Hunting the Jellyfish Nebula with the Meade 70mm APO

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Coma: Baader MPCC Mark III Coma Corrector - bit.ly/2WlEV5M

[@eyesoftexasskywatch]

Looks pretty dang good to me! Clear skies! Stay safe in these strange times!

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks!

[@nuggetz9380]

Watching you since last year Y’all definitely need more recognition

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you :)

[@opalprestonshirley1700]

The results are beautiful.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks!

[@MayfieldCreekObservatory]

I recently bought a Meade 70mm astrograph. Have not had a chance to use it. I am coming over from DSLR and going to a OSC ASI533MC. I have an ASIAir Pro I need to get set up with my EQ6R mount. I feel kind of lost right now but getting everything together and hopefully soon get some nights of testing done. Love your channel guys.

[@AstroQuest1]

Great video. I used to live in the desert (AZ) and really miss it, dirt roads and all. I like your set up, small scope and large mount. Thanks for sharing . - Cheers Kurt

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you! And yes the desert is awesome for this hobby.

[@TadejSkofic]

The image looks really great, love the details you were able to bring out, very well done!

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you!!

[@Mistr_A]

That's a great final image, I would be very happy with that effort.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks Nick :)

[@stew_redman]

Great image. Really well done. I've been using a 72mm refractor fo a lot of images recently. Great little piece of kit.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks and yes! Sadly a wide field of view like this one is not that great for galaxies but we can't wait to use it again in Summer.

[@DennisCarmody]

Not sure what side of Vegas you’re on now but try Lovell Canyon Road! Some campgrounds w good spots to set up and it’s very nice skies north south and west.

[@francescot3684]

Wow Antoine! Ones again a fantastic video! Your Skills in video- filming and editing are fantastic! It really feels to be there too. And the result is an impressive Yellowfish nebula! Ps I was at first worry for you alone in a new part of the desert and became happy when I saw that you had company😁 Greetings ( to Dalia too)!

[@thelordofcubing]

That road is considered a highway here in India 😂😂

[@GalacticHunter]

Haha I can't compare but oh wow. 😜

[@seanspoerhase3878]

That is an amazing job on the jellyfish nebula! Love the Hubble pallete so much.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks, the Hubble palette is also my favorite combination!

[@TheZ3roCool]

Beauty! I imaged this for the first time last month and it has become one of my favourite targets. My 4 year old named the Jelly Fish Jeff 😋 He wanted to know why he lived in space though and if it was because he had died 🥺 Only managed to get an hour in B6 sky in Ha so need some more time next year to get a final image. What I would give for a good location to setup for the night away from the town! Keep doing what you doing 🙏😍

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you so much! And that's a nice story 😄Hopefully you can give some color to Jeff next year :)

[@hectordml]

I love your videos! I find really inspiring that you tell a story in each video. This makes them so engaging. I don't like videos that only tell the gear and set up they used from their backyard. So boring. Please never stop to tell stories.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you Hector, this is why we usually do our "Episodes" series although it's been a while!

[@cliveroberts415]

Looks good to me, love the Jellyfish nebula

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you :)

[@SpaceCatSupreme]

Beautiful! It looks very 3D.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you :)

[@Annodite]

Another great video! Would love to have a dessert like this as my 1 hour-drive backyard

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks, and yes we are grateful to be able to image from the desert.

[@greglight5808]

Great vidy. Can't wait for the next one. See you soon.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you!

[@JeffHorne]

I think the scope looks great on that mount. 😊

[@douweodh4146]

Nice shot! I have the utmost respect for you going into the desert. Right now, I’m shooting M81/M82 in my backyard at 2 AM and 0 degrees Celsius and I already think

[@douweodh4146]

that that is tough 😂

[@christophergemeinhardt3404]

Seeing that you have relatively dark skies around, you might wanna try imaging the IFN around M81 and M82. Is is really faint and extended, but really cool to look at and a nice broadband target.

[@GalacticHunter]

Yes! That's on the To-Do list for Spring! Planning on going to a Bortle 1 zone for that.

[@jeffballphoto]

Great video and result. I agree about that ASI AIr power cable. Lame. I have no idea when my Pro will ship to me from Highpoint. I love the ASI Air, cable excluded. Keep up the great work.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks Jeff, yes hopefully it won't give us too much trouble, we haven't purchased to Pro yet

[@scienceisawesome_]

Nice!

