I really appreciate that Siegfried my friend!! I'm very fortunate to have such a great place to do what I love from :-) Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos and comment mate, I'm really honored that you'd do that!
Hi Luke, Congratulations on your first light with the new observatory. Now you can leave it all set up and just start with your sessions.. Yea!!!!!! I'm happy for you. Cs
That means a lot to me Ray, thank you!! :-) I think I'm going to really settle into this place, I love it! Thank you for stopping by and leaving a kind comment my friend 🙏
Hi Luke good to see you're up up running now mate that ring nebula image is outstanding, welcome to imaging at F2 you're going to love that. Clear skies!!
Hey Tich! - So glad to be joining the RASA club bud, can't bloomin' wait lol!! :-) - Glad you like the M57 shot!! Thank you for watching and commenting mate, as always!
Congratulations Luke on a fabulous first light and a truly outstanding observatory ! It's incredible you're imaging from it already and producing your usual top top videos. 👏 what a feeling it must be not to have to tear down the rigs after each session and watch the whole evening from the warm room. Truly fantastic set up 👍
Hey there Paul my friend! I hope you and yours are doing well :-) I'm totally chuffed to be in here and having fun now, completely worth all the work, money and headaches! I have to admit to it feeling pretty much like cheating at astronomy at the minute LOL, I'm used to it being a lot of work to set up and pack down each session so this is really weird to adjust to - I roll the roof back and feel like I'm forgetting to do something still!! :-D I'll have to do a proper tour of the place soon when my settee gets here haha! Thanks for watching and giving a lovely positive comment my friend!
Hey again Stuart my friend!! :-D I'm properly chuffed to hear you like the obsy mate, that's super to hear! Re: moving, I think you're right haha - looks like I'm here a while longer at least 😁😂
My added congratulations on getting into your new Observatory. So fun to watch you work. I have my Evolution 6" up and running now. I'm looking forward to some warm Texas nights showing our grandsons the moon and M13. Next project is getting a Skywatcher GTi GoTo rig for my Nikon gear. I'm buying a used D5300 for weight, DX 24mb sensor and flip out display. My Nikkor 85 f/1.8 FX lens (127mm effective fl) should provide some good amateur images, along with my FX 80-200 /2.8 and FX 300 f/4.
Thank you Michael! That's really encouraging to hear :-) I'm extremely pleased that your Evo 6" is up and running, I'm sure your grandsons will enjoy seeing some of the celestial wonders on offer through that setup! It sounds like your plan for the GTi & Nikon rig are going to work great, - I wish you the best of luck with it my friend! Thank you for stopping by and sharing a comment Michael, I hope you have a superb weekend! Clear skies
Thank you my friend! - it's great to hear from you, thanks for stopping by! :-) It's really humbling to hear that you look forwards to the videos by the way, thank you!! Clear skies!
Thanks so much Pat my friend!! :-) They really are short here for sure! no astro dark for a while now, just twilight all night! on the other hand, during winter we get an abundance of astronomical darkness, so it balances out I guess! Thank you for watching and giving your continued support Pat, I genuinely appreciate it!
Congratulations Luke! Luxury imaging from now on with all that hard work out the way! Again I'm really very impressed with how fast you've built this obsy/studio, and how well it's all turned out! You're a talented guy! The camera looks really clean as well so looking forward to more on that too. You're going from strength to strength mate!
Hey there Chris buddy!! :-) I hope you and yours are keeping well! Thanks so much man, I'm chuffed beyond words really - such a nice spot to have, always ready for filming etc - very handy! I'm sure once my energy is replenished that I'll be able to make a ton of videos from here haha! :-) Can't wait to catch up on everything! Clear skies my friend
Ya did it mate! You are truly an inspiration to all of us who love this hobby. Your observatory is hopefully the beginning of many, many Lukomatico videos to follow. As one other commentator mentioned, we who have followed you on your journey shall miss the old kitchen chair. Anyway, heartfelt congratulations-job well done. Can’t wait for you to begin imaging at f/2 with the Rasa. With nebula season about to begin…your Rasa should rock the heavens! One thing about your videos, you always offer insight into the intricacies of this hobby so often glossed over by other videos, For example, in this video you mention your target ‘drifting’ and the occasional need to center it. Would love for you to explain this a bit further, I always thought that was because of my mount’s shortcomings. Let me just say that your videos and your observatory are for all of us who follow you. So thank you for inviting us inside the Lukomatico studio/observatory.
Hey there Joe!! - It's great to hear from you my friend, genuinely :-) As always, reading and digesting your lovely comments lightens my day no end! Thank you for taking the time to give such thoughtful replies! RE: target drifting, good catch! I'd be happy to elaborate :-) Under normal imaging conditions if you were to image unguided then it would be expected that your target would steadily move around the frame, or maybe drift off the frame entirely eventually - this is commonly just down to periodic error in the mount and minor mis-alignments during PA. If however you use autoguiding then your target should stay centered indefinitely, with only very minor movement around the center of the frame being expected, again due to unguidable periodic errors. In the final instance however, the one you see in this video where you are autoguiding and choosing to "dither" your exposures, then over time as the amount of completed dither commands throughout the session builds up this can lead to some notable "drift" of the target, this is entirely acceptable and indeed desirable as the minor misalignments between your frames during capture under these conditions is what stops pattern noise from ever having the chance to build up and dominate an image when ultimately stacking the data! I hope that helps mate!! I can't wait to share so much more with everyone, we're on this ride together haha! Clear skies buddy
Thank you Joe!!! :-D it feels darn good to be a member haha 🙏 Can't wait to show more, I just feel like I need to pick a name for the place first 😅 Thank you for watching! Clear skies my friend!
Cheers Noddy!! - I've only had the one session in there so far but I'm already loving it 👍 I reckon the RASA is going to be a ton of fun too! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Superb Luke and what a great set up you have built for yourself. It takes quite a while to fully accept you can just close the roof. Looking forward to the new scope mate. As always it will come with fresh challenges but I am sure you will get some excellent captures with that beast at F2. Also congrats on 6K subs dude, you are smashing it and well deserved.
Hey Glenn!! - Aw mate thank you so much for your kind message, it really means a great deal coming from you man! 🙏🙏 I fully believe it's going to take me ages to be able to 'pack up' and not spend the next ten minutes feeling like I've forgot to do something lol 😅 Thank you for watching and giving your time my friend
Hey Luke my friend. Love how you said it took a while in your description. You built the oby in record time. See you built one of those piers you were on about the other day. How is it? I found the other day it was a lot less work to set up, even though my pier and oby is not fully operational yet. The whole set up is looking fab mate and the warm room is a great touch too. As always enjoyed the video. Can't wait to see more of the new cam, and a very nice image you got from it as well. Hopefully speak soon buddy!
