I finally started using a mono astrophotography camera

[@chucknelson5445]

I use to gaze up as a kid me and my dad, got out of it ( life happened)! I'm 43 now , and found your channel and my wife notice me watching and saw how interested I was and for our anniversary she got me a Celeste on Astro master 130 eq , nothing extravagant just basic. But I find myself upset when there are no clear skies. Thanks for the inspiration! Found an old (NEW) hobby! I see Astro photography in the future!

[@genogeno1234]

The reason your channel is so successful? Because you are down to earth, and an excellent presenter. Plus you're Canadian. Canadian's are always cool lol

[@xDerDerx]

Still the best Astro channel on KZbin

[@helmutoil]

Your an inspiration to me and probably any Astrophotography enthusiast! Your right in that its probably the most rewarding hobby in the world. It takes technical skill and a lot of patience. Keep the videos comming

[@Nottsboy24]

helmutoil ☺👍

[@Privateleno]

You've inspired and reignited my love for astronomy. Now I can share that love with my kids. Thank you from Ireland

[@RhettShull]

Just found your channel, I love it man keep up the great work! I have a very basic scope and live in a very bright city (Atlanta Georgia) but Id love to get into this one day.

[@n0clip712]

If you get a chance come visit Ellijay in blue ridge, that's where i live and there is a very small amount of light pollution. its really fun to visit Brass town bald, highest elevation town in Ga. its so beautiful at night.

[@ventravoo12]

I live up in Ball Ground and there are a lot of places where there is very little light pollution. Last week I got an some really awesome pics of the Orion Nebula. Milky Way and just random constellations. All I have are kit lenses and Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens and a Canon T3 as well as a Canon XTi. I finally got a couple wireless shutter remote setups so I don,t have to use the camera timer. I really want a 14mm wide angle as well as a 24mm 1.4 lens. I have a question what is a good affordable star tracker setup that I could use just for my Canon T3? My settings have been setting the FE lens to infinity with an iso of 1600, tungsten AWB, with a 30sec and BULB with wireless trigger exposures.

[@JoeSchmoeLivesHere]

@@ventravoo12 Hi James. I used to live in Dawson County and wow do I miss the beauty of No. Georgia! I'm seriously considering pulling the trigger on an iOptron Sky Guider Pro tracking setup. As far as I can tell it's one of the most cost efficient ways to point a camera at the night skies and get some solid long exposures. Enjoy that gorgeous No. Georgia night sky!!

[@MegaBrebis]

@Rhett Shull That's funny because I'm also a guitarist, I subscribed to your channel and to this one as well! Music and astronomy, two expensive but so complementary and nice hobbies :-)

[@edroca6923]

Hi mate, I also found your channel and I find it to be very educational. I am starting astrophotography in my later years and you come through in your vids to be passionate young man and love doing what you do. When you paused to towards the end to thank your subscribers with a little bit of emotion is what done it for me. I have subscribed to your channel. Keep up the great work and a big hello from Australia.

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

I too was very touched by Trevor's emotion at end of video when he was reflecting on his 16k+ subscribers. It was a beautiful moment, and that is what makes the difference for me, when a person is so true to their feelings and sincere. Seems to be an increasingly rare quality with people these days... Wes, Liverpool, UK ( Bortle 7 )

[@dolezalj]

Humble and honest guy. Love this channel.

[@noahcasimirtiefenberg1581]

"Just a dude in his backyard" uhuh... But sharing your hobby\obsession with so much enthusiasm and humbleness. You sir are an inspiration to a lot of people for a reason. Because you love doing what you do. I'm getting into astrophotography myself. And you made the difference. I was always fascinated since my childhood, but always thought this hobby to be way to complex and costly. Getting older gives me a different perspective on challenges. But your way to "teach" has me hooked. Jah! Coolest flippin hobby in the world. 😛

[@joeshmoe7967]

Dude you rock. I am totally inspired to get out and get back into an old hobby. I was 17 in 1978 and worked summer jobs to be able to buy my celestron c8. I dabbled in astrophotography back when hypersensitised film was required for long exposures. No stacking My best photo was shot in 1997 when the Hale Bopp comet came through. I piggybacked a canon A1 with a 90mm on the c8 guided 8 minute photo turned out great. Looking to squezze in m42 before it is gone. M31 and galaxy season are a definite plan this year. Cheers

[@jmntrunks]

Love your channel and the podcasts! I'm just starting to get into the hobby and learnt a lot just from watching and listening to you guys! Keep up the awesome content!

