I've Never Done This Before (The Cave Nebula)

In this video, I photograph the Cave Nebula in Cepheus.
I've never shot this target before, and it turned out better than expected considering the limited exposure time and bright moon!
I also try out the Pegasus Astro Dewmaster to power my camera, and keep the optics of my telescopes dry.
For More Information about my image of the Cave Nebula, and the equipment used, see: astrobackyard....
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[@fklucid5097]

Hey Trevor! I have an idea. You should live stream your entire night and show every step! I would watch that.

[@ytismylife7057]

I second this great suggestion.

[@AstroBackyard]

I will keep that in mind - and if a particularly perfect night comes up, I'll go live.

[@arturolazaro1058]

Typical Landon I Agree Great Idea 😎👍

[@zulfeeqar]

Liked the idea. I'm in.

[@thetelescopeyard9760]

👍👍👍

[@robsbackyardastrophotograp8885]

Glad you got the DEC resolved. Great Cave & clear skies, Trevor!

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

Excellent shot, Trevor. And you only needed 3 hours and 40 minutes. I went over 26 hours on this target last year. I need to stop doing that, lol.

[@AstroBackyard]

I think the 26 hours worked out pretty well for you Mr. APOD! I should should be taking notes if I ever want the honor myself:) love your shot buddy.

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

@@AstroBackyard Thanks Trevor, but I love how you can wrap up projects in a single day and the results like this are excellent (not to mention a lot more fun). You've got me thinking.

[@robsbackyardastrophotograp8885]

It resulted in an APOD, so I wouldn't call it a waste. I think it went to good use.

[@ChucksAstrophotography]

@@robsbackyardastrophotograp8885 Yes, but I'm really impressed with the amount of detail Trevor picked up.

[@robsbackyardastrophotograp8885]

Both of y'alls have different circumstances, needs, and imaging habits, but you both also continuously wow me with the results. As long as you had fun, I say it's worth it. That's just my two cents, though.

[@swapsaraf3]

Beautiful evening colours. This new backyard looks so open

[@AstroBackyard]

Yes! Thank you - not so cramped like the old one 😊

[@DylanODonnell]

Another cool Northern Hemisphere only target ... :)

[@mgmcd1]

Dylan O'Donnell ah, go back to your Eta Carinae and learn to be happy with that! 😂😂😂🥰😘🤓

[@Sharpless2]

@@mgmcd1 Im actually quite pissed that i cant ever see the LMC, SMC, Eta Carinae and so on...

[@mgmcd1]

Dead Meme me too, without traveling. Dylan gets all that on his channel. I was just giving him grief.

[@SuperEddietv]

lol

[@hael8680]

I'll trade the Cave nebula and throw in the wizard nebula for Eta Carinae. Deal?! Lol

[@RaysAstrophotography]

Final picture came out very well Trevor!

[@wesleypronovost7011]

Hey Trevor! Love the channel! Another great video! (as usual) looking forward to some clear summer nights in the future but for now... Seattle stays cloudy.

[@AstroBackyard]

Thanks Wesley - fingers crossed for you!

[@astropal6717]

Hey Trevor, the Dec Autoguiding North/South/Off/Auto setting is on your graph adjustments on the far right. You want to change that to 'Auto' there. I think you knew this but it's easy to forget all these settings! The best idea is to create a new profile in PHD2 one for each setup, this way you can customize each different equipment settings. Great video and nice Cave Nebula!

[@selarice9477]

I just picked up the Orion CC6 and can’t wait to buy a decent GEM. So far it’s pretty dedicated, opticaly to astronomy. You are trully an excellent guide. I gave a quick review on Orion as ” Cat Woman”. Clear skies.

[@Miguel_Noppe]

I think someone is wishing for the Esprit 150 😬

[@TareqAstroPhoton]

Let him wait 50 years and 100 will be 150 ;-) :-D

[@thomasgonzalez7965]

Every time I watch AstroBackyard, I m getting closer to get my first Reflector.

[@douweodh4146]

Thomas Gonzalez I know what you mean, he caused me to buy 2 telescopes the past year LOL. Btw, did you mean reflector or refractor? Trevor is shooting solely with refractors. He also has an 8 “ reflector though he uses for visual...

[@zeplineog8113]

Love your videos! They’re always so peaceful. Glad I found your channel.

[@58gnr]

ok I have watched this channel for months now (6?) and have learned a lot I hope. Just ordered everything down to the laptop based on your setups. I joined an astronomy club. I won't have any excuses. Still waiting on the mount though a cem40 due 4 to 6 more weeks. I do have one item left, a filter but my skies are a bit better at level 4 and if facing south its the gulf of mexico so good skies that way (I live on the coast). This was/is a chunk of change as I over did it a bit for a astrophotographer newb. Stellarvue sv102t triplet f7, stellarvue 50 guidescope with zwo120, eye pieces holy cow! ( 1 nagler, 1 pentax xw, 1 explore scientific 92', astro physic barlow, all individually picked with eye relief in mind), the mount new model cem40 it is light! with a 16lb head!!, a new laptop, and the newest Altair 183 tec cooled (peltier cooling) for up -45 below ambient if desired, and some more stuff but ill stop there I over did it but I am an old guy so I can. Wife likes it to because it is a social event and we make it fun. Its no wonder you have sponsors.