Hey Ben!! - it was brilliant to chat today mate, as always! :-) I think it's easy to lose sight of how quickly things have moved on when you're seeing it every day, I felt like I was getting nothing done sometimes but then I'd look back to pictures from 2 days ago or something and realise I'd done loads haha 😅 I'll have to do a video on the second pier, it should be pretty interesting to see what people reckon! :-) As always, thank you for watching and giving your time and support my friend! Best of luck with the next parts of your obsy build and huge congratulations on 500 subs!! 🎉🙏
Thank you J J my friend!! - I'll soon be making the second pier too for the EQ8, I will record that one to share with everyone on here!! just need some steel to be delivered for my top/bottom plates now :-) I'm in the same boat by the way, I can't wait to get that RASA going!! :-D Thank you for watching, commenting and giving your support mate! I hugely appreciate it! :-)
Congrats on first light Luke, the observatory looks fantastic, you did an awesome job with the build! Looking forward to see what you can do with that RASA...f2 imaging must be insane, I bet you can't wait!
Thanks man!! - I really REALLY can't wait to get going with it properly lol, good times ahead I think! I appreciate you coming and watching dude! Clear skies :-)
What a lovely looking setup Luke with the two scopes in there like that and the nice cosy warm space at the back. Top work and congrats on the RASA mate, looks a great scope for speedy imaging at F2 ! Enjoy the new space. :)
Hey Ollie matey!! - Always great to hear from you, hope you've been well! :-) Real glad to hear you like the look of the obsy dude, it's been a lot of work but sooo worth it already haha! :-) To say I'm excited about the RASA would be an understatement at this point, I think it's gonna be really refreshing to use this thing when it's here 👌😎 Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a great comment mate! Clear skies
Hey Dougie!! :-) I'm real glad you liked the video man, it felt so good to be sharing my first night from here! Thank you for your kind words RE: the build by the way!, I'm over the moon! Clear skies!
That's so cool. I'm very excited and happy for you Luke! Congrats. :) Great setup... and a new telescope in the future..great things happening.. Have fun and enjoy. Looking forwards seeing more stuff. CS
Thank you my friend, it's great to hear from you again! I really appreciate that you'd take the time to leave such a nice comment!! It really does make my day brighter :-) All the very best, Clear skies!
Great image for your first light from your new observatory Luke, The data from the new camera looks impressive, looks like you've also built a pier for Chloe's rig , bet you can't wait for the RASA to arrive mate , thanks again for sharing your work
Hey Anthony bud! - You've got it! I built the pier up for Chloe's first as I already had the top/bottom plates for it from a previous project, I'm waiting on some steel delivering for my EQ8's pier plates but after that's here I'm ready to build pier #2! :-) I'll record making this second one I think, should be interesting for some folk to see a slightly alternative design! 100% can't wait for the RASA, think it'll change the game for me haha! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment mate, I appreciate it!
Hey there mate! Thanks so much, I was really glad to finally have the chance for first light - it felt good to finally get going! :-) I very much hope it clears up for you soon my friend, I know the frustration of endless clouds all too well Good luck! :-)
Awesome! I'm a newbie and have just bought a RASA 8. I really look forwards to your imaging tips and tricks with it because I'm having a few problems. I understand that if you can it set up properly, the results are outstanding. Obsy looks fantastic and will save you hours of hassle. Mucho impressed!
Hey there Peter! - Thank you very much indeed mate, great to hear you like the obsy! :-) RE: RASA - Man, I can't wait to get to grips with it! I'm sure as I learn the scope I'll be able to share whatever I come across that may help others! :-D Thanks for watching mate!
Wonderful and good'on ya, mate. Congratulation on your brilliant observatory, well deserved and well made use of. Yes, it was clearly visible through the video you really enjoyed the new asset to your astro setup. Great result also!! I was closely watching the system time and also you mentioned the current time in your last section of the video at dawn. Man, how do you manage to keep awake during that night hours? I find it so hard to stick to my usual timeday routines when dealing with AP in summer and very late dark skies... :-)
Hey there mate! - Thank you so much indeed for your lovely comment! :-D So glad it was enjoyable to watch! RE: routines/normal life after an all night session, I hear you!! - generally speaking if I end up pulling an all nighter then all bets are off with the day after's early routines haha, I'm in the very fortunate position where that kinda thing is possible at the moment though! (hopefully long may it continue!) Thanks so much for watching & clear skies!
Hey there Rob mate!! :-) Hope you are doing good bud! I'm going to give it some serious thought RE: filters etc, my wallet has taken a serious kicking (and then some!) so probably let the ashes settle a bit and then look into some haha :-D Thanks for watching!
Huge congratulations Luke on your obsey first light! Absolutely cracking image mate 👍 You worked hard for that and got it done in record time! Well done! Looking forward to seeing your new RASA in action😀 Also congrats on 6k subs mate👍 Clear skies Luke
Thank you so much mate!! You've always got a kind word to share Simon and I really appreciate it my friend :-) I can't wait to share so much more from the obsy, good times are ahead for sure! Thank you for watching and giving your support man!
Hi Luke, congratulations on first light.That is a fantastic obs. you have got there,may there be many clear skies above the roll off roof! A great image of M57 you bagged again, really liking that Player One camera.For using SharpCap its ideal.When you did those 10 min sub stacks, can those individual sub stacks be treated as one light if stacked in DSS?Clear skies. PS. My original post over the w/e seems to have disappeared into the void.
Hey Jon!! :-) I'm really sorry to hear that your first comment has been eaten by UA-cam mate, I wish it wouldn't sometimes do that! My apologies, thank you ever so much for taking the time to re-comment though my friend! Re: your question about stacking the stacks, - you're exactly right mate, you can take those 10 minute accumulated live-stacks and load them all into your stacking program of choice, treating them as if they were natural 10m subs 👍 Pretty great really!! Thank you for your support my friend, as always!
@@lukomatico No worries, with re-commenting on your videos.As you say, it’s sometimes just an annoying feature with UA-cam. Thanks for answering the question re stacking those sub stacks when using SharpCap,this is something I will have to try out.Look forward to seeing you with the RASA.Clear skies.
That Ring Nebula is Bonkers Dude, I also See a Galaxy next To it, IC 1296 about 250 million light years Away. I cant wait to shoot This Target Myself. Really Enjoyed The Video, Your Observatory Rocking!!
