I finally did it ... A strange dark nebula shot from three different countries.

I face my fears and collaborate by data sharing with two inspiring astrophotographers from Canada and the USA and we turn our 3 Celestron C11 telescopes to the same strange place in space.
Thanks to High Point Scientific for sponsoring!
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Marsha Wilcox : www.marshawilcox.com
Photo info : HA / L / R / G / B
Target : LDN1622 "Bogeyman" Nebula
3 x Celestron C11" Telescopes
3 x F7 Reducers
3 x Sony IMX571 sensors (QHY268M / ZWO2600MM)
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[@mikehardy8247]

On the Apertura power banks,The 5.5 X 2.1 female barrel ports deliver 12V. This is the standard cables that astro equipment uses. As far as I'm aware no other such device provides this connector (BASEUS does, but it's output doesn't work for our purposes). The Jackery 500W, has a VERY non-standard barrel connector that they don't support. So if you don't already have a portable power solution, consider this! I have no affiliation with Highpoint. Just think this would be what I'd have bought, if I didn't already own two Jackery units.

[@DylanODonnell]

That's really interesting, thanks. Even though it's rated for 110v I think everything in the obs will still work with their switching power supplies.. I'm going to see if it works... carefully. Perfect little portable power though for astro .. and camping, and busking.

[@AndreaGirones]

Yay what a fun project! Can you tell I had a long day and was a bit sleepy😂😂

[@DylanODonnell]

Haha nope! Thanks Andrea!

[@superIuminaI]

Outstanding image!

[@tiagosnightskies]

Hearing you speak of imposter's syndrome is a bit ironic since many of us (myself included) often look at your images and think ours are absolute crap by comparison! 😅 Nice colab!

[@Paul_AstroEsthetics_]

I feel like we judge our images way worse when we compare them to each other 😆

[@fjrodrick]

Wow-well done, Dylan! Putting the project together and then teaching us all how to do it. Fantastic images of the Bogeyman, too. I might not sleep tonight.

[@Naztronomy]

Awesome work, Andrea and Marsha! And you too, Dylan. RIP Becca. I've attempted a few collaborations but coordinating is so difficult. Not just finding similar gear but finding time and clear nights.

[@halbohannon5908]

I asked my wife what she saw in the dark nebula and she said a Super Hero when I looked at it again it was Big Foot. All the pictures were outstanding thanks for sharing.

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

What a great collab & the image at the end was outstanding, I hope you get together again for another one.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks!

[@alainmaury5941]

One field where there is collaboration are all the science projects, and it's not only between amateurs, but between amateurs and pros. Variable stars, Supernovae photometry, and spectroscopy, comet follow up, near earth asteroid follow up. And it's usually far more exciting than just pretty pictures, it allows you to touch the sky :)

[@DylanODonnell]

Agree!

[@ziggyfrnds]

I love how you started with "2 chicks at the same time maaan" and then on the call got really respectful 😀 Great collab, goes to show even with the same equipment how much processing and individual taste and skill goes towards the image. Brilliant stuff! Thanks for sharing!

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe gotta respect the better imagers :) I’m punching above my weight here.

[@pederp5749]

Lovely pictures. Well done. BTW. After seeing Dylan's flashy PC I am less ashamed of my own😆

[@astronome66]

Looks like you all had great fun and the results are fantastic. Always cool to see the universe from someone else's eyes. Bravo!

[@ruthlessrog1]

This was insane! Well done everyone, all the versions had their own appeal but that Ha final was gorgeous.

[@ndzick718]

Another great video, and the images are incredible. Love and hugs for Marsha and Becca.

[@marshawilcox]

Thank you.

[@larryhibbitts2099]

Now see, I always knew you could play well with others Dylan! Kudos to you and your partners, that was a VERY cool image, regardless of whose processing you viewed.

[@franks2725]

Great project and thanks for sharing! Love all three versions.

[@ryanmichaelhaley]

Awesome, really good data here! This sounds like it was a fun project and learning experience.

[@ivolol]

It's really crazy, but immediately an awesome reason to share that becomes apparent is just how different, different people compose the same image from the same raw numbers! When there's more than one it removes the 'ego' of there being some definitive final crafted or best version done by one person. Perhaps the 'competition' also breeds a new fervour and ingenuity in what is the coolest image you can create!

[@MarcusZabo]

Excellent! What a great idea and a great exercise in stoicism!

