I'm annoyed!!! Why the hell hasn't this video had hundreds of thousands of views as it's so informative and spellbinding. I've been to Capetown at xmas and to see the milky way and the mag clouds was truly a sight to behold!!! Fantastic video really top class with all the detail u put in and the filters on ur telescope u can tell ur an absolute lover of photo astronomy and we thank u for it.
How does anyone put a thumbs down to this. Don't they understand how beautiful and informative this video was/is. It takes ur breath away and lets us humans no that we are part of this picture of this galaxy, we are born of the stars we are star dust baby!!
YESSSS I LITERALLY HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR A NEW VIDEO. Last night I was thinking when you were going to post. You are literally amazing and the best:)) Thank you!!!!!!
What a fabulous video Alyn, really well explained my friend. I love how you include both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere views. I'll be recommending this video for a lot of people for sure.
Thank You so much for the info!!! Greatest Info for hunting the universe in all its glow!! I captured the winter rainbow after watching one of your shows. For those in America the east coast with dark skies over the ocean (lighthouses a plenty). And if in the deep south or SC, GA or Florida's east coast and any almost dark sky place in the south in February 11,2021 at 5 am it is high enough to be above the dirty atmosphere for the start of MW arch. There is even a gathering in the Florida Keys for astrophotography every year. But even up in Maine if looking over the ocean it is great.
Excellent! Glad to see someone recognizing that there’s more to the Milky Way than just the core, and that great Milky Way photos are possible most of the year. It’s only on spring evenings (true of either hemisphere) that we look straight up at the galactic poles and the Milky Way lies along the horizon. But even that can be an interesting photo from a dark site. Cheers and clear skies!
Great video Alyn, I dont think the "off season" part of the Milky Way is appreciated enough. Its Milky Way season all year round. One pretty cool think I'd like to mention is that the Milky Way position will eventually change (albeit a VERY long time) much like a winter and summer solstice, the Southern Hemisphere is considered to have the better view of the Milky Way but this will change when our position relative to the center of the galaxy changes. When we are on the exact opposite side of the galaxy to where we are now, the position of the Milky Way will be reversed and the North will then have the better views! Something pretty cool I learnt about earlier this year.
Hi Alyn. A brilliantly illustrated and presented video - what a comeback !! So much info here I'll have to watch it again and again. Welcome back and thank you for sharing.
Thanks, really easy to understand with your time-lapse shots. For the first time I totally understand how the night sky moves, before this I couldn't picture it in my head, now I can. Subscribed on the strength of that alone.
Alyn, this month was the first time i was able to step out and travel to a dark sky region on the 20th to capture a Leonids Meteor shower (which I learnt by watching and following you). I must say it felt great and also it did freeze my balls off! I have been following you from March (roughly) when the lockdown started, back then I was stuck in London. Now back home safe and sound in India. You have been an inspiration to me and I am extremely grateful to you and your channel. Well done on this much needed video.
Heading out early tomorrow morning for my first milky way core shot of the year. Always have a watch through some of your vids before for inspiration. Love your work!
Your knowledge and passion for the night sky and astrophotography is impressive Alyn. You really would have deserved to be born in the southern hemnisphere, not fair ! :) Thanks for sharing this with us, much appreciated! Watching your videos is a little bit like being in a planetarium. ^^
Incredible amount of info here Alyn, thanks for this! Think I'm beginning to enjoy the 'non-core season' more than the typical milky way time of late, in part from your videos like this, really appreciate it.
Excellent video Alyn, you explained all the information so well. Very enlightening! You've also corrected my (mis)-understanding about only being able to photograph the MW through the summer months. Now I just need some clear skies. Thanks very much!
Thanks so much for that excellent presentation on the Milky Way visibility throughout the year Alyn. I live in Vancouver, Canada and have just started taking night sky images this year. Love watching your videos. Keep up the great work!