Thank you Avanteesh!! - so glad you liked it dude :-D I was really pleased to see ic1296 popping out with so little integration and such bright skies 👍👍
Well done.... you've come a long way in a short amount of time since you first started your channel. I love the concrete pads pier...I bet it's solid. I love what you've done with the place. Did you take your sleeping bag and sleep in it the first night it was complete ? Me being from Old Lumber back ground....I know I would've. 😆
Hey Mike!! :-) I hope you and yours are well my friend 👍👍 It's really wonderful that you've noticed the change since my channel began, that means a lot to me Mike :-) I was reflecting back just the other day on how much better life has became since starting UA-cam, I'm so thankful I began but more than that, I'm thankful to everyone for being so fantastic since the very beginning! :-) The pier has turned out great by the way, I'll be sure to film the creation of pier #2 and share it with others because I'm really happy with it 👍 Re: sleeping bag, I'm ashamed to say I've not spent the night in there yet haha! I will be doing very soon though, quite excited for it actually :-D As always, thank you for watching and giving your support my friend! All the very best, Luke
Hey Dave mate! Hope you are well :-) Definitely needs a mini party to welcome it's arrival haha, I love that idea! - I just need to get a second pier sorted now for the EQ8 before it arrives and I'm pretty much done finally! Thanks for watching bud, as always!
great looking Obs Luke! I love the Eq8 and the new pier!! gonna talk about that? those little player one camera look like they are exceptional.. can't wait to see what you get with the RASA. the little profile of the player one should keep the obstruction on the RASA to a minimum. clear skies.
Hey Jason! :-D Great to hear from you dude, I hope you and your family are doing great! RE: Pier, - 100% I'll be making a video about my new pier, I'm just waiting on some steel plates delivering so I can make the eq8 version of my new pier and share that with everyone :-D Can't wait for the RASA now dude, getting so exciting haha!! - I totally agree btw, the small profile will be a good match! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment bro, as always!
Nice! Doubly jealous now...I'm definitely sensing an observatory in my future! I'll have to try the blocks of live stacking approach, that looks interesting!
Hey there Rob! :-D Great to hear from you mate, I hope you are well! If you're even partly considering an obsy then I really think you should just make a plan and go for it brother, one of the best decisions I ever made haha! :-) RE: the live-stack blocks, it really works superb! definitely be interested in hearing what you reckon to it if you give it a go mate! Thanks for watching and clear skies!
Hey there mate! :-D Great question!! My gut feeling is that the coma corrector is still an advantage even with a smaller sensor and at f4.7 like my 250pds, if you were maybe using an f4 newt then it would be a must-have, 100% - on the other hand, if you had a slower newt at maybe f6+ then you might just get away with it. I hope that helps! Thank you by the way, I'm real happy to hear you are enjoying seeing the obsy in action! Clear skies bud!
Hey Logan! - Oh man that's awesome to read haha, I really had no idea what I was missing out on all this time!! Glad to be part of the obsy club now though lol! Thank you for watching! :-D
Hi Luke, I am another one who loves your videos. Wow what an observatory set up you have, I am completely envious. Beautifully constructed. As you go through your videos using your Skywatcher 250 I keep freezing the video so I can inspect your setup. I also have a Skywatcher 250P but I did not think they could be mounted on a normal EQ mount (albeit a big one to handle the weight), due to issues with the mirror collimation. I really only use mine for some planetary observations since I shifted over to my two refactors. You may have done a complete video on this Skywatcher setup but I can't find one, could you please describe your setup? It looks to me that everything is fairly normally set up, but there are probably a lot of issues in getting it right, would love to learn from your experience. Is the mount an EQ6 or bigger?
Hey there Ray! - I'm so happy to hear that you like my videos, - thank you my friend! :-) Regarding the scope - From what you mentioned in your comment here it sounds like you are using the Skywatcher 250p on a Dobsonian mounting currently? If I'm correct in this assumption then it does alter your path forwards slightly when compared to my own setup, nothing insurmountable though! If indeed you do have the 250p Dob, then to use it on an equatorial mounting platform you would need to get appropriate tube rings and a dovetail bar to connect the rings, scope & mount together. The next question would be if your 250p is a newer model or an older one - the reason this is important is due to the older scopes being fine for afocal projection photography, but unsuitable for prime focus photography due to a slightly long tube, meaning you can't get enough inward focus travel without moving the primary mirror up the tube a bit to push the focal plane out of the drawtube further! Those are the main points for your consideration I'd say, it's up to you to decide if the cash invested into converting the Dobsonian mounted newt over would be worth it over perhaps just keeping your eye out for a "PDS" style OTA, which comes ready to do prime focus photography right out of the box (with appropriate mounting!) I hope I haven't misinterpreted your message, my apologies if my assumptions are way off the mark about your setup Ray! RE: mounting, the one you see the scope on in this video is a SkyWatcher EQ8, - the 250PDS can indeed ride on the smaller EQ6, but it's honestly right at it's limits for deep-sky photography with that sort of payload, the EQ8 is a better fit for such a sizable scope, but is also a lot more expensive and heavy to move around for non-permanent setups! As a bit of a general note on using reflectors for imaging, I do really enjoy their performance and the "bang for buck" is unbeatable really but you are absolutely correct to expect that there are many issues getting one working at peak performance, accurate collimation is easy enough with experience and quality tools, but it's still a task which will need continual completion, normally before every session if you don't have a permanent setup! - if this is something you are happy to undertake then it's no issue, but if you feel that this would wear thin on your patience over time then it may well be worth considering alternative scope designs. (refractors generally, great to hear you already have a pair!) aside from the mechanical issues, there is also the problem of physical size itself! the scopes are large so catch a lot of wind, end heavy (usually mirror cell end) and hard to fully balance because of off-axis weight, like the guide-scope for example. A final consideration is that they leak light generally, as in external light sources, such as local lighting from your own home or garden, or neighboring gardens can infiltrate the scope and wreak havoc on your photography! - if this sounds like it would be a problem then you also would need to prepare for a pretty thorough job of blocking up all the common "leaks" - rear mirror cell opening, rear mirror cell-to-tube interface, around the edges of the drawtube and straight down the end of the tube :-) I realize I've gone on at-length here, so to wrap up I would like to add that I don't say any of this to discourage you from Newtonian usage, merely to help you avoid all the pitfalls I fell straight into LOL!! :-) They are wonderful scopes when set-up and running sweet, but it does take some work I can't lie. I hope that helps you! Thanks again for watching and commenting :-)
@@lukomatico Hi Luke - thanks for an excellent and detailed description of all the issues, I have not seen these stated so comprehensively previously, and your description certainly clarifies for me the direction I need to head. I started a couple of years ago with the Skywatcher Dobsonian on an Alt-Az mount and quickly moved up to a William Optics ZenithStar 80mm f/6.8 ED Apo Refractor (EQ5 Mount), and then recently moved again up to a William Optics Fluorostar FLT 156mm air-spaced Apo triplet refractor (EG6 mount). I have all the accessories for both scopes mostly ZWO (EAF, EFW, ASI Air Plus etc) and have recently upgraded the FLT156mm to Antlia narrowband filters. You are right the Dob is a 250P, and I have been entertaining thoughts of upgrading it and fitting it to an EQ8 mount. While the 156mm is outstanding and much better for galaxies, it is still too small for most of them and I think now I will head towards a Celestron HD Edge 11" to satisfy my desire to get better FOV for galaxies. Thank you again for your fantastic help, really looking forward to more vidoes!
