Great video Nico! You can actually plot the analemma in Stellarium with the astronomical calculations window - ephemeris tab. Select Sun, start and end date - time, time step, check show line, markers etc and check H.C. co-ordinates, then press calculate ephemeris.
What a fabulous project Nico! That's going to be an incredibly interesting shot after the year is up, I'd say "I can't wait!" but we've not got much choice really haha!! 😀 You may wish to look into a "solarcan" as a project you could run alongside this too! Good luck my friend!
Thank you Nico! Now I know how Tom Hanks was able to etch a perfect Analemma on his cave wall in Cast Away. He obviously found a DSLR Camera, tripod, and laptop with photoshop and Stellarium installed on it in one of those FedEx parcels. I look forward to your next update on this project.
Intriguing idea indeed. Perhaps I should create one too from my garden! I have a video on my channel showing the creation of a Stellarium background using the Google Streetview app. I find it a lot easier than having to stitch the 360 panorama yourself. That "select sky" option in Photoshop was mindblowing by the way. Compare it with the way I did in an older Photoshop ;-)
I stared taking photos in the 60s. Digital made astrophotography possible for me (and most others). It staggers me, all the programs we have available to us , mostly free. Stellarium, The photographer's ephemeris, Deep Sky Stacker and the likes. And of course, people like yourself, happy to share what they have learned. A thousand thanks.
Superb video as always! I was almost satisfied enough with just the simulation on Stellarium haha Especially also because there are no dears knocking over the tripod in 9 months' time or some trekker nicking it, and it was also very comfortable here in my chair. Of course, not many projects of my own get done with this attitude... Cheers a bunch, Nico, this'll be a stellar (pun intended) series for all things Analemma!
Great project, mate! It really invites to tag along! Stellarium shortcut for framing rotation: The menu where you selected sensor, optics, etc., just below "rotation" label, there are some grey degree numbers so you can avoid another menu. Cheers!
😀 This looks amazing 🤩 I've been aware of the sun 'moving' throughout the year, but this looks like such a cool project! Nico, you've outperformed yet again 😎👍👍very excited about this
Great video Nico! I’m in the middle of my year long venture of doing the same thing. I should finish on the spring equinox. Looks like we’ve done pretty much identical planning with getting a landscape photo and using Stellarium. I can tell you, as you know, it is a challenge. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing your progress!
Great video Nico! I noticed you haven't changed your location after you load the custom landscape, which could affect the where the sun ends up exactly. It is likely not your actual planning session but it might be useful for others using the same method.
Yes, good point. I should have noted that the location in your custom landscape and the location in stellarium should match, but in the video they did not. And yes, it does throw things off!
@@NebulaPhotos There is an option to automatically switch the location when you are change to a custom landscape but I haven't been able to get it to work.
Surveyors use pylons that they mountbon threaded bars cemented into mountains to save a point location as a refrence for years. If you do this and make a simple 2 axis mount that you can mark the position on in case the screws loosen or joints move it should remove the framing factor
I’m with you brother. I might get started a bit later than anticipated. My goal Was August and I’m counting on clear skies April 8th. 🙏🏻 I need a neutral density filter and possible a different lens as all my smaller lenses are fish eye making it difficult for filters. (Canon Rebels). As I’m learning I’m making videos. Although not quite as nice as yours. I’m learning that too. 😂. I have roof access and I think that can be extremely helpful. I just hate to give up one of my cameras for a year. There maybe other things I incorporate but hope to see a part 2 to your video soon.
Hi Bill, So glad to hear you are trying this too. I've been in 'analysis paralysis' with the project recently. Still haven't started taking photos. I did make a part 2 a few months back: ua-cam.com/video/TjjH-h5HSeE/v-deo.html but can't say when a part 3 will be ready as this project has taken a backseat to my observatory build. Cheers, Nico
Super cool initiative!! From my experience camera's don't have the dynamic range to photograph directly into the sun and still have any meaningful detail on the foreground. How will you be dealing with this? Are you going to use HDR techniques and take 2 photo's each time, one for the foreground, one for the sun? Or is it going to be a single foreground overlay over the analemma?
