Touching the SOUL - Player One Poseidon Second Light

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Second light with the Poseidon, - I'm loving this thing!!
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[@LogansAstro]

Very nice final image. Never heard of a Bakewell tart but it looks pretty good to me. I have to agree, having an insulated warm room makes a huge difference to imaging comfort.

[@lukomatico]

It's lovely isn't it mate! I really do enjoy chilling out in my warm room, I'm in here nearly all the time these days lol - it's such a nice place to be! RE: Bakewell tarts, oh mate, if you ever see them out in NZ, give em a go! Clear skies :-)

[@peterlaubscher3989]

Astronomy and gastronomy - always a winning combo. I heard that groan... That's a stunning image, as always. thanks for the great videos.

[@lukomatico]

Hahah! - I couldn't agree more mate, winning combo 100%! Thanks so much for watching!

[@SimonsAstro]

Awesome Luke! Beautiful image of the Soul Nebula mate👍 Great second light! A man after my own heart with the Bakewell tart Luke😀 21 degrees!! I was freezing my !!! Off last night in the obsey 🤣 Clear skies!

[@lukomatico]

Thanks Simon mate!! :-D Ah I must admit I'm going to go soft in here LOL, it's too easy and cozy! Can't wait to see how your camp went mate - I'll catch the video today I think! - Clear skies :-)

[@Mel-127]

Love the Nebula. Realy stands out Great. That camera is putting us all in the wanting one, basket. 😁 Observatory 21 degrees, Bakewell Tart. Get the kettle on Mr im coming round. 😁 Good work getting that image with the moon hampering. Well done. Clear sky's.

[@lukomatico]

Haha! :-D Thanks Mel! Really happy with how my rig is performing, I'm excited to try and get a bigger project under my belt as soon as possible though - I'd love to see how a good 12+ hours on something would look! Hope you're keeping well - thanks for watching! :-)

[@AstroSoundscape]

Bakewell tart and a coffee ..... winning combo :) and that's before we've even started with your setup. Very nice result Luke, between that RASA and camera a very effective way to quickly pull out a very good image. Lovely looking job.

[@lukomatico]

Oh mate, 100% agree - winning combo for sure, it was bloody lovely! :-D I'm glad you liked the result my friend, I'm having a boatload of fun with the setup! - Thank you so much for watching!

[@AstroLaVista]

Your images are just crazy with that rig and your processing mate! Such a good soul neb rendition! Yes I dragged my bottom out of bed at 4:20 in the morning and luckily it was clear here in East Anglia so got some 'close up' footage of the disc of Mars passing behind a crater on the Moon, such a rare event and magical to capture it on a very frosty morning. Sorry it was cloudy for you Luke but the soul nebula is an excellent consolation prize! :)

[@lukomatico]

Oh mate that's superb to hear!! :-D Really happy you got a meaningful experience out of it, - I did get a glimpse after it was over (the little clip at the end of the video, can barely see Mars lol - 300mm lens & dslr) but to even just look at it a few minutes and ponder was a really special feeling, man I love astronomy! All the best!

[@HeavenlyBackyardAstronomy]

Cracking Final image, Luke. That Poseidon camera is doing a great job. I definitely plan to purchase the mono version of it sometime in 2023. I see Mars to the lower right of the moon in your image. YES, I did catch the occultation of Mars but the planet stayed just below the moon, but it gave me a great time-lapse of it passing by ... actually, of the moon passing by Mars. I did make a video of it.

[@lukomatico]

Hey there Pat! - I just saw your comment and went to check out your video, thank you so much for sharing! it was great to see your view of the event from Savannah! :-D I think 2023 will be a great year for you my friend, I can't wait to see what you capture! All the best, Luke

[@sevenskiesastro]

Nice final.image Luke. I was imaging too. Narrowband when the moon is out all the way I think though the moon was only 10 degrees from my target. Clear skies bud and all the best to you and yours.

