This guy's class. So easy to listen to, watch and learn from. Oh and not a million quids worth of camera gear. This guy needs more subs. He is one talented guy
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been catching up on his vids and absolutely love them. I do want to get a star tracker, but he makes this type of photography so accessible for us.
@@plrpilot yer I love the way he puts it across. I know he has some serious equipment but for the likes of me anyway. Just getting into it. Using the basics and creating what he can with it is great for us all. I use gimp not Photoshop but it's similar. Still hard to master though. But with guys like this we will master it and get our own fab nebula, milky way pictures. Great viewing
Agree: I am following his suggestions to start astrophotography without huge investments. Too easy to take wonderful shots if you have the Hubble telescope available.
I truly think this series is the most important set of astrophotography videos on RUclips. They ensure that people understand the fundamentals without worrying about expensive and complex gear and techniques. Your Orion Nebula video was what initially inspired me to try this hobby.
Could not agree more. Having struggled with trying to shoot mood pictures for years, I now understand why I failed and how to fix it. Many, many thanks!!
Nico Carver - Nebula Photos Txs a lot! I was trying to learn how to stacking for a long, long time and now I achieve How to do It! U'r so amazing and a great teacher! God bless you allways! Greatings from Brazil 🇧🇷
My favorite part is that you don't shy away from the fact that processing a photo can take many hours. That and how in depth the processing is. Thanks Nico!
Man I just love how well you explain everything. For someone who is brand new at this it is a huge learning curve. And most channels are trying so hard to be entertaining and forget the little things that really get you stuck. Your channel is essential for the beginner Astro photographer. And it cracks me up when you say awe ways instead of always lol thankyou for this valuable information brother.
@@NebulaPhotos It's out now bud. And I would be over the moon lol if you would go check it out and leave me a comment. I appreciate all these videos you've made and the inspiration you have given me. Thank you brother😃
you are the best Nico! Thanks a lot for the tons of information in every video that you makes! It's been a tremendous help. Keep feeding us!! Hahaha tks bro
Thanks for the in-depth video. I came here for the astro tips but ended up getting a great recommendation for a tripod! Just bought a mefoto roadtrip and I've been after something exactly like that for ages!
I am so amazed that you have taken such a beautiful picture of the milky way without a tracker. I didn't know untracked astrophotography could get this good. Amazing.
Especially for beginners, your videos are GREAT! Gratis Really Essential Astrophotography Tutorials. The detail is what makes them outstanding from the rest on the Internet. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Excellent! I was doing everything wrong. Having grown up in Malden, I have no idea how you can get anything with all the lights from Somerville, Medford and Cambridge. I did see how you got rid of it. Excellent work!! Heading to Patreon. Definitely worth it.
I just started astronomy and astrophotography with my first orion starblast telescope a couple weeks ago and now trying out DSLR photography and these videos are 90% of all my education and soooo helpful out there. thanks so much for teaching the fundamentals!
I find this video much better than the Orion one. Things are explained better and even the postprocessing processes are easier to follow. I did try once and it was an unmitigated disaster, come September I think I'll give it another go and hopefully it'll pan out this time. Thanks for all the useful videos lad, much appreciated!
Thanks a lot! I did try to improve everything, so I'm glad you think so. I am going to try to make it even clearer/ easier to follow with my next one: Andromeda Galaxy untracked.
Nico got me started with his Orion video. Never thought I’d be able to do until I watched his video. Easy to follow and understand. Keep the excellent content coming.
Though I am doing Astrophotography for quite a while now.. But this one is hands down one of the best explanatory videos on internet like a 2 hour crash course explaining everything from Preparation , Capture and Processing in detail especially for Beginners ..
One of the best tutorials here on youtube! This video actually motivated me to do my first deep sky image. Would love to see an Andromeda galaxy video next time!
I've literally been binge watching your videos this whole weekend. Very high quality content, thank you! I love the format, the length, I appreciate the hard work and time you put into them and that you clearly aren't just trying to please RUclips algorithms. I've been wanting to get into astrophotography for a long time but have been put off by the perceived high initial cost. You've just proved me wrong, so thank you!
@@NebulaPhotos I gave it a shot with my nifty fifty and 1200D and got some great results. Two issues I had though (settings ISO 400, f/2.0, 15" exposures on the Star Adventurer Pro). 1) I got that seagull effect that you mentioned. Most people won't be able to tell but I can pickup on those details. Do I need to increase my f stop? Then I may need to increase to ISO 800. 2) The contrast on the bottom left and right corners seems high (almost like there was stray light). I have AstroFlat for Photoshop which I will need to try but if you get that on your shots how do remove it? 3) I am thinking of buying a light pollution filter which I think will really improve the colour. Have you experimented with them? Thanks!
@@04Stefan07 1) yes, stopping down the lens more will typically make star shape better. With a star tracker where you can expose longer, I'd probably try f/4 and longer exposures 2) Hard to say without seeing it. Registration artifact from stacking? With bright/dark corners that aren't corrected by the flat, I usually just crop them away 3) Yes, they will change colour (I wouldn't say they improve it) and the biggest benefit is increased contrast for red nebulae since they chop away mostly green/blue and leave the red alone. For emission nebulae, I think they are useful. My favorite is a Neodymium filter.
