I bought and am waiting for delivery. I have a EQ mount so am very excited. I'm 70 and this has added excitement to my life. Enjoyed your images. Thank you.
@@KylesAstrophotography could you please tell me what eyepieces you used to see all these planets +,nebula....... I have the same telescope came with barol x2l and lenses 25mm 40mm ..watched only moon ...
I have this exact telescope with the StarSense Auto camera and SkyPortal wifi module and it's fantastic. The setup is simple AF and it makes finding objects easy as pie. 100% would recommend.
@@krakbrat6738 I recommend getting the 17mm Hyperion eyepiece from Baader and a Celestron Xcel eyepiece in either 9mm or 12mm. With your 2x Barlow, it will give you plenty of different views to play with.
Thanks for showing us what is possible with the Nexstar 8SE. I've been doing afocal photography with a bracket for 3 years and finally decided to up my game with my DSLR. Soon I'll be exploring what I can do with it and you have shown me whats possible. I'm very motivated now. Thank you.
I just got my Nexstar 8, thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. I have spent the last 25 years working on big telescopes, just retired, instead of buying a boat I bought this scope. From your presentation I think I made a good choice. Nice work.
I know this is an older video, but thank you for the information about the 8se. I have been shopping for a few months and going back and forth between this scope and a few others. You have convinced me to get the 8se. Exactly the info I was looking for with examples. Only problem now, is they are sold out everywhere. Hopefully, I can pick one up in time for galaxy season!
I'm visiting this channel again, and because I'm using this exact setup, all the images look identical to mine! Also, now that I've been imaging for a while, I've realized that alt-az astrophotography really isn't as bad as many people say it is.
Thanks for the comment and great to hear youre getting some nice results! Altaz imaging isnt that bad, but eventually youll want to upgrade to an EQ mount if youre like me, but altaz was a great starting point to learn the basics of astrophotography. Clear skies!
This is great for a beginner like me looking into buying my first rig, some beautiful shots, especially that great nebula in Orion, now i just have to save up lol! Keep the vids coming!
Its certainly not a good astrophotography scope at all, for visual and planets, not DSO, sure will get good results but a good GEN mount a lot better results. I would not recommend this setup if your serious about astrophotography of DSO
@@denodan What you say is true, a gem would give you far superior shots, however, alt az does give you limited beginner acceptable dso ap, with a far simpler set up than an eq. It took me a fair amount of time to get used to a gem/eq (mobility/disability issues aside), an alt az is usable out of the box just by pressing a couple of buttons, given the choice, yeah a gem all the way, cheers mate.
Wonderful video, first time I see a work like this with that setup, that give me hope in deed, if you got that quality pics I wondering how it would be with a wedge, I have an 8se and I made my own wedge, can't wait to try it, but as you mentioned on another comment, the weather has not helped me at all. Keep the amazing job thumbs ups and subs from me. Clear skies....!!!
I purchased my Celestron NexStar 6SE back in 2016, and I used it for years for visual and astrophotography, even at Star Parties. It has great optics and it is a great telescope to learn on. I now have a Celestron AVX EQ mount for my 6SE and a SkyWatcher EvoStar 80ED refractor.
My journey! I own a 6 SE for almost 3 years with my dslr screwed behind it, gone through all the struggles necessary for the big smile when for example my favorite galaxy pops up after stacking, the whirlpool-galaxy. And now an eq-mount is on it's way to my house 🤩!
Wonderful and impressive. I never would have thought something around 1250mm/6.3 could deliver so much in deep sky on an alt-az. It makes me want to see what my Meade 8" SCT can now do photographically on its iOptron AZ Mount Pro.
Thank you for your feedback! I find the focal length with the reducer in place provides for a good amount of magnifcation, enough to resolve some nice details. Alt-az photography takes some patience, but it is a lot of fun if you already have the equipment on hand. Have fun!
Congratulations on your video. I was thinking about doing something similar, but have no clue on how to make a YT-Video ... because I absolutely agree with every single word you say at the beginning: It's amazing what is hidden to the naked eye, but possible to make visible with quite a simple setup, your very nice results proof it. At the beginning you need to put some time and effort into it, there are many things that can go wrong and will go wrong. But if you enjoy the night sky and don't hesitate to loose sleep in summer and freeze your butt off in winter it's very rewarding! I went through the comments of your video and I think you succeeded in your goal: Motivating others to try it out! I did answer some questions, I hope you agree on them ... I want so keep it simple too, but I added a StarSense to make aligning even quicker, a remote shutter-control for my (not astro-modified) dslr, a due-shield and some vibration dampers under my tripod and off I go. Your pictures especially of the planets are way better then mine, but I am still extremely happy with what I get after an hour outside after work and maybe another hour of processing the next evening. A few nights ago the sky suddenly cleared up, I set everything up, aligned, took darks and biases, then had the camera work for 90 minutes while a was already sleeping 🤩. Pleiades was the target and I am very happy with the result. But I admit: A eq-mount is on the way to Lake Constance and an astro-modified camera is next on my wish-list. Greetings from Switzerland
Thanks Stefan! Its very possible to have a lot of fun using such a basic setup for some basic astrophotography. It is quite amazing the results such a basic setup can achieve with what was possible just a decade or two ago. Glad to hear you are enjoying your scope. Clear skies!
I am a member of local astronomy club, I encourage every one to support and join local groups, a wealth of information. My local group has a dark spot we meet and a observatory that was donated, it's small but a nice addition. A great spot for astrophotography.
Beautiful pictures! I have an 8” dobsonian so astrophotography isn’t really something I can do, but I look forward to possibly getting the 8SE when I get into it.
Hey the beast, if it's a go to, you can get limited short exposure (but many many) shots with fairly bright dso, they are not going to be comparable to shots from an eq/gem mount, but it will work, give it a try mate, you may be surprised!
Can you believe the images this man has captured? I wouldn't believe it if I had not seen it through my own eyes! God is good, Lord have mercy on us all!
Year old video but I am just now seeing it! I see you are at least smart enough to mount the ota all the way up! I didn’t read to do that anywhere ir watch any videos beforehand, so I mounted it in the middle. The first time I went to track to an object, down it went until the eyepiece hit the base of the mount and I got a nice gear grinding sound out of the motor! Luckily nothing was damaged. I have also learned that I must need a camera to actually see any galaxy. Even Andromeda with the 2” 26mm eyepiece is just a fuzzy blob with my eye!
Thanks for the comment. Yes with the stock alt-az mount and no wedge it is necessary to be mindful of where the camera is as it can hit the mount. If you haven't ever taken your telescope to a dark site, you may want to try that for seeing "more" at the eyepiece. It can help reveal more details in the faint fuzzies. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography I was thinking the light pollution is part of my problem. It is dark around my current residence but Andromeda is always in the direction right above downtown! So there is always a haze of light in that direction. We are moving to a house 6 miles further out in the country and I am looking forward to trying it out there.
