High resolution astrophotography of the space

[Imakeplanesboom]

How did you color the photos? That's not how they actually look. There has been some editing. Right?

[scuby66]

Amazing what you can do with a 4inch scope

[mrst3wy]

In 2 billion years, the Andromeda galaxy will be so close to our own galaxy that if any humans still exist on earth, the night (and indeed the day) sky will display the immense beauty of the galaxy. I wish so badly I could see that, it would be beautiful

[redshift40]

Nice photos! That Tak is a wonderful scope. NGC 6960 (the "Witch's Broom" at 1:03) turned out great. It is one of my favorite nebulas. It looks about the same in your photo as it does in my scope visually with a OIII filter (except for the red hydrogen)

Cheers!

[peteryyz43]

...uh.. just wondering why you put the word 'THE' in front of the word 'SPACE'.......EH???...WEIRD!..­Nice 'THE' images anyway!

[SentiBM]

do you have to use filters for these nebulaes to look so colorful?

[AZ09astrophysicist]

LOS ANGELES GALAXY #1 ONCE A GALAXIAN ALWAYS A GALAXIAN!!!!!!

[nabuhodenozor1]

Amazing pictures man :)

[marcuelcajon]

Really nice, I am selling my car for that same telescope. jk

[mastacheif1000]

lol i though you were my neightbor mark holwweg when i first read your name...

[limpampoo]

Man you are lucky to view all the sky by your own eyes, when you look in oculars is different from pictures on monitor I guess...pictures look like from hubble ones I saw, nice job>>

[osajasimonis]

congratulations, delicious light from that darkness, greetings from chile, wena pollo

[ttoyota]

Are you taking these shots?

If so what Equipment do you use

[MarkHellweg]

Yes, all these images are taken by myself. The equipment: 4" Takahashi APO refractor and a Canon EOS 20Da on a Losmandy G11 mount.

[Buddhist2k]

WOW... a 4" Tak and a Losmandy... thats alot of money well spent!

[FlameHue]

@MarkHellweg I don't really care about the equipment. Tell me the sky of what part of the world was used.

[MarkHellweg]

@FlameHue

In the center of Europe. Borderline of Germany and Belgium. 15 km away from a city with 300.000 people. Not the best but not too bad!

[superc8brown]

Gut Gemacht!

[cacosta5]

nice video, how can I get the basics for astrophoto, I have a celestron XLT 150 equatorial mount and motor, the t ring adapter, what else I need and7or where can I find basics for astrophoto?

[MarkHellweg]

Try large web forums. You'll find several in the web. Often you'll find a "astrophoto beginners" thread with many useful informations

[Tork64]

So would a thousand dollar telescope be able to pick up nebulas ? For example, could I attach my canon eos xti with some kind of adapter to it and get pictures? I know dobs telescopes arent good for astrophotography because youll need some kind of goto platform for them, but ive seen it done on a few forums.

thx

[MarkHellweg]

You can takes space images with nearly every telescope... it's only a question of the images quality. Necessary is a motorized telescope mount for star tracking. This is more important than the optics. Have a look about so called "german mounts". The Canon is a good choice for astro imaging.

[Tork64]

thanks

[vassekb]

would the Orion skyquest XT8 be able to produce images like these?? I dont mean taking pictures just seing images like these...in such detail or close to it...answer please??

[MarkHellweg]

You can see the planets, moon and sun with colors. But you can't see the beautiful colors of the deep sky objects.... Just grey and black even with much bigger teleskopes! That's why I'm only interested in photographing the night sky! You never can see a lot of details directly with your eyes except of very bright areas.

[vassekb]

if I use filters, will I see colors? and will I be able to see in as much detail as in the video? instead of just seeing blobs....

[MarkHellweg]

not really. You only see one color => the color of the used filter. You may have a bit more contrast but its still a blob.... You will never see the object like an astroimage is showing it.... That's not a problem of the scope - no- its because of our "bad" eyes.... "All cats are grey in the night" - you know !

[Tork64]

can you tell me who the songs by, thank you.

[Tork64]

I love this kind of stuff, when I get enough money saved up one day im gonna have to get me a telescope and learn me the stars. Thx for this, beautiful images.

[Driver599]

You do not need a big or expensive telescope a 150 to 200mm will do. Also a camera for astrophotography is needed.

[sarcasmi]

beautifuly awesome