4 photos taken with 4 different telescopes - Astrophotography at 250mm - 1422mm focal length
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2022
- Hi All,
In this video I share four different Astro images taken with four different telescopes. The William Optics Redcart 51, the Askar FRA400, the Askar 80PHQ and the Celestron Edge HD. I share the data for the Fish Head Nebula, the Pacman Nebula, the Wizard Nebula and the Sadr region. Please let me know which is your favourite image in the comments below. All images were edited in PixInsight.
Details:
Details: Fish Head Nebula
Equipment:
• Celestron Edge HD 8 inch
• ZWO Asi 294mm pro
• Antlia 3nm SHO filters
• IOptron CEM60
• Asiair pro
• Celestron OAG
• 174mm guide camera
• ZWO EAF
Data:
Ha- 50 x 300s subs
Oiii - 48 x 300s subs
Sii- 53 x 300s minute subs
Details: The PacMan Nebula
Equipment:
• Askar PHQ80
• ZWO Asi 2600mm pro
• Antlia 3nm SHO filters
• Ioptron CEM60
• Asiair pro
• WO 50mm guide scope
• 290mm guide camera
• ZWO EAF
Data:
HA: 38 x 300s subs
Sii: 37 x 300s subs
Oiii: 39 x 300s subs
Details: The Wizard Nebula
Equipment:
• Askar FRA400
• ZWO Asi 2600mm pro
• Antlia 3nm SHO filters
• Ioptron CEM60
• Asiair Plus
• f4 mini guide scope
• 120mm guide camera
ZWO EAF Data:
HA: 34 x 300s subs
Sii: 56 x 300s subs
Oiii: 37 x 300s subs
Details: Sadr Region and Crescent Nebula
Equipment:
• WO Redcat 51
• ZWO Asi 2600mm pro
• Antlia 3nm SHO filters
• Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
• Asiair Plus
• f4 mini guide scope
• 120mm guide camera
ZWO EAF Data:
HA: 40 x 600s subs
Sii: 37 x 600s subs
Oiii: 18 x 600s subs - Розваги
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Happy Holidays Everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful time. Thank you all for watching this year, I really appreciate it. I hope you all have a wonderful 2023 full of clear skies.
P.s., Very sorry if the sound is too low on this video...I have no idea what happened. I hope you are all able to hear it okay.
とても面白く、参考になりました。ありがとうございます😊
どれも綺麗な画像ですね
redcatはお値段以上の実力がありますね
動画、頑張ってください
I'm 5 min 40 sec in and I just have to say you have the most impressive shots I have ever seen! This is exactly the kind of astrophotography images I love. Great, great work and I look forward to watching more of your videos!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kind comments. So glad you liked the images. I hope you enjoy my other videos. Thanks again, Russell
Amazing images Russ thanks for taking the time and sharing this
Thanks Nik
Hi Russell, another great video. I also like the Redcat images as well. love the comparison of the scopes. I keep going back to the Redcat51 all the time and have just started pairing it with the 2600MC and am blown away by the detail in the images. Keep up the amazing videos and have an awesome festive season.
Thanks Eric, I’m absolutely loving the redcat! I think the wide field shots are awesome and you do get great detail with that scope! Hope you have a great Christmas
Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much, so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching
All superb images Russell. I agree, the starless version really suits the Wizard nebula image. Merry Christmas and a Clear Sky New Year for 2023.
Thank you very much Logan! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas
I agree with your favorite and the starless versions! Great job! Getting ready to order a Redcat rig myself.
Thank you , the redact is fantastic. I am sure you will love it
Great images Russell. Starless looks really nice. Been a good year, looking forward to 2023. Happy holidays and CS.
Thank you Jason! Happy holidays to you and your family too mate! Here’s to a clear 2023 🤞
Love that final image! Great contrast between the illuminated areas and dark nebulosity. So cool. Happy New Year! Dr B from Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you Brian
Been a busy year with Astro, so many weeks without clear skies, so many new bits of gear (including a Sky Shed🎉) and when you see this it’s all been so worthwhile…
Big shout out for all your great videos here in 2022 and have a Happy Xmas and a Great New Year 🎅🏼🎇🎆
Yes, it’s been a very busy year indeed! Thanks so much for all you help, especially with the Shed, and thanks the collabs, it’s been great fun! Merry Christmas to you and Paula, hope you have a great day and a clear New Year 🎉
Hey Russell, I somehow missed this video. Think its been all the busy times with moving. Great captures mate and nice to have such a lovely spread of FOV's to play with.