[@benniemccarthy]

Can you post the titles of the songs from your vid, please?

[@KnJsThailandAdventure24]

Just Shazam it!

[@IzzatZubir]

Hey trevor. What do you think of this setup? The purpose is to have most portable astrophotography setup, no laptops, minimum weight and relatively cheap. Tripod: SW Star Adventurer Pro OTA: SW Evostar 72ED (2kg) Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro (0.41 kg) Guidescope: ZWO mini guidescope (0.25 kg) Guide camera: ZWO ASI120MM mini (0.06 kg) All cables to ZWO ASIAIR (1kg) Counterweight (1kg) Total payload: 4.72 KG The total cost would be around $2K or less.

[@AstroDenny]

If your dec is adjusting a lot, it's usually from having your mount not level. I did the same thing and didn't even realize it until I set up on some soft ground and got off kilter throughout the evening. Loving your vids.

[@Dragao_Bebado]

What an amazing shot Trevor! I hope one day I know much about astrophotography just like you

[@KingLoopie1]

Love your videos! I'm learning a lot on how to out my equipment to work! One small request though... Please turn up the voice channel a bit. The music (nice choices, btw) is sometimes overwhelming in my earbuds when I get the voice levels up to where I can hear then...

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

Hi Trevor! Quick question-Does the dew heater not cause thermal currents across the optics and thus cause distortions to incoming light you are trying to photograph/video ? Like the same phenomenon that causes us to need to cool down Primary Mirror before use ? I'm a newbie so plz forgive me if i sound stupid. Great channel btw! Keep up the amazing work! Wes ( Liverpool, UK )

[@hdagent8080]

Hello from Gatineau Quebec! Great photo! you make it look easy.

[@AstroBackyard]

Thanks neighbor!

[@billcipher1478]

hey i am a beginner and i am looking for a deep sky astrophotography setup on budget can you help me please

[@grapesgorilla2835]

IOptron Sky Guider Pro + William Optics Z61 (with flattener) + Canon t3i. He's made a video using this set up for capturing Andromeda. If you include stuff like a autoguider, this'll set you back about 1200$

[@JonathanSias]

@English comment passing by I accidentally found myself getting into deep space photography with a tripod and a mirrorless camera. You can do an impressive amount of photography with a Skyguider/Skywatcher tracker and a long photo lens. I bought a cheap 80mm refractor, a Meade adventure scope, and built my own wooden tripod. I'm in $300 for the tracker, $80 for the scope, $100 for some decent eyepieces, and I already had the woodworking skills and a mirrorless camera. Yeah, I get a lot of chromatic aberration, but I've had so much fun, learned so much and am teaching everyone around me. Get yourself a Skywatcher and watch the skies open up!

[@billcipher1478]

Jonathan Sias can you give me links please

[@Fluterra]

Grapes Gorilla What would you recommend for a USD10k budget?

[@AstroFarsography]

Hey we all do things like that in PHD! One of my last sessions my track rate was still set to Lunar and I was wondering why PHD wasn't calibrating correctly in RA. Took me an hour to sort that out 😅 you live and learn.

[@WakoJacKooo]

Random question has your rudy ever ruined your shoots by accidently touchin the equipment ??

[@flogus1326]

Hello. I see you use a Pole Master camera and it is not permanently fixed to your mount. Do you think it's reasonnable to use one Pole Master with 2 mounts ? (I consider using it on both my actual EQ6R Pro and a Star Adventurer in a near future)

[@sendguns]

Hi Trevor: Long-time viewer, but first-time comment writer. Q. What brand of dew bands are you using, as I like the type of cable connector you are using with the Pegasus box? Best - Michael Murphy

[@jamesdixon2085]

I assume that though you move around in your yard, you probably set up in just a few places. Do you have something to mark the positions of your tripod legs? I'm not sure of the best technique but have considered placing small (inches) concrete pads one for each leg then you are pretty close to lined up from the start.

[@ahok]

Nice one Trevor, +1 for Rudy doing his job

[@Seekthetruth3000]

Nice video. After you take a picture, do you process it or is that what you see through your telescope whit all those beautiful colors? Also, what kind of a telescope did you use for this picture? Thanks.😏😏😏🙂🙂

[@Astrolavista]

A well earned excellent image! You're setup is awesome too :) Those Esprit's hold up so well to the Japan premium brands like Takahashi don't they. Lets enjoy this hobby until the satellites and LP take over the sky...Sorry about the depressing end note. Lets hope there will be even more ways to mitigate these things.

