Beginner's Guide to Deep Sky Objects: Essential Tips for Astrophotographers

[@orlinantonov5572]

Cinematic quality, well done! I look forward to the next ones. 👏

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thanks a ton! There's more to come. I'm already working on it.

[@terryrees8574]

Excellently narrated and informative. As a beginner who has just bought his first star tracker this is very useful to me. Subscribed.

[@CosmicCaptures]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for stopping by :)

[@herr_bouchnak]

Dina videos är hur bra som helst Tim! Har precis snubblat in på Astro och har en del att lära mig, och dina videos förenklar det hela en hel del! Tack för skapandet av dem!

[@CosmicCaptures]

Jag är glad att du gillade videon och att du tyckte att den var till hjälp. Lycka till med din astrofotograferingsresa 👍🏻

[@sajjadn.jabbar3980]

over 2 years i watched a lot of astronomy channels but yours is something else, thanks you for your hard work sir

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thank you so much for writing this. These videos are indeed hard work, and it means a lot to me that you can appreciate that. 🙏🏻

[@w4m0330]

I started this hobby about 4 years ago while following almost all Astro KZbinrs. Some come and go, and I fully understand the reasons, as I also have my own full time work during the day time. Your hard-working content is really stunning and made of great quality. I wish you will not burn out and looking forward to your upcoming contents.

[@cobalt9754]

Underrated channel. Your videos are awesome!

[@CosmicCaptures]

I'm glad you like them. Thanks a lot for commenting :)

[@guidobel4860]

What a nice video, thank you for sharing!

[@CosmicCaptures]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for commenting 🙏🏻

[@txdave2]

This is truly one of the most interesting, informative, and well produced videos I have seen on KZbin. Your captures are beautiful. I am a 69 year old retired mental health nurse. I finally have the free time to explore astronomy and astrophotography. Thank you for posting this very inspirational video.

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏🏻 I am very glad you enjoyed the content and production quality. These videos take a lot of time and effort to make, and it means a lot to me that you can appreciate that. Keep exploring the world of astronomy and astrophotography :)

[@upfromtheashes]

Outstanding video! If this is the quality we can expect from your channel, I'm looking forward to the next one!

[@CosmicCaptures]

Wow, thanks! I'm glad you like the quality of my videos. There's more to come :)

[@andreasschulze3342]

Hallo Tim, I found your channel when your video about the mineral moon appeared in my search. Loved the video, bookmarked it and today I am back watching the Beginner's Guide vid. The quality of your videos is outstanding and I find them to be jam packed with useful information - at least for me as sbdy. who never photographed any sky object other than the moon. Having said that I find it particulary helpful that you put other space objects size in relation to a full moon. At this point I realised that at least some of this could be sth. that I could try to photograph with my camera gear, too. I am conviced that your channel will grow considerably. Keep up the excellent quality and the audience will follow. If I may add one (selfish) wish: don't speed up frequency or number of your videos over quality. IMHO A longer interval between videos with great content is better than weekly updates that start out great, but get boring within one year after the creator found out at that as a human he cannot simply squeeze his brains to spit out new ideas each and every week (what's in my bag, why you need this particular product...) and eventually end up as some home shopping channel with 500k of subscribers and 8k views per video only. Thank you for the videos and I wish you always clear skies. Best regards, Andreas

[@CosmicCaptures]

Hi Andreas, Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful comment! I’m really glad to hear that you enjoyed the Mineral Moon video and found the Beginner’s Guide helpful-especially the size comparisons, which are one of my favorite ways to make space feel a bit more approachable. I truly appreciate your encouragement and feedback about the balance between quality and frequency. It’s something I think about a lot-wanting to keep each video packed with valuable information while also considering the need to grow the channel. I’m in a bit of a dilemma: I want to maintain the high quality that viewers like you enjoy, but I also know that more frequent uploads could help the channel reach more people. Right now, I’m focusing on putting my heart into each video, taking the time to research and create something I’m proud of, even if it means posting less often. Your support and understanding of that balance means a lot to me. I’ll do my best to keep the quality high, and I hope you’ll continue to enjoy what’s to come. Wishing you clear skies and many great captures ahead!