Oh man, I watched your long Orion video just yesterday and went straight for my first shoot (unfortunately not very successful). Now I'm waking up and seeing that you've uploaded another "basics" video. Gonna watch it from start to end! I'm super pumped to start from somewhere and hopefully manage to do a better shoot next time. Thanks for the amazing content!
Truly, thank you for this video. I'm just starting out in astrophotography and there are a lot of things I've been struggling to understand at the finer levels. Not to mention that I don't have my star tracking mount yet. By coincidence I was outside with my tripod and camera set up last night, wanting to take some test photos but I couldn't quite figure out how to point my camera accurately enough to bother. Its not that I didn't think about the method that you used in the video, but rather I just didn't think that would really work. Well, you did it and went slow enough for people like me to follow along. So, now I know I could have taken pictures last night after all. Definitely appreciate the step by step process you spent so much time walking us through in this video. But I also appreciate the depth of this video. You imparted a lot of knowledge. Most especially in post-processing, which I have even less experience with. Can tell I have more to learn than I thought I did. A+ 10/10 for this video! Thank you so much, again!
Thanks for kind words Anthony! Let me know if you have any questions once you get started. It's a fun hobby, but a long road to get good at it. Clear skies, Nico
Thank you so much for this video - the information within it is invaluable and there is no way I would have ever known about the after editing processes if I had not watched this through. That and the Flats!
I really enjoyed this video, gave me hope that I don't need to spend thousands of dollars to step into this kind of photography. Also the way you made this video, is. just. amazing. I didn't even realize it was 2 hour long. Thank you!
Your videos make me feel like so motivated... I feel like going out right now and photographing those beautiful deep sky objects even with just my basic equipment... Thanks a lot for all the work u put into these. Hoping to see more such content in the future from you...
@@NebulaPhotos That's Gr8, My plan was to go out today and photograph the Andromeda Galaxy. So now that means I can follow your post processing part when your video comes out.
Hi Nico! downloaded the .tif and followed your instructions, its so much better that way, mine was not identical than your, not that much pop and fainter colors, but it was a great leaning experience for me, specially the starnet, dont understand it much yet but I guess is to conserve star colors and shapes. Clear skies ! Cheers.
Yep, you got it, It's a method for keeping the stars small and colorful while boosting the deep sky objects. If we just boosted the deep sky objects to the same level with the stars in the photo they would become bloated and white.
Absolutely brilliant video ... am just getting into astrophotography and the biggest barrier is the cost of all the add on so great to have a tutorial that doesn't involve a star tracker. Can you remember the ball head you bought?
Another amazing tutorial! I just was able to capture the Orion nebula, Andromeda galaxy, and Neowise comet (C/2020 F3) due to your previous tutorials. Thank you so much! Best Wishes from Brazil!
Nico, absolutely amazing from a non tracked image to the final result!. I have a Canon 700D that I am taking to Spain, mapped where the galaxy will be, checked for the moon less night, and where to take the photos, I have DSS and my Mac with Photoshop - now i have this video I cant wait! Still considering from another of your videos the Skywatcher Adventurer!! Really fantastic work ! Simon
I’m so excited for this! I’ve been watching your other vid from this series but I’m up at my parents where there’s less light pollution and I was actually going to try to shoot this tonight!! What perfect timing. These videos are so great. Will def be subscribing to your Pateron. Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos!
@@NebulaPhotos Having my first go at it with this video as my guide. Tried taking pictures of the milky way last night with the nifty fifty lens. Also, it's bad for business to "sell out" of your higher patreon tiers : )
Thank you so much for releasing these excellent tutorials. You're step-by-step approach and explanations have resulted in me processing some (I think) superb deep sky objects. Your measured steps have been a great help, so thank you.
@@NebulaPhotos That's very funny LOL. I use my Nikon P1000 on 3000mm zoom to get the same view of Jupiter's moons that you get with your 50mm Lens? I think you should rename your Nebula Photos to Make Believe Nebula Photos.
Hey Johnny, don't know what to tell you other than what I wrote above, but I'll try anyway. Jupiter's moons are in NO way a difficult object to resolve photographically as point sources of light as there is usually plenty of separation from the planet (several arcminutes). 3000mm focal length is completely overkill. At 3000mm you should be able to clearly resolve the cloud bands and other details on the face of the planet itself which I clearly can't do with the 50mm lens and 10x digital zoom you are seeing in this video. I can also resolve the moons with my Huawei smartphone's tiny 70mm telephoto lens. From a dark site, I've even done it naked eye (it's right on the limit of human vision to do so). Hope this helps. All the best, Nico
@@NebulaPhotos You don't get it. The size of Jupiter and the moons on your Camera display with a 50mm lens is the same size on my P1000 display at 3000mm. Wow that 50mm lens has great magnification - its a magic lens. Duh did you go to school? Even arguing with me over this is stupid!