Great to see your results. Got my 8SE back in May but can count on 1 hand the nights that were clear since I got it :( Already have the 6.3 reducer and camera adapter but still waiting for my adapter ring to arrive. Seems the Sony adapters are not easy to get. So as I wait, I keep watching UA-cam videos... Thinking what to get next... maybe ZWO asi224mc camera seems to be a go to camera for this scope. Then the next step is the mount thinking that's a big jump. See reviews on the Wedge but never great reviews. Was thinking to make one that seem easy enough just to play with. To go further I wonder if this is the best scope but like always it all comes down to how much to spend. Where I live summers are typically clear for many nights, but this 2020 can't even give me that :(. So I will sit and wait for the ring and the sky's to clear up then see how much more I get into this. If it wasn't for seeing Jupiter and Saturn the last few nights I was close to put it back in the box. Yet to see a galaxy but I have time ... Thanks again for the video.
Hey Casey, Thank you for watching! I definitely hear you with the weather. It hasn't been the greatest around here either. I think it has been almost 2 weeks now since the last clear night in which I finished my most recent project. Funny you should mention the asi224mc, I have actually had that camera on backorder since early May. I plan to use that camera for planetary work, I think I will be able to obtain some decent images with it and the 8se. I considered a wedge at first too, but went ahead and got an equatorial mount, the reason being I could use the EQ with the 80mm refractors I have as well, it's just much more versatile. Hope you get some clear nights soon! Cheers!
most nebulas and galaxies would be faint wisps through an eyepiece. the moon, sun, and planets would all be viewable through an eyepiece, it would just be a bit less crisp of an image.
Awesome images, well done Man. I just bought one Nexstar 8se and want to do the same. Just to compare, those images was single shot or stacked images? What is your bortle scale sky in those images? Thanks!!
Thank you Anderson! I probably should have mentioned, but yes the subframe images are stacked using Deep Sky Stacker. I am in a Bortle Class 5 sky. I hope you have fun with your Nexstar 8se!
I appreciate the information and the wonderful images you took! I have this same telescope and I love to look through it, however I've been having some frustrating results with photographing through it. I'm assuming my issues arise from focus (lack thereof) and my camera. I have an older T5i but it should be good enough. Do you find you have issues focusing the DSOs? Thanks!
Thanks for the comment! I haven't had too much trouble focusing. Before I got a bhatinov mask, I just tried to make the stars as pinpoint as possible, but a bhatinov mask does help a lot. Clear skies!
Amazing work, What stacking ans editing software have you used or recommend I just ordered a meade 90mm altaz refractor (will upgrade mount when I can ) But perhaps I can get good data with the Ota I just struggle with editing Stacked photos I use deep sky stacker
You’ve pretty much convinced me on this scope. Only question I have is, could you get these kind of photos with a cheap DLSR? Or a better way of putting it, which one did you use for these images?
Hey Craig, thank you! I usually select at least a few images, the more the better. When shooting with this mount though I cant keep every frame due to star trailing. I think the orion nebula was around 20 frames. Clear skies!
WOW! I have a 4SE and can't get it to go more than a few seconds of exposure before everything starts moving. Do you think there's something wrong with my tracking motor? How did you get these fantastic shots in Alt/AZ mount mode?
You can definitely see many nebulae through the eyepiece. Depending on how dark the sky you are viewing from is, different levels of contrast will help with details. M42 is up later in the night right now and is always a stunner. Have fun with your new scope!
Great video, I’ll be purchasing this scope as an upgrade. You said you don’t use this stock mount now, what mount are you using now instead? And how long are the exposures you can take on this new mount? Thanks very much
Thanks Andrew! I use both the AVX and CGX mounts from Celestron now when doing astrophotography. I shoot up to about 4 min exposures with the CGX as thats getting close to the noise limit of my current camera. Clear skies!
Super, informative video and beautiful images thank you. I also have the Celestron 8SE. Can you say what lenses/eyepieces you used on the planetary shots you took with your cellphone?
Hey there! I cannot remember which I used, but it depends on atmosphere stability. I generally use an ORION EPIC ED 2 12.3mm and a barlow lens when seeing is good. Clear skies!
Thanks for your video and sharing great pictures. I recently bought 6es and am having difficulty with all Celestine’s alignment tools such as sky and two star alignment. Have you ever run into this problem? If so, how do you resolve it? Thanks very much.
@@KylesAstrophotography after confirming "star match", I received an error message after 20 seconds saying alignment failed. I tried three-star alignment and two-star/one-star auto alignment, and received the same error. The frustratrating part is that I followed the instructions exactly and tried every night for more than a week. Thanks very much for your help.
Hey Xiaowen, I'm not certain why that would happen. You may want to reach out to Celestron for troubleshooting support. I hope it gets resolved for you!
Thans Kyle! I got very similar set up than yours, but not sure if using focal reducer 6.3 properly. Do you attach it just in between scope and DLSR camera or do you have some kind of adaptor to find right back focus distance?
Really nice photos. I see that your scope has a Hyperstar conversion. Wouldn't the photos have even better detail using Hyperstar since it reduces the scope to F/2?
Thanks Greg! I haven't invested in the hyperstar, but it would really be nice for taking very fast widefield photos. That may be something I can explore in the future, it is just the conversion equipment is fairly expensive. Clear skies!
💥✨💥 Thanks for this great review and sharing all of those amazing images. I was just checking out sample images from reviews on Amazon and my moon pics through my Tamron 150-600 mm G2 are much better than what I saw there. How can that be.??
@@KylesAstrophotography Compared to all of those deep space images the moon is so much closer and I would just expect much better image quality out of a telescope then through my camera with a 600 mm lens. And a zoom, not even a prime. I have some exceptional images of the moon shot through my camera on a tripod. I think I need to contact NASA HAA
@@Jimmy_Cavallo Your lens is kind of a telescope ;-). The moon is so huge and bright that a good camera with such a lens will do a great job, since you can keep shutter-speed short and ISO low. A motorized mount with your camera and 30-50mm lens will already allow great pictures of the large nebulae (California, heart etc.). Add a telescope and you will be awed by the beauty of all the very faint objects like very far galaxies or nebulae. But there is no way around taking as many pictures as possible and stacking them ...
@@Jimmy_Cavallo I am a Mac-guy, so I do the stacking in an free software called siril. In the PC-world they usually use DeepSkyStacker. Photoshop is my next goal, but as I get it it's mainly used for further "developing" the data coming out of DSS. For this I use LightRoom, the "little sister" of Photoshop. Start with stacking 10 pictures of for example the Andromeda Galaxy, if it works go up to 30 or 50 identical pictures, then start adding darks, biases and flats (there are YT-videos on all of this) and you'll be amazed! Greetings from Switzerland.
Very good video. Were all these photos taken with an alt-azimuth mount? It would be interesting to see your pics of Jupiter and Saturn with Dslr instead of cellphone.
I have this scope just bought the explorer scientific 2x focal extender I have the 24 mm plossel that came with the scope and a Hyperion 8 mm modular eyepiece and the zwo adc corrector should they be sufficient to see some nebulas ?
A lot of nebulae are quite large, so they won't require too much magnification. I think with many you'll have a great time with just the 24mm ep. Have fun and clear skies!
