The Baaader filter draw system has a clip screw already fitted on.

Dude has the accent, the looks, the equipment, the talent, the supporting family, the resources, the connections. And he jams on guitar and makes original music?!? He probably made that wine himself....

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Haha I have an accent? :) Thanks for the kind words .. they made my wife and I smile.

@Drewteam88

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell everyone has an accent to someone else

Really puts a smile on your face when a beautiful first sub like that just bangs onto the screen. Makes all the frustrations with the weather and the gear seem worth it.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely Phill! Sometimes take a little while before that first usable sub!

Unbelievable results Dylan, and great video to show how capable these scopes can be at F2, would really have expected a lot of vignetting at the corners and CA, but looks good and looks promising.. Nearly all lens manufacturers pop out lens at F1.4 ect and you get the lens only to find its useless at the widest aperture and requires you to close it down about 2 stops ... so yeah.. great example with the RASA, Celestron would need to put your name a cheque for this one. clear skies.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm seeing a little vignetting when I use the QHY12 but that has a bigger sensor. This setup though is 👌🏼

Great shot, Dylan. I still haven't pulled the trigger on f/2 - I'm thinking too much about it and just need to do it.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Don’t let me twist your arm Chuck :)

@RaysAstrophotography

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell I don't mind at all for Rasa 11. LOL.

@jamesdougan8789

5 жыл бұрын

i know that feeling go F2 or F0.7 one (hyperstar) only a few hundred more than the other if you live in oz and buy the 0.7 or send away to the US for the other what to do ???

@tommyboypackham9668

5 жыл бұрын

Do it Chuck!

@ChucksAstrophotography

5 жыл бұрын

Ok, I'll do it...at some point, lol.

My finger's been hovering over the "buy now" button for one of these for a while now. But actually, your image shows a major reason why I still haven't bought one. At F2, every little thing shows up in your image. Basically, even with your dedicated adaptation etc, the working distance is off (see corner stars), and one side is even out of focus (probably sensor tilt). So getting something like this working perfectly seems like a full time job :D Still, very interesting and honest review, so thanks!

@DylanODonnell

2 жыл бұрын

The RASA8 suffered from inherent coma the least of all my telescopes tbh

It's nuts how awesome that image is.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks B&K, I'm really happy with it!

Earlier I was fan of astro backyard but now I am your fan... Fan from India🙏

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Well the two aren't mutually exclusive :) Thanks for the support!

Really nice work as always, Dylan. Quite intrigued by the speed and detail from the RASA 8. So cool to see you and Trevor chatting at NEAF. Loved your approach to ‘the beverage’. Would venture to say that many of us employ the same principal 😎 Cheers from Florida!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the kind words .. NEAF was a blast! New video up in the next hour I reckon. Cheers mate!

Great shot Dylan - gotta love Carina Nebula!!

Great video again! and just looked at the full size image, awesome! just shows how far we have come in this field that such great images can come from a backyard setup. keep up the great work Dylan! cheers 🍷

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael! :) 🍻

Just waiting on my first telescope turning up in the next few days. And your videos are a wealth of info for an absolute beginner like me.

Dude, great video! Watching all ze way from Germany. Wish we had that kind of sky. Excited for what’s next. Entertaining and educational !

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Danke Chris! Was fun to make :)

I JUMPED OUT OF MY CHAIR WHEN I SAW YOUR IMAGE! Wow!

Really really great review! Answered alot of question I had, and a few I hadn't thought of

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! I forgot to mention this setup is good for light pollution because of the narrowband. Doh!

Oh my GAAWD! What an awesome shot, and yes $78 for the adapter does sound a bit expensive oO

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Always hard to show the actual res on YT as you know :)

@nicklloyd9165

5 жыл бұрын

Starizona makes their own accessories so it isn't a cheap Chinese part. But the filter slider is a game changer and they are a great company to work with.

@paulwilson8367

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicklloyd9165 I bought the filter slider and it was more than 150 US.

Beautiful.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kev!

Great image Dylan! Congratulations......i have the same alcohol rule as well lol....a glass or two of red wine is a must when imaging starts....

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe see.. we don't have a problem.

Yo thats nuts for only 74 min... great shot!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Max !

