M33 Triangulum full process

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Haven't taken an astronomical photograph in a while, 52 years. I build a reflector telescope, covered my self and the back of the telescope with a blanket, focused to the image on a piece of cardboard, put the film slide on the cardboard and removed the film cover. Counted to 10 and covered the film slide. Went into the house to the film development lab I had set up in the basement, developed the film and made a print. Things have changed in amateur astronomical photography.

[@Robert_Nik]

Good scope

[@kylecormier9930]

Thank you for going into more detail about your post processing steps. It's super helpful to see somebody do things and how those changes affect the data. I'll certainly be watching for more videos from you.

[@starscapes7933]

So great that you found it useful, I will put out more videos in the future that goes more into detail on parts that was not quite in the spotlight here

[@wunderwerkleben5029]

Hei Sigurd, very good Video, and a Interesting workflow for the Image in Siril and Gimp, greetings Tom from Bavaria and Clear Skies

[@suniljadhav9136]

Very nice and knowledgeble video.

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

Well Done! beautiful work! I am still learning how to use astro processing apps, so videos like this are most welcome and really help people like myself, who are not very experienced with computers, to learn how to use them. Best of luck with future projects, and I look forward to watching more of your videos. Clear Skies! Wes, UK.

[@DSOImager]

Nice job Sigurd! Great video and final image. CS!

[@steveetches6013]

Great photo and really useful video! Thank you!

[@starscapes7933]

Thanks man, hope to do more videos of this kind in the future

[@editbalazs349]

Excellent work and the final result is lovely!

[@tsubaki951]

Lovely work 🥰❤

[@imrankhakwani]

Thank you for this very informative post.

[@tullyfisher]

Very nice video and final image! :) clear skies

[@crystallily9437]

Great video and explanation

[@mbaztan_5814]

Bro, what a great job!

[@christophegodefroy-w6u]

Hi, can you please describe here the list of your setup ? if you have links would be perfect thanks'

[@mbaztan_5814]

I Hope you Will post more videos processing and how you capture those pictures in your sesions💫

[@starscapes7933]

Yes I will!

[@markwelsh9068]

Nice work man.

[@merilchandrasiri9334]

I need to know, reflector of cassegrain which aree the most powerfull?

[@starscapes7933]

They have both their pro's and cons, but generally speaking, a cassegrain is sharpest and has longer FL, but a newt is lighter, cheaper and faster. So it kinda depends on what you want really

[@zeptom473]

Hi Sigurd, if you have a budget of about 1000$ and are a beginner, what kinda gear would you get?

[@starscapes7933]

Probably a startracker, like the star Adventurer 2i/gti and a dslr with a lens. Such a setup can really do alot, and is not too bad to get going with little knowledge

[@IvVelichkov]

Great work !

[@michaelbibby8636]

To improve your guiding use a longer focal length guidescope (i.e., 200mm or more). Off Axis Guidescope would probably be the best for 1000mm focal length. Also, if you can use Predictive Error Correction algorithm on your guiding software (PHD2 supports it), that would improve your guiding accuracy.

[@starscapes7933]

I guess it could make it a bit better with higher FL, but when it is no wind I get usally below 0.5", so then I don't really see a reason to upgrade

[@michaelbibby8636]

@@starscapes7933 There is a rule of thumb that your guidescope should be no less than about 1/4th the focal length of your imaging scope (assuming the same pixel size in guide camera as imaging camera). Your guidescope is probably 1/10th the focal length of your imaging scope. 0.5" at 1000mm will give you better stars than 0.5" at 100mm.

[@eirikgg]

Kan du bruke finderscope som følger med sammen med guidekamera du har? Som er 180mm vs 120mm?

[@starscapes7933]

Jeg prøvde på dette i starten, men fant ingen god måte å koble guidekamera til funderscope, så jeg bruke ZWO 30mm f4 guide scope med 120MM mini

[@jacintoartigas3017]

Thanks for share, this is a very useful video

[@suniljadhav9136]

What is the name and price of this telescope?