Hi wonderful images with the 8se. This was my first scope ten years ago and still is my main scope that I backpack everywhere for stargazing sessions but I never thought to use it for atrophotography as I bought an apo refractor since to do that. I have the Celestron focal reducer too (bought about a year later) but I've never really put it to use. You are now inspiring me to give this a shot after 10 years of neglect, ha! Question, I see you also have planetary images, is that with the focal reducer? Observing-wise, I wonder if the planets show more detail with the reducer combined with barlow because of the concentration of light into the centre of the image? Have you tried with and without the reducer? Thanks
Thank you! I have not used the barlow with the focal reducer. The planets are so bright, there isnt much of a concern for them getting too dim. The focal reducer really helps with larger and fainter deep sky objects. The 8se is a very versatile scope, I use it on an EQ mount now. When using it for photography I mainly utilize it for small objects like galaxies, planetary nebulae, and the planets. Clear skies!
I have a 6 SE, for planets I use the camera without the focal reducer. I am happy with my images I pulled out of some short videos with special programs (there a YT-videos on that). But didn't come close to his pictures, they are really perfect and probably some of the best I've seen apart of Trevor Astrobackyard. Dylan and Chuck - my other heroes - made great pictures as well, but with much better gear (and much more talent and much more post processing skills and investing much more time etc etc. 🤩). Oh, and did I mention that I have great fun with my 6SE WITH the focal reducer, StarSense for easier alignment and my daily dslr behind it? It's amazing what you can make visible with such a "simple" setup! Try it!
@@KylesAstrophotography Can I piggyback off this comment thread? I've seen some amazing photos of DSO's using the 8se. So even if I have to get a mount or focal reducer or whatever, the prize is there for the taking. However, while your planet photos are good, the best I've seen anyone take with the 8se, they are not crisp or clear (again not dissing you at all, yours are the best I've seen using the 8se). Is the 8se just not capable of getting a sharp image? 9:00 image in your video for instance. What is the culprit? Do you have any suggestions? Like having the 8se for visuals and DSO astrophotography, but some other "relatively" cheap option to get good planet images? I would have thought that planet photo's would be the easiest, but it seems not the case. To get crisp images do you have to have a super powered telescope like a country or Laura Croft would have access too? Thanks, and that video of yours is really good.
I recently purchased Celestron 6SE; I'm noticing some tracking issue over 2 minutes exposure time. I have the Orion guidescope and it's guiding pretty good, I'm using Nikon 7000 DLSR. I was thinking the issue might be related to weight (around 14 pounds in the OTA including guidescope, finder and camera) and the Payload spec on the Alt-Az mount is 12 pounds. Now that I came across your deep sky pictures using 8" SE on the same mount; wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Obviously you're using a guidescope and total weight might be even more that my setup. Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks for the comment. When I used the stock altaz mount to image deepsky, I actually did not have any guidescope. I have only guided with this scope when using an EQ mount. Clear skies!
The wedge would definitely help with the issue of field rotation. I have not tried a wedge on this setup myself, but it would be handy to have! Clear skies!
I'm curious on what lenses you used for the pix taken with your cellphone. Barlow, eyepiece, basically the entire setup coming out of the tube, etc. I have the 8SE coming next week and with the Florida weather going to be great when it cools off a bit. Did you try a "regular" .5x focal reducer that mounts on the bottom of the Barlow or lens? Just trying to justify the REAL Celestron adapter at ~ 140 bucks. Thanks for a great video and will appreciate any feedback....
Hey Hank, I cannot recall exactly which eyepiece I used when I took the images with the cellphone. I have an orion shorty 2x barlow, but when I am using the barlow I do not use the focal reducer with it. Hope you made it through the recent storms alright and clear skies!
Hey 3D Texan, I personally have not used a wedge, but it could be useful to combat field rotation. I have seen some folks fashion their own wedges, but I am unaware of what kind of financial investment is involved. Clear skies!
Hi Kyle. Seeing this vid 5 months ago I purchased the 8se. Being in upstate Ny haven't been able to use it yet , clouds ever since. Looking forward to clear skies. Are these pictures raw or processed? Keep them coming.
Hi, It was nice looking at your video. You mentioned in the video that you have used a phone camera for capturing images of the planets. Why did you use the phone camera? was it not possible to use telescope to capture the images?
Really great photos. How many photos of the planets did you take / stack to get those great images? And how long was each picture of the planets exposed for? (I have an 8" Edge now and I know it's not possible to get images such as yours with just one picture) Thanks and keep up the good work!!
Thank you! I honestly cannot remember as I no longer use the cellphone to capture planetary images. These were not single frames, but stacked in registax I believe.
Usually you take a short movie of a minute or two (depending on your computer) which gives you several hundred up to thousands of frames. Special programs then analyze each frame for sharpness and let you choose the percentage you want to keep to stack, then other programs help you sharpen the image before you take it to photoshop or LR for the "finish" - hey, nobody ever told you astrophotography was easy 😉, but there are great YT-videos about that. But seriously, his results are amazing! You probably need at least his focal length, and he probably had perfect seeing, perfect focus, the planet was on the best "turn" on it's and our way around the sun and then perfectly processed the data. But planetary is certainly the thing where alt-az get's the least in your way because it doesn't matter if the little bright spot in the middle oft your image drifts away a little.
@@bobwallis1757 Hey Bob, it's difficult to collect deep sky data with the cellphone from my own experience. The DSLR or astrodedicated cameras work significantly better.
good luck finding any 8 inch scope right now. sold out and back ordered 6 months. But I did find a celestron edge HD 800 at all star telescopes in canada. little more expensive due to the customs fees but hey......I got mine OTW
I missed which DSLR camera you used. Did you share that? It's late and I'm sleepy :) Also, we're thinking to buy a case for traveling with this monster. Do you have a recommendation for a case?
Hey Anne, thanks for the comment. I use a Canon EOS rebel t5i. It was not astromodified for the images in this video, but I have since astromodified it. I actually use the box the telescope came in for transporting. It comes with two cardboard boxes with foam inserts, one for the optical tube and one for the mount. I believe Celestron also manufactures a hard case, but I have not had any issues just using the original packaging. Clear skies!
Hey Time Traveller! Generally, for deep sky objects, one won't see many colors at the eyepiece visually, the objects will appear mostly as shades of gray. However, this can also depend on the aperture of the telescope. Some viewers may see hues of green and other colors. For bright objects like stars and planets, colors can definitely be seen. Clear skies!
Thank you! All the photos were taken using just the stock alt-az mount. I did not use a wedge or eq mount. I hope you have fun with your new Evo 8 and clear skies!
Hi I have just bought this telescope could you tell me what eye pieces you used to get them shots you showed later in your video as I’m new to this.I have a zwo camera will I need to use the focal reducer with this camera? Many thanks
When shooting deepsky objects a focal reducer can certainly help. For smaller objects such as the planets I actually usually use a barlow lens to increase the focal length. Clear skies!