@@johnnym6700 I said it in my very first response: "10x digital zoom" in live view that is why the FOV is similar to your 1x FOV on your P1000. The reason I'm arguing with you is because you insinuated I'm a liar, which I'm not. Cheers, Nico
So easy to listen to! I'd definitely listen to a podcast if you ever catch the bug ^-^ having a podcast talking about whats interesting or new in astrophotography or what some good targets are would be great to listen to while I'm alone shooting the stars!
@@NebulaPhotos I can understand that. Would you happen to have any recommendations ? Love the tutorials by the way, I'm brand new to this and already getting pretty good results. Only 2 nights in!
Thanks for your videos, I've watched more than one and they are helping me a lot since I'm really a rookie in astrophotography. One thing I noticed when using Deepspacestacker is that processing time depends a lot on hard drive speed. Changing the location of all files, including the temp directory, from a good internal mechanical disk to an internal sata ssd (PC) reduced the processing time by a factor 3 at least. I don't know if you already mentioned that in your videos but it could be a good suggestion for other users. And please keep doing your videos 😉
Thanks Nico, I'm getting there - this is what I've been trying to do with my Sony and the 2 cheap kit lenses that came with it before I spend any real money. Until now I haven't understood your post-processing techniques very well, but something clicked with this one. Back to Photoshop & GIMP before I forget it all!
Great tutorial! had a few tries at astro before but never quite got the process, just about to load my lights, darks, flats and bias files into DSS now *crosses fingers*
Thank you, these guides are amazing. Very new to the hobby so a great source of info for me. Just put together a very beginner set up with a canon 600d, good tripod just waiting on my intervalometer to arrive.
Nico, wonderful video. Sadly, smoke from California fires is rolling into BC, or I'd head out tomorrow night and give this a try. Two things I would ask you put in the description. 1. Add the timestamp for your comparison of the two cameras' images to the table of contents (it's 1:46:06). 2. List the things that are here but not in the Orion video. I have already watched that video.
Hi Ron, thanks for the suggestion. I think there would be too many things different to list them all, but the major differences between these two videos happen in the Photoshop section. Since this was a milky way shot, the background removal process I used in the Orion video is too heavy-handed, and I used different approaches including the use of Starnet++ (a free, standalone program outside of Photoshop). So if you have already watched the Orion one, I would jump straight to the Photoshop part of this vid. Cheers, Nico
Great videos as always. I am happy blending the results of modifyed and not mod to recover some colors and enjoy some bettter issues in my no mod camera. This way we could get the best from both. I always use the same lens.
This is great educational video Nico, you strike a very fine balance in your videos, they are long and detailed but never boring or tedious. You should move to anther level of educational approach buy interacting with audiences in Zoom sessions for example and it should be paid sessions.
Thank you so much for this complete tutorial hopefully within the next six months I’m gonna be getting into astral photography once I can get a last couple of pieces of equipment And this is exactly what I needed Way to go! Thank you
That's great Dennis! I hope you get the gear for "Orion season"(November-March), the best beginner constellation for the N. hemisphere. Clear skies, Nico
Nebula Photos hopefully! I’m really new to all this. I don’t think I’m that far from you because you were showing Boston on the map I’m over here in North East Pennsylvania. I want to try and do some from the yard but I have a great state forest about 45 minutes away that’s very low light pollution and then about 15 minutes from my house if I can get up there for the night is the top of Camelback Mountain state park which even though we have light pollution here it’s a dramatic 1200 foot mountain with nothing around it. Thank you for putting the time into this I’m also hoping to have a tracking mount.
One other question if you don’t mind because this wasn’t addressed in the video one of the things I’m saving up for is a mirrorless cannon because I have the lenses Just a used D60 or something one like you mentioned but I have a rebel T6I is that OK to use?
Fabulous, did my first ever 'deeper sky' shot using your tutorial, very well explained and easy to follow! I use new CC , seems Adobe updated a few things since you posted this, making for some additional learning :-) ... image came out well I think (posted to FB). Many thanks!!
Thanks again for a excellent video on Nebulas. I am currently letting my camera take 150 shots with 2" exposures using a Nikon D7100, Nikkor 200mm f/2.8 focused on.....The lagoon nebula! Can't wait to see how this turns out. I appreciate showing us each step to do this. It takes a lot of work to put together a video and look forward to seeing more. Lets hit 30k subs!!! :D
Great Jason! And thanks for the motivation, I'm surprised by how quickly my channel is growing this year. I hope I can deliver, and still reply to all the comments. Clear skies, Nico
@@NebulaPhotos You're welcome, the audio and video quality is awesome. Last night I was a bit off and missed the Lagoon and aimed to high so I ended up getting the Omega (?) nebula. still counts :D Clear skies!
Great as always! One little quibble -- you use Magic Lantern (which I just installed). But if I understand ML's instructions correctly, the firmware must be on the camera card. Thus if you format the card, you would lose the ML software & then need to re-copy it on the card and perhaps even re-install it on the camera.
Hi Fred, how it works on all the ML builds I've tried is the 'bootloader' lives on the SD card and loads the firmware on the camera on startup. However, you can still format the SD card on camera. You will see instructions injected in to the normal Canon menu about how to keep ML while formatting the card.