Gorgeous Photo Dylan!!!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Tahlula :)

Great Photo Dylan, well done

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darrel!

Why do I always come back and watch videos about cool, expensive equipment I will never be able to justify? Edit: Oh damn I've gone and spent money I don't have

Wow great image, well done Dylan! ......Almost sold on a Rasa 8......... I really like the 11.......

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thx .. more to come!

First rule of all astronomers/astrophotographers...you can never have too many scopes!! :) Same with photographers as well, you can never have too many cameras. The little 8" will just be your portable, go to RASA for when you get out of town and into those Bortle 1and 2 skies. Along with your ED80/100/120/150 or whatever 'frac you also have. And, the Mak 127/150 for your planetary and lunar needs :) And, what's not to say you can't put up another Nex-Dome in the backyard :) Those palm trees were so yesterday!!! :P Or, you like a property just outside of Byron that has all that room for the kids and the scopes :) Nah, I'll say it again, you can't have too many scopes.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe I agree totally! Just another bit of the growing toolkit for the various adventures 😆

😮 That data is ridiculous!! Great video...again 👍😎

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks TommyBoy!

Beautiful work!!!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean!

Have a safe trip to NEAF. I Look forward to seeing you there.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

man I had the BEST time!

@patricksick3008

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell It was a great time! I enjoyed your talk and it is nice to see some familiar faces in your video.

Pretty awesome. I gave up my 11" rasa to rebuild a smaller kit around an 8". I'll try to remember to use your highpoint links when its time to pull the trigger!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks .. good strategy !

Wow that’s an awesome image! Keep up great videos

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Llamar!

Ty for the review helps allot. Great pix keep it up.

That is truly an amazing image!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks azcharlie2009! Celestron featured it today .. yay!

Glad to see you like it enough you want to keep it.... A couple of "silly" questions come to mind... - Do you think the ZWO camera with the IMX294 would see just as much success? - Would running a monochrome camera help with light pollution? (this seems to be a common question, but nobody ever seems to answer it?) - Would an f2 setup be too much of a "learning curve of death" for someone who's relatively new to astrophotography? Also, wow... Those f2 filters are... expensive.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Re IMX294 - Bill Long in the comments here says no. I couldn't say. Re LP.. yes this setup will work in light polluted areas because of the narrowband filters.. Re: F2 learning curve - quite the opposite! F2 actually makes it easy. Wide focal length, short exposures. It's very forgiving. Some people even call it cheating ;)

new f/2 baader narrowband filters came in last week, they used a new process on these. I also went baader UFC, their drawers are still magnetic but they have little handles too. They likely got it working on the rasa 8 since they had that last december, likely using the same zero-spacer approach with the camera flush. It's modular adapters too, direct to other rasa's and some other common sizes. Cheaper drawers+compatibility for mounted and unmounted also won me over.

@jasonnewton1998

5 жыл бұрын

hmm, wonder if your ghosting/reflections were from the filters. Did you have another camera to try? Remember the asi 1600 sensor doesn't' have an AR coating on the sensor either. And these adapters are awfully expensive.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Yeh I think it’s the 1600s fault for sure. I don’t have access to as many vendors here but I imagine Starizona May lose some market as the hyperstar solution so providing adapters for RASA isn’t their ideal business model. They’ve always been good for me though.

@branliew

5 жыл бұрын

I have the exact same reflection with my 11" RASA + 1600MM at 120sec exposures. See an example here: www.astrobin.com/full/394267/0/ In my case the filter is an Astronomic 12nm Ha.

I just recently bought the 11" V2, luckily the back focus is a breeze.. you can use adapters that come with the ZWO ASI cameras to get correct back spacing.

@davefontalbert3280

2 жыл бұрын

Will a filter drawer work as well?

great shot dylan my jaw dropped when i seen it 10/10 you got what i call talent ... amazing stuff i would like to see more of your work with the RASA 8 " when you get more good weather maybe do a video just on your work... like trevor at astro backyard and good luck at the exhibition in NYC and neaf cheers james D

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

James Dougan.. thanks man! I have a few vids with my work but not sure how interesting it would be going over my workflow over and over. :)

@jamesdougan8789

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell sorry dylan i didn't mean your work flow its the end results that i am talking about just the pictures

Nice!!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks !

Hi Dylan, I will not usually say this. But the Carina Nebula you got beats any picture. Great work! Just a friendly advice. Pal to Pal. Don't drink too much. BTW, my company didn't approve the travel to NYC yet. But it might change. It may not mean anything to you, but getting a selfie with you means a lot to me. Later!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Would mean a lot for me too :) don’t mess up your work if you can’t though and thanks for your kind words about the image mate!

Top tes vidéos…merci beaucoup…France..

Damn you southern imagers!!!!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

At least you have andromeda! :)

@samk2630

5 жыл бұрын

Touché, swap observatories for a week? Haha!

@samk2630

5 жыл бұрын

The jet lag would be perfect for observing.

Everything is meaningless and we are all going to die. Fell out of my chair with that one! A bit of Douglas Adams humor. Love it.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Haha it’s funny because it’s true :)

Glad to see that's it's not unusual to pass out on the couch after a long night of astrophotography

@DylanODonnell

Жыл бұрын

No way. I need my dad naps. 😆

Keep on smashing Dylan. Selling a scope just ends in regret.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe thanks for the sound advice 😆

Nice Video Dylan . Thanks

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Totally would love to shoot the Carina Nebula sometime! Must see about getting my way down to Australia... or within 10 degrees of the equator... Lovely image. The RASA looks like a beast!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Yeh it’s a beast of a rig and a beast of a target! Can’t go wrong!

@AstroFarsography

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell beast 😏

Nice shot!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Slymin!

Thank god I ordered the latest batch of Baader 2" f2 filters.

@paulwilson8367

4 жыл бұрын

Starizona only recommended the Optilong LPF.

Great photo

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eddwar!

Now I am back with WiFi, I can catch up on all these videos I have been missing. Thanks for another great video Dylan , thanks for sharing the info on the RASA8 and also the steps you took to get it working, I think this may be a scope I will look into in the future. How is collimation on a fast scope like this? I would think it would be a nightmare. Anyway, thanks again mate, keep them coming.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks Andrew! I've had the 11" for a couple of years now and have never needed to collimate it. It does have tiny hex screws for collimation but it would be fiddly at best and I'd probably get a friend to help if it came to that.

Fantastic shot!! Keep the 8" you know you want to! ;)

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks! I want to!

Great video and great shot, I can't wait to get to Chile to try to shoot Carina as well. The square pattern is caused by the lack of AR layers directly on the sensor of the ASI cameras which is shame and you can't really get rid of it while doing RGB. It ruined my Horsehead nebula but there's not many targets with stars that bright and it's still a great camera.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Yes you're exactly right!

Amazing!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

My son calls it "Astronomy Juice" :)

Hey mate, Great video and entertaining. If it has not been mentioned already, the square stars are most likely micro lensing artifacts from the array. Why would we see these? Well, with an F/2 system, you are saturating the wells of the cmos array pretty quickly and you'll see some scatter into adjacent lenses. The example you showed at the end of your video shows the lensing effect pretty clearly.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

You're 100% correct! I do mention I was guessing this was the issue in the video but didn't explain it quite as clearly as you just did :)

That was the sexiest f/2 video I have ever seen.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Haha high praise !

There is a TS Optics filter drawer that has a 18mm optical path. With a 6.5mm back focus ASI and a 0.5mm fine tuning adaptor it should just hit the right spot, no?

welding and astrophotography, cool....

HI Dylan! Beautiful captures! Great video(s)! Thanks for your knowledge. I saw you on Trevor's video coverage of NEAF, so I looked you up and see you are Subscription worthy, Lol. Keep up the great work. (Thanks for covering the RASA 8. It further supports my decision. It's light weight will work nicely with my CGEM II mount.) Cheers!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for subscribing Michael! I owe Trevor more than a few beers heh. My NEAF video up very shortly if the computer doesn't crash :)

@SurvivalAlgorithm

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! I saw your NEAF video. Yea, 28 minutes is a lot to upload. Good stuff though!

cheers mate!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Anytime :)

Drinking is an aid to focus on astronomy and indescribably important to correct focusing. During the 1964-1968 war we called alcohol aiming fluid. Not directly associated to astronomy it was a valuable aid. Am I sick, maybe but alive still and have no plans to go away anytime soon. Drink on.