Thanks for such a great video! Happy New Year and Clear skies.
Thank you very much...clear skies
good channel, will keep following
I really like your wizard capture. Very sharp and detailed. The RedCat wide field is very impressive too.
Thank you very much Brian
Happy Christmas Russell. Great Pictures, the detail of the dark areas is great. My preference would be to have the stars in the pictures. Thanks for all the detailed videos during the year and you are very kind to reply to comments. 🎅🎅🎅🎅
Thank you very much Rob. I hope you had a great Christmas and NY. Clear skies and thanks again for watching
Man that Askar 400 of the Heart is incredibly detailed! I have the Redcat, and the Askar really shows you how just a little more aperture makes incredible differences.
Thank you very much. I do love that Askar fra400 scope. Thanks for watching
Aperture or focal length?
Give over, those stars on the fishead look fine to me 😀
You earned another sub! Making me want a 2600 now.... damn, the redcat 51 image really blew me away.
Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.
Beautiful images, Russell! It's hard to pick a favorite -- they are all amazing, but I think if I had to pick one I'd choose the Sadr Region and Crescent Nebula. I really like the starless images! It changes the entire character of the images. Great job with them all!! I'm going to have to go back and watch your previous videos to see how you post-process to get that beautiful Hubble palette. Gorgeous.
Thank you very much Greg, The Sadr region is my favourite as well. I'm also a big fan of starless images, although I know they can be a little bit divisive. I've not posted an editing video for a long time and I've certainly changed my approach since that video...I think will need to update that video. Thanks again and thanks for watching
Loved them all including the starless. I framed the Sadr Region with my RedCat51 identically to yours and present it vertically too.
Thank you Carol, glad you like the images. The Sadr region is such a great target for the Redcat. Thanks for watching and happy new year
Fantastic mate, Clear Skies 2023!!
Thank you mate, clear skies
A great video Russell and I love the images. I quite like the wide image of the Wizard because it’s a new view of that target. All the other people have done before. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much mate. I do like the FOV of the wizard image, I just think the edit is slightly over done! Maybe I’ll revisit the data! Hope you have a great Christmas, we should definitely plan a road/Astro trip for the new year, would make a great collab / video!
@@RussellsAstrophotography I think we always tend to be over critical of our own work. I was thinking it would be good to get out again somewhere. A collab sounds cool too. Have a great Christmas.
The Sadr region and crescent nebula was spectacular.
Wow Russell, 4 amazing images indeed 👍 I too like starless images and the last one with the Redcat is awesome! The detail with the Askar in particular I think is great, as are all the others! You’ve inspired me to take my Esprit of the rig though and put my Redcat on with the mono camera and antlia filters, that scope is just amazing! I have to have a go a that😀 Excellent work Russell and thanks for sharing mate👍 Merry Christmas to you and your family and I wish you more clear skies!
Thanks very much Simon! The redcat and the mono camera work very well together. Just make sure you Drizzle when stacking to help with the stars with the 2600! Hope you and your family have a great Christmas my friend. Clear skies
Great images, Russell! I pointed my Edge to the center of the Heart, though the Fish Head was a close second place.
Happy Holidays to you and yours. Wishing you plenty of clear skies in the coming new year :).
Thank you very much Jonny. I bet Melotte looked great with the Edge. Clear skies in 2023 mate
Hi thanks, will be using ASi 2600MM Pro with Redcat51 as soon as we have clear skies
Like your presentation.
Excellent video, Russell.
As for me, I prefer the stars with the nebulosity but subduing them somewhat ... more or less, like what you get using that new BlurXTerminator. All your images are fantastic though. I really like that "Fish head" but yes, the Sadr region is quite beautiful. Merry Christmas my friend.
Thank you very much Pat, really appreciate it. I hope you had a great Christmas and Clear skies for 2023.
Awesome video mate, you've got a new subscriber :)
If you are not sure about what your next video should be about:
I'd love to see what nebulae you can shoot in somewhat fullframe with different scopes. Like a kind of guide which Teleskope one should/could buy.
Thank you very much Josh, really appreciate it.