Hi Ray! - I'm genuinely pleased to hear that you found our communication useful and it means a great deal that you'd get back to me to let me know it was, too! :-) I have to say your Fluorostar 156 is a real dream scope, what a wonderful piece of equipment that must be to own and use! - I would expect very nice galaxy results from that if paired with a small pixel camera! The EHD11" is a superb scope by all accounts, I owned it's little brother at one point and very much regretted having to part with it! Great build quality, wonderful to use & very stable regarding collimation, a real galaxy buster too if you could pair it with a camera that has nice big pixels (or binning) to get appropriate sampling ratios - I think that's a great choice if a bigger scope is on your purchase horizon! (I'd love one myself someday!) Thanks again for getting back to me Ray, All the very best and good luck to you my friend! Luke
Hi Luke. I find the image of the M57 wonderful, taking into account that it is an uncooled camera. The image is very clean and noise-free. I'm struck by how sharp the galaxy IC1296 looks, it's impressive. I really like your new observatory. Hugs !!!
Hey Jesus! :-) I hope that you and your family are well my friend!! I'm really happy with how M57 came out too!, the seeing conditions on the night were remarkably poor but that's the way it goes sometimes I guess, I still had fun and got to share my evening! :-) It makes me very happy to know that you like the observatory mate! As always, thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a really positive comment - I hugely appreciate it :-) All the best & hugs! Luke
@lukomatico as I am interested in a personal observatory as well, may I ask the about ish amount this has set you back? This particular Observatory looks particularly nice. Is it an own design or is it a package build
Hey there Gideon! - It's all been designed and built by myself with help during construction from my Dad, - as to cost, I've not tallied everything up yet but it's around 4k GBP probably by this point :-) Hope that helps!
Well you would have sold me on the Uranus -C but Player One just announced the Saturn series with the 533 sensor . Hopefully they will send you one for review.
Hey David! - That certainly looks awesome man, the 533 is a well loved sensor for sure, that will be a brilliant cam! :-) RE: reviews, man - fingers crossed haha! that would be great! Thank you for watching and commenting!
What is the real difference between the Uranus-C and the Neptune-C II ? Myself i have a Atik Infinity Color for lucky imaging. its bases upon the Sony CCD ICX825, so no CMOS
Heya mate! - The difference between the two is deeper fullwell capacity on the Uranus, 2x larger sensor area and zero amp glow on the Uranus too - plus a small advantage in that it has the inbuilt passive cooling heatsink which the Neptune does not - but on the flipside, the Uranus costs more money! :-) Both are great cams for their intended purpose in my opinion :-) Clear skies!
What's the difference between uranus c ( small camera) and uranus c pro ( big camera and cooling sistem. There's a cooling system can attach to the small one and you can save some money. Asking because I'm planning to buy this but still can't make a decision wich one 😂 help me hajajaja
Hey mate, the cooling system you can attach to the Uranus c is only good for taking it down to ambient temperature, the Uranus c pro can cool below ambient temperatures and maintain a set temperature point too all year round :-) it's definitely a better choice if you can get the pro version
Hey there! :-) I agree that the Saturn is likely an even better sensor, but also a little more money too! It's always a balancing act with astronomy purchases I guess! :-) Thanks for watching!
Superb idea mate for sure! :-) As soon as the planets swing back into view for me I'll be trying them out! I think it'll be a great fit for that kind of thing especially! Thanks for watching!
Hey there mate! :-D In some ways I miss the trusty old chair too bud so you're not alone haha! Glad you liked the video buddy! :-) Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, as always I appreciate it man! :-)
Congratulations Luke with the new observatory !
I really appreciate that Siegfried my friend!! I'm very fortunate to have such a great place to do what I love from :-) Thank you for taking the time to watch my videos and comment mate, I'm really honored that you'd do that!
Congratulations my friend !!
Thanks so much my friend, it's good to hear from you! :-D
Wow, Luke! Well done! Enjoy!
Thank you Enrique!! :-) Clear skies my friend
Awesome setup!
Thank you so much Chuck!! I really appreciate you stopping by my friend :-)
Hi Luke, Congratulations on your first light with the new observatory. Now you can leave it all set up and just start with your sessions.. Yea!!!!!! I'm happy for you. Cs
That means a lot to me Ray, thank you!! :-)
I think I'm going to really settle into this place, I love it!
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a kind comment my friend 🙏
I'm delighted for you - can really feel your excitement! :)
That's super to hear Mart!! :-D So glad it comes across properly on the camera!! I'm totally over the moon :-)
Clear skies my friend!
Hi Luke good to see you're up up running now mate that ring nebula image is outstanding, welcome to imaging at F2 you're going to love that.
Clear skies!!
Hey Tich! - So glad to be joining the RASA club bud, can't bloomin' wait lol!! :-) - Glad you like the M57 shot!!
Thank you for watching and commenting mate, as always!
Good things, take time. Well done!.
So true my friend!! :-) Thanks so much for watching and commenting!!
Clear skies!
Congratulations Luke on a fabulous first light and a truly outstanding observatory ! It's incredible you're imaging from it already and producing your usual top top videos. 👏 what a feeling it must be not to have to tear down the rigs after each session and watch the whole evening from the warm room. Truly fantastic set up 👍
Hey there Paul my friend! I hope you and yours are doing well :-)
I'm totally chuffed to be in here and having fun now, completely worth all the work, money and headaches!
I have to admit to it feeling pretty much like cheating at astronomy at the minute LOL, I'm used to it being a lot of work to set up and pack down each session so this is really weird to adjust to - I roll the roof back and feel like I'm forgetting to do something still!! :-D
I'll have to do a proper tour of the place soon when my settee gets here haha!
Thanks for watching and giving a lovely positive comment my friend!
Totally blown away by the observatory Luke. A really impressive achievement! Well done. I guess you’re not moving house any time soon 😉
Hey again Stuart my friend!! :-D I'm properly chuffed to hear you like the obsy mate, that's super to hear!
Re: moving, I think you're right haha - looks like I'm here a while longer at least 😁😂
My added congratulations on getting into your new Observatory. So fun to watch you work.
I have my Evolution 6" up and running now. I'm looking forward to some warm Texas nights showing our grandsons the moon and M13.