I’m sort of convinced I need a RASA or I might die. I have a few questions and you the guy to ask because I don’t know anyone else who owns the 11” & the 8”. I have some concerns around what seems like limited camera options. The weight of the 11 and finally the build quality of the 8. My first question because this could be a dealbreaker, I have a EQ6R Pro mount, can it handle a 11” RASA? Assuming my mount is good the next thing I’d like to know is whether the 11 offers more flexibility in camera choices? Is the RASA a bit of a toy or is it a decent piece of kit?I burnt my fingers buying an AVX not realising that it’s actually a toy and not a real mount. As always, I enjoy your channel and thanks for the effort you put into it.

WoW!!! On the lighter side... got over 2 feet of snow again and more to come tonight. Oh well, I’ll live! AKA Dave Brewer...

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Opposite here. Hot and humid. Crazy climate.

I have Irish Blood, if you need drink have drink. Nice pic. Wish I could see more; but I live in the Northern Hemisphere. Plus, I have to drive out of the city to see anything.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe fellow Irish blood here. I’m always surprised Astro is so huge in the UK given the weather!

How is your laptop connected to your setup? Also, Celestron trumpets the fact that no guiding is really necessary, yet you did a 10 minute exposure with guiding? One guy got criticism for his 3 minute exposures that were "blasting out the stars". I am certainly not knocking your results! Pretty awesome. I would just like to understand what you do with the Rasa 8 so that I can try to mimic you.

Hi Dylan, I have just bought a RASA and am also looking to do some narrowband imaging. I was looking at the Baader fast SHO filters but notice they have f2 and F2.8 versions. Which version did you use and do you think it is critical to select the F2. I have seen conflicting views and you are definitely the expert in this field 😊. Kind regards THU

Nice work great video. I did notice the stars in the lower right of the image are a little "out of focus", or pinched or is this something else? Or am I just seeing things. :D Considering picking up the RASA 11 myself at some point.

Rasa Review 😂 love the pewdiepie references 👍

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼😆

@gianlucabelgrado3624

5 жыл бұрын

Celestron Rasa only 399!!!

Hi Dylan, thank you for the videos you do, I was in the market for a new scope and after watching your review on the RASA 8 I decided to go with it on a CGX and the ZWO ASI294MC, even guiding with the ZWO mini guide scope used in the video. I’m shooting from a small island in the Caribbean (18, -65) and my first couple of attempts haven’t shown much. I did 15 - 30sec exposures of the Pelican nebula and couldn’t see much if any nebulosity during and after post processing. I don’t have any filters yet but I’m on the edge of a class 3 / 2 dark sky so I didn’t think I would need any. Can I get your thoughts?

Is there a device with the Celestron, which moves your telescope at a constant pace for the turn of the earth?

Does this work well with Orion StarShoot G10 camera compared to zwo 294MC PRO? pls advise.

The Rasa seems to be very interesting. I wonder how eg a rasa 11 compares to a regular celestron 11 plus hyperstar. Pricewise its around the same, but removing the hyperstar would still make the telescope usable at higher focal lenghth if needed. What are the advantages of the rasa over the hyperstar?

I think the imaging train was a little bit tilted when I look at the star in the bottom of the full size image

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

It's possible! But I have to note much less noticeable than with hyperstar where the tilt issue was very problematic.

Dylan, were you able to use the Celestron electric focuser you installed earlier on the RASA 8?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried, it's still on the 11" RASA .. but I have one on backorder I'll probably install on the 8" :)

Nice proper use of “jiggery pokery!” Also, whaaaat about that image?! 🤗

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe I learned that term at university from one particular lecturer (true story).

I just got my RASA 8 and Starizona Filter System today (both second hand) and so I'm voraciously reading/watching whatever I can to avoid some of pitfalls that people have encountered with this scope. One of the frequently mentioned issues is tilt and when I pixel peep your excellent image, I can see some aberrations in the bottom right and top left corners. Is this tilt? If so, do you know the cause? Thanks for the excellent vid.

Wow, beautiful photo, Dylan. I hope you get to play with some toys over at NEAF, and try to not go around naked xD.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Haha I’ll try.