[@thos759]

That’s just outstanding! Nice job Trevor

[@budlamy3870]

Any chance you have some vids on how to set up and take those pictures?

[@spaceimagery8712]

Great pic. How did you manage 4 minute subs from your back yard without blowing everything out. What is your gain. Are you using those quad narrow band filters. Sorry for all the dumb questions. Just trying figure things out. Thanks

[@lagg2380]

Omg the video quality is amazing!

[@joerenzetti1]

Great work the Cave turned out nice.

[@jr82ist]

Great video again! Beautiful image.

[@astroheartuk4623]

Thanks Trevor, I feel slightly less dumb now. I was out with my (new to me) EQ5 Pro at the weekend on M101 and lost over an hour's worth of data due to that same dec setting in PHD2. Good to know I'm not the only one to do this 🙈 Great image there too, love it 😍

[@stevenharper6394]

Simply amazing Trevor!!

[@timelifeexposure451]

Great job on the shoot. Glad you sorted out your problem. Was that the asi294mc?

[@JeffHorne]

Awesome shot, Trevor! I'd love to know what you think of the STC filter vs the Triad filters. I'm thinking about going cooled OSC with one of those filters instead of the mono route. Moving from a modded 5DmkII.

[@kentswenson2480]

Very nice! Especially with the orientation in the sky right now. Unreal 🤙 Still waiting for your auto guiding for dummies video.

[@ibrahimabdoel9601]

Beautiful image at the end

[@andrewkemp8677]

Hey, man! Love the videos! I think if you put the clip at about 8:49 as an intro at the begining or something, you could help viewer retention a lot with new viewers. Keep being awesome!

[@AstroBackyard]

That's a great call and if I could go back to the edit - I would do that! I hope new viewers stick around long enough to understand the context of the title. I'll keep this convo in mind for next time, thank you!!

[@berpoman23]

Hey! What's your favorite summer object to image?

[@AstroBackyard]

I love Sagittarius... the Trifid Nebula is stunning! 😁

[@yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat]

Does anyone know the name of the song used at the end? I really like it

[@philipgrombliniak]

Great shots, thanks for sharing

[@marstrooper2045]

Looks like another deepsky object on my chart to capture. I need to upgrade some astrophotography deep sky gear. Awesome capture of the Cave Nebula.

[@cluelessphotographer]

Trevor, Awesome as always :)

[@AstroBackyard]

Thank you Kevin! Means a lot

[@johnadastra1754]

Nope, never did that one either. But one time I spent an hour trying to figure out why I couldn't get the PHD2 cam working, then finally realized the lens cap was on the guide scope. We all live and learn :).

[@emilcarste]

Hi Trevor, dumb question: where did you exactly mount the dew master temp/hum sensor?

[@adudejoe2]

Hey Trevor! Where did you purchase the Pegasus DewMaster? I can’t find it for sale except in Europe and Asia!

[@matthilton8959]

Great videos. Love to get into doing this. Is this scope you use good for all round use or just for imaging. Looking at purchasing a scope for both. Wound this be good for planetary observation and also imaging those? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@axford696969]

Absolutely Superb shot....

[@tegertsi]

I love your videos and setup!

[@BootlegSounds]

WOW I love these kinds of video, also amazing shot!

[@veeretsy7528]

I have the gt71 which is the master of astrophotography! it is the pro version of z73

[@CodeLeeCarter]

Yeah and the Starlink Sh!tshow is going to freaking mess the skies up for everyone into astrophotography unless they spot making so dam reflective. Nice video, as always, respect.

[@celestromel]

I love trees (indigenous ones) but that one of yours really needs to be trimmed right back - it’s incompatible with your imaging! Trimmed back, I say, not removed.

[@gregoiresaintenac4406]

Excellent shot ! i wait for clear sky here in france

[@DarkMoonDroid]

What a gorgeous share! 😍🌌

[@marklewis9959]

Great job as always, keep it up Trevor I'm loving it 😊

[@AstroBackyard]

Thank you, Mark!@

[@victoriusmindset]

hey Trevor! you should try to film the starlink satellites launched by spacex,it would be awesome.

[@AstroCRT]

Hey so how do you suggest starting a channel like this

[@AstroCRT]

Where I have had a big interest I'm just not sure what to do

[@DeezePeer]

Why is your flashlight red ? Is that your preference or there is something more behind it ? Can anyone explain ? Cheers !:)

[@MrRoel1966]

Red light doesn't destroy your night vision. Atleast less.

[@kl6048]

Great video! You always inspire me. Could anyone please recommend the type of lenses I should use on my 8inch dob for deep space objects? Thank you!