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much Rob mate! I hope you are keeping well too! 👍👍 Only 10 degrees away, that's a pretty challenging shoot mate - Well done! Hopefully we'll get some more clear, sooner rather than later hey! All the best my friend

[@DSOImager]

Great result Luke! Gotta love that speed :)

[@lukomatico]

Thanks James!! - It's so much fun shooting at F2 haha, never gets old! Clear skies bud :-)

[@willowen4536]

Cracking image mate! I also went out early hours to image the occultation. I dragged my self out of bed at 4am to see nothing but cloud, but I persisted anyway in the hope I’d get a break in the cloud, and luckily I did 😁. A few other mates in our area were imaging and packed up around 2 when it clouded over. I set my alarm and I carted the 8” celestron cpc out and attached the 2.5 powermate to it, with the Zwo ars385mc to the scope and got some cracking views of mars disappearing and reappearing. Great vid as always 🌌

[@lukomatico]

That's hardcore dedication there mate!! - Good man for getting up and at it, it's so easy to just roll over in bed and hit snooze sometimes haha! Chuffed to hear you got a just reward for your effort man, good job! :-) Clear skies!

[@AZ4Runner]

very impressive as always!! CS

[@lukomatico]

Thanks Jason!! Always appreciate your support buddy 🙏

[@paulholdsworth2502]

What a combination that's turning out to be.......stunning soul nebula especially given the relatively short integration time. Great video Luke

[@lukomatico]

I appreciate that Paul mate!! - I'm chuffed with how it's working for me :-) As always, thanks for watching bud, and I hope you've had a lovely weekend!

[@avt_astro206]

Beautiful shot luke. Your Just on an Insane level man!!

[@lukomatico]

Ahh you're too kind Avanteesh my friend :-D I hope you're doing well!! Clear skies!

[@Pilord]

Stunning!! Love your content!

[@lukomatico]

Thank you!! That's really kind of you to say 👍👍

[@tullyfisher]

Interesting as usual Luke! 👍🏼

[@lukomatico]

I appreciate that Tully, thank you very much indeed my friend!! 🙏

[@goonerwin1]

quality as usual luke 👍🌟🌟

[@lukomatico]

Glad you enjoyed it my friend!! :-)

[@petesastrophotography]

Bakewell tarts ftw. Beautiful image Luke, I have the ASI2600MM and ASI2600MC and am very happy with them, but I must admit I do like the look of the Poseidon. The weather up here in north east Scotland has been awful recently so I missed the occultation as well ☹

[@lukomatico]

Oh mate I'm sorry to hear you missed the occultation! I had a tiny break in the clouds and caught a little glimpse after it was over - pretty magical! Glad to hear you're happy with the 2600MM/MC by the way - they're lovely cameras for sure mate, 100%! :-) Hoping the weather up in Scotland clears for you soon my friend, it's been pretty ridiculous trying to get a clear spell lately hasn't it, never really known a winter quite so cloudy!

[@billblanshan3021]

Very nice image Luke!

[@lukomatico]

Thank you bro!! :-D

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

Good to see your hair returning after your first light with the camera lol, cracking image though I never usually bother when the Moon is so bright but I think I might have a go next time the RASA is back up & running. I don't have the IDAS UHS filter in mine but it does seem to work well as I bought it after watching one of Cuiv's videos I think the UHS filter appeared soon after though DOH!!

[@lukomatico]

Hahah! :-D It was a close call again with the hair mate, those first few subs blew a few follicles loose but the rest are sturdy it seems haha That's always the way with new gear hey, buy something and then before you know it something else is out to challenge it lol! ah well Hope you and Nicky are well mate!

[@astro_vino]

Great image of the Soul Nebula Luke - may have to look at the Player One in the New Year ... otherwise loved the video and I would recommend Mince Pies now we are into December!

[@lukomatico]

Thank you mate!! - I'm about to admit something which may get me expelled from England, - I don't like mince pies!! It'll have to be more Bakewells for me haha! :-D Hope you've had a super weekend bud :-)

[@Tony-Elliott]

Nice video Luke and excellent finale image as pe normal mate. Didn't manage to see the Mars occultation clouded out unfortunately

[@lukomatico]

Ah mate I almost missed it myself, after it clouded out I rolled the roof over and thought nothing else of it - then I was nipping out to the house for something a little later and saw the moon was in a clear patch!! Brilliant to be able to see it for a few minutes 🙏 Thank you for watching mate!

