Adam Block: Beauty and the Beholder The Astro Imaging Channel 2019-04-15 | theastroimagingchannel.org testing.theastroimagingchannel.comAdam's websitehttp://adamblockstudios.comadamblockstudios.com/categories/resources
Automating Your Post-Processing | 2024-10-13 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-10-14 | Astrophotography post-processing can involve a lot of simple, repetitive steps that can become tedious. In this presentation, Craig Stocks will go over a number of ways to use simple tools in Windows, PixInsight and Photoshop to streamline some of the drudgery.Craig Stocks was a professional photographer before he turned instead to mechanical engineering. During his career, he kept his interest in photography, and began it again in earnest upon his retirement in 2009, including serving as an Artist in Residence at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona and later at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin, in addition to being a volunteer photographer at the Golden Gate Recreational Area in San Francisco. Now located in Southwest Utah, he continues to share his passion for fine art photography by turning his cameras toward the heavens, and establishing the Utah Desert Remote Observatories to host remote telescope operations from around the world.Craig's website: craigstocksarts.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #pixinsight
Backyard Capture and Imaging Guide of the Complete vdB Catalog | 2024-10-20 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-10-11 | Dr. Sidney van den Bergh published his landmark paper in 1966, “A Study of Reflection Nebulae”. The paper documented his work to identify all stars in the sky with reflection nebulosity. Some of these objects are among the best wonders of the sky, while others are not worth imaging. Gary Imm has recently completed imaging of the entire vdB catalog, consisting of 159 objects. Many of these objects make excellent astrophotography targets. Gary will summarize his effort and his subject book, which shows, rates and describes each of the 159 objects in the vdB catalog. Gary is an amateur astrophotographer who retired to Onalaska, Texas and took up the hobby of astrophotography 8 years ago. He enjoys imaging deep sky objects, particularly the small and obscure ones. He greatest asset is his patient and understanding wife.Gary's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/GaryI/collections🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Glorious Globulars | 2024-10-06 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-10-07 | Not all globular clusters are alike! Rod Pommier will describe what globular clusters are, their importance to astronomy, why they make great astro-imaging targets, and how to make your images of globular clusters distinct from one another. He will give a real-time demonstration of image processing of a globular cluster with tips and techniques he has developed to give viewers great results. Rod is a surgical oncologist and Professor of Surgery, and has been doing astrophotography for 36 years. He's published a number of articles in Sky & Telescope and Astronomy Magazine, illustrated with his own astrophotos.Rod's website: rodpommier.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
HO-RGB Imaging | 2024-09-29 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-09-30 | HORGB (H-alpha + OIII + RGB) astrophotography targets offer some of the most vibrant and visually stunning images, often filling the frame with dazzling detail. There's no single approach to processing these dynamic images, but our goal is clear: showcase the intricate structure, preserve star color, and capture the glowing emissions of H-alpha and OIII, all while ensuring every fine detail shines through. Eric Coles' workflow provides a reliable method to achieve breathtaking results, time and time again.Eric's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/coles44🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #PixInsight
DIY Dark Sky Site | 2024-09-22 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-09-23 | Many astronomers dream of nights under dark skies. What are the costs and benefits of owning your own dark-sky property? Daniel Moomey will take us through his own dark-sky property-owning experience and what he's learned along the way. He'll also go over what you should consider when thinking about buying property for astronomy purposes.Daniel has over 17 years of experience working with the Dept of Defense in the fields of space operations, space surveillance, nuclear command and control systems, operational testing, safety mishap investigation, and national space policy development. He is currently the Technical Director for a US government laboratory in Aurora, CO. He is a certified Air Education Training Command Master Instructor, and holds both a Master's degree and PhD in Space Systems from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He is an avid and better-than-mediocre astrophotographer, a father of 2 young children, and is currently expecting to receive a rejection letter from NASA regarding that astronaut application, any day now.Tonight he is speaking as a proud land owner of 9-acres of pristine desert land on the foothills of the Dos Cabezas mountains, located about 40 minutes east of the geographic center of nowhere, in Willcox, AZ.Daniel's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/astromoomey🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