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Thanks for this video ! I’m really impressed, your photos are just amazing 🤩 I really want to do astrophotography, but having a alt-az mount, I was convinced I was limited to planetary photography. I bought the AstroFi 130/650, from Celestron. It’s F/D is 5, which is quite good for viewing deep sky objects I think. Do you think that with this setup and a ZWO ASI camera I can obtain similar photos to yours ?
Hey Cédric, thanks for the comment! When shooting using AZ in my experience, more work is required and you wont be able to keep all your expsoures. However you can still get some nice results. If you already have the equipment, you should definitely try it out. I am not familiar with your exact telescope, but if the camera can achieve focus I think you could achieve some great results. It's a fun way to start in astrophotography. Clear skies!
You mention 30 sec as the longest Alt-Az exposure using a T-adapter and reducer. With the same scope, when polar aligned, what is the maximum exposure you can do without complex guiding, PEC, etc? Your images are wonderful-did you use the 6.3 reducer or a phone holder device for your great image of Jupiter?
Thanks Jim! The images are all taken using 30 second or less exposures with varying ISO. The subframe images are stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, then finalized in photoshop.
Hey Rishikesh! Most alt-az mounts wouldn't be able to adjust for field rotation, and the stars would ultimately trail with longer exposures. An EQ mount compensates for field rotation and will allow for longer exposures. Clear skies!
Hey Bob, thank you. I did not go to a dark site location, most of these images in this video were just captured in my yard. When imaging in broadband a dark site would definitely help. You can certainly attach a smartphone, but the data I collected using my own phone was not the greatest and difficult to stack. The quality is much better with a dslr or astrodedicated camera. Clear skies!
I recently purchased the 6e. Not having any luck getting clear images through the lenses. Could you describe your complete lens setup for viewing planets? Everything I try results in fuzzy/blurry views.
Hey Doug, sorry to hear the views are blurry. For visual, I like to use an Orion Epic ED-2 12.3mm eyepiece with a 2x barlow lens. This seems to be a good combination for me on most nights. Be sure to check your scope's collimation as well, as that can make a big difference in the quality of the views. Clear skies!
Amazing, was this taken with using just the skyalign with the telescope or an auto guider with your laptop? Would love a tutorial on how you captured these with this set up as im looking to purchase the 8se!
Thanks Arjun! I just use the skyalign feature on the mount, but try to make sure the mount is as level as possible and the alignment is done as accurately as I could achieve. I did not use an autoguider for any of these images, but the nexstar mount does has a port where one could be attached, I think that is if it is also used along with a wedge. When shooting with this mount I wasn't able to keep every exposure due to star trailing, and only stacked the best exposures I obtained. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography hey kyle, my 8se arrive today and when i did the skyalign, it slewed to the target and got it in the field of view, but didnt track it for even a minute, it would just disappear out of the field of view after a minute, any tips on making the tracker work better so im able to take some photos without it moving out of the field of view so quick?
I bought and am waiting for delivery. I have a EQ mount so am very excited. I'm 70 and this has added excitement to my life. Enjoyed your images. Thank you.
Thank you! Have fun with your new scope! Clear skies!
You've single handedly convinced me I want this telescope
It's a great scope! I hope you enjoy it!
@@KylesAstrophotography could you please tell me what eyepieces you used to see all these planets +,nebula....... I have the same telescope came with barol x2l and lenses 25mm 40mm ..watched only moon ...
I have this exact telescope with the StarSense Auto camera and SkyPortal wifi module and it's fantastic. The setup is simple AF and it makes finding objects easy as pie.
100% would recommend.
@@krakbrat6738 I recommend getting the 17mm Hyperion eyepiece from Baader and a Celestron Xcel eyepiece in either 9mm or 12mm. With your 2x Barlow, it will give you plenty of different views to play with.
Fascinating! Thank you for providing the details and giving us the confidence.
Thank you Sunil!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience... and those beautiful shots !!
Thanks Brian!
Gracias por el video. Tengo un Celestron 6 SE y me estoy iniciando en la astro fotografía. Me ha sido muy útil.
Wow! I have just got an 8se and am amazed what it can see. Thank you!
Thank you! Enjoy your scope! Clear skies!
Thank you so much for the video, it was extremely helpful and inspiring
Thanks for showing us what is possible with the Nexstar 8SE. I've been doing afocal photography with a bracket for 3 years and finally decided to up my game with my DSLR. Soon I'll be exploring what I can do with it and you have shown me whats possible. I'm very motivated now. Thank you.
Thank you for your comment. Imaging and exploring the night sky is a blast, have fun!!
I just got my Nexstar 8, thoroughly enjoyed your presentation. I have spent the last 25 years working on big telescopes, just retired, instead of buying a boat I bought this scope. From your presentation I think I made a good choice. Nice work.
Great video, man! Very inspiring! You've got yourself a new subscriber.
Thank you, Thomas!
Great production I really enjoyed it fantastic!
Thanks!
Amazing images! I have the 8se and just purchased a hyperstar and asi224 for EAA/AP. I’m excited to try some of the targets you photographed.
That's fantastic! I have thought about the Hyperstar a few times. Hope you have fun with your new rig!
Beautiful images! I have this scope but have been unable to use it due to poor weather. I can't wait for the next clear sky!
Thank you! I hope you get some clear skies soon!
I know this is an older video, but thank you for the information about the 8se.
I have been shopping for a few months and going back and forth between this scope and a few others. You have convinced me to get the 8se. Exactly the info I was looking for with examples.
Only problem now, is they are sold out everywhere. Hopefully, I can pick one up in time for galaxy season!
Thank you so much! I hope you get one soon. Theyre a very fun and versatile scope! Clear skies!
nice photos! quite impressive for alt-az mount
Thank you!
Nice video. Very helpful. And nice images
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
thanks for the great photos will most likely invest into this telescope
Thank you! Enjoy it, it's a fun scope!
Thank you, spectacular vid, well done ;)
That was beautiful….thank you!
Thank you!
Oh I was on the edge until I saw this! I just ordered a NexStar Evolution 8 with StarSense! Finally a use for my DSLR!
Have fun! That is a nice scope!
Nice! I enjoyed it. Thank you.
Thank you!
I like the pictures you captured using this scope. There is a point that this scope cannot do astrophotography, but your pictures proved it wrong.
Thank you! I had a lot of fun doing alt-az photography with this setup. Clear skies!
I'm visiting this channel again, and because I'm using this exact setup, all the images look identical to mine! Also, now that I've been imaging for a while, I've realized that alt-az astrophotography really isn't as bad as many people say it is.
Thanks for the comment and great to hear youre getting some nice results! Altaz imaging isnt that bad, but eventually youll want to upgrade to an EQ mount if youre like me, but altaz was a great starting point to learn the basics of astrophotography. Clear skies!
Thank YOU for sharing.
Thanks!
This is great for a beginner like me looking into buying my first rig, some beautiful shots, especially that great nebula in Orion, now i just have to save up lol! Keep the vids coming!
Thanks Sam! I hope you get yours soon! Clear skies!