[@Astrobloke]

Lovely image Luke, love the contrast and colours with sharp detail. Killer rig mate

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much Glenn mate!! I'm desperate to see what this thing can do with a good 12 hours of data on something, but that might asking for a miracle lately haha 😅 Hope your move is going well mate and that you and your family are settling in 🙏

[@BurnleyFreefighters]

Hiya Luke was shooting same target haha, wont turn out as good as your pic. Awesome mate

[@lukomatico]

That's awesome mate, guess we were on the same wavelength there! :-D Thanks so much for watching, hope you've had a great weekend!

[@AstroQuest1]

Nice work Luke. I really like the final image, especially the color - it has just the perfect amount of red to give the yellow/gold regions exceptional tint. Cheers

[@lukomatico]

Glad you like it my friend!! I appreciate the lovely comment :-) Clear skies!!

[@markbacon1090]

For once the clouds stayed away for me. I saw both mars disappearing and then reappearing. Had to set my alarm clock though. Glad I did though as it was a great sight though a pair of binoculars. Cheers for another great video 👍

[@lukomatico]

That's superb to hear mate, I wish I'd had the chance to catch it right at 'the moment' kinda thing but it wasn't to be, so glad plenty of folk such as yourself got to experience it fully though buddy! Thanks for sharing 👍

[@johnadastra1754]

Hey! Nice final image!

[@lukomatico]

Glad you like it mate, thank you!! :-)

[@mrFlyMode]

nice shot!

[@lukomatico]

Thank you!! :-D

[@astrojourneyuk]

How did you manage 21 degrees with no heating in the observatory?!?!? Impressive. What an image and with only 3.5 hours!!!

[@lukomatico]

It warms up pretty quick in here! That was just the heat of my TV, PC a few candles and myself haha! It'll be interesting to see how it goes in the dead of winter though, brrr! Clear skies mate!

[@jonbasstro1413]

Hi Luke, great to see you getting a decent session on the Soul Nebula with the new Poseidon camera. Fantastic final image you achieved there during full moon conditions.BTW I managed to see Mars appear from the occultation between the clouds through a pair of binos which was a good view.

[@lukomatico]

Oh mate that sounds awesome!! I got the little view at the end of the video, post occultation through a gap in the clouds - it was an awesome feeling being able to sense that celestial motion! Thank you so much for watching and giving your support, it's always appreciated my friend 🙏

[@danboulton2128]

Great video Luke. The set up looks so sweet and the final results are, as always, staggering. I know you're using as meaty eq8 wedge but the piers that you built are in mind, also doing you proud. I'm setting up and leaving the gear under a telegismo but these last few frosty nights are getting me worried about leaving the setup outside as the inner skin of the shroud is also getting ice forming on it. Thankfully I've also got 3 blankets between the shroud and the gear but will start getting it all inside later today I think. The next year will be the one for the obsy so will be very interested in your final thoughts on your pier construction if you wouldn't mind. Thank Luke.

[@lukomatico]

Thank you so much Dan my friend! - I totally hear you about being worried due to the frost forming inside the cover, I'd be just the same mate! RE: Thoughts on the piers now we've had them a while, good question! - My honest feeling is they are brilliant! - Rock steady, easy to make and extremely cost effective - showing no signs of stress anywhere. I would say if ever need to make another pier, I'll be doing the same thing again, very happy :-) Hope that helps mate!

[@CDigata]

it was a cold one thats for sure

[@lukomatico]

It was haha!! when I left the warm room to put the roof back over in the obsy I nearly turned straight back around LOL, biting cold! Hope you've had a nice weekend my friend! :-) Thanks for your support!

[@CDigata]

@@lukomatico just came back for another look.. nice image for time and conditions .. Ding Dang Do 💯

[@josephluciani5531]

Thanks for letting us join you in your toasty observatory. Gotta tell ya, 21 Celsius/69 Fahrenheit, my wife won’t allow me to put our thermostat that high😊 Your image of the Soul is…staggering! Simply beautiful. Did you process that according to your usual Hubble Palette tutorials? Never realized that both moisture in the air and moonlight conspire against us. Hope that tart was as good as it looked 😊

[@lukomatico]

Thanks Joe!! - The tart was phenomenal, I savoured every crumb lol! RE: the processing, it was done in a very similar way to my tutorials yeah! only minor tweaks here and there :-) As always, thanks for watching!