[@choksw]

Your video deserves more views! Amazing, thank you for your hard work ❤

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thank you for appreciating the work that went into this video 🙏🏻 The views don't reflect that yet. But that will change over time I hope :)

[@kristiandziedzic9662]

This video is a work of art. Your passion is inspiring

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thank you so much 🙏🏻 for your kind words. And thank you for commenting. It means a lot to me 😃

[@dh2970]

This is a great summary, I hope that others who are interested in starting this hobby come across this video.

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thanks for your kind words. I also hope more people interested in astrophotography will find the video. But right now, it looks like it's dwindling away. It's a pity because I consider the content "must-have knowledge" for everyone doing astrophotography. May I ask what made you click on the video?

[@dh2970]

@@CosmicCaptures I am a novice astro-P and watch a lot of content to learn, so the YT search algorithm suggested your video and the title was exactly the kind of content I need. I hope you are able to continue to publish, your experience as a professional filmmaker definitely shows and is much appreciated!

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thank you for letting me know how you discovered the video 🙏🏼

[@ColleenVR]

Subscribed. Beautifully made content and very useful information.

[@CosmicCaptures]

I am happy you liked the video and found its information useful. Thanks a lot for subscribing and commenting 🙏🏻

[@scottpelley8352]

Wow, great job! You covered your subject very nicely!

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thank you🙏🏼 I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😃

[@Polgnar]

what a nice quality content video!! keep it up sir!

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thanks, will do!

[@mikehardy8247]

This couldn't have come at a better time. Very few clear nights make it a challenge to be efficient with given gear. This helped greatly with tools to make my nights more beneficial. Like realizing the witches head, isn't worth pursuing in urban light pollution. Others said the same things, but your examples summed it all up, and clarified alot. Thanks! I'll be diving into your channel further.

[@CosmicCaptures]

I'm glad the video was helpful for you. And you are right; the Witch Head Nebula is a tricky target from an urban setting. Thanks a lot for commenting

[@АндрейКарпов-м7ю]

Please more please about cosmos and astronomy. Add. Like all about space and Universe. All subscriptions about Space

[@CosmicCaptures]

Thanks for letting me know what you would like to see 👍🏻

[@benwilliams9627]

Another awesome video and I hope you keep them coming. I would love to know the name of the book that you were looking at in the beginning of the video.

[@CosmicCaptures]

I'm thrilled that you like the video 😃. The book that I show in the beginning is called: "Astronomy Photographer of the Year" - Collection 12. It's published by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK. They publish a new book with the year's best astrophotography every year. Their books are a great source of inspiration for everyone doing astrophotography.

[@jtepsr]

I would recommend you teach beginners the proper way to use their new equipment like me LOL

[@CosmicCaptures]

I'm curious :) What is the poper way to use new equipment?

[@unwoke1652]

I lost interest when a veteran engineer in astronomy told me that photos in space are taken in monochrome, and that the amazing colours come from post-production. He took classes from someone involved in the cameras of Hubble, and built several telescopes at a prominent observatory.

[@CosmicCaptures]

When we image in broadband, we use colour filters in front of the monochrome cameras to capture colour data. Then, we combine the monochrome data from the red, green and blue filters into an RGB image. We can even calibrate the resulting colour files with data from reference star catalogue data. This way, we can capture and process pretty accurate colour images of space objects. In this case, the colours are real, and we enhance them through post-processing. When we do broadband imaging, we sometimes tweak the colours, but we don't just paint or colourize black and white images. Narrowband is a different story. There we assign the data from specific wavelengths to colours. For example, Halpha is assigned to green, Oxygen to blue and Sulphur to red. The goal is to create an image showing where the specific elements emit light. When we do narrowband imaging, we often take more creative liberty in assigning and balancing the individual colour channels.

[@davegski]

It’s helpful to remember that all digital color cameras use the process you mentioned - they have a monochrome sensor with an rgb filter array on top (Bayer matrix is a good search term to find info on this) and the colors are composed after the shot by a processing engine in the camera. Our eyes are one way of capturing and composing light, a camera is another. One is not more “true” than the other.

[@earthling-fh2mg]

Then your veteran engineer has misled you somewhat. Any camera you use - even for normal daylight photos - take the photo with a monochrome sensor. Would you say the blue of the sky and the green of the grass weren’t the true colours?

[@CosmicCaptures]

That's a very good point you are making. Thanks for joining the discussion.