[@shreeeb]

love your videos, been following for a while, they keep me going while at university where I don't have access to my telescope. Can't wait for the easter holidays to get photographing again

[@richardgrudzien2798]

A stunning image of the Orion nebula, Trevor, with what I think is a very accurate colour palette. Great work!

[@farrjarr]

Trevor. Fantastic as ever man. Clear skies from England. 👍

[@Nottsboy24]

matthew haines ☺👍

[@randexco]

Incredible! Love you and your channel and your work my friend, you've inspired me tremendously. Keep up the amazing work and clear skies !!!

[@Nottsboy24]

Samuel Tenorio ☺👍

[@jinzai1962]

Nice video, Trevor. I had a similar Saturday night and managed to get Orion's Sword captured on my newly commissioned rig. Thanks for your efforts.I have been following along for some time, now.

[@joej6041]

Wow that M42 shot is one of the best I've seen of that object. Nice work on that.

[@nickbarrett7163]

Trevor, what you really need is a roll off roof observatory. Your setup time would be way quicker if you built one.

[@Nottsboy24]

Nick Barrett ☺👍:)

[@briangardener8381]

It's about time we had a good astronomy channel on KZbin keep up the fantastic work

[@TheMadMurf]

Love the videos, man! Subscriber count has come a long way!

[@adrianaberdeen5445]

Awesome video as always Trevor! I truly enjoy your videos and antics. Well done.

[@AdamViklund]

Great video as always, Trevor! I love that Orion nebula shot! Clear skies are few and far between in BC, too, but I'm trying to get out as much as I can. Thanks for all the inspiration!

[@I_Spaced_Out]

Not a bad way to jump into narrowband imaging with a mono camera, Trevor! I have an older SBIG mono with LRGB/HaSO filters. I've used it a few times and it's blown me away each time. I wish I had better narroband filters. I live in the heart of white zone country - and my "Budget" narrow band filters just can't block all the sky glow.

[@bicycleninja1685]

I realize I'm lucky to live in the desert and you just gave me the motivation to use my Star Adventurer tonight. Thank you.

[@VE3NMW]

You're doing an awesome job, Trevor! Thank you!!

[@Nottsboy24]

Terry Cox ☺👍

[@JRizzo-li2dr]

Your new telescope is the one I shoot with! You won’t be disappointed, it is a fantastic telescope! I love shooting smaller objects with it.

[@Nottsboy24]

J. Rizzo ☺👍

[@brianarters9407]

Amazing images as always! Looking forward to seeing you shoot with the RC.

[@hectornieves9445]

Thank you for sharing your experiences in astrophotography. You sir are an inspiration to this beautiful hobby.

[@kylemarcus1152]

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make these. I appreciate the great editing and post processing you do, I know that takes a lot of time.

[@christoschatzimanolis6456]

2023 but still relevant. WE LOVE YOU TREV!

[@stl1929]

Greetings from Tennessee.. I love your content. I admire your passion. It inspires me to learn to do what u do... please continue making videos. Clear skies

[@LikeOnATree]

Thanks for another great video, Trevor! Your videos are always inspiring. It has been a cloudy winter here in Seattle too, but I've gotten a couple of chances to shoot. Cheers!

[@terrypowell8900]

Nice work as always; this is a great hobby as long as you don’t mind fighting the clouds, cold, heat, mount, camera, and as always the lack of time. Funny if we get one really good image out of five sessions were all pretty satisfied, and we will all be back out the next clear night to try and do it better. Keep up the great work.

[@prod8150]

Merci Trevor. I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot because of you. Thanks!

[@NikonJax]

Trevor, so glad you have that Ioptron RC to try out. It is one of the scopes I am looking at. Love your videos! I have learned so much and tell everyone about them. Hope to see you at NEAF :)

[@cdl0]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. I really like your dedication to the art and have-a-go attitude.