Next project is getting a Skywatcher GTi GoTo rig for my Nikon gear. I'm buying a used D5300 for weight, DX 24mb sensor and flip out display. My Nikkor 85 f/1.8 FX lens (127mm effective fl) should provide some good amateur images, along with my FX 80-200 /2.8 and FX 300 f/4.
Thank you Michael! That's really encouraging to hear :-)
I'm extremely pleased that your Evo 6" is up and running, I'm sure your grandsons will enjoy seeing some of the celestial wonders on offer through that setup!
It sounds like your plan for the GTi & Nikon rig are going to work great, - I wish you the best of luck with it my friend!
Thank you for stopping by and sharing a comment Michael, I hope you have a superb weekend!
Clear skies
Congratulations Luke! Great work I’m impressed! Already looking forward to your next vids!
Thank you my friend! - it's great to hear from you, thanks for stopping by! :-)
It's really humbling to hear that you look forwards to the videos by the way, thank you!!
Clear skies!
well done and congratulations.
Thank you Mike!! Much appreciated mate :-)
Clear skies!
Way to go Luke! Looking good. Wow, your summer nights are SHORT!
Thanks so much Pat my friend!! :-) They really are short here for sure! no astro dark for a while now, just twilight all night! on the other hand, during winter we get an abundance of astronomical darkness, so it balances out I guess!
Thank you for watching and giving your continued support Pat, I genuinely appreciate it!
Congratulations Luke! Luxury imaging from now on with all that hard work out the way! Again I'm really very impressed with how fast you've built this obsy/studio, and how well it's all turned out! You're a talented guy! The camera looks really clean as well so looking forward to more on that too. You're going from strength to strength mate!
Oh and congrats on the pending RASA8!!
Hey there Chris buddy!! :-) I hope you and yours are keeping well!
Thanks so much man, I'm chuffed beyond words really - such a nice spot to have, always ready for filming etc - very handy! I'm sure once my energy is replenished that I'll be able to make a ton of videos from here haha! :-)
Can't wait to catch up on everything!
Clear skies my friend
Ya did it mate! You are truly an inspiration to all of us who love this hobby. Your observatory is hopefully the beginning of many, many Lukomatico videos to follow. As one other commentator mentioned, we who have followed you on your journey shall miss the old kitchen chair. Anyway, heartfelt congratulations-job well done.
Can’t wait for you to begin imaging at f/2 with the Rasa. With nebula season about to begin…your Rasa should rock the heavens!
One thing about your videos, you always offer insight into the intricacies of this hobby so often glossed over by other videos, For example, in this video you mention your target ‘drifting’ and the occasional need to center it. Would love for you to explain this a bit further, I always thought that was because of my mount’s shortcomings.
Let me just say that your videos and your observatory are for all of us who follow you. So thank you for inviting us inside the Lukomatico studio/observatory.
Hey there Joe!! - It's great to hear from you my friend, genuinely :-)
As always, reading and digesting your lovely comments lightens my day no end! Thank you for taking the time to give such thoughtful replies!
RE: target drifting, good catch! I'd be happy to elaborate :-)
Under normal imaging conditions if you were to image unguided then it would be expected that your target would steadily move around the frame, or maybe drift off the frame entirely eventually - this is commonly just down to periodic error in the mount and minor mis-alignments during PA.
If however you use autoguiding then your target should stay centered indefinitely, with only very minor movement around the center of the frame being expected, again due to unguidable periodic errors.
In the final instance however, the one you see in this video where you are autoguiding and choosing to "dither" your exposures, then over time as the amount of completed dither commands throughout the session builds up this can lead to some notable "drift" of the target, this is entirely acceptable and indeed desirable as the minor misalignments between your frames during capture under these conditions is what stops pattern noise from ever having the chance to build up and dominate an image when ultimately stacking the data!
I hope that helps mate!!
I can't wait to share so much more with everyone, we're on this ride together haha!
Clear skies buddy
Great video, luxury, not jealous at all 👏👏👏
Thank you so much Bill! I'm genuinely happy to hear you like it mate! :-)
Clear skies!
Hey Luke, Congratulations on first light on the new observatory! Ring looks great!
Thank you my friend!! :-) So glad you like it, that's all I could hope for man!
Clear skies :-)
Welcome to the obsy club man! It really transforms the hobby. Looking forward to more on it. Time to automate it now lol
Thank you Joe!!! :-D it feels darn good to be a member haha 🙏
Can't wait to show more, I just feel like I need to pick a name for the place first 😅
Thank you for watching!
Clear skies my friend!
Congrats on the obsy Luke. All that hard graft now paying off. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the RASA! 👍🏻 Noddy
Cheers Noddy!! - I've only had the one session in there so far but I'm already loving it 👍 I reckon the RASA is going to be a ton of fun too!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Superb Luke and what a great set up you have built for yourself. It takes quite a while to fully accept you can just close the roof. Looking forward to the new scope mate. As always it will come with fresh challenges but I am sure you will get some excellent captures with that beast at F2. Also congrats on 6K subs dude, you are smashing it and well deserved.
Hey Glenn!! - Aw mate thank you so much for your kind message, it really means a great deal coming from you man! 🙏🙏
I fully believe it's going to take me ages to be able to 'pack up' and not spend the next ten minutes feeling like I've forgot to do something lol 😅
Thank you for watching and giving your time my friend
Cracking job dude,
Thanks so much Brian!! Appreciate it man :-)
Hey Luke my friend.
Love how you said it took a while in your description. You built the oby in record time.
See you built one of those piers you were on about the other day. How is it? I found the other day it was a lot less work to set up, even though my pier and oby is not fully operational yet.
The whole set up is looking fab mate and the warm room is a great touch too.
As always enjoyed the video. Can't wait to see more of the new cam, and a very nice image you got from it as well.
Hopefully speak soon buddy!
Hey Ben!! - it was brilliant to chat today mate, as always! :-)
I think it's easy to lose sight of how quickly things have moved on when you're seeing it every day, I felt like I was getting nothing done sometimes but then I'd look back to pictures from 2 days ago or something and realise I'd done loads haha 😅
I'll have to do a video on the second pier, it should be pretty interesting to see what people reckon! :-)
As always, thank you for watching and giving your time and support my friend!
Best of luck with the next parts of your obsy build and huge congratulations on 500 subs!! 🎉🙏
Great first light mate and I see you’ve got your pier in now too. Can’t wait to see that RASA in action 😎.
Thank you J J my friend!! - I'll soon be making the second pier too for the EQ8, I will record that one to share with everyone on here!! just need some steel to be delivered for my top/bottom plates now :-)
I'm in the same boat by the way, I can't wait to get that RASA going!! :-D
Thank you for watching, commenting and giving your support mate! I hugely appreciate it! :-)
Congrats on first light Luke, the observatory looks fantastic, you did an awesome job with the build! Looking forward to see what you can do with that RASA...f2 imaging must be insane, I bet you can't wait!