I discovered your channel during the March lockdown in NZ and was inspired. I dug out my old camera to give myself something creative to do instead of be an anxious wreak! I consider myself a beginner and I sometimes feel my images aren't as sharp as they could be, although it might be because I just have a canon 450d! Anywhoo~ thanks for making lockdown and beyond a bit better, and I'll keep practicing...I've taken so many pictures of the southern cross, I don't have to leave my garden and it's an easy target :D
Very informative info. Cannot wait to try my Google pixel 6 astrophotography mode but in the UK may have to wait a lifetime for clear skies. I use Star walk 2 for charts and info
Great video, beautifully described and set out - thanks for blowing that myth out of the water and giving us some great composition ideas. Lovely photos - Wales is looking terrific in your hands.
Great illustrations here, thank you for posting. After this video I just made the connection between that grainy edge on disk of the Sombrero Galaxy image on my wall and the grainy pictures I have taken of the Milky Way.
Wow, just watched your presentation, which is nothing short of brilliant, and I don't use that term often. Beautifully done, with the use of pictures and graphs. I have never been in the southern hemisphere, and that portion of the presentation was a comination of stunning and disorienting. I appreciate your emphasis on the Milky Way not being a "seasonal" phenomenon. In the northern latitude (35 to 45 degrees latitude), the Milky Way is quite visible cutting through the winter skies. Just a terrific tutorial, one of the very best I have ever seen on UA-cam for anyi topic. I've been a star watcher since the early 1960s, and only starting to take pictures using a mirrorless camera system (though I took a pretty good 30 minute +tracked picture of Haley's comet using film and a Celestron telescope back in March of 1986 which was published by the Taos News). Thank you so much, and I will be subscribing to your channel.
Brilliant video, I've managed to get some images of the milky way late last year and good to know the proper names of the regions of it. I'm only just starting on astrophotography with my bsduc dslr kit but love imaging it and your video has given me lots more opportunities to image this great wonder , thank you, clear skies
0:30 Food for thought: IMO, this is a reflection of the great mountainous ridges that are around our realm. You can see the marvelous lands that are surrounding our realm. There are many realms here on this land. Our jailers don't want us to know this. God bless.
Awesome stuff, Alyn. The MW is so much more than the core. Just wish I had access to some darker skies to be able to see it at it's best... Hopefully post-lockdown I'll get into the depths of Wales..
Woowww Sin palabras... realmente es una maravilla !!! 🤩 Pienso que si vale la pena cada viaje, cada hora de desvelo... Magnífico trabajo Alyn 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Impresionante !!!
Fantastic video Alyn, I found it was very informative. Unfortunately I live in Cheshire where there is horrendous light pollution, so will need to travel to Snowdonia or the Lake district to find decent dark skies. Keep up the good work and thanks again for the great video. 📷🌃🔭
16:10 imagine what that supernova used to look like! it must've been close. the Dumbbell and Helix nebula are remnants of supernovas but are way smaller in the sky. imagine them but massive in the night sky! amazing
Recently i started taking interest in milkway photography. But I was kind of lost. Your video gave me an idea of the whole thing. I just saved the video and will be watching it again and again. Thanks 🙏.
Alyn, although I've had limited success in the winter months I've had I've had no luck at all in the summer. The sky has always had that twilight pollution and usually ends up with a blue sky that has stars and planets on it. I've seen some great photos of The Milky Way over Three Cliffs, (I'm twenty minutes away) but I think they are always summer shots. I use a Nikon D90 with a 20 to 30 second exposure and the standard lens. Is a tracking mount essential or can you get away with shorter exposures and overlay them in post? Thanks for another interesting and informative lesson.
Awesome video! I'm going to be in Utah in a few weeks, with their nice dark skies, and hope to put this info to use. Thanks so much, and your photography is stunning!
Great vlog Alyn.......:-) very informative as usual..... Are you planning to talk about the great once in a lifetime event that will happen on the 21st December?
Absolutely amazing details for the Milky Way & photographer, this video desires millions views, really appreciate your work & informations, thank you xx
Hi, First and foremost I am a big fan of your work and thank you for sharing your knowledge and exceptional astrophotography 🙏🏼 Could I make a request for a what’s in my camera bag please , would love to know what gear you use and your choices. Thank you
Against videos on your channel. Thanks so much for all the info! Excited to plan my first milky way sighting! I'll be in Scotland though so we'll see how the weather goes....... 🤞
hello Alyn, I'd like to see you explaining in a video tutorial on how to take a picture with the sky night without motion blur because i can't stay still. if there's a better way to do that. thank you!