[@abhishekkumar4768]

Can't wait to see you use that beast telescope !! to the clear skies ✌️

[@Nottsboy24]

Abhishek kumar ☺👍

[@sibe9501]

I don't know how much you're willing to spend, but look up the sigma SD1 Merrill. The camera is about 6 years old now and the price is around $2,000 ($10,000 when it first launched, and for good reason.) It houses a Foveon sensor, basically its layered like film. Instead of the bayer layout, it has 3 individual layers of RGB. So you're getting true depth and true color. Foveon is 100% Red, 100% Green, and 100% Blue. Instead of bayers 25% Red, 50% Green, and 25% Blue. I found out about this sensor because I opened up a thread regarding why digital can't be emulated accurately to look and feel like film. The highlight roll off, dynamic range, and tonal gradation can't be emulated. I've made some advances to a more natural and realistically acting film grain emulation, though. But the Foveon sensor looks promising for emulation, and I can see it suiting your needs for better and more accurate color reproduction. Sigma holds the patent on the Foveon sensor, so who knows how long it will take for it to spread into the mass market. Shame really, so much potential in digital sensor development.

[@Nottsboy24]

Jesse Luttenberger ☺👍

[@sibe9501]

Actually, I was looking into it more, the camera is pretty much useless at 400 ISO, even 200 is pushing it. You can really only use it at base ISO.

[@dirt1581]

I love photography and would like to get into astrophotography. Been checking out some of your videos recently and want to say thanks for documenting your night sky adventures. You've got another subscriber now! Keep up the good work!

[@XeoK]

Amazing photo, love the videos, keep up the great work

[@Nottsboy24]

Kouji ☺👍

[@billlathrop8764]

March 6, 2018 Trevor, I've been enjoying your astrophotography videos for about six +/- months now... WOW! all the hardships you endure. I was happy to hear that you purchased an iOptron Photron™ 6" Ritchey-Chrétien Telescope. In December I purchased a GSO 6" Ritchey-Chrétien OTA (and a BRESSER Exos-2 German Equatorial Mount Tripod) in order to - hopefully - get into more serious astrophotography... now that I have a decent DSLR camera; so I'll be watching closely the videos that you make with this new purchase of yours. Collimating my RC has proved to be an obstacle (good hardware for accurate collimating is beyond my budget presently) so I'll be interested in how you might address this issue if it comes up in your case. Thanks for all the sharing. Wishing you the best. Bill Lathrop North Central Florida

[@Nottsboy24]

Bill Lathrop ☺👍

[@JamieBulloch1]

absolutely love the passion, very slick presentation, superb images..

[@dandowland6994]

Great work Trevor,keep up the great vids,the pics are beautiful.

[@morganshokar2307]

Dude, thank you for all your informed vids! I just started astrophotography last summer and it is an awesome passion! Keep up the awsome work! Would love to meet you in person! Thanks again from BC 😊

[@kirbyspaceprogram6872]

Oh man how i love this channel

[@supernova5712]

As always lovely and humble, love ur vids and i was really surprised with the quality of the orion image without autoguiding, very nice

[@aa.astro01]

Nice job Trevor, I’m planning on getting my first LRGB filter wheel for my monochrome camera soon!

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Awesome images my friend...keep them coming 👍🏼😊

[@Nottsboy24]

Marc’s Fx ☺👍

[@elmanuele]

Mass Effect soundtrack and all! Cool vid dude!

[@Nottsboy24]

Manuel Del Moral ☺👍

[@UKJay1971]

Good episode Trevor. I agree that the processing time is longer on mono + filter combination however much of this is the repetitive nature of having to process each stack separately, The pay off however is a deeper, more detailed image in my experience. For example, only 30 mins of Ha will still look spectacular (and that is even before you spend time other than stretching). Everything is a trade off - however, I do like the simplicity of my DSLR on an old 80ED refractor every now and again :)

[@swordofsanghelios9776]

Wonderful video, and you couldn't have picked a better theme than uncharted worlds!

[@TxCwby]

love that last little comment! thank you for the inspiration!

[@arturolazaro1058]

Awesome work Mr T . . . I be looking out for that Big scope vid Thanks 👍

[@riccardotalassi2086]

Just brought my grandfather telescooe to the school ( wich I sleep in ) and had some fun with it here away from light pollution. A small telescope but an unforgettable experience!

[@zelimirfedoran9720]

Don't give up on the winter targets just yet, you still have a few that are high in the sky in region. You could try the IC410 Nebula.

