..!!

Nice shot Trevor. Are you getting a pod zenith table for you observatory? It makes the skyshedpod so much more usable.

RU-vidrs need to stop this image crap. You sold out to a for profit marketing company that keeps 80% of your money and then gives 20% to charities that then only give 10% to the actual charity.

Great shot Trevor. I definitely advise checking with Ash before take off :)

I'm a bit fan on space to! I LOVE IT!

2:04 : "Very modest" - you mean pretty damn good

Great "video warp effects". Very fresh and looks stunning.

I'll take you to space Trevor. Planning on being the first martimer to hit 7 km/s ;)

Im buying a telescope asap. Just them damn chemtrails are gonna block my vision. Grrrr

Invisible to telescopic eye, Infinity the star that would not die...

They say of academic papers that if the title is a question, the answer is probably “no”. I think that also applies to RU-vid videos more often than not.

dude i look out and barely see the clouds, my telescope turns jupiter into a white dot we need to move

It’s gonna be 0.00001% chance of winning that ticket

Awesome work Trevor, i can actually see the jet powerd bubble

Awesome Image!!!! I love it! If you go to space remember me and take a photo of the window and the stars lol

No! Because black holes can't exist! And Betteridge's Law of Headlines also agrees with me. It took me a while to let go of black holes, as I have decades invested in them. But once I started, I couldn't stop - and I have also come to completely reject the big bang, dark matter, dark energy, expanding universe, redshift as a measure of recessional velocity, and also the gaseous sun mistake. If you've been wondering why Physics really hasn't progressed since the 1930s, it's because some very fundamental mistakes were made. And we all know it is much easier to fool people, than to convince them they've been fooled. It was hard for me, and a little painful - but I am refreshed by being able say "we don't know" to many questions we once thought we knew how to answer.

I would send that to NASA.

I saw another youtuber talk about this. This is so spectacular. It’s absolutely mad

2:21 - such a Canadian ;)

Random thought: OpenSource amature telescope array application; plot location; select a comunity target, auto-track and combine images from many physically located captures

I just got back inside crying because my telescope was to heavy on one side it fell over and snapped while I was the only one awake my first ever telescope BROKEN! After I was done I saw your video and it cheered me up so much! Thank you so much astro your the best