[@RumourHasitYT]

A Bakewell tart at that time of the morning. How do you every get to sleep 😂 mine you that image is worth a few sleepless nights 👍🏻

[@lukomatico]

Haha!! :-D Getting a bit of clear skies felt like an event worth celebrating, so out came the tarts!! Thanks for the great comment mate, I hope you've had the chance to shoot recently! 👍

[@deep_space_dave]

This was a nice video Luke! You know I see the same objects imaged over and over but I see now that the quality gets better and better! I pretty much have the same setup now with a RASA and recently after fighting with tilt, I now have a Baader FCCT II and QHY 268C Short BFL! Now my images are perfectly flat! But now clouds clouds clouds 😞 Excellent finale BTW! Clear Skies!

[@lukomatico]

Thanks Dave my friend!! :-D I'm so happy to hear you've got all tilt sorted out, that's great! - The RASA8 is such a darn good scope :-) Hopefully you'll have a chance to test everything out with a target soon mate, fingers crossed for you! Good luck!

[@brodymk45]

I got within 10 minutes of not seeing the moon hiding mars in the us and got a shot of the moon right next to mars, also great image, im thinking about getting the uranus c someday.

[@lukomatico]

Oh that's awesome you got to see them together so close like that!! - Thank you for sharing :-) Clear skies my friend!

[@KNMArve]

That camera looks very good! It’s on my want-list, for sure! 🤩 BTW, can you control it with the ASIAIR? 🤔 In other news: Finally got my SW ED80 Pro and ASI1600MM Pro set up properly. So now I’m fighting the moon also! 🌖😡🤣 Thank you again for your videos, my friend 🙏🏻

[@lukomatico]

Awesome mate!! So happy to hear your rig is up and running, many enjoyable nights are ahead I'm sure! :-) RE: controlling Player One cams with ASIAIR, - unfortunately not my friend, I wish it was possible as I still really like the ASIAIR system! Hope you have a great rest of your weekend, and thanks so much for your support :-) Clear skies!

[@MooseHenderson1]

Luke, have you received the OAG for this camera. I watched the Player One install video and it appears the pick-off prism is fixed in one orientation and not rotatable, with an 11” SCT, sometimes getting a guide star is difficult and I need to rotate the prism at a different angle than the chosen framing angle of camera. Other than this fact, I am in the market for this camera combo. Oh, the Player One video also showed how to remove the filter drawer by pressing slightly sideways.

[@lukomatico]

Hey there mate! - I actually have received the OAG now yeah! I've got a little bit of work I need to do with other products that have been sent for review first, but a video about it all will be coming! :-) Regarding the rotation issue - that's probably something that won't be possible with the player one, luckily it is a very big prism indeed so you could pair it with a big sensor guide-camera and likely always be able to find a star due to the large guide FOV it'd give you :-) Hope that helps mate! (appreciate the tip about the drawer too, thanks!)

[@nickym5271]

Fantastic image, specially under that moon light. I have a tri band filter, not really tried it under moony night. Maybe I should try it, see if it works. Nice hubble image, did you use a tutorial? I know a great one on here by someone called Luke ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) I've used it a bit, it works lol

[@lukomatico]

Hahah!! - Thank you Nicky :-D I've heard about this Luke guy, apparently he's a bit of a rambler but I'll give it a shot haha ;-D Hope you've had a great weekend! (Definitely give that filter a go by the way!)

[@BenjaminBarakat]

Wait that final image was all shot on the NBZ filter?

[@lukomatico]

That's right mate! - I have processing tutorials for this kind of thing on my channel :-) Clear skies!

[@christopheguigot841]

Salut top tes vidéos..!!! Tu as quoi comme caméra..??? Merci beaucoup.

[@lukomatico]

Thanks so much! I am using the Player One Poseidon-C Pro camera my friend 👍 Hope that helps!!

[@nikaxstrophotography]

FIRST!

[@lukomatico]

Haha!! :-D thanks for watching mate!!

[@studywithme8055]

What is that dot on the moon image (lower right corner)?

[@lukomatico]

Mars! I caught a glimpse of the event, just after occultation there was a brief break in the clouds so I caught a little shot with my DSLR and lens to share with you all, that's the clip at the end :-D Clear skies mate!

[@studywithme8055]

@@lukomatico You too man, great vids.