Here's the very last image I took using my Lumix G9 as my camera: That's just over 1.5 hours of integration under my Bortle 6 skies. Again, no problem with a telescope. How did it go? I refocus after 1 hours and after that when the temperature has change more than 5C with my longer ones. My backyard is classified as a red-zone on the light pollution map, which is the second worst amount of LP possible. In late 2018 I reviewed the Optolong L-Pro broadband filter. Galaxies often show plenty of color in broadband. Living in the city of Dallas, I am also in the red zone and the closest non-red zone is basically an hour at minimum away. I did about an hour and a half of integration (iso400 and subs of 180s). Comets light up and develop the fantastic tales when they are close to our sun. The best broadband veil nebula from an unmodified camera i think i've seen! However, all the other stars were red too like in your Orion photo above. , NGC 7000 in Narrowband (Light Vortex Astronomy), A Road Map to the North America Nebula (Sky and Telescope). As it is my post I dare: Bahtinov masks work great for long focal length scopes. If you shoot in light polluted skies with a DSLR, listen up. For a longer focal length you have to correct focus now and then because a few degrees temperature change can bring you out of focus. There are plenty of bright Ha objects. All the best man. This is especially effective in capturing the nebulae in Milky Way with your modified DSLR. Light Pollution from Niagara Falls is to my East, and Toronto to the North. NGC 7000 North America Nebula by Mark White, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK. I would be delighted, if I were able to produce anything remotely like this. They show up as pink dots in the spiral arms. That is like 1/500s or so. Your result is not bad at all, I am not sure if I would have been able to improve. The California Nebula. It can be picked up easily by any unmodded camera. The solution is to go for fully manual lenses. If you don't want to modify your camera for whatever reason be encouraged to use it as it is! Wich one would you recommend? Do you think the Skytech CLS filter will be a good starter filter? I would like to buy a cls filter. Others (like myself) are not so lucky. I believe the Nexstar 6SE is an Alt-Az mount meaning long exposure deep-sky astrophotography will be tough. The California Nebula captured using a Canon 600D + SkyTech CLS-CCD filter through a Meade 70mm Quadruplet Apo The LPRO Max is an interesting option for those who wish to create starry landscape images of the Milky Way. Light Pollution Filters for Astrophotography, Deep Sky Astrophotography in Light Pollution, Use a DSLR Ha Filter for Astrophotography, Deep-Sky Astrophotography During a Full Moon. Great inspiration for beginners like me. In photographic terms this is just 1 to 1.5 f-stops. It was a new moon, -10C outside and clear, although relatively bad seeing. I also combined narrowband h-alpha data collected using a Rokinon 135mm F/2 lens (at F/3.2) and my Canon EOS T3i DSLR. There are some options available for full frame cameras on the market (I know that Optolong makes some) Clear skies! Canon T7i, GSO RC8 at f/6, 158x5min, ISO 400. I'd use ISO 400. Just wondering from your experience with them if you noticed one to be better then the other for light pollution and for color cast and crispness. We also display the single shot obtained with each camera and all acquisition details. When in combination with a crop-sensor (APS-C) DSLR like the Canon EOS Rebel Xsi, the North America just fits into the entire frame. Canon T3i, GSO RC8 at f/6, 29x2min, ISO 800. I recommend you get a used modded camera or get a new one from a professional store. Older globular clusters contain old yellow stars that are not burning hot enough to make hydrogen glow. . The trick for a good first image is to pick an object that is large and bright. Thus I strongly recommend you upload your first stack to dropbox or Google drive and send a link in the forum. I live in Southern California and as you can imagine light pollution is heavy, but I do travel to Nevada alot and shooting in the desert would prove to be much better for reduced light pollution. The Rokinon 135mm F/2 ED UMC lens frames up this 120 x 100 arc-minute-wide nebula, the Pelican Nebula, with room to spare. Canon T7i, TS 65mm Imaging Star, f/6.5, 31x4min, ISO 400. During the summer months, the constellation Cygnus reaches high overhead throughout the night. Using the filter on my DSLR allows me to capture exactly what I am missing up there. (I thought the same thing). It may be one of the first topics a beginner comes across and sometimes the recommendation sounds like modding is an absolute necessity. . Indeed, I suspect even expert imagers might be hard pressed to discern differences between images captured with an "ordinary" DSLR and LRGB images with high-end gear. Galaxies are another favourite but most are either too big - m31 - or too small to get good shots without extra magnification like m82/81 or sculptor galaxy. As for a filter a SkyTech CLS is great if your shooting in city LP: http://www.ontariotelescope.com/product.asp?itemid=1202&Affid=2, This would be for the Canon 80D (Thats an excellent camera). The Moon. Can I benefit using a modified DSLR with lenses versus an unmodded DSLR? The Optolong L-eXtreme filter isolates the H-alpha (Ha),, Continue Reading Optolong L-eXtreme Filter ReviewContinue, After almost a decade of taking pictures of space with a DSLR camera, I have come to the realization that a DSLR Ha filter is quite possibly the most important astrophotography filter in your kit. Of course there are more objects suitable for unmodded cameras like dark nebulae or planets but alas I do not have any image of