Its certainly not a good astrophotography scope at all, for visual and planets, not DSO, sure will get good results but a good GEN mount a lot better results. I would not recommend this setup if your serious about astrophotography of DSO
@@denodan What you say is true, a gem would give you far superior shots, however, alt az does give you limited beginner acceptable dso ap, with a far simpler set up than an eq. It took me a fair amount of time to get used to a gem/eq (mobility/disability issues aside), an alt az is usable out of the box just by pressing a couple of buttons, given the choice, yeah a gem all the way, cheers mate.
great images, thanks for sharing
Thanks Chad!
Very helpful thank you!
Nice pictures.
Wonderful video, first time I see a work like this with that setup, that give me hope in deed, if you got that quality pics I wondering how it would be with a wedge, I have an 8se and I made my own wedge, can't wait to try it, but as you mentioned on another comment, the weather has not helped me at all. Keep the amazing job thumbs ups and subs from me. Clear skies....!!!
Thank you so much! A wedge would definitely be handy and solve the issue of field rotation! Good luck with your set up and I wish you clear skies!
Thanks for sharing your photos
Thank you!
I needed this video. I have one on the way. Ill get an eq eventually but if I can get stuff half this good with the alt az that would be amazing.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy your new scope!
stunning!
Thank you!
Nice work. Keep it up.
Thank you!
I purchased my Celestron NexStar 6SE back in 2016, and I used it for years for visual and astrophotography, even at Star Parties. It has great optics and it is a great telescope to learn on. I now have a Celestron AVX EQ mount for my 6SE and a SkyWatcher EvoStar 80ED refractor.
Awesome, glad you have been enjoying the scope! Clear skies
My journey! I own a 6 SE for almost 3 years with my dslr screwed behind it, gone through all the struggles necessary for the big smile when for example my favorite galaxy pops up after stacking, the whirlpool-galaxy. And now an eq-mount is on it's way to my house 🤩!
Nice video👍👍👍
Thank you!
Wonderful and impressive. I never would have thought something around 1250mm/6.3 could deliver so much in deep sky on an alt-az. It makes me want to see what my Meade 8" SCT can now do photographically on its iOptron AZ Mount Pro.
Thank you for your feedback! I find the focal length with the reducer in place provides for a good amount of magnifcation, enough to resolve some nice details. Alt-az photography takes some patience, but it is a lot of fun if you already have the equipment on hand. Have fun!
Congratulations on your video. I was thinking about doing something similar, but have no clue on how to make a YT-Video ... because I absolutely agree with every single word you say at the beginning: It's amazing what is hidden to the naked eye, but possible to make visible with quite a simple setup, your very nice results proof it. At the beginning you need to put some time and effort into it, there are many things that can go wrong and will go wrong. But if you enjoy the night sky and don't hesitate to loose sleep in summer and freeze your butt off in winter it's very rewarding! I went through the comments of your video and I think you succeeded in your goal: Motivating others to try it out! I did answer some questions, I hope you agree on them ... I want so keep it simple too, but I added a StarSense to make aligning even quicker, a remote shutter-control for my (not astro-modified) dslr, a due-shield and some vibration dampers under my tripod and off I go. Your pictures especially of the planets are way better then mine, but I am still extremely happy with what I get after an hour outside after work and maybe another hour of processing the next evening. A few nights ago the sky suddenly cleared up, I set everything up, aligned, took darks and biases, then had the camera work for 90 minutes while a was already sleeping 🤩. Pleiades was the target and I am very happy with the result. But I admit: A eq-mount is on the way to Lake Constance and an astro-modified camera is next on my wish-list. Greetings from Switzerland
Thanks Stefan! Its very possible to have a lot of fun using such a basic setup for some basic astrophotography. It is quite amazing the results such a basic setup can achieve with what was possible just a decade or two ago. Glad to hear you are enjoying your scope. Clear skies!
The music is soothing...😴
True!!
I am a member of local astronomy club, I encourage every one to support and join local groups, a wealth of information. My local group has a dark spot we meet and a observatory that was donated, it's small but a nice addition. A great spot for astrophotography.
Have fun! Always great to meet others who share the same interests. Clear skies!
I've been looking all over but here in Switzerland they don't seem to exist, especially for amateur astrophotography
Thank you for sharing 😍😍
Thank you!
@@KylesAstrophotography Yw!
Very cool!
Thank you!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Beautiful pictures! I have an 8” dobsonian so astrophotography isn’t really something I can do, but I look forward to possibly getting the 8SE when I get into it.
Thank you so much! You could try for some lunar or planetary imaging with a dobsonian telescope, even if it isn't go-to. I wish you clear skies!
Hey the beast, if it's a go to, you can get limited short exposure (but many many) shots with fairly bright dso, they are not going to be comparable to shots from an eq/gem mount, but it will work, give it a try mate, you may be surprised!
Can you believe the images this man has captured? I wouldn't believe it if I had not seen it through my own eyes! God is good, Lord have mercy on us all!
Thank you for your positive feedback!
@@KylesAstrophotography we would like to see images of the great Comet grazing our sky next, we have a big opportunity
thanks for sharing!
Thanks Mark!
Year old video but I am just now seeing it! I see you are at least smart enough to mount the ota all the way up! I didn’t read to do that anywhere ir watch any videos beforehand, so I mounted it in the middle. The first time I went to track to an object, down it went until the eyepiece hit the base of the mount and I got a nice gear grinding sound out of the motor! Luckily nothing was damaged.
I have also learned that I must need a camera to actually see any galaxy. Even Andromeda with the 2” 26mm eyepiece is just a fuzzy blob with my eye!
Thanks for the comment. Yes with the stock alt-az mount and no wedge it is necessary to be mindful of where the camera is as it can hit the mount. If you haven't ever taken your telescope to a dark site, you may want to try that for seeing "more" at the eyepiece. It can help reveal more details in the faint fuzzies. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography I was thinking the light pollution is part of my problem. It is dark around my current residence but Andromeda is always in the direction right above downtown! So there is always a haze of light in that direction.
We are moving to a house 6 miles further out in the country and I am looking forward to trying it out there.
Great to see your results. Got my 8SE back in May but can count on 1 hand the nights that were clear since I got it :( Already have the 6.3 reducer and camera adapter but still waiting for my adapter ring to arrive. Seems the Sony adapters are not easy to get. So as I wait, I keep watching UA-cam videos... Thinking what to get next... maybe ZWO asi224mc camera seems to be a go to camera for this scope. Then the next step is the mount thinking that's a big jump. See reviews on the Wedge but never great reviews. Was thinking to make one that seem easy enough just to play with. To go further I wonder if this is the best scope but like always it all comes down to how much to spend.
Where I live summers are typically clear for many nights, but this 2020 can't even give me that :(. So I will sit and wait for the ring and the sky's to clear up then see how much more I get into this. If it wasn't for seeing Jupiter and Saturn the last few nights I was close to put it back in the box. Yet to see a galaxy but I have time ... Thanks again for the video.
