I Took a Picture of SATURN Through my Telescope 

Couple months before my dad passed I was able to show him Saturn through the telescope he looked at me and said wow with a smile on his face he was 89 years old you do wonderful things man thank you

People thought I was weird for asking for a telescope for my birthday but this type of stuff is so cool to me

Saturn is what got me hooked on astronomy. When I was 11 or 12, I was looking at random stars through my Tasco 3" reflector I got for Christmas. I accidentally pointed it at Saturn one night, got focus and saw the rings. Boy was I super stoked! I had the entire neighborhood in our driveway whenever I brought it out. I soon learned my way around the night sky after that.

Trevor, the look on your face at the end of this video is exactly the look I have when I produce a picture of only half the quality of the images that you produce. You are the reason that I have dived head over feet into this amazing hobby. I cannot thank you enough for starting me on this amazing journey.... Although my wife may have a few complaints with the amounts of money I have spent to try to reproduce your results. Thank you for your inspiration!

The first time I saw Saturn was from my rooftop at home. I just couldn't believe that I was seeing another world from my house, it's an amazing experience, and an unforgettable view.

I know the picture isn't the greatest - but it's my best yet! More importantly - I've caught the planetary imaging bug!! Thanks again to Dylan O'Donnell for the help - you should probably go subscribe to his channel! ;)

Your final shot of that emotion you show is how I feel every time I find something with my telescope. When I had my $60 telescope pointed at the conjunction and you could see the spot, the moons and Saturn's rings. I get emotional as well. It makes me realize I want to do what you do. Because of the beauty of the universe.

Welcome to the bright side!!! One of the main reasons why I love outreach with my club is showing someone Saturn for the first time. Their reaction is priceless.

13:33 Goosebumps all over man! Your reaction to your own images is priceless, keep doing what you're doing Trev!

Don’t we all have those “this is not the best pic” but we can still feel gooey inside knowing we did it! It’s a lovely image. I still show my image of Mars that I made in July, 2018 with the dust storm raging at opposition. I used a borrowed Takahashi 130, my ASI178 monochrome and a near-IR filter. I still get “WOW, you got that?” Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration.

Trevor, I've been following you for 3 years now and this is probably one of my favorite videos. You're always so knowledgeable on all things astrophotography but seeing you out of your element and trying to figure out what to do brought a joy to my face because it reminded me that we can always learn new techniques. You've literally inspired me to go out and buy a telescope so please don't ever stop doing what you do! All the best from Saudi Arabia!

11:30 i definitely agree, a truly humbling experience and really puts things in perspective...

Congratulations on being NASA’s photo of the day!

Trevor, I still remember having 8 years and hunting the Halley Comet with my dad in the countryside of Brazil through his Newtonian (maybe 6"?). We saw Jupiter, Saturn, the Moon and etc, by current standards it was very bad with eyepieces that today we would laugh about. After following for a handful of months you, Dylan, Chuck, Antoine and Dalia, and Wido Oerlemans - to name a few - I decided today to pull the trigger and get a rig, want to learn in the next few years while my kid grows and pass the passion to science/astronomy/photography to him just like my dad did to me. Thanks for you guys now I will go broke :D Congrats on APOD, well deserved.

I told my neighbor "I took a picture of Uranus with my telescope." Now I have a restraining order.

I cried just moments you started crying 😭 what a beautiful sight!! I hope I have all the means to afford one just to see how beautiful the sky is 😭😭😭

Congrats on the APOD, Trevor! You and Chuck were my unknowing mentors when I started out in 2018. Makes me happy for you

A barlow lens X2 would be ideal for this kind of imaging. I love planetary imaging and I've enjoyed al lot this video.

Thank you for taking me back some 20 years ago when I did things like this. It's tiring, but when you get it - it feels you're having almost an out of body experience when viewing these heavenly bodies!

This reminded me of the time I pointed my new lens towards a realy bright star. The first pictures were a bit of a let down because of the quality of the lens. Even on the preview screen I could see some kind of smearing around that "star"... Until I opened it in capture One and zoomed in to 200%, there it was: My first picture of saturn, totaly by accident and even in a whopping 12 x 12 pixel resolution 😃 Glad I found this channel, to see how it's done properly.

What the heck!! First shot of Saturn in years!?! That’s amazing!! And congrats for the APOD. You really deserve it! I hope to get one too someday

Great Photo as always, Saturn is my favorite object for visual and the picture gets more detail than I could see visually, looks awesome! Great vid Trevor!🪐

So very humble about your APOD - anybody who know astrophotorraphy will know it's the highest of honours, and very well deserved. Congratulations mate, and congrats on starting the planetary journey, I'm sure you'll be a master of that in no time!

