Photographing the ISS and Zodiacal Light (iPhone vs Sony Camera)

[@jlchacon73]

Hi Alyn!!! As always your videos encourage us to go out and take pictures of the sky and stats, thanks so much 👍🏽

[@anitarussum4590]

the Elan Valley looks beautiful! thanks Alyn, for bringing us along! magnificent clear sky, and another great video.

[@seanorphoto]

That final image is absolutely incredible man

[@bradperry4902]

THANK YOU for confirming my sentiments toward the less-than-ideal time navigation in Sky Guide. I LOVE the app otherwise (it is beautiful!) and it's become my main starting point for pre-visualizing shots of planet conjunctions, ISS passes, etc. But fast forwarding and rewinding past a specific moment in time 3 or 4 times like it's a VHS tape is something I've considered begging the developers to consider addressing.

[@dylanreynolds8264]

im sorry to hear about the throat infection are you planning for the June what in the night sky episode to look back at the events and where the planets were in the month of may 2022

[@Dontwantahandeloruse]

Wow that last picture was just beautiful. Thank you

[@aarijkhan8093]

It’s a great day when Alyn uploads a new vid! :D keep up the good work buddy :)

[@Plaagfluit]

I love how you can clearly see the three orion stars from you 'behind' camera.

[@Priyanshu369up]

I love your all Astrovlog ❣️

[@michaelmckeag960]

I replaced my iPhone 8 with an iPhone 13 Pro in December. By the time I returned home from the Apple Store it was dark so my first experiments were nightscape shots. Relative to my expectations for a phone camera I was blown away. First shots were handheld, but I promptly mounted the phone onto a lightweight tripod with ball head and phone clamp. I find the phone handy for documenting the scene and setup when doing nightscape photography and other such nocturnal adventures. Of course the phone is a long way from challenging DSLR and mirrorless for actual nightscape photography, but for a shirt pocket device with an already astonishing range of applications, nighttime snapshots is a nice addition.

[@alphamet3258]

LOVED your final image!! You’re an awesome photographer

[@pangrac1]

Truly👍 best intro on YT with great choice of music!

[@NickNoblePhotography]

Love sky guide! I like your ISS method. I’ve always grabbed the ISS from multiple images and then merged them. Thanks.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

Satellite's 🛰️ are constant and wherever you look one pops up.I was recently camping in the English Peak District National Park and I only had my 5x10 Zeiss Mini Quick Monocular with me but I picked up M13 in it and even in that narrow field of view 2 satellites drifted through the field of view.

[@garyw1971]

That final image is ❤👌

[@andyrechenberg]

Love seeing the ISS move through the video frame. Just love seeing the ISS any time

[@Stillfilm1]

Great video Alyn, I loved that Sony MSM shot, but the iphone wasn't too shabby either. Good to see you filming back in the UK again.

[@বিশ্বেরকিছুঅজানাখবর]

Beautiful capture Alyn 🔭 Looking for more like this one !!

[@GMC43]

A good old fashioned vlog from our home.. can't beat it. Well done butt.. amazing as usual 🤙👍📷

[@AstroGuy]

Great vlog and Great Photos!! I use Stellarium Plus, Sky Guide & SkySafari 7 Pro on my iPad and iPhone 13 Pro and love the night sky apps! And whenever I do astrophotography with my iPhone, I use NightCap since it had different modes (like Stars Mode, ISS mode, light trails etc). Yet again, great vlog 😃👍

[@rayganrambles]

It was so neat seeing the ISS on your video! That final shot is awesome!

[@mattcostanza]

Incredible astro vlog Alyn as always! 😮 The image with your Sony camera is absolutely stunning! 🙌

[@LeeMansfield]

great vlog Alyn - keep up the great work

[@mikehardy8247]

Shooting with my MSM and Rokinon 135 as I watched this. Hoping 135 on APS-C 20 second exposures don't trail, or I'm Pushing the limits of trackers mechanics too hard. As always your frikin' amazing!

[@pramji27]

ur amazing , perfect planning always

[@taurus7228]

Awesome composition and it must have quite some work behind with the stacking of many image groups..was nice that you added the H alpha details too. Absolutely stunning. Looking forward to capturing the ISS too some night. Thank you

[@ArshadAli8611]

Great images! Incredible astro vlog!

