Imaging the North America Nebula with a DSLR, 60mm TS Optics Refractor & EQM 35 Mount 

Thank you Ceri & Kat, hope you have a good weekend 😊 👍

Starnet was a real find for me Doug, as I typically struggle with bloated stars.

Thank you for watching, much appreciated 👍

Thank you for watching and your kind comment. Have looked at your channel and subscribed as it looks interesting 👍

I reckon that the greatest difference between my image 2 years ago compared with this image came from the camera modification and the use of the star removal software. Then increasing my total integration time from about 30 minutes to 99 minutes made a big difference. I think that this is a sufficiently bright target that you can still get good images using say 15 sec exposures on an alt az mount, compared to the 60 sec exposures I used here. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍

Thanks Joe 🙂. I think that part of the sky is great because you can still capture deep sky objects just with a dslr and tracker.

Thanks Ollie, it's my favourite part of the sky from about June to October.

Ooh, that a good point. Hope I don't accidentally press the "delete all" button 🤣🤣

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Thank you for that Bill, much appreciated 👍 🙂

Thank you, much appreciated 👍 🙂

Thank you Simon 😊. You are a braver man than me, getting up so early 🤣

Thanks Tony 👍. Have just spent a happy afternoon in the local Go Outdoors trying not to use all of my staff discount allowance 🤣🤣🤣

@@thecampingastronomer8554 sod that...blow the lot!! 🤪🤪

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Thank you Fin, much appreciated 😃

Thanks Mark 👍. That's a good idea, I'll have a look at that possibility

Thank you 👍

Hi Paolo, thanks for watching and commenting. All of the widefield images in this video were taken with an unmodified dslr. As you saw, it is still possible to see lots of red hydrogen gas with a stock camera. This can often be seen in a single exposure. The red can then be enhanced in processing. The final image in this video was taken using an astro modified dslr. I had this done earlier this year and it does make a noticeable difference. I think that if you have a camera that you only use for astrophotography then this modification is very worthwhile and is not too expensive (about £100). However, if you want to use your camera for normal photography aswell, then you can still pick up good amounts of red gas just with a standard camera.

@@thecampingastronomer8554 Thanks :)

Sorry for the delay in answering I have only just seen your comment. Yes, you are correct, my camera is a Canon 800D and it has been astro modified.