Great collection of images.. especially the Fish head with the Edge. I'd like to see more about these masks you used to collimate.
Thanks mate, glad you like the fish head. I’ll try and do a short video soon. It’s definitely helped collimation for me. Merry Christmas
i like all of the images you showed. Again i love how you edit the colors! Question I have is how do you afford so many different set ups?! I love that you have so much passion and so many focal lengths to utilize, i just cant comprehend the amount of value you have within your grasp! either way im so happy i found your channel very inspirational! i may have to make a channel for myself and share my gear as well as results!
Beautiful images I’ve got to learn to post process, any tips you can offer would be appreciated, clear skies and have a super new year…I love them all
Thank you. I have just learnt via UA-cam videos. I'm thinking of doing a video soon, but I am still learning myself. Thanks for watching and Happy NY
I can see the Soap Bubble nebula, one of my favorites, in the Redcat image. That's my favorite image of the 4.
Thanks Richard, yes I was very pleased to see the bubble nebula. Thanks for watching and merry Christmas
great video! I loved how it was bam, bam, bam... I really liked the variety. Here are my channels, here's the final image. so good. great job on all these.
Wonderful results!
Can I ask; which adapter do I need to connect the Red Cat to a Canon EOS RP?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Belgium.
Belgium.
Merry Christmas to you too. I hope you have a wonderful time
Hi Rusell, thanks for another excellent video. I really struggle with collimating my edge hd 8; would love to see a video on your process and also where to buy those bahtinov masks? Thanks
Thank you. I will hopefully get around to recording a video on the tri-bahtinov mask soon. I picked it up eBay from a guy called jacktheprinter...he was excellent and makes them custom for your make and age of scope. I hope this helps
Nice video. The audio is low volume. I liked the Redcat image the most but also liked seeing the focal differences in the first two.
Thanks Darren, yes the redcat is my favorite. Sorry about the audio, I’ve got no idea why it’s so low, I did everything the same as I normally do! Thanks so much for watching and Merry Christmas
Nice video.. if you are to choose between a RedCat 51 and Askar 400 what would you go for knowing that an Askar with a 0.7 reducer has almost the same 51 FL with a 3.9 focal ratio ?
Inspiring images. Looks like you make use of sulpher, not just hydrogen and oxygen filters. Perhaps that adds a colour dimension that is important in these images?
All starless once are really good. Need your input on Redcat51. Have you tried it with dslr and how diffrent would it be framing the same target?
Hi Russell I think the last image is my favourite but all 4 are excellent, hope you have a great Xmas and new year. Ps not sure if it's just me but the audio on this video seems very low ?
Thank you very much Tony, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, I think the audio does seem pretty low, not sure why. I hope you could still hear it okay? Thanks for watching and merry Christmas
Hi Russell, Great video. Where did you get the tri-bahtinov mask for the Edge?
Thanks Paul. I picked it up on eBay from a guy called jacktheprinter. He was fantastic. He custom makes them to fit your model and year of scope, very reasonable prices as well
Wow! You sure know how to drive a mount and guider! I was surprise to see that you mostly use a CEM60! After more than a year, I feel like giving up on my CEM120EC2. It's just too finicky.
I think I would almost prefer the starless images, but would put back just the faintest of stars. Something like a third of the star intensity in your images with stars? I wonder...
Great images but I wish all targets were the same to compare and contrast the abilities of each scope.
Loved the series. Buuutt as a senior I had to crank audio all the way up on my iPad- still a bit low. Please bring it up a bit, as young folk can always use. Thanks!
Thank you and yes very sorry. I had some technical issue with my microphone in this and my latest video. I've replaced it now so should be back to normal audio levels. Thanks for watching
@Russell's Astrophotography good on audios. Thanks for producing.
Hi Russel, great video, thanks. Just a bit of constructive feedback, if I may. The volume was really low Russel, I had to turn up volume to around 95% to hear you , and it was still difficult my friend. Thanks Russel, love the channel!
Wes, Liverpool ( Bortle 7 )
Jezus what a mount....
Thank you
🎄
Nice comparison. I'm still shooting with as DSLR and 250-600 zoom. But, that red cat is calling me.
Thanks Marc, the redcat is awesome for such a small scope. Shooting at 250mm is fantastic! Thanks for watching and happy holidays
Red cat is nice but challenging to focus, it really is something to keep in mind.
