What I See When Looking Through My Telescope
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2021
- Catching many hours of data on a galaxy with my camera and telescope can certainly reveal many colorful details, but what does it look like when viewing it through my telescope. Sorry to say, but every deep space object I've ever seen when looking through an eyepiece looks grey (at least I see color with planets though).
The galaxy in this video is Bode's Galaxy, M81, and it was captured with the following astrophotography equipment:
Imaging Telescope:
Explore Scientific FCD100 Series 127mm Refractor Telescope
Imaging Camera:
ZWO ASI1600MM Cool
Focuser:
MoonLite 2.5" Focuser with Motor Auto-Focus
Field Flattener:
HoTech 2" SCA Field Flattener
Mount:
Celestron CGX
Polar Alignment:
QHYCCD PoleMaster
Guide scope:
Orion ST80
Guide Camera:
Lodestar X2
#astronomy #astrophotography - Наука та технологія
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This is amazing
Super fascinating....I don't understand though are u using a special camera and a telescope....is it a phototelescope? And when u say exposures ,u take multiple pictures and combine ?
This is my wallpaper now. Amazing.
You should get some pictures of things and don't show them on YT and use them for things like patreon. Maybe do one each month like a calendar but as a wallpaper for your patreon supporters. Just an idea. 🤷♂️🤷♀️
They would be totally worth it for you and an awsome gift. 👍👍👍👍👍
Chuck, thank you for sharing the "real view" of an eyepiece experience with that of Astrophotography results. Many people may become upset that their new telescope doesn't provide views like the Hubble.
Glad you liked the video. I remember looking at the bright and colorful Orion Nebula through an eyepiece and still, it was just faint grey.
I am interested in astrology but admit I'm a little ignorant with how it all works. How and what is the process to get twenty seven hours exposure? If you are too try to look out in the day, isn't there to much daylight to even see stars? How is this obtained,?
PS, this is amazing footage! Cheers
@@8simonking8 I'm ignorant on Astrology, because it's fake 😂 Astronomy, though, is the real deal. In this case, the exposures were captured over multiple days. Say the exposure length is 30 seconds for each shot. It would require 27 (number of hours) x60 (minutes in an hour) x2 (because 2-30 second intervals in a minute) exposures overlaid in an HDR-type process to build up to the final image. That's a lot of exposures!
@@ChucksAstrophotography so even after taking long exposure shots , they look grey?
Yes. Until the filters are applied.
This is very important for people to realize. I think the reason people sell telescopes is because the expectation and the reality of visual astronomy are VASTLY different.
Right!
And some of the pictures they put on the beginner style scope boxes are pretty much fraudulent !!!
@@Mike-1000 Exactly! When I show someone visual stuff for the first time I will do planets if they're up, or a nice glob. They look good even in cheap scopes.
@@AstroDenny It's misleading, pin sharp nebula pictures on the box of a 70mm scope haha
I have two telescopes and I can’t see Jupiter the way they show the pictures. I can barely even make up any lines. It’s just a blur. I give up.
This is one of the few videos that can tell a beginner the actual view through an eyepiece so they don't expect anything more and not be disappointed when they get their first telescope
Glad to make useful videos, thanks!
It just leaves me in awe when you try and imagine the sheer distance of these celestial objects... How big our universe truly is... Just mind boggling.
In other words how insignificant we are!
12.5 years from oith? No way!!
@@johnjepsen500 oith? 🤨
I’m teaching astronomy at a small college. I’ve been meaning to do a similar demo to help hedge expectations when they use the school telescope. The first time students are always impressed with the moon but not nebulae or galaxies. This will help explain why we use cameras for those faint fuzzies.
Cool, glad you found the video useful.
I use a clear crescent or gibbous moon whenever I go to my local elementary school to get kids and their parents hooked on Astronomy. Or Jupiter's moons through a pair of handheld 10x binoculars. For some reason that always blows peoples' minds.
@@TheAstronomyDude i have no idea if its true but im calling bs. Jupiters moon with just 10×?
Thank you.You’ve restored my faith in humanity. I needed this today.
Glad to hear it!
I just showed this to my mom and blew her mind when she realized how it was done.
This is the best representation I’ve ever seen on the process. (Inter) *Stellar* job Chuck!
I agree this was exceptionally informative.
Awsome! Thank you!