I’m going to try to this from my roof top. Do you have any lessons learned I can draw from. Should I mark my position or just try a video camera? Clouds are always an issue here in West Virginia too. It hasn’t cleared much yet here. I finally got my background in Stellarium and while it might seem silly I am ecstatic about this accomplishment. Like I said I’m not too brilliant. 😂
Quick reminder magnetic north and true north are off by 8 degrees. This shouldn't be an issue, but just keep it in mind! :P Really cool idea by the way. You should compile the photos into a video as well. Then, you'll get on Daily dost of internet!
Good luck! I really liked the idea of changing the Stellarium background to your own landscape. I will try to do that. I think that it will be more accurate to align directions using the Sun position in the picture with the Sun position in Stelarium at the same time. Is this going to be the location? Aren't you afraid of leaving you tripod in the woods ?
Yes, good idea on lining up the sun. I haven’t had a fully clear day to start on yet. This is my new backyard (just moved) so I’m not worried about the tripod. Still deciding on the final location, but the one I showed in the video is my top contender at the moment.
Hi Nick:), I like the way you manipulate photos. You use Photoshop! However I do not. I do not agree with the subscription model that Adobe is using:( So I use GIMP:))))) How about adopting GIMP:) It is cheaper:) BWS
Thanks for the question. I should have spent more time explaining that. No matter what focal length you use, you need to fill a 360 x 180 panorama with the horizon line in the center, the ground directly under you at the bottom and the zenith at the top. The file you create should be 2048px wide by 1024 pixels high. This rectangular image is is then projected on to a 360 sphere by stellarium. It doesn't matter what lenses you use, as you are making a 360 degree projection from a particular spot (where the camera will be setup), and so everything will be relatively scaled to the correct proportions. Hope that makes sense!
@@NebulaPhotos Thanks for the clarification! If the panorama has to be 180 degrees vertically then it makes sense, that was the missing keyword for my brain to get it.
thanks for the great tutorial! im on mac as well and followed all of the instruction about the stellarium landscape installation, and it installed "successfully", but the entire thing is bright pink, even though my file was a 8192 × 4096 panorama of my backyard. does anyone have any idea on why this happens, or have the same problem?
Wow - I wrote you a long reply last night and it apparently didn't post. After some trouble I got my landscape loaded. An article on the BBC Sky at Night web page helped a lot. They suggest an image size of 2,044 x 1,276 (others have stated that the dimensions should be exact powers of 2, like 512, 1024, 2048, and that a dimension greater than 2048 might crash Stellarium.) and also suggest copying the landscape.ini file from an existing landscape folder in Stellarium and modifying it for your landscape. I did this. I copied the landscape.ini file from the Grossmugl landscape (because it is type spherical) and reworked it to fit my image. I dropped lots of stuff that was not relevant (fog and illum images, for example), added the name of my image file as the maptex, added my location info. Then I created a folder called MyLandscape.zip and placed my modified landscape.ini file there, along with my image file. NOTE that I did NOT zip the files into this folder -- I simply created a folder named XXX.zip and placed the two files there. Putting this folder in the directory with other Stellarium landscapes allowed My Landscape to be available the next time I opened Stellarium. I'm running linux -- your mileage might vary on Mac or PC. Hope this helps.
thanks for the detailed reply! i think the file size is not the problem, since the landscape works when i have it in the "saturn" folder (for whatever reason i have no idea), but as soon as i change the name from "saturn" to anything else (if tried about 5 different names, even "test" and it still doesnt work), the entire landscape just disappears from the menu. i'll definitely try your trick of putting the files into a previously created zip though, i didnt know that was even possible! thanks again, clear skies.
@@w.jeffreywilson3681 thanks so much! i couldnt drag the files into a zip, maybe thats only on linux, but naming it MyLandscape worked! not sure if thats something im supposed to do or just lucky but thank you, great to see my backyard inside of stellarium finally.
@@Ekuy1 You just got lucky. I didn't use that name - I used a name specific to my site. I used "MyLandscape" just as a dummy name in my suggestion to you. Glad it worked, for whatever reason
Hi Nico, I am trying this out as well after seeing your video. I have a question, how can I remove star-shaped streaks around the sun? I want the sun to look circular. But I have to shoot at f/11 in the bright sunlight and it is creating big flares.