[@Greengrass1972]

Great job as always Alyn

[@Keenan716]

lovely astro vlog Alyn!

[@JTheUsualMultimedia]

Working as hard as I can to get a bettet camera and more time for astrophotography thanks to this channel! Closer and closer, everynight! Thanks for the inspiration and info every month, kind sir.😎

[@Brock_in_the_North]

When people say the gear doesn't matter..... yes it absolutely does 👍

[@manasdas6567]

I have captured zodiacal light in November....that too post sunset.....i am from India...and believe as we live close to the equator, we got bigger window of months and visibility of the zodiacal light....

[@willig7355]

Hi Alyn Great video, as always! I assume, you used your Star filter on the video camera!? Regards Willi

[@naturealbums]

When I read the title i thought you were going to do a high magnification with say a real telescope so we see the shape and sometimes a bit of detail. I've seen some cool efforts. But it still turned out a great vid I do love Orion long exposure to bring out that epic detail I'm in light polluted Watford and a full time job so cant travel as often. Nice work keep it up. I'm definitely going to Turkey this year and probably stay a bit am of Turk origin got plenty of family to visit in dark places.

[@nickhubbard3671]

Croeso i gwm Elan Good images!

[@Lukescania]

Another fantastic video, I’ve been using that app a while and it’s fantastic

[@mattstansfield8289]

Another great video Alyn, really enjoyed it

[@wrighty338]

I think you would be better off with a manual camera app on the iphone as opposed to the built in one. Lovely results though! love the HA shots

[@AlynWallace]

Which do you recommend?

[@wrighty338]

@@AlynWallace I just took delivery of my astro bino's on Thursday so not had much chance to play around with digiscoping yet but, iv got myself Nightcap and Filmic Firstlight to start with. I got Skyguide also after watching this.

[@johngiromini5745]

I'am going to integrate iPhone photos ops during outreach episode as soon as the Moon reappears. It will give the viewers something they can take home. Great session, Alyn!

[@mikeridley1]

Another great video Alyn ... inspirational as always. Are you using the Sony A7iv yet ?, I would really like to hear your'e thoughts on it as i'm thinking of upgrading from the A7s for astro .. cheers.

[@apahualpa173]

Great video again, Alyn :) Love you work. The satellites sure are annoying and sadly increasing in number constantly. Have you used any automatization to remove them in timelapses? I'm trying to find an automated solution, since I shoot a lot of night sky timelapses. I've heard Pixinsight might do the trick. Have you experienced that software or can you point out some other software or workaround to achieve automatic satellite trail removal from series of single exposures (not stacking)? If it's even possible.. Thanks for your videos and have a great day!

[@AlynWallace]

Notjhing automatic I'm afraid

[@King0Random]

satellites aren't a problem for deep sky, we have pixel rejection but nothing for timelapses, I don't mind them though

[@apahualpa173]

@@King0Random Right.. I guess it should be technically possible, at least to some extent of efficiency, but such software/functionality hasn't been created yet apparently.. Yeah it's not too bad in the middle of winter when most of the dark time of day the sun is far below the horizon. It's a bit different story in spring/fall when sun doesn't set so much below the horizon and plethora of satellites are to be seen not to mention captured by camera. This accounts more here in the northern latitudes (65*N my location) as the sun apparently travels in more horizontal trajectory.

[@dewiedwards4239]

Ardderchog fel arfer Alun. Diolch am rhannu.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Did you miss the 4 planet alignment? That would have made an awesome photograph🤯🧐🥺😳

[@jffro]

Awesome vid mate !!!!!

[@DonkUK]

I'm surprised how many of you advanced photographers go to a lot of effect to get some superb shots and don't use our tell people that it's best to use a red colour beam torch as it doesn't affect your eyes etc! You have some lovely country to use up there.

[@VideoSlave01]

Amazing content as always. What lens was on your sony please?

[@Talalpro_1]

Stunning!

[@astrodad-simonb277]

Really enjoyed this ! 👏👏

[@motoviagens]

Uau... what a wonderful view !