Those pesky Redcat's there's a guy at our local astronomy club who keeps trying to sell me his lol (I really can't afford it though) I do love the widefield shots & starless images are always a fave of mine.
Have a great Christmas & 2023
Haha those redcats get everywhere! I’ve got to admit, I was skeptical as well, but after seeing some of Olly Barrett’s images with his redcat I was convinced. Hope you have a great Christmas 👍
Russell... Question about using the ASIAir with the C8 Edge HD and the 0.7x focal reducer. Have you had any problems with plate solving with the combination? ZWO states that the minimum FOV is 0.4 and yours, I think, is 0.72 x0.53 degrees... close. Thanks in advance.
Beautiful. Thanks for posting such an amazing images.
1.Can askar 300 or 400 good for planet viewing such as moon,saturn ?.My main concern is viewing deep sky .Due to budget.
2.More aperture more light for deep sky [ like celestron nextstar 6se or 8se],then how askar can take such an incredible image?
Planets require a completely different gear and technique than DSO. Generally speaking,
DSOs require:
-a lot of long exposures to get more light
-low f/ number to get more light
-small focal lenght as they are very big
-good mount to make those long exposures accurate
-multiple nights imaging to get more total light
-cooled camera to reduce the noise of long exposures to a minimum
So a FRA 300/400 is an ideal scope for big DSOs but you also need a decent mount. If you want to do smaller and fainter DSOs you require longer focal lenghts but you also have to consider aperture to maintain a decent f/ number (ideally below 7) and thus a bigger scope that requires a bigger mount.
Planetary imaging requires:
-loooong focal lenght (ideally 2000+)
-high aperture not to get more light but to get more resolution
-f/ number isn't important for light gathering as planets are really bright objects
-reccomended f/ number depending on your camera pixel size (5x 7x rule)
-the mount doesn't need to be super accurate, just big enough to support a big scope
-high frame rate camera
-you're going to shoot high fps videos and select only a few lucky frames where the atmoshpere was still enough to make your big aperture do it's thing so you don't need a cooled camera
TL;DR a short small refractor and a decent mount with a cooled camera for DSOs, a big newt, SCT, RC or mak, a high fps camera and a mount that can carry everything for planetary.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YESR
Merry Christmas to you and your family as well
So, what are conclusions? It will be great to get some numerical data such as FWHM and eccentricity with these scopes. Otherwise, it is impossible to compare photos shown at different scales and different targets. What camera do you have?
I shoot with the 2600mm pro and the 294mm pro for the edge HD...no real conclusions for this video, just sharing some images. Thanks for watching
@@RussellsAstrophotography Ok. Do you like 294mm? Do you see big difference in resolution and sensitivity between 294 and 2600? Thanks
hi, how do you think the c8 Edge hd will fit the heq5 pro?
Hello, yes I think it will work but you’d probably close to the payload limit. I’ve not used the edge on the HEQ5 yet, so can’t give you a definitive answer unfortunately. Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas
If you can afford it, you’re much better off pairing the EdgeHD C8 with the EQ6-R. With the HEQ5, you’ll probably be over the weight limit and not get good guiding. I personally use the HEQ5 with my Zenithstar 61 and use the EQ6-R Pro with my EdgeHD 800.
This is great I have a 540mm, 430mm refractor and a 200mm lens just need the SCT to do the same.
Do you think the 8” is the way to go? Looking to get one for galaxy season too.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video. I do love the Edge. I think the general rule is the bigger you go with an SCT the better results you get…also the bigger you go the more expensive they get 😞 I’m very happy with the 8 inch! Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas
Great shots. Cant hear a word you are saying.
microphone gain is too low
I can't hear you.
Honestly I'm not quite sure what this video is supposed to show me about 4 different telescopes. I could not follow any of the comparisons at all. Just a bunch of images a you quietly spewing numbers out that made no sense to me at all. I am a novice so I'm sure you must have been making this video strictly for your subscribers so my apologies for lack of knowledge of the model numbers you were spouting off. Great images obviously but not much help to me as someone trying to see differences in equipment or techniques.
Thank you anyway for the beautiful images!
I gave up 1:30 into video because you voice is too quiet.
I can't hear anything you are saying! This is very frustrating.
your audeo quality is not good
Please speak up-