[@starscapes7933]

It is a Sky-watcher 200BD, it costs around 400 euro

[@montymcneilly]

Hey mate, I have a very similar setup, and I sometimes have some issues with dew. I was wondering what you do to combat that problem. Cheers

[@starscapes7933]

I had a problem with dew in the start of autumn, and then I bought a dew heater for secondary, and slapped on a regular dew heater on primary. Now though I don't have a dew issue, as the temperature difference is very small in December here in Norway

[@christopherbeddoe406]

Very cool.

[@mth469]

I have a question sir. In observing all these heavenly bodies have you ever seen any sign of extraterrestrial structures in space?

[@starscapes7933]

Yeah last night I saw three green men having an birthday party in the Andromeda Galaxy! Jokes aside though, if NASA can't find any, I'm pretty not gonna find anything with my 20cm mirror compared to NASA's JWST's 6.5 meter mirror

[@mth469]

@@starscapes7933 If NASA found any, we would not be hearing about it. Hence the question.

[@anata5127]

What is bortle of your location? I see it tells in the end: 4-5. 16h of exposure f5. What about camera pixel size? Do you measure Signal-Noise Ratio of integrated photo?

[@starscapes7933]

My pixel size is 5.8 microns, I guess I could measure the SNR with some software like PI, but normally I don't measure it

[@anata5127]

@@starscapes7933 Yes, PI will tell this and other numbers such as eccentricity and FWHM.

[@merilchandrasiri9334]

Thanks

[@Diocrew]

Awesome! 🔥 🔭

[@sergeyvelik362]

you need to put something under feet. (tile or brick)

[@starscapes7933]

Yeah that would probably be nice when i'm right on the grass

[@rosemariezimmermann1088]

you have so luck ...here in my city i have only 2 places to get with my 152 skywatcher so a dark skie...btw maybe you or someone has a hint for a good astrocamery pricely not higher then 300 euros....i have really no idea :(

[@starscapes7933]

If you want a cooled astrocam, they are really expensive, but you can come a long way with a dslr, like a used 5D mkii, or 60D modified for astro, these can come real cheap on eBay quite often

[@ss-5553]

Nice !

[@АндрейКарпов-м7ю]

Please more please about cosmos and astronomy. Add. Like all about space. All subscriptions about Space

[@starscapes7933]

I will do soon, the darkness is coming my way soon

[@C416zz]

dette var bra :-) skal prøve meg på redigere og stakke for førte gang nå. og jeg synes det er mye greskt for oss som ikke driver mye med pc. asiair pluss og canon 6d mark ll er hva jeg skal bruke. utrolig lærerikt ang redigering.

[@starscapes7933]

Bra at du syns at det va lærerikt, hvis du skal akkurat til å starte, kan æ anbefale star Adventurer 2i, den første videoen æ la ut her på youtube viser litt kraften av en liten tracker + en 200mm f4 linse og 6D mkii

[@C416zz]

@@starscapes7933 takk for svar. har kjøpt en eqm-35 og 62mm apo og en 82mm apo. drevet litt med astrofoto men ikke raw og bare enkelteksponeringer under 60 sek. det som er tøft for meg som er ikke en pc dude er at stakking og redigering er veldig bratt lærekurve. synes du forklarte bedre en andre filmer jeg har sett. så honør for det :-) kjøpt photoshop og lysrom delen. tenkte jeg skulle live stakke i asiair pluss som start. men ja det er greskt når jeg går inn på ps. fant ikke ut åssen jeg fikk bilde ned fra ps til skrivebord en gang. så det blir hard bratt lærekurve. igjenn takk for flott film. nyedlig prossesert bilder også. imponert.vh john

[@starscapes7933]

Tusen takk, ja det er en bratt læringskurve, husker den sjøl for ett år siden, og føler at æ nåkka nytt hele tida i astrofoto

[@bottaripaolo]

Sincere congratulations...👍🏻 @StarScapes

[@pinteraron_bouldering]

Definitely your best work, congratulations! Unfortunately I couldn't dm you on Instagram, bc your profile is private.