Deepsky wonders via my ETX-70

[misu22b]

man no ofense, u sound like "Marcus Aurelius" from Gladiator

[nbandpa]

It was taken with his 70mm but........through a camera then refined through his software. *READ*

[786free1]

Hi, can you please clarify (again) were the pictures actually taken by the ETX 70 or were they actually taken by your bigger 12" scope? I have had an ETX 70 and could not see anything like the pictures you have taken. Please clarify with as much details as possible.

[MonkeySpecs301]

@786free1 Read the description bro

[menono58]

whoa... are these taken with or without adaptive optics?

[nytecam]

@menono58 without adaptive optics eg and wholly unnecesary with such a small scope !

[nehal0001]

can a 60mm scope do this stuff..???.......

please cument...

[nytecam]

@nehal0001 Yes - a 60mm may be able to do this stuff IF it can track the stars accurately and has a very sensitive camera is attached. Good luck.

[nehal0001]

@nytecam thanx...

[nehal0001]

@nytecam what d u mean by trackeng objects..?

[nytecam]

@nehal0001 Sorry - to take faint deepsky galaxies etc the scope must track the stars as they move slowly across the sky for the duration of the cam exposure - say 30 seconds or more otherwise stars will come out blurred. The scope can't be static to do this.

[MrLuigiTV]

Would you recommend the etx70 as a good starter telescope?

[MightySaturn5]

considering your location and the light pollution in your general area these photos are very impressive.

I'd love to transplant you and your observatory to the higher elevations in Hawaii to see what you'd acomplish

[nytecam]

Hawaii would be nice but as you can see I enjoy a challenge even if my conditions seem impossible;-)

[KardinalKrampus]

@MightySaturn5

Hawaii isn´t any more, what it used to be.

lots of complaints about reduced visibility due to air pollution lately ...

watch?v=x1UMRnoxJlw

[nytecam]

Thanks FF - I certainly will;-)

[JonNebula11]

hi i know this is hard but whats the minimum costing general mead or other brands with a mount what will be able to track nebulas & gallaxys good enough to do exposures

ive saw alot of eq mounts with motors but i dont know if they'll be good enough ?

thanks m8

[nytecam]

Hi JN - tricky ? Meade ETX/ 2000 series and Starwatcher? scope have adequate image tracking for ~10s-20s then stack with freeware DeepSky Stacker for longer effective exposure. I prefer mono CCDs as they have no filers [RGB IR block] and ~ x4-x5 faster than colour CCD. Hope that helps;-)

[JonNebula11]

thanks i barely no anythink about this but i realy want to start taking photos but wouldn't i have to have exposures for 100s-400s like you for it to even be seeable lol also is the 2000 series mead too or not ?

thanks m8

[nytecam]

JN - my individual exposures are only 10s-20s duration but many of them added together eg 'stacked' for TOTAL exposures 100s-400s!

[jdastro]

Nice imaging and well presented video. It's indeed amazing what a small scope can do if it has a good mount and tracking setup. Thanks.

[nytecam]

A short focal length 350mm [like my Meade ETX-70 used for these wideangle DSO images] is less critical for tracking the stars than, for example, the main 'scope with a fl of 3000mm;-0

[27288]

thats intresting ive got a 5" reflector ive just bought it to start amature astronamy and i want a (go to) mount so would you say a etx-70 will be a better scope or a skywatcher skymax 90mm cassegrain?

oh ye im getting a celestron neximage cam are they any good for nebulas or gallaxys

thanks m8

thanks m8

[nytecam]

Hi - stick with the scope you've got for now - a driven mount of some sort is necessary for long exposures needed for deepsky stuff. If I recall the Neximage is intended for bright objects like the moon and planets but could be wrong.

[27288]

how come theres no colour

[nytecam]

Colour cams are much slower than mono and need exceptional long exposures - as far as I'm concerned life's too short for just a couple of [colour] images per evening;-)

[bosb33r]

Yes indeed very nice !

[nytecam]

Thanks Bos and SAC;-)

[ScrewAttackChina]

Very nice. I love your vids, professor.