I Try to Take a Photo of Jupiter 😳

[@marcdicolo3565]

Geez, your back focus is way too long ... try at least to stick the camera just behind the FW, remove the nose. If you want to increase the FL, put the spacer AFTER the barlow... Get a camera with smaller pixels, like an ASI290mm (2.9u pixels)... Cooled cameras are useless in planetary imaging. Use IR610/IR685 filters as replacement for the luminance filter (IR_RGB) and UV for Venus. Check and re-check your collimation, it's critical in planetary. Use 5/6/7 millisecs exposures with a small ROI so you can take the greatest number of FPS. Try imaging early in the morning when the atmosphere is really calm and if you can, when the planet is above the sea. BTW, I love your sense of humor :)))

[@travbonde6035]

I highly disagree with a collimation it all about atmosphere and where you sit in it thats You can put all the filters you want it’s not gonna change the fact the light hits the atmosphere at a certain place and then we have to fix it done mic drop

[@Handles-R-Lame]

@@travbonde6035 sorry but collimation is where it all is at...especially for planetary, and even more so with the powermate... Oh yeah btw, here you dropped something.... 🎤

[@AstroBackyard]

OMG we have the same psychiatrist.

[@sage8727]

Hi Dylan! I'm a big planetary geek so I thought I'd give you a few tips: (My apologies if you already know a lot of these!) 1. Don't shoot over a roof if possible, especially within the first few hours after sunset. Roofs emanate heat, warming the air around them and distorting the view if your target is close to it. In the middle of the night it's probably okay because the roof has had time to cool down. 2. Try to minimize *any* possible temperature differentials between your equipment and the ambient temperature. For example, don't sit under your telescope while imaging, try to leave your imaging train outside for a bit before beginning, if you have a dew heater set it as low as possible or just turn it off, etc.This is where things get a little crazy, and you'll go mad if you start thinking about it too much. The most important thing by far is that the telescope itself is at ambient temperature of course. 3. This one might be obvious but the higher the altitude of the planet, the better the result. The difference in quality between Jupiter at 30 degrees and Jupiter at 60 degrees can be quite significant. 4. These two websites are really helpful for determining if the astronomical seeing is good: www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/outdoorsports/seeing/ and www.wetterzentrale.de/de/topkarten.php?model=gfs However they can be wrong, so I'd recommend using it as more of a guide. 5. Pay attention to the weather patterns in your area and the seeing. (This could also include the jet stream and 200/500 hPa winds from TopKarten linked above) Over time you may find a correlation between a specific weather pattern and good views. For example I've found that on almost every night at my place with excellent seeing the transparency is poor, and the wind is coming from the direction of the ocean. (I live in Southern California) 6. I highly recommend reading this PDF file: www.planetary-astronomy-and-imaging.com/reussir-images-planetaires/ It's full of useful info, but you do have to give them an email address in order to get a copy of it. 7. Try WinJUPOS. It has a "derotate" feature that allows you to take much longer videos of the planets or stack multiple captures together. It can make a huge difference depending on the seeing conditions, at least in my experience. 8. Different applications sharpen differently, and you might find one that is best for your images. Registax6 is a great one for sharpening images, super old program but its wavelets feature is just great. PixInsight's Deconvolution can also be good, although it's a bit fiddly in my experience. Photoshop's Unsharp Mask & Smart Sharpen are also pretty good. 9. IR and Near-IR filters are pretty sweet. They're fairly cheap ($50usd) and often produce more detail than RGB images due to the lessened effects of seeing at that wavelength. You can even combine IR and RGB images to theoretically increase the detail while still having a color image, which I've done a few times on Saturn and Mars. IR filters aren't required by any means but they are another good tool to have, and I find myself using mine quite often.

[@DylanODonnell]

Agree .. I have all of these in a 20 tips video I’ve done but definitely haven’t achieved a good baseline for this scope yet. I suspect my spacer setup is wrong and I need a camera with smaller pixels :) I could actually see the seeing go in and out last night over the 3 hours I watched the planet feed from the comfort of my office!

[@sage8727]

@@DylanODonnell Ah my bad, I was wondering if you already knew all of these haha. Figured it was worth posting anyway just in case. Spacing is always so difficult. I'm fortunate enough to have not really dealt with it much yet but I'm sure the time will come. It's crazy how quickly the seeing can change! I've had nights where it went from excellent to poor in a timespan of like 15 minutes.