@@AlynWallace recently i've been trying to take pictures with the stars just like your photo. by standing front of the camera for seconds and the problem is i can't stay still which make my body in the photo motion blured and not sharp, so can you show us how can we take photos with the sky just like yours ?
Alyn your images are spectacular! What camera would you recommend for astrophotography? I want to upgrade my A7 to either a a7iii, a7rii or a7riii. Is there a large noticeable difference between them?
Alyn can you make a video in which you go full widefield overkill with no regard for the foreground? It would be awesome how much more detail can be recovered with longer subs. I feel that there isn't enough ultra widefield(
Very informative and re-enforces something I thought was the case, but now I know for sure. I am inspired to try some spots from the summer/fall. Thank you!!
I'm 18 and in 2020, I started taking great interest in astrophotography! I studied about the milkyway and made pictures of it in November. Now that I'm familiar with all this knowledge, I can't wait to dive into night sky but I can't touch my camera for the next 5-6 years due to studies! That feeling is crap! I know I have a lot of time to do that stuff but I believe that future is uncertain, I may just die tomorrow......
Alyn I found this video so useful and informative that I downloaded it to my my phone for future reference! and to watch on those gloomy cloudy nights. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video I know that you had to put a lot of time and work,research,etc into it and I wanted to let you know it's truly appreciated.
Fantastic video Alyn! Great visuals and clear commentary really help my understanding of the MW through the seasons and from different locations. I've been looking for a video like this for a while, so thanks for making one 👍. Now, let's watch it again...
What a legend you were Alyn, man you changed countless lives and minds for the better. Clear skies.
SO jealous of the southern hemisphere, they get to see almost the entire milky way throughout the year!
Oh yes. And we have a lot of nice objects. 😂
@@johansmitphotography yes and then you have all the celestial bodies on the beaches during the day 😉 you can't miss them they have a special glow !😍😆
Now I have to learn how to properly polar align down here 😝
One of the things I truly miss from Colombia 🇨🇴 ... Is to be able to experience Luna moving through its cycles ✨🌚🌝✨
also the small and large Magellanic cloud. We have many good DSOs tho which is nice. Also a much easier star to polar align with 🤣
I'm annoyed!!! Why the hell hasn't this video had hundreds of thousands of views as it's so informative and spellbinding. I've been to Capetown at xmas and to see the milky way and the mag clouds was truly a sight to behold!!! Fantastic video really top class with all the detail u put in and the filters on ur telescope u can tell ur an absolute lover of photo astronomy and we thank u for it.
How does anyone put a thumbs down to this. Don't they understand how beautiful and informative this video was/is. It takes ur breath away and lets us humans no that we are part of this picture of this galaxy, we are born of the stars we are star dust baby!!
There are no more excuses for not photographing the milky way, beautiful photos, your astrophotography edition is simply untouchable👍🏆
Great video, Alyn, and perfectly summarised. I'm now going to watch it again, only this time with a notebook!! Brilliant.
YESSSS I LITERALLY HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR A NEW VIDEO. Last night I was thinking when you were going to post. You are literally amazing and the best:)) Thank you!!!!!!
Thanks so much, hopefully back to regular(ish) uploads now :)
@@AlynWallace yes pleaseeeeeee
Damn that didn't feel like 22 minutes. It felt like 5 minutes. Well done alyn
his voice is so soothing idk why
What a fabulous video Alyn, really well explained my friend. I love how you include both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere views. I'll be recommending this video for a lot of people for sure.
Thanks Richard! Hope you're well
@@AlynWallace All good mate
This video and those master classes are like a bible to the astrophotographers ☺️. Love your work Alyn. ❤️
Nice to see you back Alyn, a very comprehensive overview and as always great images too
Southern hemisphere looks wonderful for astrophotography 😊😊
So much of important information. Fantastic video. Cannot wait for Milky Way arch hunting :)
This video is just beautiful. So informative, so well constructed and awesome. Rest In Peace Alyn ❤️
Thank You so much for the info!!! Greatest Info for hunting the universe in all its glow!! I captured the winter rainbow after watching one of your shows. For those in America the east coast with dark skies over the ocean (lighthouses a plenty). And if in the deep south or SC, GA or Florida's east coast and any almost dark sky place in the south in February 11,2021 at 5 am it is high enough to be above the dirty atmosphere for the start of MW arch. There is even a gathering in the Florida Keys for astrophotography every year. But even up in Maine if looking over the ocean it is great.