Ah, sorry you need to use solar film, a solar filter or a very aggressive ND filter (like ND1000). The cheapest option is using solar film and making your own filter cell which I will show in the next video in the series. I’ve had some delays as I’m re-working some things in my plan, so I can’t say exactly when it will come out.
Shouldn't tree tops in the panorama file match their real physical elevation at the site? Example: if a tree top rises to a 45 degree elevation at the site, than it should also be positioned vertically 25% of the way down from the top of the panorama file (50% is horizon, and 0% is 90 degree elevation.) Therefore, shouldn't the panorama file be appropriately scaled in the vertical axis? Otherwise, a simple bush might be blocking half of the sky. Neither this video nor Martin's address this issue. Perhaps this is done automatically by software? What am I missing? Thanks.
Your example is correct. If a tree top is at 45 degrees from the vantage point of the camera, it will be positioned vertically 25% down from the top of the image. I'm not sure why that means you would need to scale the vertical axis? You should be able to just take the photos, fit them into a canvas that is 2048px by 1024px, put the horizon at 50% and the rest will take care of itself: the zenith will be the top of the picture, the ground below your feet will be the bottom of the picture. When you bring this file into Stellarium with the projection set to 'spherical' it takes the photo and maps it to a 360 sphere. I'm not sure what you mean about a simple bush. If a closeby bush is blocking the sky from the vantage point of the camera in that location, that will be reflected in your panorama / custom landscape.
@@NebulaPhotos I see what you are saying, but since I don't know much about terrestrial photography, I have to ask. When you are taking pictures with your DSLR/smartphone, before constructing the panorama, how do you make sure that the zenith of your scene coincides with the top of your picture? If I point my camera slightly up or down, it seems to me that the zenith position will change.
@@Nabby13 The 2048x1024px (360x180 degrees) turns into a full 360 degree sphere when you use a spherical projection in Stellarium. Even though the camera may be tilted when you take the photos, once you correct that by putting the horizon at 50% down you are compressing the vertical information equally, and the zenith and nadir have to be at the top and bottom of the photo, there is nowhere else for them to go - all relative sizes of everything around you will be correct. I'm not sure how to explain it , but I assure you that if you try it, it will work (at least with a margin of error of a few degrees).
High, I'd like some advice. I've just bought an Ursa major 6" dob. It's ok but I'd like a better telescope, one with a mount/stand and I'd like to see Saturn or mars polar caps. Can you advise me on any please, this is open to anyone who has any advice too. 👍
Hi, could you tell me if Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM is suitable for astropeisages. Now I have a kit lens from Canon 60d.Please help me, I remember how you advised me to buy this camera, I listened to you and was not mistaken, so your opinion is important to me. If this lens is not suitable, advise something in this price range)
Yes, from a dark site, there are some parts of the night sky that will work very well with the 50mm. The constellation Orion, the area around the Pleiades in Taurus are good candidates right now if you are in the Northern Hem. In the summer, you can shoot the Milky Way core with it, I have a video about that using that exact lens+camera combo.
If you look closely at the bottom, you will see Stellarium changes from UTC -05:00 to UTC -06:00 at those times. But I should have noted that Stellarium automatically adjusts like this as it is confusing since what I will be really doing is adjusting by 1 hour in my local time to stick with the same solar time.
@@NebulaPhotos Yes it changes UTC relation, but I mean that sudden jump of sun possition when you've clicked between months February-March and October-November sun position stay on your set time 11AM regardless of 1hour jump of the summer time, so if winter photos are taken at 11AM, summer photos should be at 12. Anyway this looks like realy interesting nice project. Wish you good sunny weather through all year long.
A few months back the Himalayan mountain range was filmed from a passenger plane flying over Dubai, that's over 2,000 miles of no curvature. The Nikon p1000 is a scientific instrument that proves Beyond any shadow of a doubt that the curvature of the earth cannot be measured because the curvature of the earth simply does not exist. The Earth curvature calculation of 8in per mile Squared is Bogas. You simply cannot take all the Flat places known on earth and create a circumference of 24,901 miles. Polaris the North Star is directly above the North Pole and is completely stationary with the Constellations carouseling around it. The "Constellations" are "Constant" and the "Horizon" is "Horizontal". We suggest that you get yourself a Nikon p1000 and prove to yourself that the earth is indeed flat and stationary.