Hey Casey,
Thank you for watching! I definitely hear you with the weather. It hasn't been the greatest around here either. I think it has been almost 2 weeks now since the last clear night in which I finished my most recent project. Funny you should mention the asi224mc, I have actually had that camera on backorder since early May. I plan to use that camera for planetary work, I think I will be able to obtain some decent images with it and the 8se. I considered a wedge at first too, but went ahead and got an equatorial mount, the reason being I could use the EQ with the 80mm refractors I have as well, it's just much more versatile.
Hope you get some clear nights soon! Cheers!
Not too shabby for under 30 second exposures. The moon and Orion Nebula were excellent.
Thank you!
Great video, awesome photos! How does the view from your scope look with your eye compared to the photos you took of the same objects?
most nebulas and galaxies would be faint wisps through an eyepiece. the moon, sun, and planets would all be viewable through an eyepiece, it would just be a bit less crisp of an image.
Awesome images, well done Man. I just bought one Nexstar 8se and want to do the same. Just to compare, those images was single shot or stacked images? What is your bortle scale sky in those images? Thanks!!
Thank you Anderson! I probably should have mentioned, but yes the subframe images are stacked using Deep Sky Stacker. I am in a Bortle Class 5 sky. I hope you have fun with your Nexstar 8se!
Kyle great video. Can u use a star tracker with this telescope. Thanks scott
I appreciate the information and the wonderful images you took! I have this same telescope and I love to look through it, however I've been having some frustrating results with photographing through it. I'm assuming my issues arise from focus (lack thereof) and my camera. I have an older T5i but it should be good enough. Do you find you have issues focusing the DSOs? Thanks!
Thanks for the comment! I haven't had too much trouble focusing. Before I got a bhatinov mask, I just tried to make the stars as pinpoint as possible, but a bhatinov mask does help a lot. Clear skies!
A T5i should do the job! Do you go to live-view and then enlarge the image for focussing?
Amazing work,
What stacking ans editing software have you used or recommend
I just ordered a meade 90mm altaz refractor (will upgrade mount when I can )
But perhaps I can get good data with the Ota
I just struggle with editing Stacked photos
I use deep sky stacker
Thanks Eduardo! I use deep sky stacker and photoshop. Good luck and have fun with your new scope! Clear skies!
You’ve pretty much convinced me on this scope. Only question I have is, could you get these kind of photos with a cheap DLSR? Or a better way of putting it, which one did you use for these images?
Yes, you can get these kind of photos with a DSLR. I used a Canon Rebel T5i. Clear skies!
Very cool! I'm looking at the 8se and trying same. How many images are you stacking, say for Orion nebula?
Hey Craig, thank you! I usually select at least a few images, the more the better. When shooting with this mount though I cant keep every frame due to star trailing. I think the orion nebula was around 20 frames. Clear skies!
Beautiful pics! What eyepiece did you use?
amazing photos! Did you use any software with these photos or were they all from the DLSR camera?
Thanks Micky! These were taken all with the camera, but were processed in deep sky stacker and photoshop afterwards. Clear skies!
Amazing pictures...!!!, thanks for sharing. I am new on dslr cameras, do you have a video where you explain the settings?. Thank you. CS.
Thanks! I haven't used the DSLR for a while.
Really amazing pictures. Did you use focal reducer? What is the bortle scale in the place where these pictures are taken?
Thanks Stargazer. I did use the f6.3 focal reducer shown. Locally I have bortle class 5 skies. Clear skies!
WOW! I have a 4SE and can't get it to go more than a few seconds of exposure before everything starts moving. Do you think there's something wrong with my tracking motor? How did you get these fantastic shots in Alt/AZ mount mode?
Just upgraded to this from a 5se. Can’t wait for it to get here! Can you actually see the nebula through the eyepiece or only with stacked images?
You can definitely see many nebulae through the eyepiece. Depending on how dark the sky you are viewing from is, different levels of contrast will help with details. M42 is up later in the night right now and is always a stunner. Have fun with your new scope!
@@KylesAstrophotography Thank you!
6:26 I see that itty bitty circle, mercury.
I think thats a dark sport, not mercury , mercury would be much MUCH smaller
Great video, I’ll be purchasing this scope as an upgrade. You said you don’t use this stock mount now, what mount are you using now instead? And how long are the exposures you can take on this new mount? Thanks very much
Thanks Andrew! I use both the AVX and CGX mounts from Celestron now when doing astrophotography. I shoot up to about 4 min exposures with the CGX as thats getting close to the noise limit of my current camera. Clear skies!
Super, informative video and beautiful images thank you. I also have the Celestron 8SE. Can you say what lenses/eyepieces you used on the planetary shots you took with your cellphone?
Hey there! I cannot remember which I used, but it depends on atmosphere stability. I generally use an ORION EPIC ED 2 12.3mm and a barlow lens when seeing is good. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography Thanks for the info!
Where do you attach the focal reducer to? Your images are absolutely stunning. I only have the 4se but would love to give it a go. Thank you.
Don't know if you still need this answered, but if so, it goes directly onto the scope, before the star diagonal.
Thanks for your video and sharing great pictures. I recently bought 6es and am having difficulty with all Celestine’s alignment tools such as sky and two star alignment. Have you ever run into this problem? If so, how do you resolve it? Thanks very much.
Hey Xiaowen, thanks for the comment! I have not run into issues with the two star alignment. What happens when you attempt to align?
@@KylesAstrophotography after confirming "star match", I received an error message after 20 seconds saying alignment failed. I tried three-star alignment and two-star/one-star auto alignment, and received the same error. The frustratrating part is that I followed the instructions exactly and tried every night for more than a week. Thanks very much for your help.
Hey Xiaowen, I'm not certain why that would happen. You may want to reach out to Celestron for troubleshooting support. I hope it gets resolved for you!
Thans Kyle! I got very similar set up than yours, but not sure if using focal reducer 6.3 properly. Do you attach it just in between scope and DLSR camera or do you have some kind of adaptor to find right back focus distance?
Thanks Laia! I do not use any other adapters or spacers for the deepsky imaging with this scope than those explained in the video. Clear skies!
Really nice photos. I see that your scope has a Hyperstar conversion. Wouldn't the photos have even better detail using Hyperstar since it reduces the scope to F/2?
Thanks Greg! I haven't invested in the hyperstar, but it would really be nice for taking very fast widefield photos. That may be something I can explore in the future, it is just the conversion equipment is fairly expensive. Clear skies!
Sweet. I've been looking at getting this telescope. Are these one shot pictures or did you do any image stacking?
Nevermind, looking at your Instagram I see you have more detailed information about some of your pictures. Cheers.
💥✨💥 Thanks for this great review and sharing all of those amazing images. I was just checking out sample images from reviews on Amazon and my moon pics through my Tamron 150-600 mm G2 are much better than what I saw there. How can that be.??
Thanks James! A lot of the image quality can depend on the camera used to capture, as well as processing. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography Compared to all of those deep space images the moon is so much closer and I would just expect much better image quality out of a telescope then through my camera with a 600 mm lens. And a zoom, not even a prime. I have some exceptional images of the moon shot through my camera on a tripod. I think I need to contact NASA HAA
@@Jimmy_Cavallo Your lens is kind of a telescope ;-). The moon is so huge and bright that a good camera with such a lens will do a great job, since you can keep shutter-speed short and ISO low. A motorized mount with your camera and 30-50mm lens will already allow great pictures of the large nebulae (California, heart etc.). Add a telescope and you will be awed by the beauty of all the very faint objects like very far galaxies or nebulae. But there is no way around taking as many pictures as possible and stacking them ...