You doing this with a 50mm lense is impressive :) I did my first big experiment last night and took a 125MP image of the southern cross with a 550D and a 400mm Prime at f6.3. My image came out ok, but I did get some drift as it took about 15 minutes to take all my pictures. I also discovered the Jewel Cluster, I never seen that before it only shows up in my pictures
Hi Nico.I am really impressed by your in depth tutorials and I have found them really helpful.This is the only channel which provides dedicated and in depth information on astrophotography for beginners and is immensely helpful.Can you please do a tutorial on untracked galaxy photography?Cheers!Clear skies.
51:26 For sorting the files in computer, you don't need to write down file names.. windows can provide you this information when you see these image files in memory card on PC. You just need to select them by clicking right mouse button and activate. Usual metadata is date created, file size etc. but things like shutter speed, focal length, aperture size are all need to be selected manually.
i'm actually thinking about buying a 600d (t3i for non-european people) from ebay and modifying it myself. that video showed really good those comparison and your words on sharper stars were new information for me - thanks for making my decision definite: i will get one and mod it :-) go on with your helpful videos, they're great!
Thanks for the video :) Actually I experienced some (little) vibrations using a "mechanical" remote controller with continuous shooting, but I think it was due to the light tripod I had used, rather than due to the mirror's movement itself. I now have a "full" intervallometer, but I wanted to test again my old one, and on a solid tripod (a manfrotto 055xpro) I didn't experience sensible vibrations anymore :)
These videos are awesome tutorials for how to do some basic astrophotography without all of the expensive gear. One question that I wish you'd cover in a future video is how you use a smartphone app or Stellarium Web to determine the target direction and target height above horizon that you plug into the NPF Calculator?
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This guy's class. So easy to listen to, watch and learn from. Oh and not a million quids worth of camera gear. This guy needs more subs. He is one talented guy
Thanks Paul! Glad you enjoyed it. Clear skies, Nico
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve been catching up on his vids and absolutely love them. I do want to get a star tracker, but he makes this type of photography so accessible for us.
@@plrpilot yer I love the way he puts it across. I know he has some serious equipment but for the likes of me anyway. Just getting into it. Using the basics and creating what he can with it is great for us all. I use gimp not Photoshop but it's similar. Still hard to master though. But with guys like this we will master it and get our own fab nebula, milky way pictures. Great viewing
easily the best channel of its kind on YT
Agree: I am following his suggestions to start astrophotography without huge investments. Too easy to take wonderful shots if you have the Hubble telescope available.
The thought that I can get something deep space without investing a cent more than I already own is great really encouraging.
wow this guy is the best explainer of astrophotography on you tube. Thanks🤗
Thanks! Happy to have found my niche. Clear skies, Nico
I truly think this series is the most important set of astrophotography videos on RUclips. They ensure that people understand the fundamentals without worrying about expensive and complex gear and techniques. Your Orion Nebula video was what initially inspired me to try this hobby.
Thanks Corey. Nice to hear that the videos are helpful. Clear skies, Nico
Could not agree more. Having struggled with trying to shoot mood pictures for years, I now understand why I failed and how to fix it. Many, many thanks!!
I don't know why anyone would dislike this. Great Video for starters like me. i absolutely love your videos, so elegent and helful.
Thanks Shubham. Glad you like them! Clear skies, Nico
This doesn't pertain to this video . can I connect a dslr to my celestron asromaster and if so would it be good for astrophototgraphy?
I like this guy he's very knowledgeable.
Nico carver , is there anyway you could email me I have a few questions. darren7994@gmail.com thanks man.
Nico Carver - Nebula Photos Txs a lot! I was trying to learn how to stacking for a long, long time and now I achieve How to do It! U'r so amazing and a great teacher! God bless you allways! Greatings from Brazil 🇧🇷
This is the most interactive astrophotographer on YT . Each and every question answered , which is a big help . Waiting always for your videos.🙏🏻
Thanks!
Very impressive indeed. Got to hand it to this chap, this is outstanding.
My favorite part is that you don't shy away from the fact that processing a photo can take many hours. That and how in depth the processing is. Thanks Nico!
Man I just love how well you explain everything. For someone who is brand new at this it is a huge learning curve. And most channels are trying so hard to be entertaining and forget the little things that really get you stuck. Your channel is essential for the beginner Astro photographer. And it cracks me up when you say awe ways instead of always lol thankyou for this valuable information brother.
Glad to be helpful Joe! Looking forward to your astro video. Clear skies, Nico
@@NebulaPhotos It's out now bud. And I would be over the moon lol if you would go check it out and leave me a comment. I appreciate all these videos you've made and the inspiration you have given me. Thank you brother😃
This is the best easy to understand for beginner.. and you don't have to rich to try Very refreshing THANKS keep up the good work...
Glad it was helpful Toney!
Thank you for this tutorial, you don’t realize how much this can help someone starting out and even experience Astro shooters. Great videos 👌
Very glad to hear that Brad! Clear skies, Nico
you are the best Nico! Thanks a lot for the tons of information in every video that you makes! It's been a tremendous help. Keep feeding us!! Hahaha tks bro
What a great picture!