PixInsight for Mere Mortals: A Fast Approach for Processing | 2024-09-15 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-09-16 | The astrophotography community is diverse, having people from all levels from both an expertise and equipment point of view. As "mere mortals," not all of us are lucky enough to have high-end Planewaves or a Takahashis deployed over fully-automated Bortle-1-sky observatories (no pun intended). However, is our data still worthwhile? Can I still save the night? Join our own Jaime Zapata Suarez on this talk and discover if he can extract any value from his own "bad" data acquired while taming a Hyperstar. While doing this, he´ll also show an accelerated PixInsight processing workflow that may help beginners and intermediates to have a roadmap on different, sometimes hidden, but easy-to-use tools that have appeared on the environment over time.Jaime Zapata Suarez is a software and data engineer by day, providing service for US-based companies from his home-office. Amateur astrophotographer by night, Jaime is motivated by his grandfather who used to stargaze with him when he was a child. Located at 9,000 feet altitude, and almost ay the equator, Jaime has been showing the hidden jewels of the sky to his community in an effort that is only possible when the spirits of the Andes, the snow-capped volcanoes, trap the dense clouds coming from the Amazon.Jaime's Facebook: facebook.com/jaimezapata2002Jaime's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/equatorastroLink to PDF materials: dropbox.com/scl/fi/8knejl9rb83ncxo2x94kh/PixInsight-for-mere-mortals.pdf?rlkey=co4hu7j4ebt4fn2f8l92fn3dr&st=ktfkmhg1&dl=0🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Why You Should Go To a Star Party | 2024-09-08 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-09-09 | Our very own Molly Wakeling expounds upon star parties and why they are worth going to. She'll also give tips on how to prepare for a star party and what to expect.Molly Wakeling has been doing astrophotography since 2015 and joined the TAIC crew in 2019. She's a Contributing Editor at Astronomy Magazine and has been involved in a great deal of STEM outreach, both in-person and online. She's currently running for the board of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. Molly is nearly finished with her PhD in Nuclear Engineering.Molly's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/mollyculeMolly's AstronoMolly Facebook page: facebook.com/astronomolly🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #starparty
Remote Telescope Automation with NINA and Sequencer Powerups | 2024-08-24 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-08-26 | Continuing in the most recent vein of automating your telescope rig, Timothy Martin joins us to talk about how he uses NINA for remote operations, including the Sequencer Powerups plugin. He'll go through how to use Marc Blank’s Sequencer Powerups plugin for NINA to optimize remote imaging, primarily focusing on intelligent handling of roof closures and openings during the night, advanced real-time messaging, and automation of taking calibration frames for even multiple targets at multiple rotation angles.Tim is a retired attorney and former CTO living in North Dallas with his wife Christi. He has one daughter, Danielle, who lives in Stockholm. Tim has been interested in astronomy all his life but has only been engaged in amateur astrophotography directly since 2019. He currently has three scopes operating at Deep Sky West Remote Observatory near Santa Fe and two in his back yard at home.NINA sequence files Tim mentions: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ADx9TRSHavzsXMcSxP2Zh6-MVZJn52-p?usp=sharingTimothy's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/AccidentalAstronomers🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
All About Dithering [TAIC Short] The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-08-25 | Our own Alex McConahay tells us everything you need to know about dithering -- from why to do it to how to do it!This is a clip from our 10th Anniversary show: youtube.com/live/ObF2yhZf0V8?feature=share0:00 What is dithering and why should I use it?8:43 "Natural mount dither" won't work10:34 Direct guide dithering12:14 How much should I dither?13:25 What dithering doesn't fix13:59 How to dither16:48 Dithering amount21:43 Conclusion🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #dither #dithering #PHD2
Astrophotography While You Sleep [TAIC Short] The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-08-25 | Molly Wakeling showcases how she images with multiple telescope rigs all night while she sleeps soundly. She goes through what equipment she's currently using, what kind of equipment you need, a recommended order of learning your gear and testing things, and then tips and tricks for success. Molly also covers how she uses NINA to control it all.This is a clip from out 10th Anniversary show: youtube.com/live/ObF2yhZf0V8?feature=share0:46 Breakdown of equipment currently used4:48 Where do I start?12:13 Power management12:53 Cable management13:27 Remote access14:26 Control with NINA17:10 Tips & tricks🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #telescope #NINA