those. Iamtoyingwith the idea of getting it moddedor bite the bullet and buy a cooled CCD camera. I shot the Heart and Soul with my stock Canon 6D and UHC filter. I will try and rework my image to see if I can achieve that effect. I live in North Dallas so a lot of light pollution. I also live in a red LP area, and would like some advice. Canon T7i, TS 65mm Imaging Star, f/6.5, 27x2min, ISO 400. Between Astronomik CLS-CCD and SkyTech CLS-CCD filter, which is the better one to go for apart from the price difference ? A modified camera however is neither required nor beneficial. An unmodded camera is not totally blind at 656nm. I'm not saying that just to be nice. The IDAS LPS Filter does edge out the SkyTech CLS-CCD in terms of natural sky and star color, but at the cost of less contrast. I am one of the newbies to astrophotography and am still trying to figure out the details for photographing DSOs. When I shot the North American Nebula, my Astro-buddies said things like Wow your unmodded Xsi picks up a lot of red and I thought, hey, maybe I can hold off on an expensive and intrusive mod to my precious Canon. The projector has 400 lumens. I don't have a camera lens for daytime photos, so I'm still wondering if I should mod my DSLR just for astrophotography. I chose the Rosette nebula as it is so bright that the unmodded cam has a sliver of a chance. I enjoy following you on Youtube. I'm absolutely not opposing camera modding. For sure I will. And it's . The best thing about the North America Nebula in terms of astrophotography is that you can capture it using almost any camera. Between the stars there is interstellar dust that shows up as brown clouds. The photo below highlights just how intense the glowing light emitted from hydrogen gas is in the Cygnus Wall. Your camera still has the stock UV/IR filter in place so no need to add another one in front. I'm currently using an unmoddedcanon 70D DSLRwith a80mm APO triplet mounted on a NEQ6. The days are warm and the nights are clear, summer star gazing is here! The Rosette is relatively 'bright' compared to many Ha emission nebulae and well within the realms of un-modified cameras. Our natural satellite the moon is one and it can be imaged with a telephoto lens from a static tripod. Under dark skies you have a good chance to see dim objects. The Rokinon 135mm F/2 ED UMC lens frames up this 120 x 100 arc-minute-wide nebula, the Pelican Nebula, with room to spare. Unlike galaxies with only tiny parts of Ha now larger parts may be missing in the image. Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome videos and keep them comingsaving too buy my first telescope, a skywatcher esprit 100ed and an eq6-r proam hooked:-), Thank you Avis! Only through astrophotography, are we able to reveal the intense red color of the hydrogen alpha emission line. Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports, Community Forum Software by IP.BoardLicensed to: Cloudy Nights, This is not recommended for shared computers, Cosmic Challenge: Abell Galaxy Cluster (AGC) 1656, SDO/HMI Continuum Image on 2023.05.01 at 0941 UT, Celestron PowerSeeker 70AZ Telescope ($10 Scope), Do I need an internet connection for wifi, CEDIC Team goes Namibia - Part#9 (Open Clusters in Sco). I fixed the white balance in photoshop and Orion nebula was red. I have recently tackled the heart nebula (see below) but have really struggled with detail despite getting 70 x 5min subs, with 50 x darks and 50 x bias. On May 30th I mounted my Canon 450D to an iOptron SkyGuider pro for a wide field look at the constellation Cygnus. 5. guiding is done by Orion SSAG. I guess with my budget and choice of equipment i have much more to learn. For instance, the LPRO Max filter is designed for wide angle landscape astrophotography andproduces more natural looking star colors than traditional UHC or CLS filters. The framing you choose may vary widely from the ones shown on this page, depending on the magnification of the optical instrument used. I used an Optolong L-eNhance filter to help isolate the regions of hydrogen gas from a washed-out city sky. M101 and M33 are among the largest and brightest galaxies. @ntph, you are right, sooner or later I will take the decision to go Astrocam, and I'm looking forward to that day already @T~Stew, very nice image! The cameras white balance was set to auto, as these RAW images will be adjusted in post processing. About 4.5 hr integration time, pure,no filters , unmodded.76 mm scope at F4.5. Star clusters reside near or in our own galaxy. I don't want to go deeper into it. Canon T3i, TS 65mm Imaging Star, f/6.5, 71x2min, ISO 800 M8. nice images. When imaged with an unmodified camera these dots are blue. I want to buy a filter for City Light Pollution. Sorry just realised i've attached the tif file. Interesting article, my question is which filter would be best suited for an unmodified Canon 77D APS-C sensor. When imaged together with the nearby Running Man nebula an unmodded camera can even be superior because it dims the bright Orion Nebula down a bit so that the blueish running man appears brighter in the image. I have not modded my camera yet, and probably defer that for some time now thanks to this beautifully written vote of confidence. Any object in close proximity to our home planet is a pure broadband object. M101. The Rokinon 135mm F/2 ED UMC lens. For exposure time refer to this table: You have to refer to the black numbers and multiply by 3. Using an unmodded DSLR on one of the hotter nights of the year to boot. Only if a star burns at low temperatures it can become old thus the center is often a yellow or golden color. Many emission objects are so dim that only a cooled astro camera can pick up the faint signal. If you are shooting deep sky objects (Especially emission