Thx for the very well made video, I just bought my first mirrorless and can't wait to capture the universe
Never thought would have such GREAT detailed tutorial for FREE on RUclips
Glad it was helpful Abdullah! Clear skies, Nico
Thanks for the in-depth video. I came here for the astro tips but ended up getting a great recommendation for a tripod! Just bought a mefoto roadtrip and I've been after something exactly like that for ages!
Great video Nico!!!! Always great information brother man🖖
I am so amazed that you have taken such a beautiful picture of the milky way without a tracker. I didn't know untracked astrophotography could get this good. Amazing.
Thanks Haris!
Especially for beginners, your videos are GREAT! Gratis Really Essential Astrophotography Tutorials. The detail is what makes them outstanding from the rest on the Internet. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Glad they are helpful Ray! Clear skies, Nico
This video is pure gold. Many thanks from Spain. Keep on going!
Excellent! I was doing everything wrong. Having grown up in Malden, I have no idea how you can get anything with all the lights from Somerville, Medford and Cambridge. I did see how you got rid of it. Excellent work!! Heading to Patreon. Definitely worth it.
I just started astronomy and astrophotography with my first orion starblast telescope a couple weeks ago and now trying out DSLR photography and these videos are 90% of all my education and soooo helpful out there. thanks so much for teaching the fundamentals!
Awesome, glad to help! Clear skies, Nico
I find this video much better than the Orion one. Things are explained better and even the postprocessing processes are easier to follow. I did try once and it was an unmitigated disaster, come September I think I'll give it another go and hopefully it'll pan out this time. Thanks for all the useful videos lad, much appreciated!
Thanks a lot! I did try to improve everything, so I'm glad you think so. I am going to try to make it even clearer/ easier to follow with my next one: Andromeda Galaxy untracked.
Nico got me started with his Orion video. Never thought I’d be able to do until I watched his video. Easy to follow and understand. Keep the excellent content coming.
Great to hear!
Though I am doing Astrophotography for quite a while now.. But this one is hands down one of the best explanatory videos on internet like a 2 hour crash course explaining everything from Preparation , Capture and Processing in detail especially for Beginners ..
I have just started and your videos are so informative for a beginner.
Extremely detailed explanation which is so easy to understand. Thank you so much man
One of the best tutorials here on youtube! This video actually motivated me to do my first deep sky image. Would love to see an Andromeda galaxy video next time!
You guessed it. Andromeda is next in this series
This is so motivating!
You are completely demystifying astrophotography for us.!
So glad it's helpful Rajesh! Clear skies, Nico
I've literally been binge watching your videos this whole weekend. Very high quality content, thank you! I love the format, the length, I appreciate the hard work and time you put into them and that you clearly aren't just trying to please RUclips algorithms.
I've been wanting to get into astrophotography for a long time but have been put off by the perceived high initial cost. You've just proved me wrong, so thank you!
Not all heroes wear capes, this tutorials are🔥. Thanks so much.
Thanks David, glad you are enjoying them. Clear skies, Nico
Great subject Nico. Small victories help development. Will be busy this weekend, I hope.
Your videos are fantastic, explained so well. I’ve been doing astrophotography for nearly 10 years and I’m still learning from your content.
Thanks Stefan, so glad they are helpful! Clear skies, Nico
@@NebulaPhotos I gave it a shot with my nifty fifty and 1200D and got some great results.
Two issues I had though (settings ISO 400, f/2.0, 15" exposures on the Star Adventurer Pro).
1) I got that seagull effect that you mentioned. Most people won't be able to tell but I can pickup on those details. Do I need to increase my f stop? Then I may need to increase to ISO 800.
2) The contrast on the bottom left and right corners seems high (almost like there was stray light). I have AstroFlat for Photoshop which I will need to try but if you get that on your shots how do remove it?
3) I am thinking of buying a light pollution filter which I think will really improve the colour. Have you experimented with them?
Thanks!
@@04Stefan07 1) yes, stopping down the lens more will typically make star shape better. With a star tracker where you can expose longer, I'd probably try f/4 and longer exposures
2) Hard to say without seeing it. Registration artifact from stacking? With bright/dark corners that aren't corrected by the flat, I usually just crop them away
3) Yes, they will change colour (I wouldn't say they improve it) and the biggest benefit is increased contrast for red nebulae since they chop away mostly green/blue and leave the red alone. For emission nebulae, I think they are useful. My favorite is a Neodymium filter.
@@NebulaPhotos Thanks for the advice! Will give it a go.
Oh man, I watched your long Orion video just yesterday and went straight for my first shoot (unfortunately not very successful).
Now I'm waking up and seeing that you've uploaded another "basics" video. Gonna watch it from start to end! I'm super pumped to start from somewhere and hopefully manage to do a better shoot next time. Thanks for the amazing content!
Keep trying! The first few shoots are always hard, but it does get easier over time. Clear skies, Nico
Absolutely excellent. From 0 to 100 in one hour :-) Thanks !!!
Agree and not long winded just for the sake of long winded ness , highly recommended!!