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Not seeing any 20% though ...
If nothing else... this is a great tutorial on how to setup Stellarium with a custom horizon view. Tx!
Great video Nico! You can actually plot the analemma in Stellarium with the astronomical calculations window - ephemeris tab. Select Sun, start and end date - time, time step, check show line, markers etc and check H.C. co-ordinates, then press calculate ephemeris.
Ah, thanks for the tip - I will check that out!
Nice tip!
@@csimet Thank you!
What a fabulous project Nico! That's going to be an incredibly interesting shot after the year is up, I'd say "I can't wait!" but we've not got much choice really haha!! 😀
You may wish to look into a "solarcan" as a project you could run alongside this too! Good luck my friend!
Thank you Nico! Now I know how Tom Hanks was able to etch a perfect Analemma on his cave wall in Cast Away. He obviously found a DSLR Camera, tripod, and laptop with photoshop and Stellarium installed on it in one of those FedEx parcels. I look forward to your next update on this project.
It's good to remember to take daylight saving time into account during this project.
Yes, should have mentioned it! Thank you!
didint that end
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen
Intriguing idea indeed. Perhaps I should create one too from my garden! I have a video on my channel showing the creation of a Stellarium background using the Google Streetview app. I find it a lot easier than having to stitch the 360 panorama yourself. That "select sky" option in Photoshop was mindblowing by the way. Compare it with the way I did in an older Photoshop ;-)
I wish you the best of luck in your endeavour. Look forward to following your progress
I stared taking photos in the 60s. Digital made astrophotography possible for me (and most others). It staggers me, all the programs we have available to us , mostly free. Stellarium, The photographer's ephemeris, Deep Sky Stacker and the likes.
And of course, people like yourself, happy to share what they have learned. A thousand thanks.
Superb video as always!
I was almost satisfied enough with just the simulation on Stellarium haha Especially also because there are no dears knocking over the tripod in 9 months' time or some trekker nicking it, and it was also very comfortable here in my chair. Of course, not many projects of my own get done with this attitude...
Cheers a bunch, Nico, this'll be a stellar (pun intended) series for all things Analemma!
can't wait to watch this photo come to life bro, good luck!!
Great job explaining the process. I've been wanting to shoot one of these for a few years now.
What a neat use of this tool. Thanks. Nicely done as always.
Thank you very much Ron. Glad you enjoyed it!
Great project, mate! It really invites to tag along!
Stellarium shortcut for framing rotation: The menu where you selected sensor, optics, etc., just below "rotation" label, there are some grey degree numbers so you can avoid another menu.
Cheers!
Cool idea, thanks for sharing for us to learn! Please remember to adjust for daylight savings time switch.
Yes, should have mentioned it! Thank you!
😀 This looks amazing 🤩 I've been aware of the sun 'moving' throughout the year, but this looks like such a cool project! Nico, you've outperformed yet again 😎👍👍very excited about this
Super interesting and helpful!
I see you upload, I donate a like. Still grateful for all those post processing tutorials.
Great video Nico! I’m in the middle of my year long venture of doing the same thing. I should finish on the spring equinox. Looks like we’ve done pretty much identical planning with getting a landscape photo and using Stellarium. I can tell you, as you know, it is a challenge. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing your progress!
This is so cool, Nico! Hats off to you for attempting one of the hardest astronomical things to capture 👏
Good luck with your project! Will you take pictures every day, or more like once a week?
I'll do it everyday it's not clouded over, and then decide on the spacing for the final photo at the end of the project.
Editing part is great
Great video Nico! I noticed you haven't changed your location after you load the custom landscape, which could affect the where the sun ends up exactly. It is likely not your actual planning session but it might be useful for others using the same method.
Yes, good point. I should have noted that the location in your custom landscape and the location in stellarium should match, but in the video they did not. And yes, it does throw things off!
