Why not a 6”SE?

This video is extremely helpful! I spent a night imaging, and then afterwards trying to figure out why nothing would help the resulting AVI, it was because of the DV encoder. I followed your instructions and have had much better results.

I have a Neximage 5 and a astromaster 130EQ. My goal with astrophotography is to see details on any planet. My dad thinks all space images (which would also include your image) are AI generated. He thinks that the Earth is flat, that there is a dome. He is no ordinary flatearther. He has gathered evidence for decenniums, like for example: Using temperature meters to prove that it is coolder during fullmoon, examinated clouds to prove that you see the sides of them when they're far away, bought a solartelescope to prove that the sun is not a "burning ball" (as he described it, he didn't use filters and so only saw it as a blank circle), used binoculars to prove that boats acutally dosn't go over any horizon because you can still see them when they disapear for the naked eye, he has also fucking climbed to the highest top in my country (2100 meters above water) to claime that he could see atleast 1/8 of the country as well as tops that you shouldn't be able to see on a round earth. He has studied magnetism and claims that the earth would need to be a disk with a hole in the middle for it to work (a round earth would apperentely make the magnetism spin uncontrolled all around the globe). He has so so many more evidences and claims, and it is not only about the cosmos. For example the vaccine; it is apperentely dangerous, and he claims that people now have gotten dumber because of it, and weaknesses and braindead and all that shit. He thinks that NASA and the russian spaceindustry are like illuminati, they want to take over the world for some reason. This is what i have to deal with, and i can't prove him wrong :( Yesterday me and my dad were in the car, and i mentioned a book that i would really want to have, he was curious about what it was all about; i said science, and oh god he started spitting all at me. It was not fun that's what i can say.

I use a neximage 10 with fire capture, but the preview showed black and white. How do I change it to the color mode?

I have a 130 slt to carry around with all accessory upgrades plus i made my own carrying case for free Problem solve !! Never in a million years would i choose a 5 over an 8 I get your point when it comes to having a budget

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Can i buy 6se ? Because 8se cost more approx.62000₹.Is there major difference between them ?

This guy would probably also say a V6 is a better choice than a V8

This was very informative! But if I set my focus onto a star using the Bahtinov mask, when won't my telescope be out of focus again when I go and point it at a planet, which is much closer? Or the Moon? Sorry is this is a weird question, but I'm a beginner, and the video said this would work, or at least that's how I understood...

How the actual hell do i download this software. I have been trying so hard to find a somewhere to download it. :( I Spent 200 dollars on a neximage camera but i can't use it because it says i need the iCap software. Where the hell am i supposed to get that from :(

I built a 1/2" plywood case for about $30 including all the hardware. I used the packing foams the telescope and alt/az mount came in and built the box to those dimensions. They are together in the same case. I attached some heavy egg crate foam on the top to keep them from moving. Works like a champ. I have the Celestron Wedge as well and it just stays on the tripod. It is a good idea to get yourself a sturdy tackle box to put your cords, power sources, etc. I have the Celestron Plossel eyepiece and filter set and they just stay in that very nice aluminum case. For times when I do not have access to AC power, which is most times I have a 12 V auto battery and 12-120 inverter.

great analysis of these concepts, help me a lot, thx very much

Sorry, I almost forgot. While celestron has a case for 300+ dollars, an 8 in celestron fits very nicely into a foot locker for 20 bucks. Spend a few more dollars to line that with 1 in foam rubber and voila. Problem solved.

Hmm, I have 2 celestron 8 in scopes. First is circa 1983/4 and has served me well over the years and the second in an evolution 8 in. Basic difference between my 8 in and that 5 in is weight for one, 8 in is approximately 50 lbs set up with equatorial wedge while that 5 in is probably 20 lbs lighter but you also give up finer detail. The bigger the scope, the more light you will capture. It all goes to personal preference. You put up a good video with very valid points. Keep up the great work.

I am elderly, frail and home bound. Just started in the hobby. Had a budget of $300.00. Everyone told me to buy a Dobsonian, so I bought a 10" Dobsonian which weighed 61 pounds. Too heavy. So, I bought a 150mm XLT with a CG-4 mount, which weighed 42 pounds. Too heavy. So I bought a Celestron 5SE, which weighed 23 pounds. Hasn't arrived yet, hope it won't be too heavy, as I am running out of credit. Chose the 5SE because it is not too heavy (?), comes with a wedge, can use the 6.3 reducer, and collects light as we as a 105mm refractor, but without the achromatic aberration. Am hoping for the best. 🙂

Thank you for the videos. Great stuff! (Um, er, the cameras aren't called webcams though. Webcams are used for a different purpose)

This is a fantastic tutorial and demonstration, thank you for making this!