@@ChucksAstrophotography hey if this galaxy is 12.5 million light years from earth that means we are seeing it as it was 12.5 million years ago?
@@pranjalbivare7667 Yes
Hey Trilly, u r amazing...u share things with ur mom....shows an amazing bond between both of u.... Nice to meet u :)
Are the colors/post-processing accurate to what you’d see when you get close to a galaxy/star/planet?
Aproximately yes. Light from those galaxies are redshifted meaning they leave the range of visible light so what they do is calculate that redshift and present what it looked like before the redshift
@@zilit5434 Interesting, I didn't know what the filters did. Although I think post-processing will give you a better image than if you were to just be close to the object and observe it with your own eyes. That is to say you still wouldn't see it quite like that regardless.
@@YourPerfectDoom it probably too big for bare eyes to see galaxy at close distance
@@farhanrahmaddani3218 yes but if we are a little far and in perfect distance, we CAN see the colour of the Galaxy, we can't see if we are almost inside the Galaxy
Man, you’re incredible. You’re truly a master of your craft. Love to see your uploads.
Thank you!
I’m an 11 year old space lover. Ever since I first set eyes on the nighttime sky at the age of 3 on a short camping trip, I’ve always loved the amazing shimmering stars and the mysterious abyss of space. The beautiful constellations and galaxies pulled my heart toward them. Sooner or later, I want to go to college in Florida majoring in astronomy and attempting to go on to get a job apart of NASA (National aeronautics space administration) as an astronomer. Right now though, all I can do is stargaze from the safety of my porch in the night time sky, or watch people do things involving space I can only dream of doing. You’ve been a huge inspiration to me during my love for space, so thank you.
This reminded me of how as a kid I’d spend hours looking over the same set of space books, buzzing over photos like this. Nowadays I’m spoiled by images from Hubble, various observatories and passionate enthusiasts like yourself. Thank you for sharing this wonderful thing.
What you see through the eyepiece is exactly what I see. It’s not much to look at, which is why I stuck with planets, Star clusters and double stars for eyepiece observation. I was amazed when I finally figured out how to stack images using a camera and software. Since that day, my eyepieces have stayed in their boxes and haven’t been used since!
There is something amazing about those photons traveling all that way and finishing in your eyeball.
Same here - it's hard going back to an eyepiece after we've seen what cameras can do.
Is it possible or anywhere near this using a smartphone? 😅
What stacking software should a beginner try? I do basic long exposures with my 300 mm lens for a Nikon. And edit in Lightroom.. I’d like to see how stacking “stacks” up
The resulting images that are produced from combining those exposure techniques and viewing methods, are simply nothing less than fantastic! Outstanding performance in the talent of your applied knowledge and skills, in utilizing quality equipment. Most certainly excellent work, Chuck!
Hi Chuck. Finally a comparison between eyepiece and astrophotography. When starting out even a grey smudge from a galaxy so far away with the naked eye is truly amazing. It's what drives us all to push foward to see more. Great short!
Right, I remember those early days - it was so exciting even with the eyepiece.
I mean this as a true compliment. Not backhanded at all...
You really are the coolest astro nerd around. I'd hang out with you in a heartbeat.
Hey, I appreciate that!
@@ChucksAstrophotography sure thing! I know the old stereotype is that "nerd" isn't a compliment. Times have changed, nerds are awesome. Still, I'm not one for trends. I appreciate nerds (true nerds) because they are experts at what they do and have such a passion for it they can inject that passion into others. And that's more timelessly awesome than any trend will ever be.
Thank you, that is absolutely amazing… I didn’t know you can see freaking entire Galaxy from your back yard with just a torso-sized telescope… I can now understand the relationship between this telescope and the most modern multiple-facility gigantic/or space telescopes that can capture the edges of the visible universe in relatively good detail… such as the farthest galaxy visible to us which is apparently the oldest visible light, from like the very beginning of time as we know it. It’s amazing!
"I'm amazed with what we can do in our own back yards."
Me with a telescope that can't see the moon but my eye can
HAHAHHHA
@David Deleon I'll think about it
The reason your so great at this is because of your passion for it. I'm completely impressed by your results and your passion. Rock on.
This Short was awesome Chuck. Very well explained. Looking back, before I knew anything about astrophotography, I remember looking at M31 through an eye piece for the first time and wondering why it looked like a smudge. The guy next to me chuckled and then explained to me why.
Thanks!. Yeah - even the bright and colorful Orion nebula looked grey.