@@NebulaPhotos There is an option to automatically switch the location when you are change to a custom landscape but I haven't been able to get it to work.
Surveyors use pylons that they mountbon threaded bars cemented into mountains to save a point location as a refrence for years. If you do this and make a simple 2 axis mount that you can mark the position on in case the screws loosen or joints move it should remove the framing factor
I’m with you brother. I might get started a bit later than anticipated. My goal
Was August and I’m counting on clear skies April 8th. 🙏🏻 I need a neutral density filter and possible a different lens as all my smaller lenses are fish eye making it difficult for filters. (Canon Rebels). As I’m learning I’m making videos. Although not quite as nice as yours. I’m learning that too. 😂. I have roof access and I think that can be extremely helpful. I just hate to give up one of my cameras for a year. There maybe other things I incorporate but hope to see a part 2 to your video soon.
Hi Bill, So glad to hear you are trying this too. I've been in 'analysis paralysis' with the project recently. Still haven't started taking photos. I did make a part 2 a few months back: ua-cam.com/video/TjjH-h5HSeE/v-deo.html but can't say when a part 3 will be ready as this project has taken a backseat to my observatory build. Cheers, Nico
Great video, Nico, as always. But you forgot to censor your location in Stellarium itself!
Super cool initiative!! From my experience camera's don't have the dynamic range to photograph directly into the sun and still have any meaningful detail on the foreground. How will you be dealing with this? Are you going to use HDR techniques and take 2 photo's each time, one for the foreground, one for the sun? Or is it going to be a single foreground overlay over the analemma?
I’m going to try to this from my roof top. Do you have any lessons learned I can draw from. Should I mark my position or just try a video camera? Clouds are always an issue here in West Virginia too. It hasn’t cleared much yet here. I finally got my background in Stellarium and while it might seem silly I am ecstatic about this accomplishment. Like I said I’m not too brilliant. 😂
Great project! Learnt so much already. Thanks. When planning & shooting is thing to remember though is the changes Daylight savings makes?
Question: when putting in our location do we use degrees, minutes & seconds or the decimal version?
Altitude entered in feet or metres?
the former - use this format: +00d00'00"
metres
Quick reminder magnetic north and true north are off by 8 degrees. This shouldn't be an issue, but just keep it in mind! :P
Really cool idea by the way. You should compile the photos into a video as well. Then, you'll get on Daily dost of internet!
I can not wait to see the end result. Has anyone ever done a year long or multiple months of exposure foe constellations?
Good luck!
I really liked the idea of changing the Stellarium background to your own landscape. I will try to do that.
I think that it will be more accurate to align directions using the Sun position in the picture with the Sun position in Stelarium at the same time.
Is this going to be the location? Aren't you afraid of leaving you tripod in the woods ?
Yes, good idea on lining up the sun. I haven’t had a fully clear day to start on yet. This is my new backyard (just moved) so I’m not worried about the tripod. Still deciding on the final location, but the one I showed in the video is my top contender at the moment.
I recall Tom Hanks had this figured out in the movie Castaway.
Gorgeous hair
...not "quite" ready to take on the film challenge "yet" - Sounds like "film astrophotography challenge accepted" to me:)
👍👍👍👍
классный материал👍
Where I live, sun was *not* covered with clouds for approx. 3 hours in total since November 2022.
I live in the uk and it’s no where near that cloudy
Hi Nick:),
I like the way you manipulate photos.
You use Photoshop!
However I do not.
I do not agree with the subscription model that Adobe is using:(
So I use GIMP:)))))
How about adopting GIMP:)
It is cheaper:)
BWS
Hi Brin, I do use it. Search UA-cam for ‘nebula photos gimp’ to find all the tutorials - about a half dozen. Cheers, Nico
Now one could previously know the days it will be overcasting at that location hahahaha
How does Stellarium know how tall your trees are? If you took the panorama with a different focal length they would be larger or smaller in the frame?