Truly, thank you for this video. I'm just starting out in astrophotography and there are a lot of things I've been struggling to understand at the finer levels. Not to mention that I don't have my star tracking mount yet. By coincidence I was outside with my tripod and camera set up last night, wanting to take some test photos but I couldn't quite figure out how to point my camera accurately enough to bother. Its not that I didn't think about the method that you used in the video, but rather I just didn't think that would really work. Well, you did it and went slow enough for people like me to follow along. So, now I know I could have taken pictures last night after all. Definitely appreciate the step by step process you spent so much time walking us through in this video.
But I also appreciate the depth of this video. You imparted a lot of knowledge. Most especially in post-processing, which I have even less experience with. Can tell I have more to learn than I thought I did.
A+ 10/10 for this video! Thank you so much, again!
Thanks for kind words Anthony! Let me know if you have any questions once you get started. It's a fun hobby, but a long road to get good at it. Clear skies, Nico
Respect for your passion in Korea. Thanks for the information. You are the best RUclipsr
Wow, an insanely long and well-made video... I couldn't imagine the amount of effort put into it
Thank you so much for this video - the information within it is invaluable and there is no way I would have ever known about the after editing processes if I had not watched this through. That and the Flats!
Excellent videos. This is the definition of what most tutorials should be regardless of the field. Thanks!
Thanks for this ! You literally saved my bored quarantine !
Thank you for this tutorial 👍
I really enjoyed this video, gave me hope that I don't need to spend thousands of dollars to step into this kind of photography. Also the way you made this video, is. just. amazing. I didn't even realize it was 2 hour long. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Clear skies, Nico
Your videos make me feel like so motivated... I feel like going out right now and photographing those beautiful deep sky objects even with just my basic equipment... Thanks a lot for all the work u put into these. Hoping to see more such content in the future from you...
Thanks Sarath! Should have one on the Andromeda Galaxy without tracker done soonish. Clear skies, Nico
@@NebulaPhotos That's Gr8, My plan was to go out today and photograph the Andromeda Galaxy. So now that means I can follow your post processing part when your video comes out.
Hi Nico! downloaded the .tif and followed your instructions, its so much better that way, mine was not identical than your, not that much pop and fainter colors, but it was a great leaning experience for me, specially the starnet, dont understand it much yet but I guess is to conserve star colors and shapes.
Clear skies ! Cheers.
Yep, you got it, It's a method for keeping the stars small and colorful while boosting the deep sky objects. If we just boosted the deep sky objects to the same level with the stars in the photo they would become bloated and white.
Favorite astro channel. Also your hair is awesome
Your videos keeps me love for deep sky subjects..thank you😊😊
My pleasure 😊
Absolute magic as usual. I learn so much from your videos. Wish I could find the same level of expertise for planetary photography.
very detailed and easy to follow explanations. I like it very much!!!
Glad you liked it Dieter!
imma show this youtube channel to my friends. keep up the good work my dude.
Absolutely brilliant video ... am just getting into astrophotography and the biggest barrier is the cost of all the add on so great to have a tutorial that doesn't involve a star tracker. Can you remember the ball head you bought?
Nico, you are amazing!
Very useful. Keep making such videos
Mind blown again... Thank you for your dedication on sharing your knowledge in such a comprehensible way. Love your work Nico
Glad you like the videos Jan! Clear skies, Nico
Thanks for this indepth and easy to follow guide!
I love these start to finish videos. Thanks Nico!
Glad they are helpful Dane! Clear skies, Nico
Wow, this is a 2 in 1!
Im hyped^^
Another amazing tutorial! I just was able to capture the Orion nebula, Andromeda galaxy, and Neowise comet (C/2020 F3) due to your previous tutorials. Thank you so much! Best Wishes from Brazil!
Fantastic Rafael! Clear skies, Nico
A brilliant tutorial, Nico. I’ve learned so much. Thank you. Mel from Sydney
Nico, absolutely amazing from a non tracked image to the final result!. I have a Canon 700D that I am taking to Spain, mapped where the galaxy will be, checked for the moon less night, and where to take the photos, I have DSS and my Mac with Photoshop - now i have this video I cant wait! Still considering from another of your videos the Skywatcher Adventurer!! Really fantastic work ! Simon
The best video yet on astrophotography.
Thanks for a excellent video Nico 👍
Best astroman on youtube
Awesome... A very useful, well explained video from start to finish. Thank you Nico, can't wait to see more of your very informative videos 😁👍
Glad it was helpful! My next video series will be Andromeda Galaxy without tracker. Clear skies, Nico
I’m so excited for this! I’ve been watching your other vid from this series but I’m up at my parents where there’s less light pollution and I was actually going to try to shoot this tonight!! What perfect timing. These videos are so great. Will def be subscribing to your Pateron. Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos!
Great Andrea! So glad you are finding the videos helpful. Clear skies, Nico
Seriously great content. Just trying to learn now before I start purchasing anything and your videos are awesome!
Thanks, glad they are helpful!
@@NebulaPhotos Having my first go at it with this video as my guide. Tried taking pictures of the milky way last night with the nifty fifty lens. Also, it's bad for business to "sell out" of your higher patreon tiers : )
Thank you so much for releasing these excellent tutorials. You're step-by-step approach and explanations have resulted in me processing some (I think) superb deep sky objects. Your measured steps have been a great help, so thank you.