@@stefanschneider3681 I’ve always wanted to get into deep space photography with a motorized mount. Is stacking done in Photoshop.?
@@Jimmy_Cavallo I am a Mac-guy, so I do the stacking in an free software called siril. In the PC-world they usually use DeepSkyStacker. Photoshop is my next goal, but as I get it it's mainly used for further "developing" the data coming out of DSS. For this I use LightRoom, the "little sister" of Photoshop. Start with stacking 10 pictures of for example the Andromeda Galaxy, if it works go up to 30 or 50 identical pictures, then start adding darks, biases and flats (there are YT-videos on all of this) and you'll be amazed! Greetings from Switzerland.
Very good video. Were all these photos taken with an alt-azimuth mount? It would be interesting to see your pics of Jupiter and Saturn with Dslr instead of cellphone.
I have this scope just bought the explorer scientific 2x focal extender I have the 24 mm plossel that came with the scope and a Hyperion 8 mm modular eyepiece and the zwo adc corrector should they be sufficient to see some nebulas ?
A lot of nebulae are quite large, so they won't require too much magnification. I think with many you'll have a great time with just the 24mm ep. Have fun and clear skies!
Hi wonderful images with the 8se. This was my first scope ten years ago and still is my main scope that I backpack everywhere for stargazing sessions but I never thought to use it for atrophotography as I bought an apo refractor since to do that. I have the Celestron focal reducer too (bought about a year later) but I've never really put it to use. You are now inspiring me to give this a shot after 10 years of neglect, ha! Question, I see you also have planetary images, is that with the focal reducer? Observing-wise, I wonder if the planets show more detail with the reducer combined with barlow because of the concentration of light into the centre of the image? Have you tried with and without the reducer? Thanks
Thank you! I have not used the barlow with the focal reducer. The planets are so bright, there isnt much of a concern for them getting too dim. The focal reducer really helps with larger and fainter deep sky objects. The 8se is a very versatile scope, I use it on an EQ mount now. When using it for photography I mainly utilize it for small objects like galaxies, planetary nebulae, and the planets. Clear skies!
I have a 6 SE, for planets I use the camera without the focal reducer. I am happy with my images I pulled out of some short videos with special programs (there a YT-videos on that). But didn't come close to his pictures, they are really perfect and probably some of the best I've seen apart of Trevor Astrobackyard. Dylan and Chuck - my other heroes - made great pictures as well, but with much better gear (and much more talent and much more post processing skills and investing much more time etc etc. 🤩). Oh, and did I mention that I have great fun with my 6SE WITH the focal reducer, StarSense for easier alignment and my daily dslr behind it? It's amazing what you can make visible with such a "simple" setup! Try it!
@@KylesAstrophotography Can I piggyback off this comment thread? I've seen some amazing photos of DSO's using the 8se. So even if I have to get a mount or focal reducer or whatever, the prize is there for the taking. However, while your planet photos are good, the best I've seen anyone take with the 8se, they are not crisp or clear (again not dissing you at all, yours are the best I've seen using the 8se). Is the 8se just not capable of getting a sharp image? 9:00 image in your video for instance. What is the culprit? Do you have any suggestions? Like having the 8se for visuals and DSO astrophotography, but some other "relatively" cheap option to get good planet images? I would have thought that planet photo's would be the easiest, but it seems not the case. To get crisp images do you have to have a super powered telescope like a country or Laura Croft would have access too? Thanks, and that video of yours is really good.
I recently purchased Celestron 6SE; I'm noticing some tracking issue over 2 minutes exposure time. I have the Orion guidescope and it's guiding pretty good, I'm using Nikon 7000 DLSR. I was thinking the issue might be related to weight (around 14 pounds in the OTA including guidescope, finder and camera) and the Payload spec on the Alt-Az mount is 12 pounds. Now that I came across your deep sky pictures using 8" SE on the same mount; wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Obviously you're using a guidescope and total weight might be even more that my setup. Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks for the comment. When I used the stock altaz mount to image deepsky, I actually did not have any guidescope. I have only guided with this scope when using an EQ mount. Clear skies!
If I buy the Equatorial conversion Wedge, how can I improve?
The wedge would definitely help with the issue of field rotation. I have not tried a wedge on this setup myself, but it would be handy to have! Clear skies!
I'm curious on what lenses you used for the pix taken with your cellphone. Barlow, eyepiece, basically the entire setup coming out of the tube, etc. I have the 8SE coming next week and with the Florida weather going to be great when it cools off a bit. Did you try a "regular" .5x focal reducer that mounts on the bottom of the Barlow or lens? Just trying to justify the REAL Celestron adapter at ~ 140 bucks. Thanks for a great video and will appreciate any feedback....
Hey Hank, I cannot recall exactly which eyepiece I used when I took the images with the cellphone. I have an orion shorty 2x barlow, but when I am using the barlow I do not use the focal reducer with it. Hope you made it through the recent storms alright and clear skies!
Is there anyway to make a wedge for this scope for time exposures, or must I buy one for $400?
Hey 3D Texan, I personally have not used a wedge, but it could be useful to combat field rotation. I have seen some folks fashion their own wedges, but I am unaware of what kind of financial investment is involved. Clear skies!
Hi Kyle. Seeing this vid 5 months ago I purchased the 8se. Being in upstate Ny haven't been able to use it yet , clouds ever since. Looking forward to clear skies. Are these pictures raw or processed? Keep them coming.
Hey Perry! Have fun with your new scope, I hope you get some clear skies soon. These images are stacked and processed.
hi Kyle
this might be a dumb question but which zwo planetary camera is best for dso?
I am budget tight
Hi, It was nice looking at your video. You mentioned in the video that you have used a phone camera for capturing images of the planets. Why did you use the phone camera? was it not possible to use telescope to capture the images?
He said, "by pointing cell phone at the eyepiece" and an eyepiece is a component of telescope. So he indeed used a telescope!!!
Really great photos. How many photos of the planets did you take / stack to get those great images? And how long was each picture of the planets exposed for? (I have an 8" Edge now and I know it's not possible to get images such as yours with just one picture) Thanks and keep up the good work!!
Thank you! I honestly cannot remember as I no longer use the cellphone to capture planetary images. These were not single frames, but stacked in registax I believe.
Usually you take a short movie of a minute or two (depending on your computer) which gives you several hundred up to thousands of frames. Special programs then analyze each frame for sharpness and let you choose the percentage you want to keep to stack, then other programs help you sharpen the image before you take it to photoshop or LR for the "finish" - hey, nobody ever told you astrophotography was easy 😉, but there are great YT-videos about that. But seriously, his results are amazing! You probably need at least his focal length, and he probably had perfect seeing, perfect focus, the planet was on the best "turn" on it's and our way around the sun and then perfectly processed the data. But planetary is certainly the thing where alt-az get's the least in your way because it doesn't matter if the little bright spot in the middle oft your image drifts away a little.
