I love the comedy you do on your videos

love your videos and love that you cover small to large budgets and make astrophotography accessible to all!!

Your videos are so well thought out and easy to understand what you are doing with the gear, and more importantly, why you are doing it. Thank you!

Thanks I had no clue how to help my grandson with his photography. Now I do. 😊

Hi, Walt. Thanks for another great and amusing video, it's always a pleasure receive the notifications of some new work! Thanks!

Thankyou for all your hard work producing these videos. I've learned much from your processing videos and have learned much about editing images of the Aurora Australis and DSOs from my little island of Tasmania in Australia. Witchhead is my next DSO target with a 55-250mm and i will be following your processing guide for that! Clear skies.

Underrated content on this channel. You talk about software that I've personally been looking for and your editing techniques are far better IMO👍

MAN! SOOOO BEAUTIFUL PICTURES! Love your video!!!

Yet another superb video, Walt! Thank you for what you do!

Great video as always, please never stop doing what you do!

Enjoyable as always. I never miss an episode! 👍

I'll look forward to your next video. I kinda figured out AutoStakkert about a year ago and developed my own workflow, but it's anything but simple and easy, so I'd welcome seeing your approach.

Looking forward to next week’s video!

Very nice images Walt looking forward to seeing your processing video

Great video - cheers Walt!

Awesome video! Keep up the great work!

Also this video is perfect timing I just got an astrophotography kit for Christmas and I was trying to learn how to do lunar imaging. Thank you :)

Wow! You definitely are the funniest Astro Photographer on all youtube! Never laughed so much at a Astro Photography Video 😂😂😂 Great Job! (The walking sequence had me crying)

Great video again, Walt. Still no clear sky in N.W. England. Pretty much 3 months now 🙄. Keep it going. Love every minute you upload 👍

nice work, thanks for the images

Great video as always!

Man I love the music choice you have on your videos

Amazing. Thanks!

Hey Walt, great content even tho we didnt see much of the alien on this episode. Even tho the holidays are over, and as soon as the clouds allow it, im planning to go after the Christmas Tree with my dslr and star tracker. I think it can be nice target for your channel too and I love to see other people’s take on a same target. Keep up with such an awesome content! PS: i wasnt even that interested on the moon tutorial tbh, but i wanted to leave a like anyway and got caught by your shananigans while i was on it lol

thanks❤

this is so amazing :(

It's nice to know that you can get good pics with kit lens and crop sensor cameras.

Great video as always. I would like to have a big rig like yours, but the traveling to a site with something that huge looks like a small task.

awesome stuff

This makes me want to try moon photography with my 10" f10 again. The last time I tried it was... sub-optimal. I need a focal reducer and the "lucky shot" technique.

The moon is such a great object to image, and it's there all the time. I don't photo full much as the contrast is rather flat. However, full is always great for lunar eclipses. Earlier this month I went out to do some imaging with my Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer only to find out the selection knob is down for the count. Bummer... Just have to comment on that reel-to-reel tape device behind you. Haven't seen one of those in a very long time. Here's hoping you can get some viewing/photos of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) later this month.

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I'm using a handycam with 50x zoom. It's the cheapest option. And you can stack that video file to make the image much more clear.

Great video. I am going to upgrade from my 600mm to a telescope very soon and glad to see what difference it makes. Waiting for the next video to see moon video processing. What's your social media handles?

Hey Walt. Got a quick question for you. So, I have a dark site picked out to view and image the comet c/2022 E3 (ZTF). I am planning to go out at 1am Saturday morning, the 28th, to view/image it. I have my Star tracker to freeze the sky, but I know the comet is moving itself. How long should I set my exposures for, in order to be able to stack it without it moving? How would I image it to make a video of it moving?

Hey very nice video! I think the most important question for me at this moment is: What is actually better for imaging the moon? a) Taking a few shots and choosing the sharpest one b) Taking a lot of photo shots, like 100-200 and then stack them to have a sharper picture c) Taking a short video for lucky imaging and then process it into a single image I'm asking this because my camera is 24mp, but during video is just 4k meaning an equivalent of only 8mp!! and not sure if stacking the video will be actually better than a burst of photos. Hope you can help me!

What about a Nikon 500mm reflecting lens or on a 2x converter? It's limited to f8 to start. Or what's a beginner affordable reflex lens telescope worthy of this cost?

A couple extra: 👍👍

That forgot my equipment bit was fire xD

Is it possible to stack stacked photos on DSS?

Would you have more data stacking raw photos?

The moon is my favorite thing to snap pictures of

Where can I find your Autostakkert Tutorial please?!

How much dose the star tracker cost ?

I was learning so much from your video and enjoying your content a lot! While I'm still enjoying your video, I've been left with an inescapable quandary for which I may never receive an answer: if "getting the fastest exposure possible" is the primary objective from a technical stand point, then why on this our third rock from the sun are you setting ISO to 100? If it's too bright then simply increase the shutter speed, you were only at 1/60th in the context of the footage? Set ISO to 200, or if you have some real balls 800, and then set shutter speed to 1/600th instead? Am I missing something? Yes, I understand how ISOs work, but it's the 2020s guys. Noise has been fixable for a while now.

ISO 400, 1/400s,F5.6-F11 see moon phase and weather.

What if I have a lens which is technically a telescope? ZM-5A 500 mm/f8 catadioptric Maksutov/Cassegrain supertele lens.

Hey Walt. Quick question. In another video, you showed the battery station(?) that you use to power all your devices. So my question is: If I am not ready to plop $300-$400 for a power station, what size battery pack would I need to run my T3i with a dummy battery and my dew strap? That's all I have that I need to figure out a way to power. And there are no outlets near me at the dark site that I use. So I need something compact and is able to power those two items for 8-10 hours. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.

I didn't get notified of this video man! Time to complain bitterly to youtube!....... on second thoughts...no. They'd probably ban me from the platform just for complaining.

"Some of you have been asking if you have to polar align when using the lunar mode on the Star tracker." Yep. That's me.

Hey Walt. Is there a free program that allows you to do the same thing as BackyardEOS? Does that 5x work with the 300mm lens?

Before I even bought a tripod .. I was capturing the Moon handheld .. using a Sigma 150- 600mm Lense and Canon 850D , Would have been nice if you had also included .. doing hand held captures .. Not everyone has deep pockets that can afford star trackers and that gigantic telescope

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Its the real moon not moon nasa explain

Why are photographers so goofy?

Like the Milky Way I shoot multiple images (8-12) of the moon and align in Photoshop. Gives better detail.