I've got a good feeling about this camera (QHY 268C)

QHY268C (First Night Out!)
The Camera: bit.ly/3oMS2fO
The Filter: bit.ly/45YuQzs
The Telescope: bit.ly/3qw5NmJ
The Mount: bit.ly/42nHvbR
Field of View Calculator: astronomy.tools/calculators/f...
Optolong L-eXtreme Filter Review: astrobackyard.com/optolong-l-...
Camera Specs:
• Sensor: Sony IMX571
• Sensor Size: APS-C
• Sensor Type: Back Illuminated (BSI)
• Pixel Size: 3.76um
• Color or Monochrome: Color
• Effective Pixels: 26 MP
• Effective Image Area: 6280 x 4210
• Full Well Capacity: 51ke (80ke in extended full well mode)
• A/D: Native 16-bit
• Computer Interface: USB3.0
• Built-In Image Buffer: 1GByte/2GByte DDR3 Memory
• Cooling: Dual Stage TEC cooler (-35C below ambient)
• Anti-Dew Heater: Yes
I am very happy with the QHY268C thus far. I was able to capture a respectable image (other than the spacing issues) my first night out.
Expect many more images with this camera in the future (follow me on Instagram for the latest).
It is SO nice to use a cooled astronomy camera with familiar sensor size (APS-C), that frames up some of my favorite DSO's just right with my 100mm refractor.
I'll continue testing the QHY268C over the coming months, using a variety of different filters.
Thanks for watching, and clear skies!
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[@AstroBackyard]

Hey guys - sorry for the 2-week hiatus! I am photographing the Veil Nebula again as we speak with the QHY268C. You can check out the full specs for this camera (this is the "photographic version") here: bit.ly/QHY268C

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

Pic looks awesome, Trevor!

[@AstroBackyard]

Thank you my friend. Clear tonight?

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

@@AstroBackyard Looks like it, but I don't have any open projects. I've wiped the slate clean - no idea what I should do, lol.

[@gabrieldavidson4442]

@@ChucksAstrophotography When the slate is clean, I would look through stelarium or Reddit (r/astrophotography) to find a target, just type in random NGC, B, C, or anything else until you find something that catches your interest. That's what I plan to do.

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

@@gabrieldavidson4442 Thanks Gabriel, my problem is I already captured tons of data on every object I ever wanted to capture - and most of it I need to re-process because I know I can do it better now. But I'm sure a fresh idea will come to me tonight.

[@Sammy10100]

Great pictures. I'm jealous of your setup.

[@canyonblue737-8]

Trevor do you ever look at your old videos compared to the newer ones? My goodness have you come far in terms of how natural you are on camera, the quality of the video, the music, the editing and more. It's stunning and inspiring! Your channel is a perfect example of hard work, practice, and repetition pays off. Thanks for all the great content.

[@MananZiafat]

Absolutely amazing

[@gavin5326]

I smiled when I saw the final image, it's so beautiful!!

[@aronbodi808]

Im just always amazed by the editing of these videos.... so much work

[@johnkimeden6281]

I'll always love your shots, Trevor! Thank you for inspiring me.

[@caballeronegro12508]

Beautiful!!

[@Eamonwastaken]

Honestly, just so beautiful. I can’t wait to acquire similar equipment and keep learning. Clear sky’s to you too

[@harryR8]

Your pictures are incredible but something that goes unnoticed is your cinematography skills! I love how you film your videos!

[@stormingbarney4498]

As always, enjoyed your video - what a beautiful crisp clean photo.

[@RaysAstrophotography]

That's one heck of a beautiful image! Your presentation is awesome Trevor!

[@nickambrose8606]

Great shot !

[@RS-jz2yu]

Amazing picture. I've been following your work for a long time and have never commented. I just wanted you to know that your work is inspirational. I also enjoy the format of your videos. Keep up the awesome work.

[@johngiromini5745]

Absolutely beautiful Veil, Trevor.

[@aldiosmio]

Man, that reveal! So beautiful! And I like how you don't shy from mistakes, and learn from them :) Those of us diving into astrophotography can learn from it too!

[@aparnaziradkar927]

Love it! An ametuer in awe if it!

[@Edudg]

That song in the end fits the picture so well, great job

[@SolarMadeEasier]

Amazing Pic. Wow. Love the triangle detail.