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks!

[@johnadastra1754]

Love your desert location! Wish I could image with such an open sky and little obstruction to the horizon. In doing NB imaging with multiple filters, I have found 4-5 hours data is really the bare minimum. If you go 10-12 hours or more, your signal to noise ratio should greatly improve. Hard to do away from home though, I know.

[@GalacticHunter]

Yes we usually do 4 hours minimum for each target (although we've sometimes done 3 hours and it can be enough depending on the object and sky quality) but we definitely want to add more to this next year.

[@kevindobbins5040]

Another great video. Do you need refocus after each filter change or is it good as is? I am looking to move to monochrome

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks, and no with the filters we are using, the focus stays the same for all 7 of them (LRGBHaSiiOiii) which is awesome.

[@Aerostar509]

Notice that the rusty beer can with bullet holes in it was from before they had pull tabs.

[@astroedsastrophotographych4562]

Nice work! If you think your tires will pop, replace your tires dude!!

[@GalacticHunter]

Yes that would be smart 🧐

[@djameli379]

Thanks for all your nice vlogs And can you shoot comete atlas c2019 ?

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks! We're waiting until it gets brighter then we'll give it a try :)

[@coincoin4184]

Ouah , j'adore les couleurs . Dur de trouver un endroit sans lumière . Ici en bretagne centre les lumière sont pour la plus parts des communes éteintes et avec le confinement moins de voitures .

[@GalacticHunter]

Merci ! Et oui le confinement doit aider un petit peu, mais c'est vrai que le désert aide :)

[@elmikol2443]

Try wrapping a rubber band around the ASI air and power plug

[@SuperBuickregal]

When you get a chance and time try the KOFA National Park and the Barry Goldwater range down by YPG, Tacna and Dateland Arizona.

[@GalacticHunter]

I've heard great things about KOFA, we might try one day. But for the distance, we also have Bortle 2/1 zones here in Nevada so we'll probably prioritize those unless we decide to go to Arizona some day.

[@SuperBuickregal]

Galactic Hunter Makes sense, KOFA has very nice scenery and vegetation though. Thanks again for a nice video guys.

[@mannyva01]

How do you like the meade telescope.... is it worth the upgrade from the Orion telescope?

[@GalacticHunter]

It is very different from the Orion telescope, we are 100% in love with the Meade telescope and are so happy to have it, it is perfect for large targets and nebulae in general, the Orion is also excellent, and less pricy, but requires collimation, a coma corrector, and is good for everything but large targets (as they won't fit in the frame unlike for the Meade). Check out our video about the Meade here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmKqaoNooJeHf8k and don't hesitate to email us if you have any questions!

[@pnjunction5689]

Great video, as usual. Have you tried shooting the Jellyfish Nebula with a DSLR only? I think I have a few clear nights coming up and not much else to do, so I might going to try that :-)

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks! And no we never tried imaging this object with a DSLR camera, it might be a little difficult but it would definitely help if you have an Ha clip-on filter!

[@pnjunction5689]

@@GalacticHunter I've just set everything up in the backyard. Seeing is perfect, but it's super windy tonight and my hands are frozen now. Fortunately, I finally managed to get decent WiFi connection outside. The object is really super faint. Hard to figure out the correct orientation...

[@SuperBuickregal]

Just to add at the range it is 2 for darkness.

[@ChrisTurchin]

Spent a night out in Mojave Preserve this past summer, definitely a good dark sky spot less than 90 minutes from Vegas. Roads were okay 😂

[@GalacticHunter]

We've been there once, it's nice but now that we moved to the other side of Vegas, we'd have to cross the whole city before being on our way there :/

[@ChrisTurchin]

@@GalacticHunter yeah that's no good. Love your stuff, bisous to you both. Just kidding keeping social distance! Take care!

[@fazergazer]

It would be fun to see a tutorial on the narrow band data in PixInsight like the one you did for the dslr data! It’s still cloudy in Santa Fe BTW....

[@GalacticHunter]

There are two tutorials (with video), you can see them here: www.galactic-hunter.com/learn-pixinsight-tutorials

[@freddyacosta2358]

Did you stack those 5 pictures at location?