[@johngiromini5745]

Enjoy the RC scope; read good things about them. IMHO, OSC would seem to be the way to go. Enjoy your videos; thanks so much for sharing your experiences. Looking forward to your observations on NEAF in April. Regards, John in Texas

[@goranthoren5522]

Great video yet again Trevor!

[@Nottsboy24]

Göran Thorén ☺👍

[@astronomerathome]

Great video as always! The weather has been REALLY bad this winter, I think I can count the clear nights on one hand :(

[@kendps1587]

His struggle in his location made him G.O.A.T. Watching in November 2019! So monochrome is like shooting in RAW files where you get more information/signal? With zwo filter wheel attached it’d be cool, i think looool

[@kaliska4324]

Another great video! I have an old 8" SCT which i may use for my first season of galaxies, so I'll be watching with great interest.

[@anthonyoch8285]

Hey Trevor. Thanks for doing such a great and inspiring job on what you do. It's great to see someone lead the way. Keep it up mate! Also, your choices in Music are excellent. I cant remember if I heard one of the Stargate's soundtrack's in here a while back. hehehe

[@patrickmckay403]

Thanks for the video, Trevor! This channel has been an inspiration for me and I look forward to seeing more. Is that the WO Fluorostar 132 taking a knee on the bench?! Hope that comes in handy when Virgo comes around.

[@walterm736]

Saying hello from flordia. Great photos on your channel! Inspirational.

[@espritastrophotography9925]

Trevor....Your videos are always funny and informative. I've learned alo t from you. Missed seeing the dog lol. Hope we see you at CherrySprings

[@patrickarden7971]

Thank you Trevor, your inspiration has been very helpful!

[@sunset986S]

You sir are the Rocky Balboa of backyard astronomers...you never give up even when people are all over your back!

[@TeffySam]

45 seconds into your video, saw the image compositing software, cameras around your neck, the telescope. Done. Subscribed xD

[@redscarfboy]

Nice video. A few comments: 1. How did they design such a nice RC scope with such a terrible dust cap? It happens to my 8" all the time as well. It's so aggravating! 2. Going forward: Please put your counterweights on before your scope! I've seen clutches unexpectedly fail before. 3. In general, it doesn't make much sense to use that dual narrowband filter on a monochrome camera since you won't be able to separate the Ha from the OIII. For the Cone Nebula, it actually won't make a difference since there is no OIII signal, however, it won't work on something like the Veil unless you're trying to make a luminance layer. Anyways, keep up the good work and clear skies!

[@Nottsboy24]

Christopher Sullivan ☺👍

[@antandshell]

About freaking time. Mono camera that is.👽

[@flyalaz]

Great stuff as always Mr, T.

[@tbalanowski]

You make the best videos. Do you ever show off your setup and hang out with other Astro photographers?

[@Nottsboy24]

Tyler Balanowski ☺👍

[@NormSutton1965]

Just found your video cam up as a suggestion and wow this is cool I will be watching more i subscribed so i wont miss any more Thanks for doing this

[@Learjet66]

G'day from Australia! Just found your channel and subscribed!

[@martinschmidt8879]

Hey Trevor...almost every video in your channel i´ve seen. I love the way your making the videos "as a dude from your backyard"...like me. I´m very exicted for the first video from you with your RC...almost the same as i have...maybe you´ve got some tricks and tips for getting some sweet shots of galaxies. I had to laugh out loud...that your loosing the cap of the RC...the same happend to me all the time...now it´s fixed.

[@mawage666]

I think you're right. It's got to be the most fun hobby in the world. I can't think of anything more cool that taking detailed pictures of things that are thousands or millions of light years away. Galileo would shit his pants if he could see this type of stuff now.

[@eddwar8597]

Can't wait to see what you can do with that RC

[@Nottsboy24]

Eduardo Mfl ☺👍

[@michaelevan9184]

the plate solving is awesome for zeroing in on your target......i've used it in APT.......be aware....for some reason it does crash the program every so often....forces it to shut down....not sure why...but not all the time. I'm a newbie so all this new technology is really cool! Take care..... Mike Evan

[@TheflickerofMotion]

I totally agree with you Trevor, you like me are probably dealing with so much cloud that you would feel lucky to capture a 3 hour run on full RGB colour never mind chance taking a gamble on tripling that time to capture each colour... not everyone is lucky to have clear skies are they do further south..