[@lautarodomato5034]

Just amazing!! Good job! You're an inspiration. Cheers from Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!

[@pdstokes8]

Stunning photo mate.

[@mustang94299]

Trevor you do beautiful work.

[@rupenshah9923]

Wow Trevor!! Just wow! One of your best vids so far. Love the music with the final image. Keep it coming my friend!

[@Theastrocody]

Ohhh how i love getting the notification of a new video 🤩🤣🤣 awesome work as always trevor!

[@barrygoffe]

Wow! Beautiful pic!!!

[@NikonJax]

Wow Trevor, that is a mighty fine shot!

[@stuartbateman4374]

Another amazing video, thanks for the inspiration Trevor!

[@xDerDerx]

Always great videos.

[@N4GW]

nice final image. The camera with that filter work really well

[@tomaims]

Vert nice photograph of the Nebula. I liked the build up to the image along with some great music audio to introduce and enhance the photograph- kudos well done!

[@RichieToaMills]

Bro your production level lately has been insane. Loving all the b roll 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@photosbymd]

Nice capture! Good information. Keep up the great content. Your work does inspire me to be a better photographer!

[@gldi8hr]

9:56 that’s absolutely amazing and inspiring and curious all at a time❣️🤯

[@trainingwithlions]

Good show!

[@atxcitylimit7621]

Gorgeous shot! Love your images and videos, you've reawakened my love of photography and peaked my interest in astrophotography 💯👍📸

[@fortheloveofdog9134]

Amazing! You are an inspiration to me as a beginner!

[@gregbromley152]

Nice photo Trevor! I am real interested to hear about your continued experience with the new filter. Based on your results here, it looks like that really came through vs. having to swap out filters, collect more data all while being concerned about changing conditions. So yeah, I really want to hope this filter does the job for one shot cameras. Thanks man!

[@davidberndt9491]

Your music selection is so good

[@yellowlynx]

Awesome music as usual.

[@ScottDavies]

That is just insanely beautiful 👏 My next filter for sure 😉

[@notsorealMonarch]

Awesome Click I love this channel♥️

[@dmc7324]

That is incredible just 2.5 hrs with a full moon! Well done.

[@JustAwayFromTheKeyboard9722]

Space is soooooo Cool!

[@Yash_92]

When that image of the nebulla popped, it was really unexpected.!! 😳🤯

[@toddnoseworthy1447]

Grate image!!

[@aw7425]

Very nice

[@TobiasStevens137]

Even though is 11pm the beginning of your vid made me want a cuppa coffee too, so i made one and decided to drink one to the rest of your vid. Loving your content Trevor. Your vids made me start doing amateur astronomy few months ago, it's been an amazing ride so far :D

[@yelenacarmonacatala7936]

I'm really happy to live the astronomy through the eyes of others. I can't get that amount of money to buy a camera...I want to get that to buy, just a simple telescope. But, it is really nice to enjoy (a lot!) the proccess and the results that you share. Thank you!

[@AstroBackyard]

It is my pleasure Yelena! Thank you for watching :)

[@stevenmotta2307]

Wow Trevor... wow, the pictures you take are insane, I can watch your videos all day man, keep up the amazing work Trevor🤩🔥

[@astronomybob]

Nice Trevor 👍👍🔭

[@jasongorsage4960]

I have the ZWO 2600MC-Pro and love it! Essentially the same camera and not quite as expensive.

[@gclaytony]

Use the sensor analysis in Sharp Cap. It'll show you where the sweet spot is vs noise. It typically won't be down at 0 gain; at that point background noise from the sensor is fairly significant.

[@kayasper6081]

Since I have some experience with making astro photos as well, I understand every single word you say. But it is interesting trying to listen to your explanation with the ears of an outsider; must be like chinees for anyone not deeply involved in this great hobby!

[@rocketcar2737]

This is so cool. Nebulas are my favorite thing to look at in the night sky. I sadly couldn’t see comet neowise from my location. But I had a blast stargazing with my family!

[@sobrspaec5201]

Love

[@bennyv9596]

Nice pictures

[@DennisCarmody]

Nice!

[@astrom8774]

Love your videos

[@fishtankguy]

Great Image :)

[@1947der4]

Hi Trevor beautiful image of the veil nebula unique.