Absolutely beautiful, and how small it makes this huge world feel!!!! Stunning!!!!!!
Very cool Chuck, thanks for sharing man
Thanks for watching, Scott
Thanks, Chuck again for another jewel of video.
Thanks for watching!
Cool video. Guessing like many, I thought your telescope had to be super powerful to catch those images when, in fact, it also has to do with the collection of light over time (and touch up work in the lab) to get the real image. Interesting.
That was truly amazing!!! Thank you for sharing. I had not heard of Bodes before. It is beautiful.
“Amazing what we can do from our own backyard” with a few thousand dollars 😂
Accessible to most people interested in doing this. It literally costs the same as one or two vacations.
This is an amazing contrast between the normal action of looking at Bode's galaxy with an eyepiece and the reveal of a long exposure: 27 hours and enhanced with filters and processing with Adobe Photoshop. I absolutely love the longer exposure and post processing work.
The difference between visual and a composited image is just amazing! I’m all about the images! That’s why this hobby is fantastic! Nice vid Chuck 👍
Thanks for watching, Simon!
The colours look so pretty. I feel like a make up company could make a little eye shadow pallete out of them. What would you think it'd be called? 🤔
Interesting, now you've got me thinking about names, lol.
Galactic beauty
Canadian, Eh?
@@Fabio-kr9in Sounds pretty good bro
"Glamour Galaxy" Lol.
I wish I had the equipment you have sir. It would be amazing to teach my daughters how to produce beautiful pictures like that of the cosmos
It's awesome that you love to do this. But it's even more amazing that you share your experience with us. And for that i thank you. Space is beautiful.
Awesome video Chuck and amazing capture of Bode's!
Thanks Joe!
This is amazing and very beautiful.
Thank you very much, Vaibhav!
Very important info for novices to understand. They expect to see a big bright Galaxy with different colours etc! I still luv seeing Galaxies through EP though, cos although just a smudge, it's realisation of what you're looking at that really amazes me! Thanks for a great vid Chuck! Wes, Liverpool, UK.
Right, thanks for watching, Wes!
Can’t wait for spring so I can give bodes galaxy another real try. I started this hobby last spring and didn’t have the right gear or skill set at the time. Awesome photo Chuck!
I love picking what appears to be just a black gap between the stars and then start stacking long exposures. The entire image comes to life!
Hey Chuck, Vinay from India I’m space enthusiast want to buy telescope which I can see deep space objects and galaxies
But totally I don’t have any idea about space and telescope which will you recommend my budget is upto 1500 usd
Maybe look at the Celestron Edge HD 8-inch telescope. Good for seeing galaxies and planets.
@@ChucksAstrophotography ok I’ll try thank you
Thanks so much, Chuck!
Awesome!
The wife wanted to go on holiday. I said go yourself, I need to buy an astronomy camera!
LOL!
EXCELLENT! Telescope ads always make it seem if you point your telescope at something and look through it would be as beautiful as your finished work.
Thanks, glad you liked the video.
Amazing keep bringing it !!! Love the videos !!!
Another great shorts video from the star man chuck. Keep up the great work! 200k subs is approaching quickly!
Thank you! Maybe 200K by the end of the year? Wishful thinking.
Hey Chuck! Another cool short video! I need to get one of those cameras! I have a planetary camera but I wanna capture Nebulas and galaxies! Your content helps me out a lot, thanks for sharing!
Cool, Trev. I didn't know you only had a planetary camera.
long story short, I finally figured out how to attach it to my computer, Most of the stuff I have captured is just with my phone with 30 second exposure time and a couple apps to edit the photo. Clear skies!
Thanks for letting us know what looking through telescops is actually like
I wanna learn this as a hobby...I really want to!!😍 I'm in love with cosmos
Upload a video in which show how you see all deep space objects with the naked eye.
It's hard to share the visual experiance.
@@ChucksAstrophotography yes
You can see more with a bigger telescope but you really MUST go somewhere to desert or other DARK location to have more contrast. But you will still see it Black and White
@@luboinchina3013 yes
All those red stars are ready to explode. Look how Many... lol. Destruction all over
I’M amazed at what you can capture from your own backyard! 🌌
Excellent demonstration of backyard astronomy!!
You managed to capture God’s other creations in all their glory.
