Thinking in terms of moon diameters is really helpful. The moon is fairly easy to photograph, and it's easy to learn what focal length/field of view corresponds to how large the moon appears.
This dude here (Chris) should be a called "the professor" for kind of astro tutorials, you will never find any tutorial in the whole youtube such as this series to get into astro and astrophotography... really methodological and very well structured videos and easy to understand.... forget all dudes out there who will confuse you and mostly sell you stuff, this is way ahead and at least will give you a huge boost to start... thanks Chris.
Yes, I've watch four of his videos so far, after 6 weeks of searching fifteen astronomy YT channels as well as over 50 web pages on how to get started and you are correct, Telexiz!
Your videos are to the point and easy to understand providing much needed information just when I am taking first steps in the world of astronomy! Thank you so much Chris 👍
Thank you for your comment Bijal - this comments encourage me to continue doing this tutorial episodes... Glad that they are of any help! Clear skies to you!
At time 3:15, I can’t tell if the image is a projector screen or a sneaky little Stellina scope. I love all these videos :) I get a lot out of them even though I only ever do visual and maybe a little shot of Jupiter with an old webcam every do often - looking forward to the second season about hardware!
Yes it's a very rough sketch ;-) Glad you like the videos and yes: I'm really looking forward to creating the second chapter!! May your skies be clear!
Hello your videos are great and you know how to make interesting videos. But can you recomend any telescope who could be able capture planets and not be so painful for the wallet?
Hey Cosmic! The field of view - the part of the sky you can observe depends A) on the sensor size and B) on the focal length of your scope. Download "Stellarium" - install it - enter all your specs and cruise around to see whats up there. See my tutorial about focal length: ruclips.net/video/KxX3uTC6olY/видео.html and stellarium: ruclips.net/video/uRYR-ReKKM8/видео.html Greetings Chris
Is it possible to see Saturn and Jupiter with a reflector telescope like the Zhumell Z130? I just bought it and did not received it yet, it’s my first telescope.
With it's 650mm FL & a 10mm eyepiece you can easily see Saturn and Jupiter. Use websites like this: astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/ to calculate the FOV. Enter 650mm FL and a 10mm eyepiece and maybe consider buying a 2x Barlow-Lens for additional magnification. The 130mm aperture will help. I wish you clear skies! -Chris
Hi @derec7793! Using the moon as a reference for size in astrophotography is a handy technique. Here’s how you can do it: 1. **Understand the Moon's Apparent Size**: The moon appears about 0.5 degrees in diameter in the sky. This is roughly 30 arcminutes. 2. **Frame Your Shots**: When capturing other celestial objects, frame them so that the moon’s size gives a sense of scale. For example, if you photograph a planet, compare it to how the moon would fit in the same frame. 3. **Use Planetarium Software**: Tools like Stellarium can show you how big objects appear relative to the moon. This helps in planning your shots and understanding the scale. 4. **Post-Processing Comparison**: In your final image, you can superimpose an image of the moon taken with the same setup to illustrate the size comparison. By using these steps, you can effectively use the moon as a reference point to communicate the scale of other objects in your astrophotography.
That's not really true about not knowing whether or not distant galaxies were in our own galaxy or not before the Hubble space telescope. In books in my primary school in the early eighties they talked about galaxies as being millions of light years away, even quasars several billons of light years away. Perhaps you were thinking of the scientist Hubble, who in the early twentieth did work on the relative motion of galaxies and determined by red shift most were moving away? But the question of them being separate from our own galaxy was definitely answered by the mid twentieth. The main thing I can see changed since the HST is that before then we thought the sun was a small unremarkable yellow star. We now know that there are in fact far more stars much smaller than our own, we just couldn't see them they are so dim, to the point I think now the sun is classed as some kind of giant? Another is a greater understanding of the development and progression of galaxy types gotten from viewing galaxies further and further back in time. Another is the rise of the dark matter and dark energy hypotheses as the initially more attractive hypotheses such as WIMPS and MACHOS were progressively ruled out by better observations. We also have a better understanding of the distribution of galaxies in clusters, superclusters, filaments, sheets, and voids, etc.; have nearly ruled out the possibility of a future "great crunch"; black holes have been confirmed, even their accretion discs imaged, but they are no longer thought to be as such an eternal trap of matter and energy as before, because of the Hawking radiation hypothesis; and finally we realise at least some sort of exoplanet is fairly ubiquitous around many if not most stars, and they come in a previously unimagined variety, an presumably there are even more out there, as planets similar in mass and orbiting as far out as the earth does are actually exceeding difficult to check for even now and we can only do it for the closest stars.
You really did your homework bro! Nice! Yea I was actually referring to Mr. Hubble, sry if that came out the wrong way. And yea I was quite oversimplifying here. Becky did a GREAT video just the other day: ruclips.net/video/0MJCqJPMpeY/видео.html Definitely check it out! She's great! Greetings Chris
Thinking in terms of moon diameters is really helpful. The moon is fairly easy to photograph, and it's easy to learn what focal length/field of view corresponds to how large the moon appears.
This dude here (Chris) should be a called "the professor" for kind of astro tutorials, you will never find any tutorial in the whole youtube such as this series to get into astro and astrophotography... really methodological and very well structured videos and easy to understand.... forget all dudes out there who will confuse you and mostly sell you stuff, this is way ahead and at least will give you a huge boost to start... thanks Chris.
Thanks! Chris
Yes, I've watch four of his videos so far, after 6 weeks of searching fifteen astronomy YT channels as well as over 50 web pages on how to get started and you are correct, Telexiz!