Thanks man!! - I really REALLY can't wait to get going with it properly lol, good times ahead I think!
I appreciate you coming and watching dude!
Clear skies :-)
Well done Luke! The observatory looks fantastic. Congratulations and cannot wait for the new telescope
Thank you so much buddy!! I'm real pleased to hear you like it :-)
Clear skies!!
Congrats Luke! 👌🏻👌🏻
Thank you matey!! :-) Appreciate it!
What a lovely looking setup Luke with the two scopes in there like that and the nice cosy warm space at the back. Top work and congrats on the RASA mate, looks a great scope for speedy imaging at F2 ! Enjoy the new space. :)
Hey Ollie matey!! - Always great to hear from you, hope you've been well! :-)
Real glad to hear you like the look of the obsy dude, it's been a lot of work but sooo worth it already haha! :-)
To say I'm excited about the RASA would be an understatement at this point, I think it's gonna be really refreshing to use this thing when it's here 👌😎
Thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a great comment mate!
Clear skies
A great session again there. My hat off to you for the big effort in putting together your observatory 😁💪.
Hey Dougie!! :-) I'm real glad you liked the video man, it felt so good to be sharing my first night from here! Thank you for your kind words RE: the build by the way!, I'm over the moon!
Clear skies!
Ah that's great. Congratulations Luke, what an achievement.👍
Thanks so much Paul my friend! :-) Really glad you like it!!
Cheers for watching!
That's so cool. I'm very excited and happy for you Luke! Congrats. :) Great setup... and a new telescope in the future..great things happening.. Have fun and enjoy. Looking forwards seeing more stuff. CS
Thank you my friend, it's great to hear from you again!
I really appreciate that you'd take the time to leave such a nice comment!! It really does make my day brighter :-)
All the very best,
Clear skies!
What a great setup you've built. Well done Luke :)
Thanks so much Alex! :-D I'm really enjoying myself in here now 👍
Great image for your first light from your new observatory Luke, The data from the new camera looks impressive, looks like you've also built a pier for Chloe's rig , bet you can't wait for the RASA to arrive mate , thanks again for sharing your work
Hey Anthony bud! - You've got it! I built the pier up for Chloe's first as I already had the top/bottom plates for it from a previous project, I'm waiting on some steel delivering for my EQ8's pier plates but after that's here I'm ready to build pier #2! :-) I'll record making this second one I think, should be interesting for some folk to see a slightly alternative design!
100% can't wait for the RASA, think it'll change the game for me haha!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment mate, I appreciate it!
That observatory is immense mate. Congrats! Great video also :)
Thank you Jim!! - I can't wait to see the Space Shed next! :-D
Clear skies man!
Amazing job on the observatory and the capture, nothing but cloudy days at my home lately
Hey there mate! Thanks so much, I was really glad to finally have the chance for first light - it felt good to finally get going! :-)
I very much hope it clears up for you soon my friend, I know the frustration of endless clouds all too well
Good luck! :-)
great video brotha! Rasa + PlayerOne = Awesome lucky imaging!
Absolutely agree bro haha!! :-D Think it's gonna be a superb match!
btw, congrats on the 6k subscribers mark!
Thank you bro!! So happy and thankful 🎉
Great first light
Thank you kindly Mike! :-) I'm happy to hear you liked it my friend!
Clear skies!
Happy Days, well worth to time and effort you’ve put in Luke. Enjoy !
Thank you Tom!! - I'm completely chuffed with the place I have to say! :-) I hope you are getting some use out of the new camera too bud!
Clear skies!
Awesome!
I'm a newbie and have just bought a RASA 8. I really look forwards to your imaging tips and tricks with it because I'm having a few problems. I understand that if you can it set up properly, the results are outstanding.
Obsy looks fantastic and will save you hours of hassle. Mucho impressed!
Hey there Peter! - Thank you very much indeed mate, great to hear you like the obsy! :-)
RE: RASA - Man, I can't wait to get to grips with it! I'm sure as I learn the scope I'll be able to share whatever I come across that may help others! :-D
Thanks for watching mate!
Wonderful and good'on ya, mate. Congratulation on your brilliant observatory, well deserved and well made use of. Yes, it was clearly visible through the video you really enjoyed the new asset to your astro setup. Great result also!! I was closely watching the system time and also you mentioned the current time in your last section of the video at dawn. Man, how do you manage to keep awake during that night hours? I find it so hard to stick to my usual timeday routines when dealing with AP in summer and very late dark skies... :-)
Hey there mate! - Thank you so much indeed for your lovely comment! :-D So glad it was enjoyable to watch!
RE: routines/normal life after an all night session, I hear you!! - generally speaking if I end up pulling an all nighter then all bets are off with the day after's early routines haha, I'm in the very fortunate position where that kinda thing is possible at the moment though! (hopefully long may it continue!)
Thanks so much for watching & clear skies!
Great first light with the new observatory Luke. That rasa 8 will be awesome for sure. Next up some fast filters? That rabbit hole sure goes deep lol.
Hey there Rob mate!! :-) Hope you are doing good bud!
I'm going to give it some serious thought RE: filters etc, my wallet has taken a serious kicking (and then some!) so probably let the ashes settle a bit and then look into some haha :-D
Thanks for watching!
Huge congratulations Luke on your obsey first light! Absolutely cracking image mate 👍 You worked hard for that and got it done in record time! Well done! Looking forward to seeing your new RASA in action😀
Also congrats on 6k subs mate👍 Clear skies Luke
Thank you so much mate!! You've always got a kind word to share Simon and I really appreciate it my friend :-)
I can't wait to share so much more from the obsy, good times are ahead for sure!
Thank you for watching and giving your support man!
Hi Luke, congratulations on first light.That is a fantastic obs. you have got there,may there be many clear skies above the roll off roof! A great image of M57 you bagged again, really liking that Player One camera.For using SharpCap its ideal.When you did those 10 min sub stacks, can those individual sub stacks be treated as one light if stacked in DSS?Clear skies. PS. My original post over the w/e seems to have disappeared into the void.
Hey Jon!! :-) I'm really sorry to hear that your first comment has been eaten by UA-cam mate, I wish it wouldn't sometimes do that! My apologies, thank you ever so much for taking the time to re-comment though my friend!
Re: your question about stacking the stacks, - you're exactly right mate, you can take those 10 minute accumulated live-stacks and load them all into your stacking program of choice, treating them as if they were natural 10m subs 👍
Pretty great really!!
Thank you for your support my friend, as always!