What a fantastically informative and beautiful video. Man, I a jealous of those of you south of the equator!
Thank You for the inspiration! I just got a tracker and I'm glad to see I don't have to wait until March to use it.
Excellent! Glad to see someone recognizing that there’s more to the Milky Way than just the core, and that great Milky Way photos are possible most of the year. It’s only on spring evenings (true of either hemisphere) that we look straight up at the galactic poles and the Milky Way lies along the horizon. But even that can be an interesting photo from a dark site. Cheers and clear skies!
Great video Alyn, I dont think the "off season" part of the Milky Way is appreciated enough. Its Milky Way season all year round.
One pretty cool think I'd like to mention is that the Milky Way position will eventually change (albeit a VERY long time) much like a winter and summer solstice, the Southern Hemisphere is considered to have the better view of the Milky Way but this will change when our position relative to the center of the galaxy changes. When we are on the exact opposite side of the galaxy to where we are now, the position of the Milky Way will be reversed and the North will then have the better views! Something pretty cool I learnt about earlier this year.
I have just sat through this wide eyed and absolutely amazed at this presentation. Thanks Alyn it was fascinating.
The amount of research that want into this is crazy! Great job, perfectly built video!
Felt like I was sat in a really interesting Science lesson at school back in the day. Excellent watch! Thanks
Wow, this is amazing. You are very generous with your information.
Great video Alyn. Excellent information about the Milky Way. A big greeting
Amazing Video Alyn...Will Have To Try Finding it from My Light Polluted Backyard..Clear Skies ✨🌌🔭
Holy crap, it's so dense with great info. Thank you for making this.
Great explanation and beautiful use of imagery. Fantastic Video!!!! Thanks
Thank you for this. It’s finally beginning to make some sense.
Hi Alyn. A brilliantly illustrated and presented video - what a comeback !! So much info here I'll have to watch it again and again. Welcome back and thank you for sharing.
Thank you! One the best and most detailed accounts I have seen for locating the Milky Way.
Great video! Really great pics and a good WM explanation! Nice work!
That was quite a eyeopening explanation...loved it
Thanks, really easy to understand with your time-lapse shots. For the first time I totally understand how the night sky moves, before this I couldn't picture it in my head, now I can. Subscribed on the strength of that alone.
Alyn, this month was the first time i was able to step out and travel to a dark sky region on the 20th to capture a Leonids Meteor shower (which I learnt by watching and following you). I must say it felt great and also it did freeze my balls off! I have been following you from March (roughly) when the lockdown started, back then I was stuck in London. Now back home safe and sound in India. You have been an inspiration to me and I am extremely grateful to you and your channel. Well done on this much needed video.
THE best explanation of the Milky Way I've seen. Struggled to get my head around it until now! Thank you
thanks so much Alyn. this may be my favorite. so full of information and beautiful to hear and see. i got my calendar in the post today:) 😊
take care✨
Heading out early tomorrow morning for my first milky way core shot of the year. Always have a watch through some of your vids before for inspiration. Love your work!
Been waiting for this video Alyn .
Well worth the wait
Your knowledge and passion for the night sky and astrophotography is impressive Alyn. You really would have deserved to be born in the southern hemnisphere, not fair ! :)
Thanks for sharing this with us, much appreciated! Watching your videos is a little bit like being in a planetarium. ^^
Incredible amount of info here Alyn, thanks for this! Think I'm beginning to enjoy the 'non-core season' more than the typical milky way time of late, in part from your videos like this, really appreciate it.
Excellent video Alyn, you explained all the information so well. Very enlightening! You've also corrected my (mis)-understanding about only being able to photograph the MW through the summer months. Now I just need some clear skies. Thanks very much!
As always, great presentation, love the visuals and incredibly informative. Class Act channel...to the core :-)!!