How and Why AI Has Changed My Processing Workflow | 2024-08-18 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-08-19 | Aldrich Astronomical Society imaging group founder Kevin Boucher will discuss how & why new Artificial Intelligence applications have changed his image processing workflow for the better. It was only a matter of time once Artificial Intelligence (AI) was applied to Image manipulation that someone would apply it to astronomy images. Along came Russell Croman of RC Astro who came out with his amazing suite of tools that run within the popular image processing application PixInsight. See why and how these tools and others have completely changed Kevin's workflow, and the reason it drastically improved his Image quality.Kevin retired 10 years ago from a software consulting career that spanned over 30 years. During a trip to Sedona to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary, he was introduced to amateur astronomy by an amateur on the roof of the resort restaurant and never looked back. A few years later when the Meade DSI was introduced he started in astrophotography and has been trying to improve that hobby for the last 20 years.Kevin's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/Stargazer_KevinAldrich Astronomical Society: https://www.aldrich.club/RC Astro - rc-astro.comGraXpert - graxpert.comDeepSNR - deepsnrastro.comSkywave Collimator - innovationsforesight.com/education/aitelescopecollimationMTF Analyzer - rc-astro.com/mtf-analyzerDrizzle + Deconvolution Killer Combo article - rc-astro.com/drizzle-plus-deconvolution-a-killer-combination🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
SetiAstro PixInsight Scripts | 2024-08-11 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-08-12 | Frank Marek of SetiAstro dives into the various scripts he has developed and shows us what's under the hood of what they are doing. He'll apply them in examples and field Q&A around uses and best practices.His scripts include Star Stretch, NB to RGB Star Combination Tool, Statistical Stretch, Find Background Preview, Automatic Continuum Subtraction, Auto Dynamic Background Extraction, Mask Merge Utility, Freehand Adaptive Mask Editor, What's In My Image, Halo-B-Gon, and Blemish Blaster.Franklin Marek is a US Navy veteran who currently works in the Industrial Electric Motor & Generator repair industry. He is married and a father of three, with a strong passion for science and math. He loves the intersection of science and art that astrophotography offers. Despite the challenges of humidity in the bayou, he is dedicated to capturing photons with his modest equipment, which includes an Orion 120ST achromatic telescope, an NEQ6pro mount, an ASI1600mm-cool camera, and Antlia Edge 4.5nm filters.Add this link to the repository manager in PixInsight (Resources/Manage Repositories): raw.githubusercontent.com/setiastro/pixinsight-updates/mainSetiAstro website: setiastro.comFrank's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/seti_v2YouTube: youtube.com/@UCHeW7wuxfjhMmymXC9KqIbg 🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Remote Imaging with the ZWO ASIAIR | 2024-08-04 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-08-05 | The ZWO ASIAIR mini-computer for astrophotography is a popular choice for controlling one's imaging rig. But Mike Taivalmaa has taken it a step further and uses one to operate his rig at a remote observatory in Texas while he sleeps at night in Wisconsin!Michael Taivalmaa is a husband and father of 5 who served 20 years in the Wisconsin Air National Guard. He holds a master's degree in Information Assurance and owns Live Wire Comm, a communication cabling and IT business. He's been doing astrophotography since 2018, and currently operates his Celestron 8" Edge HD at an observatory in central Texas from his home in Wisconsin.Mike's Facebook: facebook.com/wwwPhotonHeistercomProduct listing for the latest ZWO ASIAIR: zwoastro.com/product/asiair-plus🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
The Solar Eclipses of 2023 and 2024: a Post-Mortem Report | 2024-07-28 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-07-29 | Steve spoke here on TAIC last September about the then-upcoming annular solar eclipse of 2023 and the total solar eclipse of 2024. Tonight, he'll follow up with us to share his adventures and talk about how his imaging went. He’ll discuss his experiences, imaging strategies, successes and failures. He’ll share some images, videos, and the processing techniques as well. He hopes to inspire viewers to look at their own eclipse images in a new way and to consider chasing the next total solar eclipse in 2026!Steve Zigler photographed his first total eclipse in 2017 from a remote hayfield near Guernsey, Wyoming. Steve’s second eclipse experience took place in central Chile in 2019. Steve’s ambitious goal is to spend 20 cumulative minutes in totality under the shadow of the moon. Steve lives in Knoxville and overly indulges in landscape photography, night photography, and deep sky astroimaging.🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Near-Real-Time Computational Astrophotography with AstroComPYute | 2024-07-21 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-07-22 | Contemporary astrophotography processing typically involves being locked into a specific processing software suite and includes a high amount of manual user actions and user-guided tradecraft. In contrast with this, Dan Champion presents and discusses a Python-based scripted astrophotography processing approach based on a new library called AstroComPYute. By scripting an end-to-end processing workflow we can easily rerun the processing to reproduce results and experiment with processing variations (and share workflows with peers!). Furthermore, AstroComPYute enables the user to access powerful astrophotography and astronomy specific stand-alone tools like ASTAP