[@HydrogenAlpha]

@@sage8727 Thanks for posting this list - lesser mortals like me found it very useful! Also - I love that you think 30 degrees is low. Jupiter is currently at 13.6 degrees altitude during southern transit from Ireland :-) We need miracle imaging, not lucky imaging from here.

[@fernandoapausa4931]

Sage Thanks very much for your tips. I will make good use of them in the coming planet season from the mountains in central Spain

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

Nice shot!

[@figzastro-photography]

"The app said it would be clear". LMAO.

[@Bartimus224]

it's too relatable

[@nicklloyd9165]

Clear Sky Clock LIED TO ME.

[@book3100]

I love Nightshift. Really, I do. Usually. Except when it says it's super outside, and I go look at overcast. But truly, that's weather on Earth. Chaos creeps in.

[@roypatton1707]

Welcome to 2020

[@GarnettLeary]

Tip: Keep a separate setup just for planetary. There’s less lives lost that way.

[@RaysAstrophotography]

I like your more humble version / humiliated version of video when things are not working! That looks pretty authentic Dylan! Talking about any suggestions, I am not in a position to suggest you and if I am wrong, please correct me. But here is what I noticed. Your back focus building seems needs few changes. What I read/heard is that Televue works like barlow or reducer or corrector. So you may want to put that first - don't break that televue into pieces. Only thing that goes before that is any Atmospheric dispersion corrector. Right next to it is any adapters for back focus and then filter wheel and then camera goes right into filter wheel to reduce vignetting. With this approach you can measure the distance from end of the Televue (camera side) to the sensor for 11" is 139.065 mm.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey thanks Ray! I'll try to swap the powermate and the extension tube!

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

haha your boy is a crack shot Dillan! Dead centre of your upper chest! Brilliant! Loved the doctor patient scene mate! f****n hilarious! haha! Great vid mate, always enjoy your content. Thanks. Wes, Liverpool, UK.

[@rowanprangley]

Northern Rivers night sky was incredible last night. We had the old 10" out viewing Jupiter and Saturn and even through the eye piece, it was stunning. Cheers from Wollongbar Dylan!

[@DylanODonnell]

It really was! Which is why I was so underwhelmed by the Jupiter result. The skies seems clear but the wobble and seeing just weren't good enough for planetary imaging. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong which is possible :)

[@rowanprangley]

@@DylanODonnellAccording to Bintel Weather, we have similar - if not the same - seeing tonight! I'll raise a toast to trial and error :)

[@ezza2fly]

@@DylanODonnell I too found Jupiter not that great last night(near Byron), despite spectacular looking skies. Albeit through my 127 mak cas on EQ6. I have seen Jupiter much more stable in the past. Cool to see basically the same live view on your video that I was seeing last night. Fingers crossed for better seeing soon.

[@jimmyb998]

In addition to what Sage said, I have found focus is absolutely critical for planetary work at long focal lengths. The adjustments you'll need sometimes are absolutely minuscule. I use Celestron's electric focus motor, which is a big help. When you have good seeing, don't use any external aids (Bahtinov mask, FWHM star readings, whatever ...), but rather judge the image of the planet in Firecapture directly. Look for some detail on the planet (e.g. the Oval BA on Jupiter, or a moon, the Cassini division for Saturn, polar cap on Mars) and set the focus as sharp as you can get it with just minuscule adjustments. You'll only occasionally see the really sharp frames due to seeing, but when you do start seeing them, you'll know you're in perfect focus. Refocus before each new capture run, as focus will shift noticeably during a session.

[@meadmaker4525]

It's interesting that we can point at galaxies and nebulae thousands of light years away and get breathtaking detail, but a planet about 1.4 light hours from here just shows up smudgy and fuzzy. I know, it's complicated, but I just find it ironic.

[@allengould3373]

"Astronomy is mostly about problem solving, so, some nights you're just going to spend tinkering." This sums up 99% of the last year and a half of getting into astrophotography. LOL

[@jefflucas_life]

3:53 wow that's lots of back focus, how in hell did you find the sensor sweet spot!

[@bustedrav]

The sct has a moveable mirror, so it's capable of reaching focus at a pretty wide range of sensor distances.

[@HelenasAstrophotography]

Awesome perseverance Dylan. I certainly know the feeling! Nothing can beat the feeling of data showing up on the computer though. Clear skies and keep at it :))

[@larryhibbitts2099]

Dylan, I'm just getting started on this descent into madness, so it's nice to see even an experienced person such as yourself can go insane. Thanks for sharing, it gives hope to the rest of us!