Amazing image Trevor! Well Done! Saturn is amazing to view live through a 'scope, and once you seen it, you will forever chase better and better views to tease out separations in rings and atmospheric details! Thank You my friend!

Just started and can already tell this is gonna be a good vid

Both you and Dylan have been huge inspirations and resources for my dive into astrophotography. I've been starting out with a Celestron Edge HD 8 I got from High Point Scientific and have done photos of Jupiter and Saturn (always fighting the weather here in Florida) that have actually come out better than I imagined in such a short time. I still have a ways to go and hope to get into deep sky next year once I save up for a ZWO ASI1600MM Pro.

That video, with your heartfelt awe and enthusiasm, the glorious images and ethereal music was downright SPIRITUAL! You have gained one more loyal subscriber. Thank you so much for your contributions to the community!

Professional fine art medium & large format film photographer here. I just want to say that not only is your astrophotography amazing, but your videography and editing is too. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos and reading articles on your site. Even with experience in night & low light photography, astrophotography really is a different animal all together. Really looking forward to the day that I can start shooting DSO’s. Thanks for your all your inspiration.

I got my first telescope about a month ago astro master 130eq, and seen Saturn first the first time last week. Was amazing something I'll never forget.. outta a small down in hunter valley Australia

A wonderful video. And thank you for giving us the emotion associated with capturing that jewel of the night sky!

Outstanding video Trevor! After trolling you for awhile I finally came across what I hope to achieve in my time on this little blue planet 🤓! Very nice trip through the experience! I've researched the Celestrons for a lot of years. Always hoped the eight inch might get the job done. Love the way you end your videos 🎇💗

Discovered your channel completely by accident. One of the few channels, where the presentation, the content, the editing, music and the subject are spot on. Subscribed and now working through your videos. Thank you.

I’ve been working on a 5 hour project on m101. Not the most integration but i hope I will be happy with it. You’ve really inspired me to try Astrophotography and now I’m putting in much more time I ever thought. Thank you

It’s humbling to see pictures like this. I was lucky enough as a child to visit the local observatory and they showed us Saturn

Love this video...actually, all your videos are top notch Trevor. That said, the absolute BEST part of this video was seeing your reaction to your photo being selected for APOD. Truly awesome and thank you for sharing that. Makes us all want to be better at this challenging yet extremely rewarding hobby.

I bought the 8" dob because of your video on it. I got to see Saturn a few months ago for the first time and my stomach dropped. Jupiter was amazing too, but something about actually seeing Saturn got me. Thanks man!

I've always been too afraid to dig my feet into planetary imaging (besides with a DSLR and just random shots), it was nice to see that you got such a good image with no prior experience as well :)

Yess.!! Yess..!! Finally, Some Planet 🪐 Action..!!! Awesome Capture Trevor..!!! 👊😎

Your videos are so simple and calming. Yet they provide so much knowledge and excitement! You do a great job every time. I'm very glad I found your channel! Thank you for all your hard work.

Trevor, great video, and congrats on your APOD. I can totally relate to this video. Bought my scope a year ago, and bought a camera a month ago...I'm enjoying the same learning curve. Please post more, it's good for those of us getting our feet wet!

Trevor, you should really start a gaming channel with that XBOX. I’ll totally follow you!! You’re also convincing me to take some pics of Saturn with my 8” Dob! Great video!

My Dad died in 2013 and a RASC star party was one of the many ways my fiance made me feel close to him again. I never saw Saturn with my own eyes before that night. Plus, one of the members gave me a cookie. When I shared my experience at work my Chef started asking me how he could feed his daughter's passion for science with the night sky, and I had to ask myself too. This video captures just how he could do that (if he was good with computers, or his kid was committed). THank-you.

Your passion is so evident; just getting into astrophotography and all my gear isn't even here yet I am even more stoked about giving it a go after watching your video! Thanks

I received my first telescope when I was 15, it was a Polaris 90mm refractor on an equatorial mount. The first night I set it up was on the balcony of our apartment in Scarborough Ontario. I had no idea what I was doing, pointed it at the first bright object I saw and it turned out to be Saturn. Word cannot describe even at 15 how amazing that was. That experience took place back in the 70;s and I remember as if it happened yesterday. Awesome videos man, keep up the outstanding work!

I still remember the first time I saw Saturn through a telescope of one kind uncle who let me watch through his 10" telescope. Boy it was so magical that I almost cried. The next time I had the same feeling when I watched Interstellar in IMAX.. That shot of Endurance passing near the rings of Saturn.