@@stefanschneider3681 Thanks Stefan, that's helpful info. Clear skies!
Great photos! I was wondering though, what camera did you use to take these photos?
Thanks! I used a Canon Rebel t5i for deep sky, and the planets were using my cellphone.
@@KylesAstrophotography What would happen if you used the cellphone for the deep sky objects? THANKS
@@bobwallis1757 Hey Bob, it's difficult to collect deep sky data with the cellphone from my own experience. The DSLR or astrodedicated cameras work significantly better.
@@KylesAstrophotography Thanks Kyle
Integration time for each would have been helpful. Also images with Equatorial Mount would help in comparison.
Thanks for the suggestions!
good luck finding any 8 inch scope right now. sold out and back ordered 6 months. But I did find a celestron edge HD 800 at all star telescopes in canada. little more expensive due to the customs fees but hey......I got mine OTW
I hope you enjoy it! The 8 inch scts are fantastic. Many astronomy products are currently backordered or sold out.
@@KylesAstrophotographynow Amazon needs to send the EQ-6R Pro.....
I missed which DSLR camera you used. Did you share that? It's late and I'm sleepy :) Also, we're thinking to buy a case for traveling with this monster. Do you have a recommendation for a case?
Hey Anne, thanks for the comment. I use a Canon EOS rebel t5i. It was not astromodified for the images in this video, but I have since astromodified it. I actually use the box the telescope came in for transporting. It comes with two cardboard boxes with foam inserts, one for the optical tube and one for the mount. I believe Celestron also manufactures a hard case, but I have not had any issues just using the original packaging. Clear skies!
These were all done on the altazimuth mount that comes with this telescope? They look terrific
Hey Alex, thank you! Yes, these were taken with the stock altaz mount.
How did you get Uranus to look so large? What Barlow/eyepiece combo?
I really have this question: can we see those colours of the nebulas through eyepiece also? Live? Or those just come out after editing the photos?
Hey Time Traveller! Generally, for deep sky objects, one won't see many colors at the eyepiece visually, the objects will appear mostly as shades of gray. However, this can also depend on the aperture of the telescope. Some viewers may see hues of green and other colors. For bright objects like stars and planets, colors can definitely be seen. Clear skies!
You can try using various filters on your eyepieces to see those colors in nebulae and galaxies.
Did you use a wedge for the deep sky pics or EQ mount? Great photos. Just bought an Evo 8
Thank you! All the photos were taken using just the stock alt-az mount. I did not use a wedge or eq mount. I hope you have fun with your new Evo 8 and clear skies!
Natural Panoply Amazing. I am encouraged as I only have the alt-az mount. Thanks.
Hi I have just bought this telescope could you tell me what eye pieces you used to get them shots you showed later in your video as I’m new to this.I have a zwo camera will I need to use the focal reducer with this camera? Many thanks
you may have found answer already but i don't see a reason why you shouldn't be able to use the focal reducer with zwo
When shooting deepsky objects a focal reducer can certainly help. For smaller objects such as the planets I actually usually use a barlow lens to increase the focal length. Clear skies!
Thanks for this video ! I’m really impressed, your photos are just amazing 🤩 I really want to do astrophotography, but having a alt-az mount, I was convinced I was limited to planetary photography. I bought the AstroFi 130/650, from Celestron. It’s F/D is 5, which is quite good for viewing deep sky objects I think. Do you think that with this setup and a ZWO ASI camera I can obtain similar photos to yours ?
Hey Cédric, thanks for the comment! When shooting using AZ in my experience, more work is required and you wont be able to keep all your expsoures. However you can still get some nice results. If you already have the equipment, you should definitely try it out. I am not familiar with your exact telescope, but if the camera can achieve focus I think you could achieve some great results. It's a fun way to start in astrophotography. Clear skies!
You mention 30 sec as the longest Alt-Az exposure using a T-adapter and reducer. With the same scope, when polar aligned, what is the maximum exposure you can do without complex guiding, PEC, etc? Your images are wonderful-did you use the 6.3 reducer or a phone holder device for your great image of Jupiter?
Inspiring!!!!!
What setting are you using?
Thanks Jim! The images are all taken using 30 second or less exposures with varying ISO. The subframe images are stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, then finalized in photoshop.
What eyepiece were you using when you snapped the phone pic of Jupiter?
Does this mean we need to buy an additional equitorial mount if we want to take photographs with exposures longer than 30 secs?
Hey Rishikesh! Most alt-az mounts wouldn't be able to adjust for field rotation, and the stars would ultimately trail with longer exposures. An EQ mount compensates for field rotation and will allow for longer exposures. Clear skies!
AMAZING! did you have to go to a dark sky area? And do think it would work using the smartphone mount?? THANKS
Hey Bob, thank you. I did not go to a dark site location, most of these images in this video were just captured in my yard. When imaging in broadband a dark site would definitely help. You can certainly attach a smartphone, but the data I collected using my own phone was not the greatest and difficult to stack. The quality is much better with a dslr or astrodedicated camera. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography very interesting, thak you!
I recently purchased the 6e. Not having any luck getting clear images through the lenses. Could you describe your complete lens setup for viewing planets? Everything I try results in fuzzy/blurry views.
Hey Doug, sorry to hear the views are blurry. For visual, I like to use an Orion Epic ED-2 12.3mm eyepiece with a 2x barlow lens. This seems to be a good combination for me on most nights. Be sure to check your scope's collimation as well, as that can make a big difference in the quality of the views. Clear skies!
I have 6se. I bought a cheap 5x's Barlow lens to check out and it works great so far. I see Jupiter's bands very clearly in real time.
Hey great pics. Can I ask where these single shot pics or did u take several 30 second pics and stack them? Cheers
Thank you! The images are stacked to improve the signal to noise ratio. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography are these stacked from multiple 30 second exposures or are these exposures that add up to 30 seconds?
Amazing, was this taken with using just the skyalign with the telescope or an auto guider with your laptop? Would love a tutorial on how you captured these with this set up as im looking to purchase the 8se!
Thanks Arjun! I just use the skyalign feature on the mount, but try to make sure the mount is as level as possible and the alignment is done as accurately as I could achieve. I did not use an autoguider for any of these images, but the nexstar mount does has a port where one could be attached, I think that is if it is also used along with a wedge. When shooting with this mount I wasn't able to keep every exposure due to star trailing, and only stacked the best exposures I obtained. Clear skies!
@@KylesAstrophotography thank you!! Will keep this in mind for when i shoot with this mount!
@@KylesAstrophotography hey kyle, my 8se arrive today and when i did the skyalign, it slewed to the target and got it in the field of view, but didnt track it for even a minute, it would just disappear out of the field of view after a minute, any tips on making the tracker work better so im able to take some photos without it moving out of the field of view so quick?
Very nice. Have you considered a wedge.
Thanks! I haven't tried the wedge, but I do put this telescope on an EQ mount now. Clear skies!