Awesome video. I have the Baader filter set on the way and am waiting on Starizonia about the filter drawer system. Just need to decide on the ZWO 1600 or 183. I know the 183 has a smaller pixel than the 1600 and closley matches the RASA's f stop. Any thoughts on that?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Bryan Goff I have no experience with the 183 but suspect it would be a better choice.

Yeah lol. Thanks buddy

Nice work Dylan and thanks for sharing your experiences with us! I have a question here: When shooting with filters (L, R, G, B or NB), should I remove the optical window that comes with the RASA? Thanks and clear skies!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Diego Gomez apparently you are supposed to ... but I didn’t in this example using Ha, oiii, sii which are even smaller passes than r g or b and it worked fine. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@paulwilson8367

4 жыл бұрын

Dylan O'Donnell Dylan I guess you don’t use a dew shield, so do you take flats for all 3 filters? How do you do it? On the RASA most of us slew the scope straight up and then use LED panel. To now go RGB, I’m told I need flats for all 3 filters. Slewing up and down, along with meridian flips, rough looking stack?

I’m also very happy with the RASA8. I’m struggling with flats though. I’ve been using a flat box on my reflectors with back camera mount. With RASA8, I have to take sky flats in the morning and I’m having issues with that. Anyone solved taking flats on RASA? Cheers, Karol

I subscribed based on the last thing you said ha ha🤣🤐💣

3:40 - 😲 🤯 *Daaayam* - even via screen, chromecast, yt, HANDYcam, Screen, comp, AwEsOmE sexy techy+tubey bits 😉

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Haha yeh you know it's good if the handheld screenshot looks alright!

G'day mate, have to say your videos are phenomenal and really informative (subscribed). I spent all bloody weekend to watch'em around, great stuff!!! I would have 1 question if possibly please, that filter drawer @2:06 looks handy and would you share the link or so where to get 1 please? I went through Bintel, Baader etc. websites and couldn't find any proper. Thanks a lot Dylan and regards from overcast and cloudy Darwin at this moment, Cheers.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hi there! I'm so glad you watched even two of my videos! I appreciate it. The filter drawer is from Starizona in Arizona.. tell them what camera you are using and they will work out what you need. Tell them I said hi :)

@kacerhomebeerbrewing

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Hey Dylan, thanks for your answer and BTW I've seen more than 2 your videos last weekend when actually discovered your great YT stuff about Astro. This weekend will continue for 100% sure!!! I had to ask ya coz putting together big list to update my astro rig slowly ( as I mentioned on your last new video from NEAF), we just looking through SkyWatcher 150/750 tube and tried DSLR with adapter but it is too far from fire spot so no focus at all and the focuser is bit higher from the tube so not able to go closer to get it right. I will get those bits together slowly and steady (not to upset family manager for too much spending :-) and thanks again for your help and I will pass your ,,HI" msg to them. Cheers bro and clear skies down there.

Can you please suggest a good portable light weight tracking equatorial mount for this scope? Also a good zwo colour camera?

Awesome work Dylan, however it is making the credit card a bit nervous

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe I know the struggle

Hi Dylan, I am about to pull the trigger on a 8 rasa and need to ask you something. Did you notice any mirror shift on the 8? From what I know they eliminated the image shift using a bearing on the primary mirror but they do not have a mirror lock on the 8? Any info appreciated.

@DylanODonnell

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh there is next to no shift. Only advice would be 400mm is more useful in the Southern Hemisphere than the northern but that’s not a specific criticism of the scope :)

Are there any alternatives to those high speed filters? Having a hard time justifying all most $1k us for three pieces of glass. Thoughts?

Hi Dylan, it looks like i’m going to keep asking about it sorry lol, do you have any info about collimation for this scope? does it require constant collimation like let’s say SCTs? many thanks in advance

Hi Dylan. Thank you for an excellent video. You are saying the RASA 8 is a casual scope compared to the RASA 11, and that you will definitely keep the RASA 11 but maybe not the RASA 8. I have the possibility of getting a RASA 11 at a very good price, maybe even near the price for the RASA 8, so I am going back and forth between the 8 and the 11, not knowing which one to get. I would appreciate your thoughts about a comparison of these two scopes, best in the shape of a new video - or could you comment on this somehow? Do you have a website where you can be contacted directly?