[@agapioselia2210]

Easy to do, difficult to master - yup totally agree. 1) Collimate the telescope. Use Metaguide and be done with it in 5 minutes. 2) Shoot a string of data not just a one-off set. Set up Firecapture to shoot a series of video files over an extended period of time to better your chances of getting good seeing bursts. Go as long as your HDD will let you. 3) Go into AS3 and stack all those files in batch mode with say a 30-50% threshold. Then go into Registax and use a wavelet scheme to sharpen the entire series identically. Go over the sharpened series in your photo viewer and isolate consecutive good seeing files. 4) De-rotate those good consecutives using Winjupos (looks daunting - isnt). 5) Sharpen again into Registax and do final post in photoshop or similar for cosmetics.

[@Astrolavista]

"The app said it would be clear!" (wiggles agitated in straight jacket) This is why this is one of the best channels out there lol! And "it's not a dildo" means it is a dildo of course, and he got board. Good job with spicing up astro, Dylan :D I nearly trashed my new Heritage 150p mini Dob last night balancing it on my car to get a look at Jup between the gaps in the houses, thankfully caught it!

[@xsauce3858]

I want to capture the transit of one of its moons but every time the clouds rolled in and says no

[@Nottsboy24]

Keep at it my friend 👌

[@bhu1334]

Such things really annoy me.

[@bustedrav]

The term "lucky imaging" goes beyond the processing technique, the seeing ultimately makes all the difference, I've been out for a whole night and the seeing might only be good for 5 min, but that makes a good image vs trash.

[@WhiteWulfe]

That's a lot of not blurred red box stuff showing off here and there.... Can't wait to see whatever it is ^_^ Also, it sounds like your kid rather liked getting to shoot dad with a dart gun...! lol at the sillyness for the silicon o-ring grease music... Baaaaa ha ha ha ha ha the app said it was clear. Yup, I know that one all too well.

[@GoldieJason]

Been wondering where you were, man! Finally, thank you! (Right, now that I got that out of my mind, I'll watch...ttyl!)

[@HaithamSeelawi]

He made a brief appearance in AstroBackyard's channel about 4 days ago. It's worth checking out.

[@GoldieJason]

@Haitham: Cheers! Will do mate - thanks for letting me know.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Many, many years ago I played percussion in our school orchestra; Mars was always a hoot (🦉), although our brass section lacked depth.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks for all the recent comments Elli! I read them all but the flood disaster has taken me offline for the moment.

[@southernutahastrophotograp1414]

I am hoping that when you post the updated video on your successful shot of Jupiter, if you can please show us what settings to use in FireCapture, and then if you do post processing in something like Autostakkert or Registax, if you can show us what you did to post process the picture. I know the settings will be different for other users since it depends on the setup, but it might give us a basic idea of where to start when trying to image Jupiter or other planets.

[@aughtago]

I'm following your videos with extreme interest. I am a total noob to Astrophotography. I upgraded from a 5" reflector on manual GEM to the CPC 1100 Edge HD, on the fork and a wedge. This lives on a concrete pier within a sky shed pod. I thought it would be easier, but have struggled to just get it aligned so that it can goto and track accurately. I have the Star sense , which should make it all easy, but i live in a valley surrounded by trees and auto align fails every time. I have made manual align work but it's not as close as i expect it should/could be (many frustrating nights) sometimes the alignment is WAY off, other times the object is visible in the finder scope but required slewing to get it in the eyepiece,(this will never work for DSO or even just remote viewing) I have tried adding reference points with little improvement. I plan to try re-aligning the poler alignment (wedge) if i ever get a manual alignment that even seams close. I want to get into astrophotography (especially DSO), however if i can't get this scope to perform visually, it is difficult to justify the outlay of cash. I have done a lot of research and selected components that i think would make a killer monochrome setup,(.7 FR, ASI 183MM PRo, EFI, OFG, ASI 174MM, Focuser, dew shield and heater, laptop, processing PC, etc, etc) but it adds up to more than the cost of the scope. I am now thinking , that I will start with a coupe PC's, the dew shield, and a Nextimage 10 color camera which will hopefully allow me to view from indoors this winter and maybe do some planetary imaging for nearly 1/3 the cost of the mono set up. Thoughts?