Great video Alyn, very informative, thanks
Thanks so much for that excellent presentation on the Milky Way visibility throughout the year Alyn. I live in Vancouver, Canada and have just started taking night sky images this year. Love watching your videos. Keep up the great work!
I discovered your channel during the March lockdown in NZ and was inspired. I dug out my old camera to give myself something creative to do instead of be an anxious wreak! I consider myself a beginner and I sometimes feel my images aren't as sharp as they could be, although it might be because I just have a canon 450d!
Anywhoo~ thanks for making lockdown and beyond a bit better, and I'll keep practicing...I've taken so many pictures of the southern cross, I don't have to leave my garden and it's an easy target :D
Very informative info. Cannot wait to try my Google pixel 6 astrophotography mode but in the UK may have to wait a lifetime for clear skies. I use Star walk 2 for charts and info
Great video, beautifully described and set out - thanks for blowing that myth out of the water and giving us some great composition ideas. Lovely photos - Wales is looking terrific in your hands.
RIP Alyn truly a gem
Amazing presentation, thanks a lott 🙂
Very useful information that reminds me to try to catch the difference parts of the milky-way, thanks Alyn!
That was great Alyn. Stay safe bud, hopefully catch up in 2021.
Thanks for the video, very informative. As a newbie to astro, I now have more ideas to shoot.
The single most useful video on UA-cam, thank you so much Alyn ✌️
Miss you dude ❤
he's back!!!!! hope you are well Alyn ;)
Thanks Gavin!
Wow! thank you so much Alyn! What an informative and very well presented video. Never knew half of this and really appreciate it.
Great illustrations here, thank you for posting. After this video I just made the connection between that grainy edge on disk of the Sombrero Galaxy image on my wall and the grainy pictures I have taken of the Milky Way.
So much information! Thank you for this so detailed video, I can see I am going to have to watch this many many times to take it all in
Wow, just watched your presentation, which is nothing short of brilliant, and I don't use that term often. Beautifully done, with the use of pictures and graphs. I have never been in the southern hemisphere, and that portion of the presentation was a comination of stunning and disorienting. I appreciate your emphasis on the Milky Way not being a "seasonal" phenomenon. In the northern latitude (35 to 45 degrees latitude), the Milky Way is quite visible cutting through the winter skies.
Just a terrific tutorial, one of the very best I have ever seen on UA-cam for anyi topic. I've been a star watcher since the early 1960s, and only starting to take pictures using a mirrorless camera system (though I took a pretty good 30 minute +tracked picture of Haley's comet using film and a Celestron telescope back in March of 1986 which was published by the Taos News). Thank you so much, and I will be subscribing to your channel.
Great explanation, thoroughly enjoyed this very informative video, thank you 👍🏻
Brilliant video, I've managed to get some images of the milky way late last year and good to know the proper names of the regions of it. I'm only just starting on astrophotography with my bsduc dslr kit but love imaging it and your video has given me lots more opportunities to image this great wonder , thank you, clear skies
Thanks Alyn, just what I needed!
THIS! is more useful than all other youtube videos combined I saw in the entire day. Thank you!
0:30 Food for thought: IMO, this is a reflection of the great mountainous ridges that are around our realm. You can see the marvelous lands that are surrounding our realm. There are many realms here on this land. Our jailers don't want us to know this. God bless.
Awesome stuff, Alyn. The MW is so much more than the core. Just wish I had access to some darker skies to be able to see it at it's best... Hopefully post-lockdown I'll get into the depths of Wales..
Woowww Sin palabras... realmente es una maravilla !!! 🤩 Pienso que si vale la pena cada viaje, cada hora de desvelo... Magnífico trabajo Alyn 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Impresionante !!!
Super helpful vid Alyn, dying to get out for some Astro but it feels like we haven’t had clear skies in Wales for an age.
Fantastic video Alyn, I found it was very informative.
Unfortunately I live in Cheshire where there is horrendous light pollution, so will need to travel to Snowdonia or the Lake district to find decent dark skies.