@@lukomatico No worries, with re-commenting on your videos.As you say, it’s sometimes just an annoying feature with UA-cam.
Thanks for answering the question re stacking those sub stacks when using SharpCap,this is something I will have to try out.Look forward to seeing you with the RASA.Clear skies.
That Ring Nebula is Bonkers Dude, I also See a Galaxy next To it, IC 1296 about 250 million light years Away. I cant wait to shoot This Target Myself. Really Enjoyed The Video, Your Observatory Rocking!!
Thank you Avanteesh!! - so glad you liked it dude :-D I was really pleased to see ic1296 popping out with so little integration and such bright skies 👍👍
Well done.... you've come a long way in a short amount of time since you first started your channel. I love the concrete pads pier...I bet it's solid. I love what you've done with the place. Did you take your sleeping bag and sleep in it the first night it was complete ? Me being from Old Lumber back ground....I know I would've. 😆
Hey Mike!! :-)
I hope you and yours are well my friend 👍👍
It's really wonderful that you've noticed the change since my channel began, that means a lot to me Mike :-) I was reflecting back just the other day on how much better life has became since starting UA-cam, I'm so thankful I began but more than that, I'm thankful to everyone for being so fantastic since the very beginning! :-)
The pier has turned out great by the way, I'll be sure to film the creation of pier #2 and share it with others because I'm really happy with it 👍
Re: sleeping bag, I'm ashamed to say I've not spent the night in there yet haha! I will be doing very soon though, quite excited for it actually :-D
As always, thank you for watching and giving your support my friend!
All the very best,
Luke
OOO New Scope inbound.... time for beer and cake! Great it has all worked out well.
Hey Dave mate! Hope you are well :-)
Definitely needs a mini party to welcome it's arrival haha, I love that idea! - I just need to get a second pier sorted now for the EQ8 before it arrives and I'm pretty much done finally!
Thanks for watching bud, as always!
great looking Obs Luke! I love the Eq8 and the new pier!! gonna talk about that? those little player one camera look like they are exceptional.. can't wait to see what you get with the RASA. the little profile of the player one should keep the obstruction on the RASA to a minimum. clear skies.
Hey Jason! :-D Great to hear from you dude, I hope you and your family are doing great!
RE: Pier, - 100% I'll be making a video about my new pier, I'm just waiting on some steel plates delivering so I can make the eq8 version of my new pier and share that with everyone :-D
Can't wait for the RASA now dude, getting so exciting haha!! - I totally agree btw, the small profile will be a good match!
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment bro, as always!
Thanks
Thank you so much for the super thanks Dougie!! I really appreciate that my friend :-)
Nice! Doubly jealous now...I'm definitely sensing an observatory in my future! I'll have to try the blocks of live stacking approach, that looks interesting!
Hey there Rob! :-D Great to hear from you mate, I hope you are well!
If you're even partly considering an obsy then I really think you should just make a plan and go for it brother, one of the best decisions I ever made haha! :-)
RE: the live-stack blocks, it really works superb! definitely be interested in hearing what you reckon to it if you give it a go mate!
Thanks for watching and clear skies!
Sweet! Do you have to use a coma corrector with a smaller chip like this? Glad you got your observatory running.
Hey there mate! :-D Great question!! My gut feeling is that the coma corrector is still an advantage even with a smaller sensor and at f4.7 like my 250pds, if you were maybe using an f4 newt then it would be a must-have, 100% - on the other hand, if you had a slower newt at maybe f6+ then you might just get away with it.
I hope that helps!
Thank you by the way, I'm real happy to hear you are enjoying seeing the obsy in action!
Clear skies bud!
Woohoo! It's all operational. And room for two scopes! Funny, I am watching your video in my own warm room while imaging :)
Hey Logan! - Oh man that's awesome to read haha, I really had no idea what I was missing out on all this time!! Glad to be part of the obsy club now though lol!
Thank you for watching! :-D
Hi Luke, I am another one who loves your videos. Wow what an observatory set up you have, I am completely envious. Beautifully constructed. As you go through your videos using your Skywatcher 250 I keep freezing the video so I can inspect your setup. I also have a Skywatcher 250P but I did not think they could be mounted on a normal EQ mount (albeit a big one to handle the weight), due to issues with the mirror collimation. I really only use mine for some planetary observations since I shifted over to my two refactors. You may have done a complete video on this Skywatcher setup but I can't find one, could you please describe your setup? It looks to me that everything is fairly normally set up, but there are probably a lot of issues in getting it right, would love to learn from your experience. Is the mount an EQ6 or bigger?
Hey there Ray! - I'm so happy to hear that you like my videos, - thank you my friend! :-)
Regarding the scope - From what you mentioned in your comment here it sounds like you are using the Skywatcher 250p on a Dobsonian mounting currently? If I'm correct in this assumption then it does alter your path forwards slightly when compared to my own setup, nothing insurmountable though!
If indeed you do have the 250p Dob, then to use it on an equatorial mounting platform you would need to get appropriate tube rings and a dovetail bar to connect the rings, scope & mount together.
The next question would be if your 250p is a newer model or an older one - the reason this is important is due to the older scopes being fine for afocal projection photography, but unsuitable for prime focus photography due to a slightly long tube, meaning you can't get enough inward focus travel without moving the primary mirror up the tube a bit to push the focal plane out of the drawtube further!
Those are the main points for your consideration I'd say, it's up to you to decide if the cash invested into converting the Dobsonian mounted newt over would be worth it over perhaps just keeping your eye out for a "PDS" style OTA, which comes ready to do prime focus photography right out of the box (with appropriate mounting!)
I hope I haven't misinterpreted your message, my apologies if my assumptions are way off the mark about your setup Ray!
RE: mounting, the one you see the scope on in this video is a SkyWatcher EQ8, - the 250PDS can indeed ride on the smaller EQ6, but it's honestly right at it's limits for deep-sky photography with that sort of payload, the EQ8 is a better fit for such a sizable scope, but is also a lot more expensive and heavy to move around for non-permanent setups!
As a bit of a general note on using reflectors for imaging, I do really enjoy their performance and the "bang for buck" is unbeatable really but you are absolutely correct to expect that there are many issues getting one working at peak performance, accurate collimation is easy enough with experience and quality tools, but it's still a task which will need continual completion, normally before every session if you don't have a permanent setup! - if this is something you are happy to undertake then it's no issue, but if you feel that this would wear thin on your patience over time then it may well be worth considering alternative scope designs. (refractors generally, great to hear you already have a pair!)
aside from the mechanical issues, there is also the problem of physical size itself! the scopes are large so catch a lot of wind, end heavy (usually mirror cell end) and hard to fully balance because of off-axis weight, like the guide-scope for example.