[@ronrobertson8688]

What a lovely video. Super impressed with not only the final product, but also the humanity reflected. Now I have to go call my mom. 😂

[@DylanODonnell]

I wish my mum was this cool. 😎

[@thisissparta3965]

Thank you Dylan for passing the sad message of the demise of the great Alyn Wallace. I know this video comment is off topic but it's you latest vid. I could count on my fingers and thumbs those in the Astro community that I have the up most respect for and you and Alyn were on those fingers and thumbs. You may not know me, I may not comment (much) but I watch you and learn. As I have with Alyn and others. Spock would say "Live long and prosper" Astrophotographers would say "Clear skies." I would say "Any chance of including some dark skies (stop leaving your porch lights on ALL NIGHT LONG (Industrial parks take note) and invest in some motion detection lights that actually switch themselves off, better if the lights are RED)." Last rant aside.......Rest in peace Alyn. I will remember you ever time I look up. Dylan your memory will be bound to the cosmos also, but, don't leave us just yet.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks man. We all die, and I have grey hairs now. But I don’t think Alyn did and that makes me sad.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks for sharing.

[@LogansAstro]

Great collab and nice to see each persons take on the data. Collaborations are a lot of fun ands you get to talk astrophotography with another human who doesn't suddenly have to rush off 30 seconds into the conversation (or just fall asleep).

[@martinpalenik]

Becca! ❤🦮

[@across8339]

Superb collaboration. Becca looks like she was a very fine example of a Toller.

[@marshawilcox]

Actually, she was a wonderful Golden Retriever.

[@AshA-ww8hc]

This is so awesome and wholesome!

[@tmrdarkstar85]

I wish more of us shared our data and even scope time. For example Dylan , Someone like myself giving you, Caleb and other wonderful astrophotographers down under access to a scope in the northern hemisphere to image things you otherwise could not do without traveling. Lets face it none of us would trust airlines to handle our scientific equipment. Someday in the future I want to give you guys your own observatory to log into and image whatever you want from the comfort of your own home bringing the Northern Hemisphere to you while hoping you guys can do the same for me.

[@philleng480]

Nice one Dylan thanks for that. Looking very respectable!

[@Cosmic_Gypsy]

Loved this one.

[@memelissa2]

Wow, I never saw that target. Amazing! Now I have a new subject to hunt 🙂

[@Rtd_astro]

Awesome 😎 Dylan!

[@AstroSoundscape]

Interesting Collab Dylan some beautiful results.

[@robertb386]

Excellent!

[@colinsmart02]

I was going to say something witty and funny about the hair, then I watched all the video. Very enjoyable! Three talented people, superb images. Thanks to the three of you. So far over my head in talent and expertise, but well worth watching. Keeps me trying to emulate your results. (Fat chance, but you never know!)

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks Colin :)

[@damienk2372]

You know its been a long time since you were last out imaging when you are looking out Dylan's window while he is talking thinking yep that looks about the same as what i have here..... Nice work on the colab and result mate. Damo

[@CalebKam]

Funny you mention this, almost exactly one year since SAS’ Nightsky Network kicked off…. Heck it’s almost time to renew our drive subscription lol

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe man even 3 ppl is a lot of data.

[@ergio1]

Nice one mate

[@roderickwho1983]

Wow !

[@DeepSpaceAstro]

"Two chics at the same time man!"🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yesjo1456]

Interesting video. i like the creativity from Andrea and the processing of Marsha's, even though i prefer yours over all three. By the way, how do you examine the data? my setup isn't that good so i just manually look at whether the stars are round and whether or not the contrast is good enough (sometimes even without a full moon, the data just looks washed out). Any other tips?

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks! Check out an older video I did about using less data (I forget but I think that’s in the title).. it uses subframe selector to automated the process. Otherwise you can batch eyeball the data when you’re done with the blink tool in pixinsight.

[@keithhanssen7413]

Goes to show how subjective processing is.

[@craiglowery4427]

Amateur astronomy is going global. Thanks for leading the way

[@M42-Orion-Nebula]

If your data is trash, it can only get better by collaborating with others and mixing in your data with good data from others. It's a lifehack that I personally use all of the time.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hahah

[@cryhavoc38]

"what would I do if I had a million dollars, I'll tell you what I'd do...the chicks at the same time...always wanted to do that" love the thumbnail reference Dylan

[@TevisC]

If I were a millionaire, I'd do 3 scopes at the same time too.

[@ChrisTurchin]

Hey Dylan man, check out planet 9! 😂

[@benjaminolry5849]

Bogeyman has been on my bucket List for soooo long. I haven't come around shooting it since I passed the 300mm focal lenght phase. All your results look stunning!

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Neat.

[@martinpalenik]

Fun collaboration! Really enjoyed this video. What a great team. Great Job Andrea 🍁 and Marsha! :)

[@lyledal]

Hang out with people? EW. No! And you can't make me!

[@mgmcd1]

As a visual astronomer, I use my 25x100mm binoculars, plus the wetware in my melon to do true optical interferometry. This is cool, too. 😊

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe

[@donovand.6704]

Lol I've been in BAT awhile and share the same exact feelings. I've never contributed lol

[@mode1charlie170]

Beautiful result but how can a Canadian share data with an Australian on the same object?