I am amazed that your 50mm lens can capture Jupiter and its moons. Well done!! It must be a magic lens!
Not really, I can see Jupiter's moons with 10x binoculars. A 50mm lens with a 10x digital zoom is plenty too 😁
@@NebulaPhotos That's very funny LOL. I use my Nikon P1000 on 3000mm zoom to get the same view of Jupiter's moons that you get with your 50mm Lens? I think you should rename your Nebula Photos to Make Believe Nebula Photos.
Hey Johnny, don't know what to tell you other than what I wrote above, but I'll try anyway. Jupiter's moons are in NO way a difficult object to resolve photographically as point sources of light as there is usually plenty of separation from the planet (several arcminutes). 3000mm focal length is completely overkill. At 3000mm you should be able to clearly resolve the cloud bands and other details on the face of the planet itself which I clearly can't do with the 50mm lens and 10x digital zoom you are seeing in this video. I can also resolve the moons with my Huawei smartphone's tiny 70mm telephoto lens. From a dark site, I've even done it naked eye (it's right on the limit of human vision to do so). Hope this helps. All the best, Nico
@@NebulaPhotos You don't get it. The size of Jupiter and the moons on your Camera display with a 50mm lens is the same size on my P1000 display at 3000mm. Wow that 50mm lens has great magnification - its a magic lens. Duh did you go to school? Even arguing with me over this is stupid!
@@johnnym6700 I said it in my very first response: "10x digital zoom" in live view that is why the FOV is similar to your 1x FOV on your P1000. The reason I'm arguing with you is because you insinuated I'm a liar, which I'm not. Cheers, Nico
So easy to listen to!
I'd definitely listen to a podcast if you ever catch the bug ^-^ having a podcast talking about whats interesting or new in astrophotography or what some good targets are would be great to listen to while I'm alone shooting the stars!
I have all the gear, just don't have the time!
@@NebulaPhotos I can understand that. Would you happen to have any recommendations ?
Love the tutorials by the way, I'm brand new to this and already getting pretty good results. Only 2 nights in!
@@TMG_Dude For podcasts? Space Junk (I've been a guest), Trevor from Astrobackyard was doing one too, not sure it's still active
@@NebulaPhotos thank you again !
Next video should be launched just like this! It was amazing to have you on the chat! 😁😁😁😁😁😁
Glad you liked it Sam! I'll definitely consider it; at least for the major videos.
@@NebulaPhotos it was marketing-effective from my perspective. I went straight to Patreon, so consider how many others might do it in the future😁😁
Very cool vid Nico. I loved your Orion Nebula video, and can't wait for so see how you used PixInsight to process this data! Subscribed!!!
I did preview processing the data in PixInsight and liked what I saw!
Thanks for your videos, I've watched more than one and they are helping me a lot since I'm really a rookie in astrophotography. One thing I noticed when using Deepspacestacker is that processing time depends a lot on hard drive speed. Changing the location of all files, including the temp directory, from a good internal mechanical disk to an internal sata ssd (PC) reduced the processing time by a factor 3 at least. I don't know if you already mentioned that in your videos but it could be a good suggestion for other users. And please keep doing your videos 😉
probably the best guide i ever see
your vides and teaching are great, really enjoy watching.
Excellent video! Especially the introduction to image processing is really what I was looking for. Thanks!
Thanks Nico, I'm getting there - this is what I've been trying to do with my Sony and the 2 cheap kit lenses that came with it before I spend any real money. Until now I haven't understood your post-processing techniques very well, but something clicked with this one. Back to Photoshop & GIMP before I forget it all!
Great tutorial! had a few tries at astro before but never quite got the process, just about to load my lights, darks, flats and bias files into DSS now *crosses fingers*
An awesome explanation 😍 love from Bangladesh
Excellent advice, many thanks!
Oh, this is exciting!
Sir! Great tutorial, loving the star separation from photo and the making adjustments! Need to try it! Very well done!
Thank you, these guides are amazing. Very new to the hobby so a great source of info for me. Just put together a very beginner set up with a canon 600d, good tripod just waiting on my intervalometer to arrive.
Great to hear! Clear skies, Nico
Nico, wonderful video. Sadly, smoke from California fires is rolling into BC, or I'd head out tomorrow night and give this a try.
Two things I would ask you put in the description. 1. Add the timestamp for your comparison of the two cameras' images to the table of contents (it's 1:46:06). 2. List the things that are here but not in the Orion video. I have already watched that video.
Hi Ron, thanks for the suggestion. I think there would be too many things different to list them all, but the major differences between these two videos happen in the Photoshop section. Since this was a milky way shot, the background removal process I used in the Orion video is too heavy-handed, and I used different approaches including the use of Starnet++ (a free, standalone program outside of Photoshop). So if you have already watched the Orion one, I would jump straight to the Photoshop part of this vid. Cheers, Nico
Great videos as always. I am happy blending the results of modifyed and not mod to recover some colors and enjoy some bettter issues in my no mod camera. This way we could get the best from both. I always use the same lens.
This is great educational video Nico, you strike a very fine balance in your videos, they are long and detailed but never boring or tedious. You should move to anther level of educational approach buy interacting with audiences in Zoom sessions for example and it should be paid sessions.