Keep up the good work and thanks again for the great video. 📷🌃🔭
Thank you Alyn, another informative video. I must get out more at night
16:10 imagine what that supernova used to look like! it must've been close. the Dumbbell and Helix nebula are remnants of supernovas but are way smaller in the sky. imagine them but massive in the night sky! amazing
Recently i started taking interest in milkway photography. But I was kind of lost. Your video gave me an idea of the whole thing. I just saved the video and will be watching it again and again. Thanks 🙏.
Stunning video dude! Finally a vid where everything is explained in detail and in an easy-to-understand way!
That's me, Southern Hemisphere, Southern Cross & NZ
Orion makes winter the best season !
Outstanding,,,,,, just outstanding.
Great vid Alan
Thanks for the southern hemisphere
Information.
What is the program you are using??
Very interesting, well done....and great photos. Thanks.
Alyn, although I've had limited success in the winter months I've had I've had no luck at all in the summer. The sky has always had that twilight pollution and usually ends up with a blue sky that has stars and planets on it. I've seen some great photos of The Milky Way over Three Cliffs, (I'm twenty minutes away) but I think they are always summer shots. I use a Nikon D90 with a 20 to 30 second exposure and the standard lens. Is a tracking mount essential or can you get away with shorter exposures and overlay them in post? Thanks for another interesting and informative lesson.
Awesome video! I'm going to be in Utah in a few weeks, with their nice dark skies, and hope to put this info to use. Thanks so much, and your photography is stunning!
Marvel at your photographic talents!
Very very nice! Did u use a normal camera or a telescope? Which was the general settings to have those wonderful photos? Thanks
Yay new vid!!
Great vlog Alyn.......:-) very informative as usual..... Are you planning to talk about the great once in a lifetime event that will happen on the 21st December?
Absolutely amazing details for the Milky Way & photographer, this video desires millions views, really appreciate your work & informations, thank you xx
Thank you so much Alyn. A clear and concise explanation. Can't wait for some clear skies.
Hi, First and foremost I am a big fan of your work and thank you for sharing your knowledge and exceptional astrophotography 🙏🏼
Could I make a request for a what’s in my camera bag please , would love to know what gear you use and your choices.
Thank you
Your videos are so freaking inspiring man
Against videos on your channel. Thanks so much for all the info! Excited to plan my first milky way sighting!
I'll be in Scotland though so we'll see how the weather goes....... 🤞
Thank you for this clear and helpful information.
hello Alyn, I'd like to see you explaining in a video tutorial on how to take a picture with the sky night without motion blur because i can't stay still. if there's a better way to do that.
thank you!
Sorry I don't quite understand the question
@@AlynWallace recently i've been trying to take pictures with the stars just like your photo. by standing front of the camera for seconds and the problem is i can't stay still which make my body in the photo motion blured and not sharp, so can you show us how can we take photos with the sky just like yours ?
Scroll through Alyns videos and you'll see he has a video on how to take milky way selfies
Alyn your images are spectacular!
What camera would you recommend for astrophotography? I want to upgrade my A7 to either a a7iii, a7rii or a7riii. Is there a large noticeable difference between them?
Thank you for putting this together Alan
Alyn can you make a video in which you go full widefield overkill with no regard for the foreground? It would be awesome how much more detail can be recovered with longer subs. I feel that there isn't enough ultra widefield(
Thanks for the suggestion!
Very informative and re-enforces something I thought was the case, but now I know for sure. I am inspired to try some spots from the summer/fall. Thank you!!
I'm 18 and in 2020, I started taking great interest in astrophotography! I studied about the milkyway and made pictures of it in November. Now that I'm familiar with all this knowledge, I can't wait to dive into night sky but I can't touch my camera for the next 5-6 years due to studies! That feeling is crap! I know I have a lot of time to do that stuff but I believe that future is uncertain, I may just die tomorrow......
Alyn I found this video so useful and informative that I downloaded it to my my phone for future reference! and to watch on those gloomy cloudy nights.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video I know that you had to put a lot of time and work,research,etc into it and I wanted to let you know it's truly appreciated.
Fantastic video Alyn! Great visuals and clear commentary really help my understanding of the MW through the seasons and from different locations. I've been looking for a video like this for a while, so thanks for making one 👍. Now, let's watch it again...
Lucist lives in the northern hemisphere yes with stars
Really nice video! Damn those photos...