Space Pics and Real Talk!

[@jswyman-ll3dr]

Beautiful pics!

[@Bekindtoyourmind143]

Thank you so much!!! We reside in an amazing place in space!! 🌌✨🌌

[@jswyman-ll3dr]

@@Bekindtoyourmind143 I am just getting started with Astrophotography. Buying a piece of equipment at a time...

[@Bekindtoyourmind143]

It definitely is a marathon and not a sprint. You have to start small and work your way up with this hobby as it is far too easy to get in over your head!

[@Jcorban08]

Congratulations on a beautiful image! I thought it was impressive for only 4 hrs total integration. If I’m not mistaken, I think the Inchworm cluster is surrounded by the Butterfly nebula (IC 1318)? CS!

[@Bekindtoyourmind143]

Thank you so much! It really is surprising how much data you can pick up on a relatively dim target under light polluted skies. It does make it more hopeful for more and more targets moving forward. I will look up the Butterfly Nebula and see if that’s correct!! I’d love to know!!

[@Catlily5]

Awesome photos. Are they the color you see them as or do you add color?

[@Bekindtoyourmind143]

Thank you so much!! Very often I utilize what color is naturally captured by my specific camera and boost it a little in processing. With other targets I have been known to add a SHO (or other types of filters) provided through pixinsight to add some interest when my lack of data produces a subtle color result on a target.

[@Catlily5]

@@Bekindtoyourmind143 Thanks for the explanation!

[@jimmiller9330]

The YT algorithm popped your channel up a month or two ago. I guess I had been searching on telescopes etc. anyway I have an old Celestron C8 SCT I got back in the 80’s when Halley’s Comet came by. I used it with a 35 mm camera with 1600 speed film and 7 minute exposures. Lately been thinking of getting back into astronomy. But I’m 76 years old, can’t lug a 75 pound scope in and out, and you guys have equipment I never heard of. So keep it coming. It’s fun to watch.

[@Bekindtoyourmind143]

So happy to have you along on the journey! The technology today has certainly changed the landscape of deep space imaging. If you ever think you might want to try re-enter the hobby with some smaller gear I am happy to give recs. Otherwise, so happy to share the celestial beauty with you! 🌌