I legit said OMG when I saw that first sub

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

Me too really!

@brettgibson7962

3 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell hey! I love your vids dude!!!

@DylanODonnell

3 жыл бұрын

@@brettgibson7962 thanks man :)

I need to adhere to your rule!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a practical one :)

Nice one Dylan. Have you ever determined any limiting magnitude figures for a given setup & expusure time with either the 8" or the 11" RASA?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing formal, sometimes I try 10 min exposures just for fun though!

Dylan, are you still using the zwo mini guide scope on the RASA 8?

Hi there, Quick question/request from WA. With the 8Ins RASA, have you compare the image quality of say a d850 and F2.8 70-200 lens while piggybacking the scope? This comes from a man with a CPC9.25. Which is in need of some new bearings:(. Ash

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I understand... piggybacking means riding the telescope. So it doesn't use the telescope. Do you mean using a DSLR on the front instead of a CCD/CMOS astro cam? You can only do that with an 11" .. I don't think the RASA8 focal distance allows DSLR as the chip is too far back.

@Ashinperth

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Its mounting you DSLR onto the Tube along with your guide scope and finder. So riding Piggyback on a very expensive mount and guide system.

Hi Dylan, love your videos! Which camera of the brand zwo would you recommend for deep sky astrophotography with a Celestron EdgeHD 11"?, with or without an Hyperstar system.

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

I think the zwo1600mm is good value but check with the Bintel astronomy calculator to be sure.

@halexisb

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Thanks!

"#i am not naked, its just hot outside". continues not showing if he is actually wearing clothes classic Dylan never change man

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hehe I'll try!

Amazing shot, Dylan. Question, I couldn't tell from the video, but did you remove your optical window while running with the filter? Thanks!

@SIGP229TPOC

5 жыл бұрын

@Roswell Astronomy I wish I had clear skies to try it either way, but you know how it goes :)

@Ben_Stewart

5 жыл бұрын

@Roswell AstronomyI couldn't remember if you removed your optical window when you did your shots? Btw do you plan on upgrading to f2 filters?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hi guys! I didn't remove the optical window .. seems like it worked fine to me!

@SIGP229TPOC

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Very interesting, sir. Thanks for the feedback. I'll give both a shot, but was just curious based on Celestron's recommendation (that @Roswell Astronomy mentioned).

@SIGP229TPOC

5 жыл бұрын

@Roswell Astronomy It seems there's quite a wait, whether I wanted to invest in those or not lol. I've got them on backorder....I will see if I ever get them. But, for now, like you, I'm using 12nm, 8nm for OIII and SII (that's all I have in 2")

I’ve got a CG-5, a C8 SCT, a Nikon d5300 and a $600 budget. In your opinion what should I upgrade first for Astrophotography?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Mount - definitely! But $600 won't get you there.

@Broccoli_32

5 жыл бұрын

Dylan O'Donnell Do you think something like the Celestron AVX would be a significant enough upgrade from the CG-5? Thanks

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

@@Broccoli_32 I think the CGX is the best Celestron mount. I can't vouch for AVX as I've never used it. I feel your pain with the CG-5 though which I have endured in the past.

Dylan : how are you doing darks & bias with the RASA? Maybe a vid on that?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Hiya! I have a vid about my darks process that may help. Wasn’t long ago :)

1:51 "I'm not naked it's just hot." Yeah, hot because you're naked ;) Great video, Dylan!

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Lol!

Cool image. Can you comment on what you used for focus? Did you remove the RASA clear filter before you took these images or did you leave it in?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Left the RASA as-is didn't remove any inbuilt filter/window and I used my trusty feathertouch hack for manual focus (a clothes peg) :)

@billlong7146

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell That must have been some good wine! I did manage to get the Celestron Focuser to work on the RASA 8, but noticed some image shift during focusing, did you notice this at all?

@DylanODonnell

5 жыл бұрын

Not really, was super stable for me. I have heard the new focus system on the rasa 8 is already being redeveloped / improved though.

@billlong7146

5 жыл бұрын

@@DylanODonnell Interesting.... Perhaps they will have a retrofit kit for us early adopters? If you warn your viewers about anything -- tell them not to use the IMX294 sensor with the RASA unless its for EAA. Terrible results with flat frames. :(