Chris, You have an unmatched talent for making complex things easy to understand.
Thank you Ranganathan! Comments like yours keep me going! Clear skies!
Your videos are to the point and easy to understand providing much needed information just when I am taking first steps in the world of astronomy! Thank you so much Chris 👍
Thank you for your comment Bijal - this comments encourage me to continue doing this tutorial episodes... Glad that they are of any help!
Clear skies to you!
thank you Chris, lucky for me to know your channel. keep the good works. clear skies!
Wow thank you for your kind comment!! It's very much appreciated! Clear skies to you!
Thank you Chris!
You are very welcome ;)
Excellent, and very helpful! ("galxies") 7:57, 9:....)
Thanks a lot! These are my first videos. I will remaster them one day - but like them anyway (as "firsts").
Clear skies to you!
Globular Clusters are my favourite
I love all the Messier objects. Globs are great! Hercules (M13) was one of my first images. Clear skies!
Very Informative!!
Thanks Rod, glad you like it! Clear skies!
At time 3:15, I can’t tell if the image is a projector screen or a sneaky little Stellina scope. I love all these videos :) I get a lot out of them even though I only ever do visual and maybe a little shot of Jupiter with an old webcam every do often - looking forward to the second season about hardware!
Yes it's a very rough sketch ;-)
Glad you like the videos and yes: I'm really looking forward to creating the second chapter!! May your skies be clear!
Hello your videos are great and you know how to make interesting videos. But can you recomend any telescope who could be able capture planets and not be so painful for the wallet?
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for watching this videos! I hope they are of any help! Greetings and clear skies!
What telescope is best to view nebula, star cluster, galaxues? Sct?
Different targets and objectives can demand different telescopes. See my other videos for more information.
Hi, I have 130mm EQ astromaster. And a 12-15MP camera. Can you tell me what I can see with it? apart from planets.
Hey Cosmic!
The field of view - the part of the sky you can observe depends A) on the sensor size and B) on the focal length of your scope.
Download "Stellarium" - install it - enter all your specs and cruise around to see whats up there.
See my tutorial about focal length: ruclips.net/video/KxX3uTC6olY/видео.html
and stellarium: ruclips.net/video/uRYR-ReKKM8/видео.html
Greetings
Chris
Is it possible to see Saturn and Jupiter with a reflector telescope like the Zhumell Z130? I just bought it and did not received it yet, it’s my first telescope.
With it's 650mm FL & a 10mm eyepiece you can easily see Saturn and Jupiter.
Use websites like this:
astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/
to calculate the FOV. Enter 650mm FL and a 10mm eyepiece and maybe consider buying a 2x Barlow-Lens for additional magnification. The 130mm aperture will help.
I wish you clear skies!
-Chris
@@catchingphotons thanks...!
Can you explain how you use the moon no as a reference to size?
Hi @derec7793! Using the moon as a reference for size in astrophotography is a handy technique. Here’s how you can do it:
1. **Understand the Moon's Apparent Size**: The moon appears about 0.5 degrees in diameter in the sky. This is roughly 30 arcminutes.
2. **Frame Your Shots**: When capturing other celestial objects, frame them so that the moon’s size gives a sense of scale. For example, if you photograph a planet, compare it to how the moon would fit in the same frame.
3. **Use Planetarium Software**: Tools like Stellarium can show you how big objects appear relative to the moon. This helps in planning your shots and understanding the scale.
4. **Post-Processing Comparison**: In your final image, you can superimpose an image of the moon taken with the same setup to illustrate the size comparison.
By using these steps, you can effectively use the moon as a reference point to communicate the scale of other objects in your astrophotography.
I wonder why you didn't have the subscriber base?
Spread the word ;-)
@@catchingphotons sure bro!
Actually, after I started to watch your videos I felt emotional with the content and you.
That's not really true about not knowing whether or not distant galaxies were in our own galaxy or not before the Hubble space telescope. In books in my primary school in the early eighties they talked about galaxies as being millions of light years away, even quasars several billons of light years away.
Perhaps you were thinking of the scientist Hubble, who in the early twentieth did work on the relative motion of galaxies and determined by red shift most were moving away? But the question of them being separate from our own galaxy was definitely answered by the mid twentieth.
The main thing I can see changed since the HST is that before then we thought the sun was a small unremarkable yellow star. We now know that there are in fact far more stars much smaller than our own, we just couldn't see them they are so dim, to the point I think now the sun is classed as some kind of giant?
Another is a greater understanding of the development and progression of galaxy types gotten from viewing galaxies further and further back in time.
Another is the rise of the dark matter and dark energy hypotheses as the initially more attractive hypotheses such as WIMPS and MACHOS were progressively ruled out by better observations.
We also have a better understanding of the distribution of galaxies in clusters, superclusters, filaments, sheets, and voids, etc.; have nearly ruled out the possibility of a future "great crunch"; black holes have been confirmed, even their accretion discs imaged, but they are no longer thought to be as such an eternal trap of matter and energy as before, because of the Hawking radiation hypothesis; and finally we realise at least some sort of exoplanet is fairly ubiquitous around many if not most stars, and they come in a previously unimagined variety, an presumably there are even more out there, as planets similar in mass and orbiting as far out as the earth does are actually exceeding difficult to check for even now and we can only do it for the closest stars.
You really did your homework bro! Nice!
Yea I was actually referring to Mr. Hubble, sry if that came out the wrong way. And yea I was quite oversimplifying here.
Becky did a GREAT video just the other day:
ruclips.net/video/0MJCqJPMpeY/видео.html
Definitely check it out! She's great!
Greetings
Chris