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Yakima sure does light up the sky behind Rainier when you're shooting from Sunrise lodge.

Polemaster is the only way to go. I’m 6ft 3in and will never crawl in the dirt again 😊. Also why doesn’t tak make a 90 degree adapter for the polar scope would make it much easier and quicker but if tak made it the cost would be much higher than a Polemaster 😊

Hi Matt. Thanks for explaining how custom white balances work with a modified camera. Recently, I've been thinking of getting my Nikon D750 H-alpha modified. But I've learned that model has a problem with an internal IR source that may screw up long exposures. So I've been searching for another Nikon model. I like the looks of the Z6, but the modification sites I've visited also list the Z6 as having the same problem as the D750. Since you have the Z6, would you be kind enough to tell me if long exposures really are a problem, and how you handle them? If the Z6 handles the modification with no major problems, do you suppose my D750 would be okay with it too? Appreciate any advice. And thanks!

Nicely done. How long did it take you to get permits to commercially shoot in each park? It looks like it's taking a few weeks currently and is about $150 for each permit. 😬

thats right put your fingers in between there .. what can go wrong..

Very nice and the music made it even more magical!

Lake Arthur?

Awesome job Matt Spectacular!

Awesome to see, Matt - what a night!!

What a rare treat we had.

Love this!

What was your exposure time on each frame? 1s, maybe?

Beautiful! So cool to see the aurora that night. Never seen it so red and pink before, most of the time it's mainly green.

Congrats on being able to record this. What an enviable experience.

Awesome images Matt. The sky conditions looked great in Maine.

So glad you caught it!

This is great, Matt! Maine was the right choice, we weren't far in Vermont. So fun to see how everyone experienced the eclipse differently!

Matt. what a great video. I wish I would have left Texas and went somewhere else, oh well. One question, did you use the ASI Air for tracking?

Very cool, worth it going to Maine. Texas was indeed cloudy, but luckily I had some breaks in the clouds. Driving to outrun the clouds meant I only had 5 minutes to set up my cameras. Set up 2, one on a tracker, but didn't have time to get the remotes on the cameras, so I just used the shutter button which made a few frames blurry. Still worth it though!

That was awesome to watch, it was cloudy from where I was in Canada.

Is this magic even legal?

I will be there for the full eclipse. I bet you know some of my relatives, the Esensee family. Nice video. I wanna try and video the eclipse with my SeeStar. Should be fun!

All that money and such quality and out comes the 1974 rs232 adapter… somebody in that department needs to be fired

How you power the camera. Mine z62 and z9 i cant do that via usb i did try with a powerbank but it wouldn’t fill the battery.

Is the custom white balance saved or do you have to do this each time

i want one

Do you need to use a custom WB from the 18% Gray Card when you are shooting MW at night or is this specifically only for day time shooting?

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balance that sweet scope without the lens cap ;)

Now for the big elephant in the room…. How much $$$?

Thank you Matt!

Amazed at your efforts carrying around that rig. Not judging, but it deserves a permanent observatory.

how did you do long exposure shots with al/az mount ?

I cannot beleive that you are using a CDK-Telescope mobile and not in a dome. But I see the trailer you use for transport. That's all a big investment and I can only dream about it but not afford. But it is always nice to feed my dreams, so go on and let me dream.

Very cool!

Witnessed the awesome event southwest of you in Campwood on the beautiful Nueces river.

Nice Matt !

I made around 300 20s exposure photos of orion constellation on my !phone!, and after stacking I noticed some redish noise all around constellation. Turns out it was not a noise after all😀

Good job. Thanks

nice footage & backstage! I like the fog and animals😛8:43 who is that?

Nice work Matt! Would you mind sharing your general ISO and exposure time that you were working with in these clips?

Did you capture that with a blue filter

Very good and enjoyable video. Thanks.

Man this was outstanding

No guidescope? Is it because of the Takahashi mount? Or just brave! :)

Very nice rig. I bit concerned tho: "pin point stars" They clearly have many issues! What went wrong here?

Amazing! What is that green light trail on the mountain at 0:53? And what type of mount are you using on your tripod to get the smooth landscape panning?

Absolutely awesome ! Ii’m a beginner in to Astro photography Could you tell us more about the camera settings eg shutter speed and interval . Thanks

Hi, I just got my Z6ii back from Lifepixel with same modification, and I am not 100% clear about white balance settings. Do I need to set this custom white balance for my astro shots? I thought it was only necessary for daylight "regular" photography. Thanks! FWIW, I have yet to try it at night.

you can also wiew this comparason as: true brightness , but only some color on display . VS . exadurated brightness , but All of the Colors on display so in a way both images have their own apeal making the "dull" image just as interesting as the shiny processed image