How Light Pollution is Killing Your Astrophotography

[@rudyastro]

There’s something so peaceful about hundreds of telescopes quietly beeping away in the dark under the most incredible skies you’ve ever seen

[@Mr77pro]

Not a big secret that light pollution affects astrophotography. There's a whole industry built on fighting it in the form of filters. But we all know dark sky is the holy grail for great results! But for those that dont know, this is great advertising for Starfront😉

[@Jcorban08]

Amazing skies you have there at Starfront! I really enjoyed how you showcased the difference between the light-polluted city and the pristine, dark skies at the observatory. It’s the perfect location for capturing faint details!

[@StarPicturesMiami]

I really is the perfect dark sky location.

[@ijontichy7179]

Dark sky is always a winner, yet narrowband filters can do the trick. It's a waste of Bortle 1 sky to do a 3 nm SHO ))

[@rudyastro]

Most people travel to get away from light pollution - bray travels to make it worse 😂

[@drunk_astronomy]

Bizzarro*photography

[@toanthai]

I drive 3 hrs to Joshua Tree national park at least once a month. Eastern part of the park is in bottle 3.

[@Aerostar509]

Fun times for you being on the leading edge of this great site. Please keep sharing.

[@bobdalton2062]

Nice illustration! I'm planning on getting gear setup at Starfront in early 2025 😊 Will be calling soon to coordinate!

[@demej00]

Thanks. Useful. I gotta get out of town.

[@myketripp3838]

Great video for perspective. I know Abilene well since I was stationed there, now in Arizona. Thank you

[@Astro_Shed]

Wow, probably the best advert for your remote observatory you could have done..👍🏻

[@robvercouteren]

So cool and in the background lots of geminids evaporating in the atmosphere \o/

[@mike_abramyan]

"I found my shooting spot" while filming in a public park is crazy (this is referring to shooting photos)

[@canjosh]

Ok can we get a meteorite count, there were quite a few visible

[@Bee2Boo]

Right? There are a couple of them per each minute of the video

[@jazz83j]

Amazing video! Can anyone tell what he uses for vlogging? I can imagine it's an high iso capable camera

[@keithhanssen7413]

Hi from Montana

[@andybotcher1703]

Nice video - I’m at the back end of three weeks with total cloud cover in the UK so I’m struggling a little to feel sorry for those with light pollution 😀 - one quick point- doesn’t the R5 have an in built in intervalometer? Might be one less kit item to remember…

[@CornerCamper]

You know it's dark when you just casually see a meteor at 15:14.

[@CornerCamper]

and another at 15:35, must have been during the meteor shower haha

[@EmperorStorky]

@@CornerCamper and around 15:44

[@mariospenard5125]

I could'n agree more but I do manage to get some interesting shots under my Bortle 9 Montreal sky. 🙂

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

I cannot image from home, so I have to travel to image. The advantage is I image from bortle 4 minimum, but often bortle 2 or 3 sites. the downside, is 1 hour to travel, then set up and stripdown and 1 hour to return home, so i only image if at least 4 hours of clear sky is forecast

[@EdMG99]

It's so sad. My bortle is 6 and tends to 7, in Luna it's not even worth mentioning...

[@Clay2F]

Wouldn't it have been more comparable if the exposure time and ISO value had been identical for both locations?

[@l.m2517]

ISO 3200 and f1.8 under B9 😏

[@publiux]

I’m here crying in my bortle 9 backyard. I can still get some nice shots.

[@einzwei3364]

Nice but yieks the AI Translation of YT into german is rather a bit strange.