[@DylanODonnell]

Why not? It’s not in French :)

[@GyanPrakash]

John Krasinski 😱

[@stevechapman5962]

Just one thing it’s not dar-der, it’s day-ter 😁

[@DylanODonnell]

😆🔪

[@NMBRCRNCHRR]

Dylan, I also hate the idea of sharing my data. Sounds selfish when you say it out loud but really I think it's about not wanting it to be judged as you implied. By the way I just finished building out my new galaxy scope in February and I think it is the same as what you three are using. I have a Celestron EHD11, 0.7 reducer, Moonlite Litecrawler-LR25 for fine focusing(I set the Litecrawler mid travel, adjust my mirror with a feathertouch CPC1100, lock down the mirrors and then dial it in with the LR25), ZWO OAG-L w/ M68 tiltplate, ZWO 7 X 2" EFW with Astronomik filters, and the ZWO ASI2600MM Pro. All that riding a Paramount MyT. I'm also running NINA, TheSkyX Pro, PixInsight (for NINA live stacking) and sharpcap pro on a MeLE Quieter 4c (Intel N100, 512 GB NVMe/eMMC, 16gb DDR4). If you managed to read all that, I'm dying to know what your HFR runs normally. I have not been able to get mine below 5 and I am used to being between 1 and 2 on my Esprit 120ED. Thanks for what you do!

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh we have the same essential setup too :) I think the hFR is normal (hits 2.5 when I’m focussing at 2x2binning but closer to 2 when the seeing is good) .. everything is just bigger at this focal length !

[@NMBRCRNCHRR]

@@DylanODonnell Thanks so much for the reply! I did estimate I was a wee bit oversampled with the average, to below average seeing we have been having here in Dallas, TX. But resisted going to 2X2. Maybe that's my next step. Thanks again!

[@DylanODonnell]

No worries! @@NMBRCRNCHRR I never actually image in 2x2 .. just autofocus which is where in now the HFRs from.. You can always downscale later :)

[@whyf16uy]

I think your computer gave me epilepsy

[@Thunder_Dome45]

I can't believe we got girls. I never noticed. I thought about a collaboration for large distances to do the moon in 3D, but I never went further than thinking about it. I figure astrophotographers 3,000 miles apart would do the same thing as a 3D camera, but I don't know. I didn't do any math on it.

[@DylanODonnell]

You can do the moon in parallax for sure. No need for the planets, they rotate anyway so you can do 3D yourself. Stars are too distance for meaningful parallax on the planet but can be achieved on the extreme ends of earths orbit.

[@DrunkferretKG]

I came for the meme...

[@DylanODonnell]

Works for me :)

[@neilbenison2512]

What is this Dar Tar you speak of 😘

[@DylanODonnell]

crikey! Check out me darter!

[@anandarochisha]

You are my only friend, Dylan..

[@DylanODonnell]

🥂

[@ozicryptoG]

Are you getting younger, sir? I object. While the rest of us age terribly, suffering the blight of time and those same bodily ravages, you appear to not. I simply will not stand for it. Nor shall I sit. I endeavor to find myself a happy medium, neither standing, nor sitting but counting out loud the alphabet, starting with "z" and ending with "z". Yes, yes that will do. Good. I am glad we have had this chat. Now, I must perchance to dream upon whether or not this nonsense was meaningless and whether or not today, we're all going to die. And I am not even a little depressed about that. I will never grow tired of the D. guffaw guffaw. I know, I am very naughty.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe I have TWO grey hairs now.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe I have TWO grey hairs now.

[@ChrisTurchin]

Yeah Brian Cox and Dylan got some Dorian Gray thing going on

[@Mandragara]

First

[@DylanODonnell]

You have won! 🏆

[@samwarfelphotos]

Holy cow your videos are so loud man

[@samwarfelphotos]

(and I'm not just talking about the intro, the whole thing). No hate, you're one of my fave KZbinrs. I just can't help saying it's kinda oddly loud

[@DylanODonnell]

No you’re right .. it’s clipping in places .. my bad!

[@samwarfelphotos]

@@DylanODonnell Gotcha. Love the collab!

[@user-Atamigaputer]

Love what you guys are doing.. I love astronomy, i have several telescopes including a 11" cassegrain . Unfortunately I left my run a little two late, im 70 now, and just dont have the time left or the mental agility left to learn and master asto photography. But now i watch you guys in awe. By the way Dylan get a haircut hehe ..remember old fart me :)

[@DylanODonnell]

Haha I’m not due for another haircut for at least 10 months.

[@GaryPClark]

70? Don’t give it a thought, I did not get busy with this stuff until I was past 70, never too late and nobody has to see what didn’t turn out.

[@user-Atamigaputer]

@@GaryPClark thanks, im having another go but dont think i can get too far without a dedicated serious observatory like Dilan has, the big scopes like my cassegrain 11 inch is so heavy. its a challenge to move it out and set up. Im working on a roller dolly set to help with that