Thanks for the question. I should have spent more time explaining that. No matter what focal length you use, you need to fill a 360 x 180 panorama with the horizon line in the center, the ground directly under you at the bottom and the zenith at the top. The file you create should be 2048px wide by 1024 pixels high. This rectangular image is is then projected on to a 360 sphere by stellarium. It doesn't matter what lenses you use, as you are making a 360 degree projection from a particular spot (where the camera will be setup), and so everything will be relatively scaled to the correct proportions. Hope that makes sense!
@@NebulaPhotos Thanks for the clarification! If the panorama has to be 180 degrees vertically then it makes sense, that was the missing keyword for my brain to get it.
thanks for the great tutorial! im on mac as well and followed all of the instruction about the stellarium landscape installation, and it installed "successfully", but the entire thing is bright pink, even though my file was a 8192 × 4096 panorama of my backyard. does anyone have any idea on why this happens, or have the same problem?
Wow - I wrote you a long reply last night and it apparently didn't post. After some trouble I got my landscape loaded. An article on the BBC Sky at Night web page helped a lot. They suggest an image size of 2,044 x 1,276 (others have stated that the dimensions should be exact powers of 2, like 512, 1024, 2048, and that a dimension greater than 2048 might crash Stellarium.) and also suggest copying the landscape.ini file from an existing landscape folder in Stellarium and modifying it for your landscape. I did this. I copied the landscape.ini file from the Grossmugl landscape (because it is type spherical) and reworked it to fit my image. I dropped lots of stuff that was not relevant (fog and illum images, for example), added the name of my image file as the maptex, added my location info. Then I created a folder called MyLandscape.zip and placed my modified landscape.ini file there, along with my image file. NOTE that I did NOT zip the files into this folder -- I simply created a folder named XXX.zip and placed the two files there. Putting this folder in the directory with other Stellarium landscapes allowed My Landscape to be available the next time I opened Stellarium. I'm running linux -- your mileage might vary on Mac or PC. Hope this helps.
thanks for the detailed reply! i think the file size is not the problem, since the landscape works when i have it in the "saturn" folder (for whatever reason i have no idea), but as soon as i change the name from "saturn" to anything else (if tried about 5 different names, even "test" and it still doesnt work), the entire landscape just disappears from the menu. i'll definitely try your trick of putting the files into a previously created zip though, i didnt know that was even possible! thanks again, clear skies.
@@Ekuy1 Good luck! And sadly, no clear skies here in Michigan since early December, except for about 4 hours one night 10 days ago.
@@w.jeffreywilson3681 thanks so much! i couldnt drag the files into a zip, maybe thats only on linux, but naming it MyLandscape worked! not sure if thats something im supposed to do or just lucky but thank you, great to see my backyard inside of stellarium finally.
@@Ekuy1 You just got lucky. I didn't use that name - I used a name specific to my site. I used "MyLandscape" just as a dummy name in my suggestion to you. Glad it worked, for whatever reason
Hi Nico, I am trying this out as well after seeing your video. I have a question, how can I remove star-shaped streaks around the sun? I want the sun to look circular. But I have to shoot at f/11 in the bright sunlight and it is creating big flares.
Ah, sorry you need to use solar film, a solar filter or a very aggressive ND filter (like ND1000). The cheapest option is using solar film and making your own filter cell which I will show in the next video in the series. I’ve had some delays as I’m re-working some things in my plan, so I can’t say exactly when it will come out.
have you already started filming "analemma"?
I haven't yet. I'm still in the planning stage. Hope to start this month.
Shouldn't tree tops in the panorama file match their real physical elevation at the site? Example: if a tree top rises to a 45 degree elevation at the site, than it should also be positioned vertically 25% of the way down from the top of the panorama file (50% is horizon, and 0% is 90 degree elevation.) Therefore, shouldn't the panorama file be appropriately scaled in the vertical axis? Otherwise, a simple bush might be blocking half of the sky.
Neither this video nor Martin's address this issue. Perhaps this is done automatically by software? What am I missing? Thanks.