I got an older Nexstar and could not find info on how to do this until I stumbled on this video. Thanks so much!

I bought an aluminium hard case for my 6se and it cost $40

My experience with telescope advertising is that the useful power is about 40% less than the advertisement. 4 mm EP is a joke.

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I have an Advanced GT i cant seem to connect it to PC.

There are also several reasons that the 8se is better than the 5se. Kind of a dumb video.

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I know this video is OLD, but... I went with an Alt/Az mount, as I'm using the telescope for terrestrial (land/water) viewing, not star-gazing. Plus, I ordered a 3" eyepiece extension tube so I can look straight-through the scope instead of using the diagonal. That's best (for me) for land-viewing: Way faster and simple. A complicated EQ mount would be extra I'd be paying for but would never really use. Same for a cellphone app that guides some telescopes nowadays, technology they didn't have when this video was made (11 years ago). At most, I'll just look at the moon occasionally, but the rest of the time, mine (Celestron Astromaster 90 AZ) I'll be doing terrestrial viewing. The red-dot finder scope that came with it is terrible, but probably can be replaced by a better one, or, just not even used. -- BR

AMAZING

Amazing

I recently scored a 5se with accessories and Celestron Plossl and Filter set for $250. I also scored a 130slt with accessories and Plossl and Filter set for $120. My first go-to's. Plan to use them for outreach, starting with my 6 daughters. SkyPortal WiFi for both for quick and easier target changes. Too bad Jupiter and Saturn are close to the sun right now!

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You on hiatus?

The cure for this Image shift buy a Classical cassgrain telescope. Problem solved

What is the best way to take 2 still shots and combine them?

Thank you for instruction. Although I align our Celestron by StarSense I would like to use the arrow keys on the remote control to make adjustments. Thats because the SkyPortal app for iOS is a pain in the a**e. It disconnects all the time, the arrow buttons freeze al the time and looking thought the telescope at the same time fiddle on the iPad is crap. First you have no tactile feedback that you pushing the right button, second if you push somewhere else the whole process is compromised. But I can't make it work like that, to just use the remote control for arrow keys only. It asks for the whole process in wich I can't use StarSense with SkyPortal. I'm doing something wrong?

Where do I get the codes for the galaxies? Thank you

Very good video! Thank you for posting...

Very good presentation of a little understood topic. At least for the tyro like myself. Bit depth and percent histogram are very useful topics for capture and to understand number crunching say to doing pixel math.

Excellent explanation! I own a Cel Edge HD, just bought on Monday! It is amazing!

Excellent!

The schemes you have that you are able to load, did you create and save those yourself or are they supposed to be built in to the software? When I click LOAD, the list is empty.

If you use a 5 inch in dark skies you will see for example 60 stars in a particular spot. Take a 8 inch and point it in the same spot and you will see around 250 stars in tje same spot . I have a 12 inch dobsonian which will do way better then the 5 and 8 inch . A telescopes most important feature is the apreture . More light that enters the more brighter the image will be . A low apreture telescope is like having a dull low power movie projector. You get a dull image on wall and can only see the most obvious bright areas of the movie . A high apreture like a 12 or 16inch will be like a hi power ultra hd LCD projector . You can see the hair on the womans blazer in movie . That's the difference with low and high apretures

Thank you for very simple and easy explanation.

So, I have 5.0...should I update that too?

Very nice, thorough video. You are an immense help to my imaging routine and I thank you for helping me learn and refine processing techniques.

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Hello I got a question.. so I own a Meade telescope that is 70mm and 700 focal length and I use the neximage burst with icap. (One the telescope doesn’t have a motorized stand) when I’m using the neximage and when It’s on Jupiter I change exposure and gain until I see bands but the image isn’t that good so I record and put it into registrax and even after I stack it it shows nothing just a blank black picture what do I do? Am I doing something wrong. And 1 thing is the neximage better than neximage 5?

I hope you are doing well and wish you would make some more vids!

This is awesome info! Ty.. About to power up my scope for the first time tomorrow night!

Bigger is better - enough said!

I think your formula for the Airy disk is incorrect. Your formula is for the radius to the 1st dark rink. So 1.22 should be 2.44 for Airy disk diameter. Nice video though…