Man!!! I felt your emotion looking at the Heavens. I'm getting a telescope. 😊

My path in astronomy began in a similar way around the same time, using an Orion XT8I and a Logitech Quickcam. I only had 6 possible targets, it was incredibly frustrating at times trying to manually track planets and it was even harder since I couldn't reach focus without a barlow. With that being said, all the frustration vanished after seeing a stacked image of another world and knowing that I actually photographed it. Love you videos man. Clear skies from the Old Pueblo.

By that face, you can tell how humbling and Epic it must me. To feel that connection and realize everything around us is for our enjoyment and to pass down. How insignificant we are in this AWESOME universe

Soooo happy you’re venturing into planetary imaging! Have fun 🪐 !!!

Mr APOD back at it!

That's awesome man! I personally am a fan of the deep sky stuff, but seeing Saturn like that was really cool! The fact that you were playing Skyrim too just adds to the awesome. Keep up the great work Trevor, take care.

Thanks for putting this up. I dont have a scope but it's so satisfying seeing enthusiasts and their desire to share these beautiful images. Thanks!

This has always been a dream hobbies of mine. Could you recommend a starter telescope to get images with. I have an Orion Skyquest 8' .

Last weekend I took pictures of Saturn and Jupiter with my 102mm Maksutov, ASI120MM camera, Barlow x2 and a Celestron nextsar ALZ mound. I watched a Damian Peach tutorial about edition, and I am very happy with the results. Much noisy but much contrast and you can see details. I don't used any filter but with this results, I think that I'll buy a RGB set in the future.

Keep up the great work. It's a never ending learning experience trying to capture the best pictures of the planets. It's like every single time trying is never the same as last and I think that's what makes it so much fun and often course the big pay off when you get that one picture of the planet. I still haven't made it out with the scopes yet but looking forward to it when I do. Good luck!

You got me Trevor on that last 45 seconds, really shows that you have a genuine passion for what you do. 9 out of 10 people don't understand. I try to talk to them about our solar system and universe but they're too caught up what's what's going on down here all I can think about is what they are missing. Keep fighting the good fight & God bless

I’d really be interested in a series where if you had to start over with various budgets what gear you would get. I’ve just stumbled upon this breath taking hobby and eager to find a decent starting point.

I remember when and where I was exactly in that moment. When I first saw the rings of Saturn. In my backyard with my older brother's telescope in 1982.

I have been following you, Dylan and chuck for a while now and love your channels and videos, you guys along with other airforce members are great mentors, cheers

Dude, i absolutely love your channel. Just stumbled across you and I think you’re my new favorite. It would make me ridiculously happy if you had a video showing off the Pleiades cluster ☺️

Congrats on the APOD, you deserved it from that amazing image!

I just opened the video, ima go and make some popcorn because i know ALL your videos are intresting :)

That final image of Saturn, just brought tears to my eyes. So beautiful. Amazing job...

That's a great first picture Trevor. I've been taking planetary pictures with my 8inch SCT for several years now and getting sharp focus can be quite tricky, even with a Batinov mask (our southern Ontario weather doesn't help much either). Keep at it! - it can be frustrating at times but also very rewarding - especially when you get that money shot!

Congratulations! The planetary imaging bug is very strong! I've had it for 3 years already, and it isn't waning at all :) The uncertainty around focus is a fact of life of planetary imaging. Especially when you'll start using a barlow. I find it helps to use a slightly higher exposure time (say 30ms) and lower gain to get the focus as good as you can. A Bahtinov mask is honestly not precise enough. However, when imaging, I've found that shorter exposures at higher gain (which means you can record MORE frames in the same time) always wins compared to longer exposure at lower gain. It looks worse when recording, because of the higher gain, but the end result is consistently better with shorter, more numerous high gain exposures. I'd have gone with 5-6ms in your case (w/o Barlow). Oh, and .SER is fine. Autostakkert opens them no problem. And if you want an .AVI, you can use PIPP to convert your raw .SER file. I think of .SER as the planetary video equivalent of .FITS.

I also want to gift my Father ( a telescope ) becoz here in Bihar( INDIA) maximum common people does't know about planet etc . I want to show him all the planets which is seen from earth ( then they will realise that yesss planetes really exist in our universe ) . I don't know why but here's 50 percent people are not so educated . I must will change this . Bihar is the place where lord Buddha get their knowledge but opposite of this here's people are not ..........

That brought tears to your eyes... amazing footage bro. Absolutely awesome!

Way to go! I used to do planetary with actual film late 90's, then moved on to digital cameras in 00's and now using dedicated ZWO doing the same technique you are. I started using Firecapture & Autostakkert last year and wow... my eyes almost popped out of their sockets the first time I used Autostakkert -- I snagged my best Saturn ever right out of the gate. I'm excited for Mars opposition 2020. Thanks for all your info share & cheers from Texas!

