That scope doesnt have an equitorial mount or an EQ fork. How does that track the objects in space? Is it good for Astrophotography?

If you don't have a grey card, can you use a standard white sheet of paper? And should I shoot a separate custom WB with my Ha filter?

That is amazing! Thanks for sharing Matt! In a previous video i commented asking if you got any astrophotography time during your trip to chile, well looks like you not only got time but you made the most of it 🙂

Amazing! Thanks so much for sharing Matt! As a resident of Australia, I love that the milky way core rises to zenith for us in the southern hemisphere. The magellanic clouds, Tarantula nebula and Omega centauri are my favorite astrophotography targets here. I hope you had some time to do astrophotography in chile 🙂

Had no idea this ever happened. Is it something that can be predicted ahead of time? Was it visible in the city?

Man wonder what those thing going across the sky really are, shooting Stars is just dumb to believe now

Great tutorial! How could the comet not move in front of the star background in 20 minutes?

One of the interesting jobs in the world? I think so.

Dream observatory. Tween disco music has to go.

Yakima sure does light up the sky behind Rainier when you're shooting from Sunrise lodge.

Polemaster is the only way to go. I’m 6ft 3in and will never crawl in the dirt again 😊. Also why doesn’t tak make a 90 degree adapter for the polar scope would make it much easier and quicker but if tak made it the cost would be much higher than a Polemaster 😊

Hi Matt. Thanks for explaining how custom white balances work with a modified camera. Recently, I've been thinking of getting my Nikon D750 H-alpha modified. But I've learned that model has a problem with an internal IR source that may screw up long exposures. So I've been searching for another Nikon model. I like the looks of the Z6, but the modification sites I've visited also list the Z6 as having the same problem as the D750. Since you have the Z6, would you be kind enough to tell me if long exposures really are a problem, and how you handle them? If the Z6 handles the modification with no major problems, do you suppose my D750 would be okay with it too? Appreciate any advice. And thanks!

Nicely done. How long did it take you to get permits to commercially shoot in each park? It looks like it's taking a few weeks currently and is about $150 for each permit. 😬

thats right put your fingers in between there .. what can go wrong..

Very nice and the music made it even more magical!

Lake Arthur?

Awesome job Matt Spectacular!

Awesome to see, Matt - what a night!!

What a rare treat we had.

Love this!

What was your exposure time on each frame? 1s, maybe?

Beautiful! So cool to see the aurora that night. Never seen it so red and pink before, most of the time it's mainly green.

Congrats on being able to record this. What an enviable experience.

Awesome images Matt. The sky conditions looked great in Maine.

So glad you caught it!

This is great, Matt! Maine was the right choice, we weren't far in Vermont. So fun to see how everyone experienced the eclipse differently!

Matt. what a great video. I wish I would have left Texas and went somewhere else, oh well. One question, did you use the ASI Air for tracking?

Very cool, worth it going to Maine. Texas was indeed cloudy, but luckily I had some breaks in the clouds. Driving to outrun the clouds meant I only had 5 minutes to set up my cameras. Set up 2, one on a tracker, but didn't have time to get the remotes on the cameras, so I just used the shutter button which made a few frames blurry. Still worth it though!

That was awesome to watch, it was cloudy from where I was in Canada.

Is this magic even legal?

I will be there for the full eclipse. I bet you know some of my relatives, the Esensee family. Nice video. I wanna try and video the eclipse with my SeeStar. Should be fun!

All that money and such quality and out comes the 1974 rs232 adapter… somebody in that department needs to be fired

How you power the camera. Mine z62 and z9 i cant do that via usb i did try with a powerbank but it wouldn’t fill the battery.

Is the custom white balance saved or do you have to do this each time

i want one

Do you need to use a custom WB from the 18% Gray Card when you are shooting MW at night or is this specifically only for day time shooting?

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balance that sweet scope without the lens cap ;)

Now for the big elephant in the room…. How much $$$?

Thank you Matt!

Amazed at your efforts carrying around that rig. Not judging, but it deserves a permanent observatory.

how did you do long exposure shots with al/az mount ?

I cannot beleive that you are using a CDK-Telescope mobile and not in a dome. But I see the trailer you use for transport. That's all a big investment and I can only dream about it but not afford. But it is always nice to feed my dreams, so go on and let me dream.

Very cool!

Witnessed the awesome event southwest of you in Campwood on the beautiful Nueces river.

Nice Matt !

I made around 300 20s exposure photos of orion constellation on my !phone!, and after stacking I noticed some redish noise all around constellation. Turns out it was not a noise after all😀

Good job. Thanks

nice footage & backstage! I like the fog and animals😛8:43 who is that?

Nice work Matt! Would you mind sharing your general ISO and exposure time that you were working with in these clips?