nebulae) Youll see a big improvement with a modified cam. Bortle 2 skies and some new processing methods sure helped bring out those wispy details I love so much. Hey! I think it shows two things: one, how sensitive and productive "ordinary" digital cameras can be and two, how easily we can convince ourselves that unless we use the "latest and greatest and totally optimized", we won't get "good enough" results. That is because in glass the effective way appears to be about 1/3 shorter. I can't seem to upload it to my Cloudynights account or this article, to get feedback, but the stars seem far from pinpoint when magnified. I'm limited with the kit I have but might invest ina focal reducer to get more of the nebula in. Reply [deleted] Additional comment actions [removed] Reply With 1000mm + you only need something like 10 bars. In that case you cannot set the aperture and there is a chance of dropping the lens. In this thread a few lenses known for this problem are listed. @boxcorner, indeed it was that thread. Canons Astrophotography Camera: The Canon EOS Ra, Detailed procedures for modifying a DSLR Camera. This produces smaller, sharper stars. If you remove the IR filter without a replacement the optical length changes. This line of SkyTech LP filters was designed for use with APS-C sized Canon EOS cameras such as the Canon Rebel series. The timeline below shows my progress on NGC 7000 over the years. Hi Jaap, I would suggest the Astronomik CLS EOS clip filter or the IDAS LPS clip filter from Hutech for your DSLR. The photo above was captured from my backyard in March 2019 using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 100 APO refractor telescope. The standard best practices apply when photographing this target, such as a precise polar alignment, and a concentrated effort to focus the stars. I got a Celestron 6SE as a gift, at the time I was living in Sudbury.. (darker skies) I just ordered my T-ring setup and it should be in Tuesday I am currently using my old Canon Rebel T1i and will upgrade with time to something better. Pretty scary, isnt it? The Rosette nebula is famous example of a star cluster and a Nebula but not the only one. These are from my first real attempt at DSOs with my setup I bought years ago. Canon T3i, Sigma 50-500 at f/8, 1/80sec, ISO 100, single image. @Rocklobster thanks, I saw your image on your thread. In the image above, the 550mm focal length of the telescope used (in combination with the image scale of the camera) was a little too deep to capture the entire nebula. Hi Trevor. For a breakdown of the steps used to process this image, have a look at my recent deep sky image processing tutorial. It lets enough natural light pass through to the sensor for natural colors, with the added benefit of reducing city glow. For the latest information and tips, please follow AstroBackyard on Facebook. Im just not in the position to modify my camera yet, but ive tried targets like California nebula and heart and soul, and have ended the night with basically nothing. . This review is most valuable to those shooting. I have recently tackled the heart nebula (see below) but have really struggled with detail despite getting 70 x 5min subs, with 50 x darks and 50 x bias. Hi Everyone! This is a fortunate occurrence that doesnt come very often, especially during a Canadian winter. I am a beginner at AP using my Nikon D5300 (unmodded). I use an Eos 60da camera. Now Id recommend a CLS-CCD filter for a 60Da. These photos were captured using a Canon 7D Mark II DSLRwith an EF 17-40mm f/4L USM Lens. These SkyTech models are just for APS-C bodies. No, I will not. Mind sharing with a newbie?Im trying to understand ISO selection and what drives the decision? Is the Heart Nebula with an unmodified Nikon D600 a fool's errand? Just after some advice. Having said that, I think an OSC astrocam would have given a better result in less than half the time.. Hey man, I just stumbled on your youtube channel and wanted to say thank you, Ive just recently been interested in astrophotography and I live in Toronto and find your videos very helpful/relatable. Whether you shoot with a modified camera through a telescope or a stock DSLR with a camera lens attached, a light pollution filter will help you shoot longer subs. This all contributes to a washed out night sky full of street lamp glow and more. Just have a look at the single exposure above without using a filter on my DSLR camera. I think I have reached my happiness level. So my question is why go with the CLS-CCD over the CLS for modded cameras? So, your images may look better or worse depending on the amount of light pollution you deal with. What Recommendations Can you give me beside my 2 questions above? Still many regard it as one of the most beautiful sights in our night sky. As telescopes are pure manual devices you won't run into that trouble with a telescope. No, an unmodified DSLR is about 1/4 as sensitive to hydrogen-alpha as a modified one, so it's more of a challenge, but it's not a fool's errand. As a result you can no longer focus on infinity with some lenses. The photo on the left is an old version of the Omega Nebula using the IDAS LPS filter. I both bookmarked and printed it, as inspiration and also a really nice target list to point the scope at. Several functions may not work. The CLS filter is the most affordable option and is comparable to the Astronomik CLS. The location of the California Nebula in Perseus. Watch out for rabbit holes.but keep using the DSLR! Owners of high-magnification, long focal length telescopes (1000mm+) tend to focus their attention on a specific area of the nebula. I'm currently using an unmodded canon 70D DSLR with a 80mm APO triplet mounted on a NEQ6.
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