My man is playing Skyrim while waiting for Saturn. What a night

The first time I saw Saturn when I was 10 yrs old through my 2.5in refractor my stomach felt like the feeling you get when driving over a small humpback bridge in a car.

Wow, I love the production quality of your videos,; and, your skillful and dramatic planetary images are experiences that I thoroughly enjoy. I sure look forward to more of your photographs, thank you!!

Very nice 😄 I have a non computerized 1986 C8 I got in May '88 for my 3rd Telescope. First thing I looked at with it was Saturn 👍

Planetary astronomy had always captivated me so much more than deep sky. Just the though that I am looking at another world with it's moons, weather and possibly man-made objects orbiting it. It made it feel so much more real in a sense. I got very interested in the topic years ago and stumbled upon a guy in Australia building custom telescopes to photograph the planets. Some of the most amazing planetary images I have ever seen. Look him up! It’s "birds astronomy site" on google, first link. Anyway, thanks for great content! Keep it up :)

Saturn is the first planet that I saw trough my telescope and that feeling of satisfaction is just huge , I cant wait to see more images of other planets 😌😌😇😇

Awesome video as usual Trevor! (And those interactions with Dylan are so cool!!!)

I saw Saturn for the first time a couple of nights ago. Your description of the feeling is accurate, I was stunned and in humble awe.

This is so good. Incredible. You're an inspiration.

2:15 "hoping you can give me 3 tips" wow that was either well rehearsed or very demanding and bossy its like hey professor give me 5 reasons why we should attend your class😂

Great video! A few years ago I saw Saturn through a friend’s bird watching Swarovski telescope, in a clear southern Spanish sky. I will never forget it! We could even see the rings, although it was on band of white. I couldn’t believe how fast it moved across the view finder! Incredible. Thanks for your videos 👍👍

Amazing! I felt instant love and gratification while watching your view of Saturn. Thank you!

I always wanted to see other planets but i cant afford a telescope😭

I wish I have $$$ to burn, would love to see beautiful planets clearly like you

I cried a little at 12:08. I've never seen through a telescope and its been the longest bucket list ever to buy my own telescope and look at the star clusters and planets. Thanks for letting me see through your telescope, it was beautiful.

Super cool. Thank you... Love your pup too.

God's work is beautiful!

I saw Jupiter and Saturn through my first telescope a few weeks ago... and it was beyond incredible. I was only using a 26mm eyepiece to locate them both (and then I moved in to a 6mm), and I got lucky that night to see all 4 Galilean Moons and also Saturn and its rings. My scope is not powerful enough to see the Cassini Gap, but seeing it in your photo was just as awe-inspiring as being out in my backyard and seeing another world for the first time. Great video mate!

Nice touch with the music dude! Saw Saturn for the first time yesterday along with Jupiter. Amazing! Thanks for sharing

Seeing the planets as tiny ball suspended in the darkness of space with your own eyes through the telescope just blew your mind, it is just one of an unforgettable moments in your life

Love this so much! Your channel is awesome! :)

Fantastic shot Trevor! Capturing planets is very addictive & rewarding!

Great job! Learning much from your videos. I just purchased 9.25 SCT Celestron yesterday with HyperStar. Looking forward to doing some planetary and deep sky photography soon here in Detroit. Go Wings! Lol

Thats 2x's you got me on the feels. Congrats again on the APOD well deserved. The other was the year your dad passed. Very close to when I lost my dad. The short at the end was well done Trevor.. apparently your not only good at capturing deepsky objects.

Searching for Canon lens reviews, I stumbled on this video. 11 minutes and 26 seconds in I had a weird reaction. I got really happy and my eyes started watering. What the heck? Thank you so much for sharing!!

Amazing video Trevor! I cannot wait to view jupiter and saturn when they get high up in the sky here. Congratulations with getting APOD man, you really really deserved it!

Great to see you revisiting planetary, Trevor. I think Lunar and planetary imaging is a good shout during the summer twilight months (apart from a bit of solar of course). Get yourself that Bahtinov mask for that Edge 11", a scope like that deserves it!

Looks great Trevor! I have an ASI290 mini I'm going to try for this. Great tips from you and Dylan too! Cheers.

That was awesome man, thank you. Keep it up

Nice work! I'm learning planetary myself an older C8 2x powermate 183. I had to go with a crayford style focuser to keep collimation while focusing new scopes might not exhibit collimation shift while focusing I wouldn't know. Have a good one Clear Skies!

Not sure why this video made me emotional. But I am truly honored to have seen this. Was recommended by RU-vid and this truly had me in aw. I may have to invest in this set up. I think it would be great experience to share with my 14 year old son who lives with his mother. It’s all about the cool memories.