[@mark703]

Dylan, question for you. Im using Sharpcap with a ZWO120MC both for the first time, my scope is a 10" Meade LX90 ACF. I thought id try it out on the moon last night, is there a way to reduce the size of the image you see in the sharpcap window? It was so zoomed up i could only see a little bit of the moon and not the whole thing. I had the ZWO straight up the butt of the scope. Hope you can help!

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Planetary imaging is so easy to do, and so hard to get good results from! I suffer from permanently poor seeing in Tokyo, and my results have been similar to yours. But I just got a solar telescope, so I'll be doing more solar system imaging. Awesome (and funny) video!

[@ColdWarWarriors]

Conditions have not been conducive in eastern Australia over the past few days, clear skies but strong westerly winds produce a turbulent upper atmosphere which is detrimental for astronomical seeing. Keep trying.

[@TheUrbanAstronomer]

You even sleep in the lab coat now :D

[@giraoshaw]

3:58 the subtext is why i will always love your channel

[@christopherayres164]

First great videos and love the presentation. Perhaps the chief frustration for you is you know more can be done as you have a level 100 character (scope) though perhaps a level 50 experience. Which is prob your largest challenge be gentle with your progress. Slow movements forward are better than leaps. Death is not the end only the greatest adventure to come.

[@EpoNandrolone]

All that spacing seems a bit insane, I did 4 years of planetary with my C11 just attaching the filter wheel to the visual back, the barlow to the FW and the camera to the barlow, focus has never been a problem. I wouldn't use an UV/IR cut filter either, IR pass is good for Jupiter as Luminance but I prefer a straight RGB, and if you do RGB only keep an eye on the green channel, that's the critical one. Clear Skies!

[@wadeprunty]

Hey Dylan, one other question about this. Did you use any specific math to come up with the extra back focus needed when you added the barlow? I found a blurb somewhere online that suggested adding 25mm for every 1x your barlow adds, and for my 4x Powermate, 100mm of extra back focus just so happened to work. I sure would like someone to explain the math to me, so I could calculate the exact back focus distance in the future.

[@DylanODonnell]

Interesting.. I just add spacers until it works! (sacrilegious I know)

[@nicklloyd9165]

Hey double D. Some years ago I read a book that was a collection of astronomers biographies. The author had spent countless hours reading ancient observing journals all the way up to modern observing journals. The one thing they all had in common? Every astronomer complained about clouds. So when you are feeling frustrated know that you are in seriously next level company! Cheers dude.

[@DylanODonnell]

Haha!

[@spamcan9208]

Star Wars really did rip it off because royalty free and most rubes won't know Gustav Holst so fuck it. Love the therapist routine btw lol. I caught your University of Texas reference in there too. I think that was the OG of mass shootings, warning signs and all.

[@CAREFREEOBSERVATORY]

Ok Dylan you are almost at my issue I have asked you about before, larger Telescopes like yours and mine i have the LX200 16" 4064mm i saw your resualt Over Sampling?? i already ordered a .63 reducer for my Meade using your calulator on the bintel site you helped develop i need a 9 megapixal size, or jump too CCD Prciey ouch with larger mega pixels. I can't wait to you figure this out it my question

[@DylanODonnell]

Oversampling is inevitable with planetary, but yes for DSOs you want to get as close as possible to "good" sampling and that may mean buying a new camera to match your scope. (or adding a reducer or whatever until it all fits nice)

[@Diomedes642]

Thanks for posting this. I had a frustrating night. After spending the whole day watching fire capture tutorials and collimating my C8 for an hour. I thought I was prepared to do some planetary imaging with my new ZWO 224mc. The capturing was fun, I was up until 3am even though I had to go to work at five(and now feel like a zombie) only to find out that I did not debayered my image correctly, my color balanced was off, among other mistakes. At the end I ended up with a Jupiter image so bad that it might as well be planet 9.

[@DylanODonnell]

I feel ya mate!

[@jujubean7664]

4:56 lol, same situation here...

[@peitaoyan1000]

Too relatable in Brissy, last week and the week before was a whole lot of those "the app said it would be clear!"

[@dorinlj]

Hi Dylan! I am only starting to learn planetary imaging but I would like to suggest using a high gain value with shorter exposure time. I noticed you were using 37.77 ms and gain 217. Additionally, an IR filter might be useful. I am imaging Jupiter at max alt 17 degrees and my Hoya R72 filter brought a bit of joy in my life. I will tag you in a short clip that i have just done for practice.