[@craiglowery4427]

Can the AM5 carry your Sky Watcher Esprit 100 mm ED?

[@MichaelChee]

hi sir, are you able to do drift alignment tutorial ?thank you

[@eddwar8597]

great shot

[@Fluterra]

Is there good Mac OS X software available for guiding? I’m seeing a pretty sh~tty Windows UI from circa 1992 here, yikes!

[@LennoxToki]

'that's not a thing, you know what i mean' lol! hey also Trevor, i have just purchased the esprit 100ed cannot wait to have my first light with it :)

[@My_NameJeff]

Breathtaking 😍

[@antonwindson5383]

Great video! The new "day-time-vlog" is great (new camera?). I only wish that the title was more meaningful and less of a clickbait.

[@LAshotts]

Very nice indeed. My ocd was driving me mad though as I would of flipped the image so it looks like a cave entrance. Dam fine image though 👍

[@baguette_6944]

What's the name of the song at 1:30 ? :)

[@flemdogmillionaire239]

awesome Job !!!

[@azdh85224]

Great image of cave - congrats. Your lawn and back yard look great. Love the music and as always your video and images are stellar. 👍🏻🔭

[@AstroBackyard]

Oh man thank you. Really appreciate the lawn comment - I've always wanted a backyard like this and have been going nuts on lawn maintenance this spring! 😁

[@AstroQuest1]

Rats, Wish I knew about the dew master before I got the Pocket PowerBox. Oh well. At least the Powerbox has two dew heater ports which is enough for me. Gorgeous Image- Congrats.

[@AstroBackyard]

Yes! Very similar device - Exact same size. The Pegasus guys showed me the dewmaster at NEAF. Thanks Kurt and keep the awesome videos coming!

[@bofblog]

Great image and good detail, hmmmm Esprite 150 now there's a thought

[@cheesification]

is this powerbox like a powerbank?

[@TheBrutalbeast100]

Does anyone know the song at 1:21?

[@mgmcd1]

Jealous of all your kit, but more jealous of your seeing. Maryland averages 6 good days per month. I have not had 6 good days in 2019. 😥

[@robertfield4103]

Wait for it ..... WOW!

[@andrewkemp8677]

I feel like this is the real KZbin right here

[@KB2AT]

Very nice Trevor....Do u still have the RASA? Still liking it?

[@AstroBackyard]

Yes sir. It's quite a bit wider at 400mm - so excited to use it on a huge target like NGC 7000 in the coming months

[@KB2AT]

@@AstroBackyard love mine. Still learning alot

[@AstroBackyard]

@@KB2AT Awesome! I'll be testing a motorized focuser for it soon 😊

[@KB2AT]

@@AstroBackyard nice... I do like u now. Manually. My biggest problem has been choosing best gain settings for my 183mm pro as anything past or including 60sec subs give me amp glow

[@AstroBackyard]

@@KB2AT amp glow is completely removed with darks/flats!

[@RobertFantinatto]

Thanks for this target, doesn't show up in Stellarium!

[@Jin-Ro]

Genuinely puzzled why you'd need dew heaters. I'm in the UK, which is notoriously damp. I leave my scope outside to acclimatise for a couple of hours before use, and I can honestly say I've had no problems with dew. I use Reflectors though. Is this something that really only affects refractors? Brilliant channel by the way, really loving the stuff you put up and cover.

[@imaltesidellapuglia3935]

Da me piove da 3 mesi e che c....., ma poi dico io, come fai a fare quelle foto con quelle nuvole?

[@joeskis]

99% of the video doesn't show what your system captures. Hmm...

[@wildweedle6012]

What did you use to mount the guidescope?

[@Phillymanjaro]

Cool Great

[@alexpalmer5916]

Not a 150 ...yet. Why did that thought just pop into my head? 😏

[@billgatesho8039]

❤️❤️❤️

[@fernandoapausa4931]

Encouraging take-away from you PHD setting mistake for those users of star trackers thinking about giving a try to auto-guiding on RA only! (like me 😊).

[@melgigg]

You youngsters describing a dew heater controller as “cool” surely it should be Hot! 😊

[@dianagalaxy7928]

melgigg Ya, ... no. . . Lol

[@purabiyachandubhai2013]

From INDIA!!

[@micharu570]

Damn

[@rickylovenuts7466]

Who else has seen the rocket at 0:50

[@fabiopinheiro7414]

+ imag + pictures univers - dialog - equipment dialog +++ imag univers

[@POSTIVETHINKING]

Hey Trevor how you going mate I love your videos mate and every time I watch you it's great to watch but I think you will need some sleep buddy just comparing your videos from now back a year ago you are forming black bags under your eyes I recommend more sleep you're doing a good job but you need more sleep

[@andreytyushin9920]

This huge like is for raccoon chaser)

[@adrianaberdeen5445]

First! Woo!