[@roncisco2342]

I would love to see a video, from beginning to end, of the processing and post processing of this nebula. I have tried to get this nebula but there are so many stars that they drown out the nebula. Thanks for all of your videos. I have learned a lot from you.

[@lalitac]

Great work Trevor!!! The other QHY is the OHY Pole Master!!!🙂🇮🇳🇨🇦

[@derekderek2570]

My first thought before you said anything was "that back focus looks wrong". Nice shot, and turn that gain down!

[@rogerjackway429]

out of the 3 asi cameras i have owned and the 1 not including the polemaster my qhy183c feels like its built to last. not bashing asi but but their cameras have felt flimsy to me. im glad qhy gave you thr opportunity to use their new camera.

[@JosephOlar]

Impressive considering you have a lot of experience and knowledge it second nature to you. Cheer

[@technocore1591]

Pura Vida!!!

[@garys.8679]

Trevor, yes great image of veil again! Your other QHY would be on the Polemaster. Gary S.

[@astrogeek462]

Hi Trevor, very fantastic shot. Just for clarification, undersampling is condensing alot of image details in the same pixel. So, it happens over 2 arc minute/pixel. And over sampling happened in case of too small pixels or long focal length. In this case, over sampling is happened in less than 1 arc minute/pixel. Except in fantastic skies that has less than one arc minute atmospheric effect. Clear skies

[@astro8663]

I believe your 2nd QHY camera is the Polemaster for polar alignment!

[@edfredian8825]

QHY Polemaster is the other QHY on the rig. Great image. Just received my Optolong l-Extreme filter, haven’t tried it yet, but if it helps produce images like this one in Bortle 6-7 in the Las Vegas suburbs, I’ll be very happy.

[@nakul5354]

WoW. Your videos are just Amazing man.... Btw can you do the cat's eye nebula next?

[@GrowingAnswers]

Ive started dabbling into deep sky stuff. I have practiced with my 55-250 canon stm lens shooting the andromeda. Not great results with no filter under a bortle 6-7 sky. I may have over exposed a little, but i don't seem to get much detail. I really had to process and tease detail out with an end result hardly worth the effort (90 sec lights x 57, iso 1600). I was wondering if the redcat is really going to make that much difference vs my current lens. Or even if any apro telescope would be an improvement for that matter. Or would a filter be a better option? like a tri-band or something? I do not have a modified camera. I just want an decent improvement. if I can get 50% better result with a filter vs only a 25% better result with a lens/telescope, then id just go for a filter. I tried to learn as much as i can, but decent comparisons are hard to find. Thanks.

[@tchallalemou5307]

Other qhy camera - the Polemaster is the other one rockin the astrobackyard champagne room.

[@nathanet100]

Great Shot!! I still struggle with the nebulosity under the broom or to the right of the triangle.

[@space9342]

Another very Good AstroBackyard video

[@space9342]

​hey anybody has any idea what budget stock dslr is good for astrophotography

[@masonwhite3728]

Joseph Daniel Canon eos rebel t6, Nikon d7000, Pentax k50. Buying used or refurbished can also save lots of money

[@masonwhite3728]

Joseph Daniel Personally I use a used Nikon d90, and have gotten great results so far

[@space9342]

@@masonwhite3728 thanks for the advice

[@space9342]

any other canon dslr cameras

[@terribecker2686]

Nice

[@Moonwalker6969]

Thats it!! i'm going to get into Astrophotography.. tonight was such a clear night where i live and wish i had a telescope or something but i just sat on my balcony and stargazed for hours while listening to relaxing music.

[@VelocityFTW]

Its great Trev is getiing more people into the hobby! However, please check your expectations before getting into it. I know from experience as im a few months into the hobby myself. I was fairly disappointed when i first started, mainly because a lot of things like Prime Focus aren't talked about yet is basically the most important thing when you want to start taking pictures through your scope! Dont let it deter you tho! Just dont have expectations that your pictures will look like his(right off the bat at least). Its an extremely rewarding hobby and you cant beat spending the night under the stars with good music. Do a ton of research. For starters look up prime focus for each of the type of telescopes. Next check out the mounts, Alt Azu/EQ. Lastly dont forget to check out the article on AstroBackyard talking about a good beginner setup.

[@DanielNimmervoll]

Which readout mode did you use for DeepSky and a dark sky?