[@OliverMay1]

Stunning images as always Alyn, thanks for sharing 🙂 It still amazes me how far cameras in phones have come, especially in recent years. Were you not tempted to try this with a Google Pixel and it's astrophotography mode? The newer sensor in the Pixel 6 is a huge step up from previous models. I'll be trying mine out properly this weekend in Wales (fingers crossed for clear skies!) and will compare it to my Canon R5 (non astro modified).

[@MartinFransson]

New sub here, loving your content! I´ve been out of astrophotography for a year or two myself and have been focusing on nature and wildlife but I´m slowly finding my way back and will try to produce more astro content as well 🙂

[@AlynWallace]

That's awesome thanks so much!

[@followthetrawler]

Fabulous shot on the Sony. The iPhone result is kind of what I expected - raw isn't really raw. Someone else mentioned trying a manual camera app, not sure if there is one for the iPhone that allows full control, but there certainly are for Android. I get some great shots on my Nokia 8.5 at night.

[@TrevorMcGrathPhotography]

Yet another gem of a video Alyn. I love the result of the tracked image. The MSM is so deadly for lasdscape astro shooting. I noticed you polar aligning with the laser. Is that the one which allows you to calibrate it and if so did it require calibration? And as always thanks for the inspiration

[@AlynWallace]

Yup, not that i've ever calibrated it haha

[@samuellee3914]

Was WITNS posted for May 2022?

[@jml7916]

You generously share a list of very worthwhile other youtubers at the end of your descriptions. Most I already follow and also reccomend. I wonder if you would be willing to check out one of my favorites who is very underrated IMHO, AOWS. Cheers.

[@aberbear]

great video i am also new to astrophotography I have an Iphone 13 pro would like to see more with your iphone thanks for the awesome content Wales is a great place to live.

[@TheCrooksandCastle]

where’s the link to the video?

[@cristianmoore1996]

IPhone ProRAW isn’t the same as RAW. The iPhone still adds its corrections but supposedly you can change them in post processing. Maybe with a special app.

[@AlynWallace]

Yeah it's annoying!

[@JaysPrints]

i really enjoyed your vlog

[@carbon3837]

link to the hydrogen alpha filter on your a7iii

[@mark_a_bell]

Thanks Alyn, great video. You mentioned it was going to be a bright ISS pass. I was wondering what conditions/info do you use to determine that. I've had mixed luck over the years with clear skies and still a faint trail. Any info would be appreciated.

[@AlynWallace]

It gives the magnitude in the app ISS Detector. Brightness will depend on angle with the Sun as well as whether you're capturing during twilight or not

[@mark_a_bell]

@@AlynWallace Thanks Alyn, that's really useful and the missing part of the puzzle for me.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Have you ever considered doing a master class on night photography ? I'm a new subscriber somewhat. I think that you have the potential to do a class.

[@AlynWallace]

Once my book is published that's my next big project

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

@@AlynWallace Oh that's wonderful news 🥰🤗🥰🤗🥰🤯

[@shirkeomkar]

Give a try to Samsung s21/S21 ultra 16 bit Raw.

[@dyshweb1947]

What satellite we can see naked eye in night sky besides ISS & Hubble.? Anybody.?

[@johncarter591]

Well it proves one thing in that Phones ain't going to replace a camera whether Mirrorless or DSLR Yet??

[@stevepecket2535]

Totally agree about StarLink. Although I appreciate Musk using his money for launches to ISS and even to aim for Mars; its pretty disgusting that he is allowed to destroy the whole worlds view of the night sky (including the professionals)

[@astroglow]

why go to an iphone a company that dictates to you what apps you can use and how you do things android is so much more open, but like the video for the astro done on the Sony cam

[@milansajan1001]

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[@Meta369]

I like your work but that was 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Do you know the stars are just projections ? Like they told us 1000s of years ago, "they are for signs" And you think that NASA and their cronies dont know how to project images of even fly small drones across your night sky ?

[@zakwanberlin]

Why do you flat earthers love to use those laughing emojis so much? Guess it indicates low intelligence. The ISS isn’t a projection. People have captured it transit the sun, and like any solid object, it blocks out light. Also where are they projecting it from? You can track its path and the way it moves across the world doesn’t even make any practical sense if it were a projection.

[@lutherseye5356]

,ok lol

[@thebeardedgeordiephotography]

I need a night there! @astrohbf are you game?