[@dorinlj]

Also, perhaps the 2.5 Barlow might not be the best option for your pixel size.

[@Mistr_A]

Even though the 174mm is a great camera it does have a wide field of view which means you have to plonk on that 2.5 barlow, ever considered one of the newer planetary cams which have a smaller field of view? Then you don't have to barlow as much and not have to fight the conditions as badly. Maybe even the 183mm uncooled where you can play around with the ROI or the 290mm? Loved the video I had a good giggle about the app telling you the skies were clear.

[@krellon]

Funny how you pixelated out the ZWO EAF Focuser but leave the packaging in full view :P Br

[@malourocha9211]

Can you explain why he did that?

[@derekderek2570]

@@malourocha9211 Probably sponsored by a competing brand.

[@highspeedboom]

At 2:10, that cheap plastic piggy back adapter will snap in half, that’s the most horrible thing Celestron makes. I know from personal experience, your expensive DSLR will fall!

[@jamesdougan8789]

it would be hard to beat the standard red dot finder it wont even aline with the OTA (high and to the right ) you run out of adjustment never worked right from the day it was unboxed with the telescope and mount . useless hunk of junk at least your piggyback DSLR bracket worked at least once before it broke

[@lapisredux]

i guess however much astronomers spend on equipment they still cant move the atmosphere out of the way.

[@johnsonlaw0804]

I highly recommend QHY290M or ZWO equivalent camera for planetary work, pixel size is 2.9 µm. There is also a cooled version for Methane band/any darker bands which may require longer exposure.

[@DylanODonnell]

Agree.. mo money mo money!

[@Robert08010]

Ok, just for laughs, you HAVE TO decorate the outside of your dome to look like R2D2. No option.

[@rbr6852]

I just heard: ”I can’t breathe in this thing!!”, when the dome opened 😏😁

[@jacintoartigas3017]

Hi Dylan!, I think is not you fault, when that happen to me, I look to the sky and ask, Why the astronomy gods have abandoned to me?

[@paulruemmele]

Exactly my experience with planetary. I just went back to wide field.

[@imaginenation3280]

Im rolling ...... the app said it was clear hahahahha

[@HydrogenAlpha]

The therapy session cracked me up. Loved this video, Dylan.

[@gavin5326]

Its 2am, sleep can wait it star stuff time! Also I haven't seen a clear sky in over a month:(

[@jamesdougan8789]

g`day dylan the baader moon and skyglow filter is good for jupiter and i use pipp program before i stack (but i am shultz i know nothing).. the other night(sunday i think) at around 3 to 4 am i caught a double moon shadow crossing jupiter i am guessing which moons (callisto and io ) one crossed on the same brown band as the GRS is in and the other was just below the same band of cloud in the white cloud band (the shadows) i don't know how often this happens with the resonance of the moons of jupiter (orbital timing) but it felt very special and rare sight to see ....kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3u3dHeCoc-Bj7c ... this is the 3rd part of christopher go`s planetary essensuals lots of great hints tips and info for your viewing pleasure you can sort the other 2 parts if your interested yourself he is one of the great planetary astronomers who has done lots of work on juno and hubble and is contracted to nasa./.... can you do a video on how to work winjupos program for derotation of jupiter i must be stupid..... your smart i can tell by the lab coat lol ....have a good one dylan cheers james D

[@petert2098]

“Climbed the clock tower” !! Haha haha 😆

[@GaryMCurran]

Love your kid in the video, I owe him a candy bar next time you guys are the in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S., around Seattle. Okay, I asked Trevor about this, since his image was monochrome, and now that you've done a color image, I'm going to ask you. "What was your exposure times for each filter, and a CLS filter if you used one, and what was the total integration time?" I was amazed when I found that both Jupiter and Saturn have 'days' that are only about 10 hours long. That means the GRS has to be really moving across the face of the planet rather quickly, and I'm wondering how short your exposures have to be to capture detail, color and keeping everything basically in the same spot. I've never tried shooting planets, heck, until I get my gear back, I'm not shooting anything, but at some point, I'd like to pick up a 180mm Mak-Cass or so, which I THINK (and obviously, I don't have the experience to know) would be okay for planetary work. I'd be interested in hearing your input, please.

[@DylanODonnell]

45 seconds in each channel (red, green and blue filters) but only about 20% of that is used in the final stack .. so only about 27 seconds actually gets integrated but the time period for the moment is about 2 minutes.