[@Chimp_6]

Was your friend shooting the Jellyfish also? It would be fun to compare your images and his!

[@GalacticHunter]

He was shooting M81 but had some issues with his collimation that night :/

[@rhendricksonn]

Nice

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks!

[@paulradford6902]

Cracking final image. I have the same problem with my Asi Air so put a load of celloptape round it to hold it in. Bad design.

[@GalacticHunter]

Thanks, and yes it's really annoying, might have to put some tape on it too.

[@arnsteindale5531]

I liked this video, good imaging and editing! Where was this desert location?

[@GalacticHunter]

Thank you! This was about one hour north of Vegas, not far from Mercury.

[@arnsteindale5531]

@@GalacticHunter I sure like to join you there sometime :) Though it`s cold in the night, but I am used to that. BTW we where i Vegas in 2017, drove to Bryce Canyon and further on to Casper WY, all for the solar eclipse. It was magic!

[@GalacticHunter]

@@arnsteindale5531 Oh nice! We stayed in Vegas for the Eclipse and it was.. very cloudy :(

[@oliveranders9702]

What software do you use?

[@GalacticHunter]

We use PixInsight, we have some tutorials available on our website if you wish to learn :)

[@gershondaniel9957]

hi just wandering if you can put 2 inch filter in the back of the scope, if its have a filter vault

[@GalacticHunter]

No sadly you can't, you'll need a filter drawer

[@gershondaniel9957]

@@GalacticHunter Hi thank's for you'r reply, but if i use dslr and filter drawer the back focus not be exactly 55mm, and from OPT they said to me that i can unscrew the back of the scope and put 2 inch filter, I would suggest you to check it if its true if you can, it will help for some amateurs that consider about this scope to know if this secred realy true thanks agin great channel

[@GalacticHunter]

@@gershondaniel9957 Omg I just checked and it's true, you can use a flat head screwdriver and remove the back and you can then screw in a 2" filter! Wow I feel bad not knowing haha we've used this scope for years. Thank you for asking us to check 😅

[@gershondaniel9957]

@@GalacticHunter thanks for doing this check, i glad to here that is possible, you realy helped me and i believes for some other amateurs, because i want to buy this scope and that was my one considering, and i happy becuse i helped also to you to know this after year😅 I suggest you to add this trick on your youtube review becuse i saw in comments some amateurs asking this question to and it may helped them to, thanks again and clear skies

[@royhagen423]

I guess that was the "horse with no name"

[@Astrokashyap]

Why Can't nebula be captured in summer

[@aemyttyastro]

Wow!!! Amazing picture! Watching this makes me want to go to a dark sky site againnnn..

[@GalacticHunter]

It's always worth the drive :)

[@cowtheslice]

You’re really missing out the souther hemisphere in my opinion is far superior ;) as down here we have the beautiful Magellanic clouds. And the beautiful NGC 3372 (Carina nebula) and within it the Homunculus nebula plus your never 30 minutes from extremely dark skies . But you do miss our on some great northern hemisphere only objects and polar alignment is harder which is probably the worst part.

[@GalacticHunter]

Yes the Southern hemisphere definitely has lots of fantastic objects. We still haven't had the chance to visit this part of the globe yet but we will one day!

[@clestonlopes6618]

Hello there, thank you for this amazing content, question your friend has instagram, facebook or someway that I can talk with him? I have a big meade and I'm doing the deforking to do the same set up. thanks and clear skies!

[@sorrycharlie3327]

No sound with this video. Sound works in other videos.

[@GalacticHunter]

Strange, it works fine for me and it seems like other people commenting did not have issues with the audio? 🧐

[@sorrycharlie3327]

@@GalacticHunter Sound works one day later. Not the first time I've encountered that. I think its an occasional glitch in youtube.

[@scott_meyer]

Where is this spot?

[@GalacticHunter]

About 1 hour North from Vegas towards Tonopah

[@scott_meyer]

@@GalacticHunter Near Mercury?

[@GalacticHunter]

@@scott_meyer Yes it was just before or after passing the road that leads to Mercury!

[@scott_meyer]

@@GalacticHunter Maybe net time I'm in Vegas, we can round up John and head up that way for some observing.

[@GalacticConquerer]

What a whimpy telescope! Sort of sad!

[@GalacticHunter]

Never judge a book by its cover! :D