Thank you so much for this complete tutorial hopefully within the next six months I’m gonna be getting into astral photography once I can get a last couple of pieces of equipment And this is exactly what I needed Way to go! Thank you
That's great Dennis! I hope you get the gear for "Orion season"(November-March), the best beginner constellation for the N. hemisphere. Clear skies, Nico
Nebula Photos hopefully! I’m really new to all this. I don’t think I’m that far from you because you were showing Boston on the map I’m over here in North East Pennsylvania. I want to try and do some from the yard but I have a great state forest about 45 minutes away that’s very low light pollution and then about 15 minutes from my house if I can get up there for the night is the top of Camelback Mountain state park which even though we have light pollution here it’s a dramatic 1200 foot mountain with nothing around it. Thank you for putting the time into this I’m also hoping to have a tracking mount.
One other question if you don’t mind because this wasn’t addressed in the video one of the things I’m saving up for is a mirrorless cannon because I have the lenses Just a used D60 or something one like you mentioned but I have a rebel T6I is that OK to use?
Yep, a t6i is perfect
Nebula Photos thanks!!
Fabulous, did my first ever 'deeper sky' shot using your tutorial, very well explained and easy to follow! I use new CC , seems Adobe updated a few things since you posted this, making for some additional learning :-) ... image came out well I think (posted to FB). Many thanks!!
Thanks again for a excellent video on Nebulas. I am currently letting my camera take 150 shots with 2" exposures using a Nikon D7100, Nikkor 200mm f/2.8 focused on.....The lagoon nebula! Can't wait to see how this turns out. I appreciate showing us each step to do this. It takes a lot of work to put together a video and look forward to seeing more. Lets hit 30k subs!!! :D
Great Jason! And thanks for the motivation, I'm surprised by how quickly my channel is growing this year. I hope I can deliver, and still reply to all the comments. Clear skies, Nico
@@NebulaPhotos You're welcome, the audio and video quality is awesome. Last night I was a bit off and missed the Lagoon and aimed to high so I ended up getting the Omega (?) nebula. still counts :D Clear skies!
Great as always!
One little quibble -- you use Magic Lantern (which I just installed). But if I understand ML's instructions correctly, the firmware must be on the camera card. Thus if you format the card, you would lose the ML software & then need to re-copy it on the card and perhaps even re-install it on the camera.
Hi Fred, how it works on all the ML builds I've tried is the 'bootloader' lives on the SD card and loads the firmware on the camera on startup. However, you can still format the SD card on camera. You will see instructions injected in to the normal Canon menu about how to keep ML while formatting the card.
@@NebulaPhotos Thanks. You are correct. The format screen mentions retaining ML and after the format it briefly says "Magic Lantern Restored."
You doing this with a 50mm lense is impressive :) I did my first big experiment last night and took a 125MP image of the southern cross with a 550D and a 400mm Prime at f6.3. My image came out ok, but I did get some drift as it took about 15 minutes to take all my pictures. I also discovered the Jewel Cluster, I never seen that before it only shows up in my pictures
You are a really talented guy. Thank you for your tutoring sir. atb from the UK 🤓
Thanks Paul, glad to be helpful. Cheers, Nico
Hi Nico.I am really impressed by your in depth tutorials and I have found them really helpful.This is the only channel which provides dedicated and in depth information on astrophotography for beginners and is immensely helpful.Can you please do a tutorial on untracked galaxy photography?Cheers!Clear skies.
I will try. My first test of Andromeda untracked was not satisfying. I will try again when it's a bit higher in the sky.
I don't know, if you read comments on this 4 years after release, but hey.
Thanks for your videos. They are so helpful 4 Starters like me
I do. Thanks!
51:26 For sorting the files in computer, you don't need to write down file names.. windows can provide you this information when you see these image files in memory card on PC. You just need to select them by clicking right mouse button and activate. Usual metadata is date created, file size etc. but things like shutter speed, focal length, aperture size are all need to be selected manually.
True, but I think my way is faster 😁
i'm actually thinking about buying a 600d (t3i for non-european people) from ebay and modifying it myself. that video showed really good those comparison and your words on sharper stars were new information for me - thanks for making my decision definite: i will get one and mod it :-)
go on with your helpful videos, they're great!
Good luck with your mod! The t3i is a good choice for it. Clear skies, Nico
Thanks for the video :) Actually I experienced some (little) vibrations using a "mechanical" remote controller with continuous shooting, but I think it was due to the light tripod I had used, rather than due to the mirror's movement itself. I now have a "full" intervallometer, but I wanted to test again my old one, and on a solid tripod (a manfrotto 055xpro) I didn't experience sensible vibrations anymore :)
Great and detailed explanation - Thanks!
Glad it was helpful Lane! Clear skies, Nico
I look forward to your videos!
These videos are awesome tutorials for how to do some basic astrophotography without all of the expensive gear. One question that I wish you'd cover in a future video is how you use a smartphone app or Stellarium Web to determine the target direction and target height above horizon that you plug into the NPF Calculator?
Good idea. I will cover that in the next one (M31)
@@NebulaPhotos can't wait for that one. It is on my list to try.