[@BackyardObservatory]

LOL. My daughter does the same thing when I don't astro for a few days. She even yells at the clouds to get out of daddy's sky. The wife watched and said "That's your life"

[@DylanODonnell]

hahaha

[@Nottsboy24]

Nice one Dylan ☺🔭

[@reelrebellion7486]

I have that same couch. The only difference is I dont get off of it even if someone pulls on my toes. Probably explains why my astro setuo is sub-optimal.

[@DylanODonnell]

Heh .. it's not great for sleeping tbh. Unfortunately that wasn't as high on my wife's criteria for it's purchase as it was for mine.

[@hornet224]

Dylan needs no advice, but good weather. Funny segment😀.

[@IBHunter]

Dylan, thank you! I have not realized why my hobbies are astrophotography and long range marksmanship, until this video!

[@gregbromley152]

Awesome video Dylan! Glad to see you back again.

[@ericemanuelson5128]

Neewer does have pretty good products very affordable." The app said it would be clear".lol I think it's worse when it says it'll be cloudy and after I've given up hope only to look out the window and it's clear and I see Jupiter and Saturn and it's too late to set up like tonight!

[@zaphus]

Hey Dylan, How long was the video you shot that you used to get the image? You have the data for all the DSLR shots in the video, I'd like to know the data for the Jupiter shot too Would love to see you try this again and share what you learn

[@DylanODonnell]

45 seconds for each chan.. used best 20% so approx 27seconds total integration or something :)

[@anonperson5491]

Is the 2.5 Barlow usable for non-planetary work like nebulas? The eskimo nebula is tiny even with a C14, so I was wondering if a Barlow would work given the guiding is spot on.

[@DylanODonnell]

Typically no... but the planetary video technique can be used for weird stuff like the cloud around Et Car

[@AdirondackAstronomy]

Ooh, I love that ball head mount. Might have to get me one of those! Another great video, Dylan 👍 Damn those clouds, and never trust an app to know if it'll be clear 😂

[@vinceveltri7732]

Dylan, welcome to Winter skies.

[@joeydesmond7745]

I was doing deep space for the last year have . Whit William optics space cat black. And William optics Z 73 . I just both the celestron edge hd 800 . . Whit the reducer for Galaxys . But if I don't use the reducer will I get planets. I have a zwo mini guide camera. What camera would you suggest for planets . I love your sense of humor as well

[@DylanODonnell]

definitely a workable setup.. I've seen great planets with that setup.

[@MultiCappie]

Wouldn't an APO refractor generally be better for photography? (While a reflector would get you more aperture for the cost, thus better for live stargazing?)

[@jamesr7583]

I find switching from DSO to planetary and back again to be so disruptive.. its like starting all over again. Just a couple weeks ago I made the switch.. first night was mostly TSing.. but I did get some data.. sadly that first night had good seeing.. the second night with everything ready (including ample hdd space) the seeing was crap. Oh well. Maybe things will be better if I get a lab coat. ;)

[@ikshanchoudhary9355]

app said it would be clear". LMAO.

[@AstroForumSpace]

Golden. LMAO mate. I really loved the widefield pictures. You do need to find another psychologist.

[@Lank871]

Mate, if you think you get frustrated because the app says it was clear ... at least you didn't drive an hour and a half to a place with supposedly no clouds all night, get setup and it started raining! But hey that's scotland 😭

[@karllewis735]

I'm curious, on a moving target like Jupiter, (it spins pretty fast, I think), how are you dealing with filter changes, and image registration? I'm willing to accept that this question reveals my ignorance of the subject... because, I'm ignorant.

[@gazza9839]

Not sure what others do but keep each filter to about 90 seconds, WinJupos can then align and derotate captures.

[@DylanODonnell]

Yes, what Gaz says. I stick to 45 seconds per channel to avoid rotation smear.

[@karllewis735]

@@DylanODonnell Thank you, both.

[@davidzx692]

Hi Dylan. What about ADC? Is it required in your location?

[@DylanODonnell]

Not required for mono imaging as far as I understand!

[@wolfyjaz]

5:33 Damn I know that feeling too well 😂

[@i_n_c_r_y_p_t_o]

Easily a Star Wars non-essential moment soundtrack at the beginning.

[@pf3623]

Spacers for back focus before the Barlow? I thought theyre required after the barlow.

[@DylanODonnell]

I think that may be my error !

[@gazza9839]

The more spacers afer the Barlow, increases magnification more than just the Barlow so watch you don't go too far.