[@thenum1379]

WTB more Rudy. Another great vid!

[@simonworger]

Thanks for another great video. I’m looking at changing to a cooled ccd camera from my dslr but like you I am more inclined to go colour because of the time needed to shoot with mono and the extra processing. I’m in the UK so rarely get clear nights, mono would be very frustrating even though you get more signal.

[@Nottsboy24]

Simon Worger ☺👍

[@MotoRich900]

Awesome video, hoping to pick up a IOptron SkyGuider Pro to use with my DSLR.

[@Nottsboy24]

Great video and final image ☺👍👌:)

[@chrisdavis6789]

Thanks for your work. Love it!

[@vitorwds]

Não entendo muito inglês mas me sinto muito inspirado a fazer astrofotografia por causa dos seus videos, muito obrigado pelos vídeos.

[@ryuail]

Just recently found your channel while looking for information on what kind of telescope I want to get as my first serious one. I'm presently thinking of the AWB Onesky 130 as a starter and either build it into a workhorse or just to have for star parties, but I hope to get into full fledged astrophotography in the next few years. My hurtles are going to be camera stuff though, as I don't know the first thing other than point & shoot.

[@Nottsboy24]

ryuail ☺👍

[@donbower]

God, what I would do for a setup like that. I'm sitting here taking pictures with my phone through my telescope. Too bad Canada's exchange rate sucks.

[@Nottsboy24]

Donald Bower ☺👍

[@SerAlbi]

Bro keep it up! I was like you, and tomorrow my first APO arrives! One year passed since this comment.. wonder where are you know with your astrophotography! :)

[@ChrisKoehn]

@@megabeam Not super far yet. I have a couple of pics that I don't mind but clearly show I still have a lot to learn. It's almost astro season again here now that the sun is actually below the horizon long enough to give us dark nights again, so here's hoping!

[@omarmartnz]

excellent keep the good work

[@seanmolony-redstickastro238]

Red Stick Astro welcomes you to Mono World and Plate Solving!

[@Nottsboy24]

Sean M ☺👍

[@polacofederos]

amazing! fantastic! i wonder if you could add some of the ooc resulting raws or at least the jpg of this tests and demos...

[@Marllynsalem]

Awesome Cone Nebula!

[@Nottsboy24]

Jim Blackwell ☺👍

[@GrimstodDesh]

I think once I exhaust my DSLRs abilities I am going straight to MONO. Do you think you will do any processing videos on stacking those multiple colors?

[@WHNorthcote]

Have you tried color filters over the front apature in primary colors of red, blue and green with the monochrome camera? Color them in photoshop and combine with some normal monochrome and it will make a nice color image. 8 bit guy did one with an old CCTV camera. So could be worth looking into.

[@JerHetrick]

Looking forward to seeing the 6" RC in action. I almost bought one myself, but held off. Ive heard the 6" RC's that everyone is selling are more of a headache than than anything else. I will at some point in the future own one, though Im thinking something in the 1o" to 12" range.

[@curtisreynolds7375]

Hi Trevor, I know you're a busy guy, but if you could find the time, I'd ask for your thoughts. I am interested in knowing how this STC DUO filter performs on a one shot color camera, and what types of targets this will be suited for. ie, obviously emission nebula, but what others, and what would be its use, if any, for shooting galaxies? Second question/subject. I was looking at the wavelengths of this filter vs the wavelenvgths of the OPT Triad Tri-Band filter. The sectra look very very similar. I'd be very interested in seeing the SCT filter in use for one shot color. Thanks sir. Hope to hear back.

[@SpardaXVII]

Amazing work!

[@tommyboypackham9668]

Were you trying to get the Horsehead Nebula shadow on your garage ceiling at around 4:30 😂 Great video again 👍👍

[@Tacticalairsoft252]

Love your videos and you were one of the people who inspired me to get my first telescope for astrophotography, where abouts in Canada are you? I'm in southern ontario

[@Nottsboy24]

canadianproud ☺👍

[@nashariff5441]

Great work!!!

[@Nottsboy24]

Na s ☺👍

[@olivierrombaut5651]

Love your channel! Keep it up

[@jodyschultz5870]

Why would you use a duo band filter with a mono camera? Isn't the advantage of a mono over color that you can shoot individual specific channels to gain an effective increase in resolution?