A final consideration is that they leak light generally, as in external light sources, such as local lighting from your own home or garden, or neighboring gardens can infiltrate the scope and wreak havoc on your photography! - if this sounds like it would be a problem then you also would need to prepare for a pretty thorough job of blocking up all the common "leaks" - rear mirror cell opening, rear mirror cell-to-tube interface, around the edges of the drawtube and straight down the end of the tube :-)
I realize I've gone on at-length here, so to wrap up I would like to add that I don't say any of this to discourage you from Newtonian usage, merely to help you avoid all the pitfalls I fell straight into LOL!! :-) They are wonderful scopes when set-up and running sweet, but it does take some work I can't lie.
I hope that helps you!
Thanks again for watching and commenting :-)
@@lukomatico Hi Luke - thanks for an excellent and detailed description of all the issues, I have not seen these stated so comprehensively previously, and your description certainly clarifies for me the direction I need to head. I started a couple of years ago with the Skywatcher Dobsonian on an Alt-Az mount and quickly moved up to a William Optics ZenithStar 80mm f/6.8 ED Apo Refractor (EQ5 Mount), and then recently moved again up to a William Optics Fluorostar FLT 156mm air-spaced Apo triplet refractor (EG6 mount). I have all the accessories for both scopes mostly ZWO (EAF, EFW, ASI Air Plus etc) and have recently upgraded the FLT156mm to Antlia narrowband filters. You are right the Dob is a 250P, and I have been entertaining thoughts of upgrading it and fitting it to an EQ8 mount. While the 156mm is outstanding and much better for galaxies, it is still too small for most of them and I think now I will head towards a Celestron HD Edge 11" to satisfy my desire to get better FOV for galaxies. Thank you again for your fantastic help, really looking forward to more vidoes!
Hi Ray! - I'm genuinely pleased to hear that you found our communication useful and it means a great deal that you'd get back to me to let me know it was, too! :-)
I have to say your Fluorostar 156 is a real dream scope, what a wonderful piece of equipment that must be to own and use! - I would expect very nice galaxy results from that if paired with a small pixel camera!
The EHD11" is a superb scope by all accounts, I owned it's little brother at one point and very much regretted having to part with it! Great build quality, wonderful to use & very stable regarding collimation, a real galaxy buster too if you could pair it with a camera that has nice big pixels (or binning) to get appropriate sampling ratios - I think that's a great choice if a bigger scope is on your purchase horizon! (I'd love one myself someday!)
Thanks again for getting back to me Ray,
All the very best and good luck to you my friend!
Luke
Hi Luke. I find the image of the M57 wonderful, taking into account that it is an uncooled camera. The image is very clean and noise-free. I'm struck by how sharp the galaxy IC1296 looks, it's impressive. I really like your new observatory. Hugs !!!
Hey Jesus! :-) I hope that you and your family are well my friend!!
I'm really happy with how M57 came out too!, the seeing conditions on the night were remarkably poor but that's the way it goes sometimes I guess, I still had fun and got to share my evening! :-)
It makes me very happy to know that you like the observatory mate!
As always, thank you for taking the time to watch and leave a really positive comment - I hugely appreciate it :-)
All the best & hugs!
Luke
@lukomatico as I am interested in a personal observatory as well, may I ask the about ish amount this has set you back? This particular Observatory looks particularly nice. Is it an own design or is it a package build
Hey there Gideon! - It's all been designed and built by myself with help during construction from my Dad, - as to cost, I've not tallied everything up yet but it's around 4k GBP probably by this point :-) Hope that helps!
Well done Luke, AAA - Automated Armchair Astrophotography
Thank you Mark! :-D it feels real good to be finally nearly done, whew!
@@lukomatico I can’t wait to get to a similar stage! Not even taken my first light yet!
Hey Luke, could you possibly upload this data so I could have a go at processing it?
Sorry mate I don't have this data anymore!
Great video.. Do the Player One cameras get sold in the US? Or just straight from China?
Thanks mate! I believe they are sold in the US, but I've always just got stuff direct, always quick 👍
Awesome Obs Luke. Did you give it a name or did I miss that in the video?
Hey there matey! :-) Good catch actually! it's as-yet-unnamed!! I really need to get around to sorting a name haha!
Hope you are doing well!
@@lukomatico Grats on 6k subs. :)
Thank you bud!!
Well you would have sold me on the Uranus -C but Player One just announced the Saturn series with the 533 sensor . Hopefully they will send you one for review.
Hey David! - That certainly looks awesome man, the 533 is a well loved sensor for sure, that will be a brilliant cam! :-)
RE: reviews, man - fingers crossed haha! that would be great!
Thank you for watching and commenting!
What is the real difference between the Uranus-C and the Neptune-C II ?
Myself i have a Atik Infinity Color for lucky imaging. its bases upon the Sony CCD ICX825, so no CMOS
Heya mate! - The difference between the two is deeper fullwell capacity on the Uranus, 2x larger sensor area and zero amp glow on the Uranus too - plus a small advantage in that it has the inbuilt passive cooling heatsink which the Neptune does not - but on the flipside, the Uranus costs more money! :-)
Both are great cams for their intended purpose in my opinion :-)
Clear skies!
What's the difference between uranus c ( small camera) and uranus c pro ( big camera and cooling sistem.
There's a cooling system can attach to the small one and you can save some money. Asking because I'm planning to buy this but still can't make a decision wich one 😂 help me hajajaja
Hey mate, the cooling system you can attach to the Uranus c is only good for taking it down to ambient temperature, the Uranus c pro can cool below ambient temperatures and maintain a set temperature point too all year round :-) it's definitely a better choice if you can get the pro version
@@lukomatico thanks man I really appreciate that info.
That helps me a lot.
I think that the Saturn-C will be better and a very good price
Hey there! :-) I agree that the Saturn is likely an even better sensor, but also a little more money too! It's always a balancing act with astronomy purchases I guess! :-)
Thanks for watching!
Take a look @ Mars mercury venus and the moon especially if you have infrared
Superb idea mate for sure! :-) As soon as the planets swing back into view for me I'll be trying them out! I think it'll be a great fit for that kind of thing especially!
Thanks for watching!
@@lukomatico Carnál look at you tube channel Bruce sees all k u b surprised
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That was a star that has exploded....
Space is crazy ain't it haha!! :-D thanks for watching and commenting mate 👍
RASA? NOIS.
Haha yes duuude!! :-D Can't wait to get it! 😁
Sweet 👍🏼 long gone are the days of the rickety chair 🪑😄👍🏼 ps I miss the chair 😂
Hey there mate! :-D In some ways I miss the trusty old chair too bud so you're not alone haha!
Glad you liked the video buddy! :-) Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, as always I appreciate it man! :-)