[@stevemaschke8481]

Was that first shot from inside the fridge done with a Canon R5? Seriously though, great video as always! I've recently tried to shoot the veil nebula but failed miserably. Your videos always inspire me and give me the motivation to try again. Thanks for all your work!

[@Tim_the_Astronurd]

polemaster! lol. I have the Orion clone of that. love them

[@AstroQuest1]

Gorgeous image Trevor, elongated stars or not. Your images are looking top notch. That camera is a real performer. One suggestion, maybe mention the price. - Cheers Kurt

[@gabrieldavidson4442]

That's got to be the best image of the Veil Nebula I've seen. Might I suggest trying to image C12 (NGC 6946) The Fireworks galaxy. Its a little hard to capture because it is close to the galactic core but where I am, its almost at the zenith when I can begin to image.

[@pedroitu9992]

Nice video

[@balintax7]

I have been watching your videos for a long time and I even followed your instagram. Your every picture amazes me, they are so beautiful. Will you do the IC 342 galaxy, or other galaxies, like IC 1101?

[@cult4037]

I'm in awe with this picture. How can you capture such pictures from a telescope in your backyard. It's truly unbelievable. i would love to be like you and do this interesting hobby too.

[@dekemp1986]

If you have a DSLR camera and a tripod you can totally ease your way into this. Won't be of the quality of this picture of Trevor of course but you can get something done.

[@pruthuvanara1243]

Sir try capturing the Kemble's Cascade in the night skies it's an awesome thing

[@timschuh6524]

Its a bit older now but I've really been enjoying my 168C. I'll haul out the 163M when the moon is out and the sports fields and shopping malls all have their lights cranked up.

[@materialdialectics]

The Polemaster! Personally I've been really wanting to get the QHY183M, but part of me feels like I should just save up for the ASI1600MM instead.

[@j1will]

Hi Trevor, excellent videos that are very helpful to us aspiring Astrophotographers. I have the same new QHY268c and Optolong L-eXtreme filter. I just for a first time put the imaging train together using a ZWO filter drawer in front of the camera with spacing to get to the 55mm backfocus. My question, does it really matter in which way the Optolong filter is facing in the image train? For last night, I shot all night, have not looked at the results yet, but I was shooting through the filter in the oposite direction than you would normally have the filter positioned. Now I'm thinking I made a big mistake?

[@astrophotonics9470]

Great results, obviously Optolong is working their way to a Quad.

[@anthonyin757]

Trevor, this is going to sound like a really silly question but can you tell me what the specific model of headlamp you use is? I've been trying out different headlamps and haven't found one I like. But looking at Defiant headlamps I haven't come across yours. Guess its an older, discontinued model? I want a headlamp with a large red light area like you wear, but almost every one I've seen has tiny red/green/blue lamps that are of little use when I'm out at night.

[@the_walkyrie]

Everyone: oooooh cameraaaa Me: RUDY 😍😍😍

[@dinomonaco2665]

Great shot of the Veil. Maybe I’m ahead of myself but it’s looking like the OSC cameras are getting better & better. Is this the beginning of no more filter wheels and discrete color channel subs??😉

[@cemdiken350]

If they also produce sony imx571 mono, it would be great

[@space9342]

hey Trevor the video in which you photographed about M13 aka the great star cluster of Hercules with the RASA was one of my favorites can you tell what kind of software you use and also could you recommend me a good stock canon dslr for astrophotography it will be really helpful and clear skies and oh say hi to Rudy for us

[@petetube111]

Hi Trevor, love your work. So when you were talking about under sampling and over sampling you confused me. Which is it that people don’t like? Cheers

[@cbmagnusw]

Hello, Astrobackyard. I bougth a SW Espirit 100ED and an APEX reducer but I noticed a LOT of elongated stars and vinneting when using my 2.8MP sensor (an ATIK CCD) I felt dissappointed thinking it was an uncorrectable tilt but i heard you that this could be caused by an incorrect distance or backfocus between the sensor and the apex reducer? This cheers me up cause the star deformation was pretty bad, in most of the image and maybe i just need to adjust the backfocus a little bit.

[@jarrodstewart8082]

#2 QHY is the Polemaster

[@Butzemann123]

6:10 nice shot of saturn and jupiter 10/10 ... the other pic is fine too

[@AstroLaVista]

We will let you off the two week hiatus, but only because your video and Veil image was so good ;)