Deep Space Astrophotography with a Star Tracker | Start to Finish, For Beginners

This is a start to finish tutorial where I walk you through how to capture a deep space target using a beginner-friendly and portable astrophotography setup. I then walk you through how to process that data to get to a final image using Siril, a free astronomy imaging processing tool. This video is geared towards beginners - something I wish I might have come across in my earlier days.

Just a note: during the intervalometer portion of this video, be sure to set your INTVL (interval) to include both your exposure time + the additional time you want between sub exposures. For example, if you are taking 60.0 second sub exposures and want an interval of 5 seconds in between each exposure, be sure to plug in 00:01:05 in the INTVL (interval) section rather than just 5 seconds. If you purchase the newsiest version of the Star Adventurer, the 2i, then an intervalometer is not necessary as you can connect to your phone via the app.

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My Gear:

Star Tracker - Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Pro Pack: https://amzn.to/3g0Z1jR

Camera Lens: https://amzn.to/3qs3yOn

Tripod: https://amzn.to/3BajnxS

Camera: https://amzn.to/3RF7eIy

Light Pollution Filter: Astronomik CLS CCD EOS R Clip-Filter
Comparable: OPTolong-L Professional Deep Sky Broadband Clip-Filter
https://agenaastro.com/optolong-l-pro...

Camera Lens Adapter: https://amzn.to/3QAq2Hv

Bahtinov Mask for Rokinon 135mm
https://www.etsy.com/listing/11977309...

External Intervalometer:
Comparable: https://amzn.to/3QtG85G

External Illuminator Panel: https://amzn.to/3B50NqV


Software:

Star Adventurer Console App
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/star-ad...
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

Polar Scope Align
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/polar-s...

Stellarium
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stellar...
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

SkySafari
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/skysafa...
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...

Siril
https://siril.org
Scripts: https://free-astro.org/index.php?titl...



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