[@OzzMazz]

Technically, the fog has moved in, no observing.

[@ASTRONOMIEALALUNETTE]

Tu fais des vidéos très inspirantes... et très humoristique... merci 😁

[@DylanODonnell]

Tout le plaisir est pour moi! Merci pour les mots gentils :)

[@astrogeek462]

Hi Dylan, how did you know the correct back focus for your planteray setup?

[@richardgracews6]

I found a crayford style focusser to be a big help with planetary as you can collimate with out moving primary mirror just a thought Clear skies

[@ama168william]

Looks like a ZWO EAF to me ;)

[@XShadowAngel]

I thought so too. But it could be a dildo.

[@spookydonkey2195]

Love the video, your co-star is a natural! Good work gentlemen.

[@minusfive]

It's the EAF 👹

[@the27thMONKEY]

Oh man had a good laugh watching this thanks! Great channel. I'm going to be photographing Jupiter myself in a few hours time!

[@SimoWill75]

Oh man... the number of times I've climbed the clock tower...

[@cheesification]

astronomy is a patient hobby!!

[@sjgonline]

You killed me with the kill bill reference :)

[@StarlancerAstro]

Is that the music from Battle Beyond the Stars? A great B movie rip off of Star Wars? It's actually kind of entertaining and has one 'odd' looking ship (look it up)

[@DylanODonnell]

Different composer :)

[@adriant4479]

Hi, I'm very new to astronomy and am going to receive my new telescope soon. I live in a suburban area and I was wondering if anyone had any tips for dealing with light pollution? I don't have the budget to afford expensive filters, so I were wondering if there were any other techniques.

[@sebastianarias-m2r]

im not a fan shotting Jupiter but saturn yes, queen of jewels.

[@Miguel_Noppe]

i think your lab-coat waved in front of the lens 😆... just kidding , nice work !

[@jamesnelson2844]

funny how things that are closer to use are harder to image

[@AstroGuy]

Cool image of Jupiter with one of its moon's shadow 😀

[@astrosrscat]

i feel it..... the clouds....

[@Zxcvbn_m_nbvcxZ]

Hey Dylan O'Donnell, I recently got a nexstar 4se and I'm trying planetary astrophotography and I was wondering if the canon 1100D is good for it? Love your videos btw

[@DylanODonnell]

Not the ideal combo I'm afraid! 4" won't be amazing for planets but you can get some smaller shots. DSLR also not ideal for this task.

[@Zxcvbn_m_nbvcxZ]

@@DylanODonnell OK Thanks :D Which camera would work then? The 4se is my first (real) telescope, my old one was like £15 from a supermarket and looking at Jupiter was like looking at a star in the sky😂. But the reason that telescope saved me is because it came with some high powered eyepieces which helps me see planets really good because the 4se only comes with a 20mm (The old one came with a 10mm, 6mm and a 2x barlow) the other night I managed to look at Saturn and see the cassini division in high detail, which made me see for myself how cool space is 😂and sticking a phone camera down the lens doesn't work at all😂. Btw I'm only 13, almost 14 and my budget is low (Spent most of my life savings in quarantine😬😂) the most I'll spend on a camera is like £150 Also what does a Bahtinov Mask do? Thanks :D

[@ThEcORe001]

I have a problem maybe u have a tipp for me. I have 2 narrow band filters S2 and H-alpha just the glass. Now I mixed them and I can't distinguish them anymore which is which.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe you may have to open up the filter wheel and read them again :) And write down the positions somewhere just in case you forget (happens to me all the time)

[@ACEOFSPACE2000]

Excellent Video well done

[@SurfingFLA]

Love your channel. Any chance your ST★R STUFF logo will be available on T-shirts in the near future!

[@edfig_7]

Hey Dylan, I think your son should have shot you a few more times with the nerf darts!! C’mon man, get ur “Star-Stuff” mojo back and make that C-11 produce some APODs, like your C-9.25 did!! BTW, nice job with the piggy-back. I did a similar setup with my C-8 Edge and EOS-RP w/ 24-240 lens all mounted upside down on the dovetail bar. It was way up in the front to balance all the other gear I had. I‘m sure I was over the AVX payload, but it was nice to test the rig...like Trevor says, this hobby is mostly “about the journey!”

[@eshwar2496]

Please photograph lmc and smc. also the tarantula nebula.... Those would be great. From 12°59'N 80°15'E.