@ericpitt3876
"if you want to follow along or try to outdo me" - Nico, you're awesome.
@mattlabrecque1265
This channel got me into astrophotography. Started taking untracked photos. But now just got the star adventurer 2i a couple days ago. Cant wait to use it! This channel has a atmosphere that alot of other astrophotography channels lack!!!
@tachyon3.14
Week 17 of appreciating Five Minute Fridays
@peterlaubscher3989
Have to agree - for a single photo, this is simply great!
@sams9716
Nice job! I noticed Orion out the other night when I was getting ready for dark frames but was but was behind a tree. I live out in Western Mass.
@peterbarratt8699
Takes me back to the old days of film cameras, hand guiding for 3 minutes, keeping a star within the graticule boundary, hoping for the best with processing; but, it was a lot of fun staying up all night to get a few captures. In the twilight years, it takes a bit to stay up for a result. Thanks for the tuts, keeps the interest alive.
@NoahsAstrophotography
Amazing result Nico! That's pretty incredible for a single exposure! 🤯 So excited for these winter targets :)
@HarryLimezz
That was so much fun playing around with a raw image and following along, please do more!
@MichaelLevAstro
Tip for white balance: you can use the eye dropper tool to sample the background sky for a quick rough estimate, most times it nails it.
@jiffijoff9780
very cool Nico. You and Trevor from Astrobackyard are two very inspirational youtubers. You guys got me into finally investing into a EQ mount (cheap-ish Bresser EXOS II Goto). I will first use available equipment and see what can be achieved with that. In my case thats a Panasonic G9, which I know is not perfect, but will be fine so far. I expect the avalable lenses (like the Olympus 40-150/2.8 pro) to actually perform pretty nice and fast. Also I have an old 5D MkII collecting dust on the shelf, maybe its time to re-activate that. I was even considering getting the 5DMkII astro-modified. But I had the impression the modification on a pretty old and noisy sensor is almost as expensive than getting a used, pre astromodified, younger camera with a cleaner sensor... Ah well, so much to learn, so much to eager for clear skies :-) of course, now that the mount is setup I haven't had a single night of clear sky. Being at Bortle 4 I feel like there a good times ahead. Thanks again for being such a nice and motivating host for this wonderful passion. Jason
@Valksword65
Amazing result Nico congratulations!!! 👏Thanks for share 👍
@sjpp71
Impressive for just one photo, lots of detail on it. There's no substitute for dark skies I guess. Thanks for this video!
@outbackwack368
Cool, thanks! I've yet to get a pic of any DSO... here in Phoenix the nights are 100° but that's starting to finally change. Orion is fully up around 4am now too.
@haythemhamdi3995
Wow, You did it again. Keep up the great work inspiring people to try astrophotography with whatever they got even if they got only 4 minutes of clear skies. CS
@malek2900
Very nice form a single shoot, just before going to bed. thank you for the motivation you give us throughout your videos :)
@michaelklages4367
Another great 5min Friday. I would love to see what you can do with a bird Jones budget scope. These scopes get a lot of hate online everyone thinks you need deep pockets to get to deep space. Your one of the few people that spent time to get a good image out of budget gear.
@jeffnelson1672
I just recently discovered your channel and I'm astounded at the results you get! I'm starting to just scratch the surface of getting back into astrophotography using modern techniques. It's quite complicated to me, but the potential is amazing! I started doing it in the late '80s, and it was a much simpler affair then. I didn't have thousands to spend then, nor do I now, but you can really do a lot more with less now! My buddy and I used to star gaze with his C-8 and my 8" Odyssey Dobsonian, which I still have. We were pleased with the results we got using my Pentax K-1000 manual 35mm SLR with a 200mm lens riding piggyback on his Celestron with its clock drive. 5 to 15 minute exposures of M-31, the Double Cluster, M-42, and the usual suspects! Plus some through-the-eyepiece planet shots with a 50mm, that I was happy with at the time, after much trial and error. I also got some pretty fair tripod shots of Comet Halley, and then Comet Hale-Bopp and Comet Hyakutake. Emulsion film was all we had - CCDs were just on the horizon! I appreciate your excellent videos, and they will be a reference for me moving forward. I'll be starting with planets, to get my bearings. But I'm thinking about dark sky trips. I have a question: Why do you need the focus thingy? Why can't you just focus at infinity? It's what we did in the crude old days, and we thought it worked ok. Thanks!
@johnd5244
Thank you for sharing with us!
@jelanima1073
You inspire me Nikko... Beautiful picture 🌌
@matthewb8229