Explain with which lens you defocus as in my experience youre unlikely to be able to see the star like that with a 14-24mm. If polaris moves a little bit during exposure your trails will be blurred but your original statement that it doesnt move was correct. Georgia guidestones proved that. However its an interesting location.

i want to get a camera that can work with my projector to put the sky over me onto my ceiling. i would love to see a meteor shower or a thunderstorm in the safety and comfort of my home. Thank you

I just found out opt is closed permanently. That is a bummer. I was in scope sales there from 2006-2011, and the first person to ever dethrone Mike W as top salesman. The full end of an era, but when Craig sold the company was the beginning of the end, it just took over a decade to die. What did it in and when did it end? Covid? Shortages during covid? Maybe Wikipedia might have some info, im gonna check

I wish I had the money

Killer upgrade!!!

Great video! Thank you!

At the end of the day you can't tell if a deep sky image was taken by a 1600 or a 2600.

Thank you OPT for all these videos and for your great store. Sad to see you go.

Wonderful couple. I have watched their videos from the beginning and learned not just technical details, but the joy of the night sky personified.

How can I know when & where tbe moon is visible over trees3 for my swme location? Los Angeles hills. June 22 full moon was visible upstairs out the bedroom window through a tree at 21:09 but last night I couldn't see it even waited till 22:20

Broooo my picture was RAW and it needs to be JPG WHYYY

Here's another idea, if you use mono camera and filter wheels then why need color correction in scope, adjust focus as you change filters, correct for other things but don't worry about color

Your voice is not clear

Grayscale is a toy, show us how to do it in RGB

My problem has been getting the programs, and drivers to work on windows 11. I never had the problems I am having today with my old Mead cameras and my old windows 98, or was it 97, computer. All my old equipment got destroyed in a flood. I use ZWO cameras, and SVBony cameras now, vs Mead cameras before. I use SkyWatcher GEMs now, EQM-35PRO, AND EQ6 R PRO, vs Mead EQ 75. And a Windows 11 computer vs Windows 97. I sure would like to get the computers working before I get my observatory built.

Thanks for this, very useful.

Very nice!

for the life of me, I cannot find the polemaster software. The all in one software does not install it for me, I have tried 3 times now, and all I can find other than that on their website is drivers

An excellent overview to study and digest. Now I need to factor in light pollution and seeing conditions. I've heard that both affect what pixel size is best, which is what most real-world astrophotography encounters. I'll look through your video catalog. Thanks again, Michael

Why does my canon 90d seem to have a buffer of 4 seconds?

Very good! Fast and lots of information!😊

Great information. Some people on KZbin make it into a dark art . Thanks

Lots of information for me as a newbie. Seen a guy somewhere on KZbin using his DSLR hooked up to a laptop for an imaging session. Not sure how to do it .Many thanks for the video.

LOL they showing Amazon stuff no wonder they went under.

Great tutorial! You wouldn't be able to do this if we were living on spinning ball, would you?

M13, Hercules Cluster, is not 22-million light years distant. It is approximately 22-thousand light years away.

Very well done! Thank you

Thanks. Very clear. However, you skipped over a couple of things. Getting the adapter optimally seated in the mount. Focusing the Polemaster. Also, since the polar alignment with Polemaster is independent of Declination position, polar alignment can be repeated if the alignment gets bumped by just moving the RA.

I’m looking at purchasing an astro camera, but don’t want to spend too much ( I’m stage 5 renal failure ) and it’ll be short term use. What cost range would I need to get a good photo? Can anyone recommend something a beginner can afford and use easily enough? Thanks

you missed tarantula nebula, the one nebula outside the milky way really worth to be in your top 10 list

really nice tutorial, nice and simple and to the point. thankyou

Well.. I don't quite understand this video and it makes me believe you never went to the southern hemisphere ? Large and small magellanic clouds, the Carina nebula, indeed the chicken one.. but why mention the eagle nebula, the cat's paw or the planets ? you can see those from the northern hemisphere.. weird

2:39 How does a person connect a DSLR to a Losmandy & Vixen dual dovetail saddle? For example to the ZWO AM5.

Were all the images taken in raw ??

do I hafta watch all the way thru to find out if its a joke??

I had to put this comment using my computer because when I destroyed that like button, I broke my phone.

Thanks for the video but i have a qustion. how many shots do you take or how long do u keep on taking shots in star trails?

so if I go with the standard model will I still need the filters? also what would be the standard model number you mentioned?

What if I just use the scope just for visual? Every time I use the focuser it will be unbalanced from the declination. I use my eq just for visual and have not graduated yet to astrophotography.

Great comparison

Would love to see LMC from the northern hemisphere, hope you create a filter that takes care of the Earth blocking out all that sky.

I actually fell for this entire advert, start to finish!! FUMING!! I was like "Oh my frickin goodness!! This is a miracle!! I can't believe it!! I'm buying one no matter the cost!! OMGGGGG!!!" Then I read the comments below and realise it was a April fools joke!! GUTTEDDDDD!!!! 😭😭😭😂😂

Seriously, don’t try to modify your DSLR yourself. I tried. I broke it. And I bought a ASI2600 instead.

whats a good app to track a moonless night?

great video!

ty for wasting my bandwidth. I don't think I will buy my gear from you.

Such a good video, on point, with markers, no bullshit talk, just the help one is looking for. Thank you, Mack.

Did i miss my question ? Can i plug one of these red cameras into a Canon or Nikon lens?

Easy to follow and works great on Windows 10 - Windows 11 PM doesn’t see the camera - any suggestions?

WHOSH!! WISSSHH! What’s up with the constant stupid sound effects? And the cheesy presentation…..