Your example is correct. If a tree top is at 45 degrees from the vantage point of the camera, it will be positioned vertically 25% down from the top of the image. I'm not sure why that means you would need to scale the vertical axis? You should be able to just take the photos, fit them into a canvas that is 2048px by 1024px, put the horizon at 50% and the rest will take care of itself: the zenith will be the top of the picture, the ground below your feet will be the bottom of the picture. When you bring this file into Stellarium with the projection set to 'spherical' it takes the photo and maps it to a 360 sphere. I'm not sure what you mean about a simple bush. If a closeby bush is blocking the sky from the vantage point of the camera in that location, that will be reflected in your panorama / custom landscape.
@@NebulaPhotos I see what you are saying, but since I don't know much about terrestrial photography, I have to ask. When you are taking pictures with your DSLR/smartphone, before constructing the panorama, how do you make sure that the zenith of your scene coincides with the top of your picture? If I point my camera slightly up or down, it seems to me that the zenith position will change.
@@Nabby13 The 2048x1024px (360x180 degrees) turns into a full 360 degree sphere when you use a spherical projection in Stellarium. Even though the camera may be tilted when you take the photos, once you correct that by putting the horizon at 50% down you are compressing the vertical information equally, and the zenith and nadir have to be at the top and bottom of the photo, there is nowhere else for them to go - all relative sizes of everything around you will be correct. I'm not sure how to explain it , but I assure you that if you try it, it will work (at least with a margin of error of a few degrees).
High, I'd like some advice. I've just bought an Ursa major 6" dob. It's ok but I'd like a better telescope, one with a mount/stand and I'd like to see Saturn or mars polar caps. Can you advise me on any please, this is open to anyone who has any advice too. 👍
The Celestron NexStar SCTs are well-regarded scopes for planetary viewing.
@@NebulaPhotos thank you very much. I'll take a look at one. Much appreciated
I havent seen the sun for 80 days or so here in germany/bavaria😂😅 clouds are in another level. (No for real havent seen the sun this year yet wtf)
Hi, could you tell me if Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM is suitable for astropeisages. Now I have a kit lens from Canon 60d.Please help me, I remember how you advised me to buy this camera, I listened to you and was not mistaken, so your opinion is important to me. If this lens is not suitable, advise something in this price range)
Yes, from a dark site, there are some parts of the night sky that will work very well with the 50mm. The constellation Orion, the area around the Pleiades in Taurus are good candidates right now if you are in the Northern Hem. In the summer, you can shoot the Milky Way core with it, I have a video about that using that exact lens+camera combo.
@@NebulaPhotos Thank you very much
What about cloudy days?
I'll do it everyday it's not clouded over, and then decide on the spacing for the final photo at the end of the project.
It looks like during visualizing simulation there is no compensation for 1hour step between winter and summer time.
If you look closely at the bottom, you will see Stellarium changes from UTC -05:00 to UTC -06:00 at those times. But I should have noted that Stellarium automatically adjusts like this as it is confusing since what I will be really doing is adjusting by 1 hour in my local time to stick with the same solar time.
@@NebulaPhotos Yes it changes UTC relation, but I mean that sudden jump of sun possition when you've clicked between months February-March and October-November sun position stay on your set time 11AM regardless of 1hour jump of the summer time, so if winter photos are taken at 11AM, summer photos should be at 12.
Anyway this looks like realy interesting nice project. Wish you good sunny weather through all year long.
Yes, we are on the same page. I should have mentioned this in this video, but will definitely cover it in future parts. Thank you
Any update on this one yet?
I've had some setbacks and have had to table it for now unfortunately. Hope to take it back up at some point.
4:10 - 360 cameras are getting cheap so.. :)
A few months back the Himalayan mountain range was filmed from a passenger plane flying over Dubai, that's over 2,000 miles of no curvature. The Nikon p1000 is a scientific instrument that proves Beyond any shadow of a doubt that the curvature of the earth cannot be measured because the curvature of the earth simply does not exist. The Earth curvature calculation of 8in per mile Squared is Bogas. You simply cannot take all the Flat places known on earth and create a circumference of 24,901 miles. Polaris the North Star is directly above the North Pole and is completely stationary with the Constellations carouseling around it. The "Constellations" are "Constant" and the "Horizon" is "Horizontal".
We suggest that you get yourself a Nikon p1000 and prove to yourself that the earth is indeed flat and stationary.
It's flat dude. The earth is flat.
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