Where in tbe Bible is that 💀
@@prafonity Right? God said nothing about galaxies
There ain't no god
@@sanjogthapa5892 I know trust me I don’t believe nonsense but I’m just saying in the Bible it said nothing about galaxies
That’s cool, glad you showed what it is to the naked eye.
Love your astronomy tutorials, always look forward to them. All I have is a pair of trailseeker binoculars even with these you can see so much more.
I was never interested in space until I started watching your videos. Thank you for opening a new door.
This is why we love astrophotography
DUDE!!! thats amazing....makes me wanna think you could zoom in and see yourself looking back at yourself....i like that its possible that everything that could happen is happening all at once
That is SO BEAUTIFUL!! Congratulations!
Awesomeness, it's truly amazing to think what other life forms could look like in those distant galaxies if there are any.
Thank you for those pictures.
This is so awesome do more😊!
That's an amazing photo. The colors are unbelievable. Thanx for sharing.
Stunning : ) one of my favourite photos of yours
I love this channel!
Thanks JP!
That telescope legit looks like some sniper rifle
It’s crazy to think about that picture being 12 million years old. Space is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of.
Thx for the views of the galaxies i rlly wondered how they look like
I love your astrophotography
Showing the stacking of increasing exposure is an excellent bridge between the incredible astrophotography that has become so prevalent (even by backyard amateurs!) and what we can actually perceive as living, breathing, seeing human beings.
As Usual, great work Chuck!!
Watching the progression of your short exposures was super fun to see.. I'm a bit shocked as well.. And in awe that you can capture these galaxies from your back yard! Technology and your passion combined make 1 hell of a jaw dropping visual! Thanks for sharing
Thanks a ton, I'm glad you enjoyed the vid!
Whatever you do, you don't stop sharing your passion with us! It's such a great gift! Thank you again! 🙏🙏🙏
Both are valuable to me. I love the ability to perceive those photons with my eyeball and then fleshing it out with your awesome shots :-)
Yes, I especially love seeing the planets with my eyeball.
Man, I LOVE your videos!
It’s amazing to think that from where we are, we are actually looking at the galaxy from 12.5 million years ago
Amazes me how we can capture whole galaxies with commercial telescopes,I love waching thease types of things, il for sure be subscribing
This telescope unlocks the real facts which are insanely mysterious to ever know for human beings
Chuck, Great work. Loved it ❤️
You’re an amazing and inspiring man, Chuck ❤
Chuck keep up the good work dude
Love ALL UR VIDEOS. All I can ever say is WOW for every video
Here’s the thing - seeing those smudges with your eyes in real time is still awesome - especially if you know what you’re looking at. Not for everyone of course, but for some.
That's just beautiful.
Love ur work!! awesome job!
Chuck, you have no idea that your videos and the information contained therein is bringing me to a reality I didn't know. as a Christian I browse different sites looking to broaden my understanding and many of the sites don't catch my attention even though they have a high level of expression; but something is missing, when I find the right site there is a connection and a click; even so are your videos, I connect with them very well. I don't have the level of education and knowledge to speak in the language of science what I see or feel, but I have the eyes and the essence and the sensitivity to discern a more expelling phenomenon that leaves me speechless.
Amazing and brilliant idea Chuck! Thanks
That telescope has to have one heck of a great pedestal mounting system.
The vast distances always astound me.
Now I know how telescopes work, your channel is amazing!
Ther like whirlpools aren't they so interesting like, nice work matey
My favorite content on UA-cam SPACE and UNIVERSE ♥️💘
Very informative!! Thanks Chuck!!
Glad you liked it, thanks!
I love your work . Thanks for sharing.
This is absolutely absurdly insane. One of the coolest and most beautiful things I’ve ever seen, thank you!
I really dig your content chuck.
Always a treat to see some astrophotography, especially with a commercial grade telescope. Thanks for the great view! :]
Glad to see less of the comments about your voice and more about your work. You bring astronomy closer to the common man Chuck. You're an absolute gem.
I cannot tell you how exited I was when i found a grey smudge in the sky for the first time.
Colour or not, It's still amazing
You got 100k likes on that ! I’m so proud of you. It’s very satisfying to see your work grow so well on UA-cam
Your videos are wonderful.
Well done. What a beautiful image.
It's such a beautiful galaxy.
Yes amazed
I'm glad u show the cosmic latte
Of Bodes galaxy what it really looks
And the color fixtures
Pretty
Love your work sir.