and Starnet++ in a unified python workflow. By using GPU acceleration facilitated by a-CUDA compatible GPU and Python GPU acceleration tools (cupy) we can even fully process images typically faster than the data arrives. Dan will discuss the AstroComPYute approach and strategy, provide processing examples, and have a live demo of the processing. Finally, we will deep-dive into how AstroComPYute can perform automated gradient removals powered by openly available all-sky survey data. A resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, Daniel's background and professional experience includes a Mathematics graduate degree and careers in scientific imaging and measurement within the biotechnology and government sectors. Daniel has astrophotography experience spanning 25 years that began with film and early DSLR's and Photoshop processing. Daniel now leverages his scientific computing background for astrophotography by pursuing an automated and near-real-time astrophotography processing solution utilizing Python open-source tools called AstroComPYute.GitHub link: github.com/Daniel-Champion/AstroComPYute🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
The Quest for Aperture: Why Are Big Telescopes Better? | 2024-07-07 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-07-08 | We all know that bigger telescopes can produce sharper images and produce more signal, but do you know why? We’ll start with a look at optical resolution and how the atmosphere affects image sharpness. Then brace yourself for a little math as we go through the radiometry of imaging for both extended objects and point sources. The result will be a better understanding of how aperture, focal ratio and sensor size interact to produce the signal measured by your camera. In the end, we’ll look at some examples and you’ll leave with a better understanding of what large telescopes are good for and why they are so desirable.Dr. John Hayes is a retired engineer, entrepreneur, and research professor with degrees in physics, astronomy, and optics from the University of Arizona. In his working life, John developed systems for testing optics, disk drive components, and many of the world’s largest telescope components including the JWST. He has authored over 30 professional papers, articles, book chapters, and presentations and he holds 14 patents in the fields of optics and atomic force microscopy. In retirement, John has returned to the hobby of astro-imaging. He currently operates a small, wide-field refractor and a 600mm telescope both located at Obstech in Chile.John's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/jhayes_tucsonDownload John's spreadsheet here: astrobin.com/forum/post/166089🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Ultra High-Resolution Deep Sky Imaging | 2024-06-30 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-07-01 | Debra and Peter Ceravolo describe doing ultra high-resolution deep sky imaging using a restored 16 inch Boller & Chivens, f/18, 7400mm focal length telescope that was designed and built at the dawn of the space age.Debra and Peter Ceravolo live in southern interior BC, Canada and own and operate an optical business. Peter designs and builds telescopes and also restores old historical telescopes while Debra does astro imaging and processing.More details on the work on the Boller & Chivens scope: cloudynights.com/topic/886552-boller-and-chivens-16-cassegrainWebsite: http://www.ceravolo.comDebra's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/debraceravolo🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
The Astro Imaging Channels 10th Anniversary!! | 2024-06-23 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-06-24 | Can you believe that we've been streaming for 10 YEARS?? We can't either!Tonight, we'll give a recap of the year, and then we'll have two short (ish) presentations: Molly will present on how she images all night with multiple rigs in her backyard and manages to sleep, and Alex will present on dithering -- what it is, why you should do it, and how.🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Star-Separated Processing with Ron Brecher | 2024-06-09 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-06-10 | Current AI-based tools like RC Astro's StarXTerminator and StarNet2 do an amazing job of removing stars from nebulae and galaxy images. PixInsight Ambassador Ron Brecher returns to TAIC to demonstrate techniques for processing the starless and stars-only images separately before recombining them into a final image. Ron is an avid backyard astronomer with more than 25 years of experience. He is a PixInsight Ambassador, and the Technical Reviewer for both editions of the highly acclaimed reference text "Inside PixInsight". Ron is one of the founders of Masters of PixInsight, where you can find live and recorded workshops covering all aspects of deep-sky image processing. Ron also provides one-on-one astrophotography tutoring and support services online. Ron's photos and articles are regularly featured in print and online magazines, journals, CD covers, calendars, and more. Ron writes for astronomy publications in the United States, Canada, and the UK. He is a contributing editor for Sky and Telescope magazine.Masters of PixInsight: mastersofpixinsight.comRon's website: astrodoc.caStarXTerminator: rc-astro.com/softwareStarNet2 homepage: starnetastro.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Noise and Astrophotography | 2024-06-02 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-06-03 | Our own Tim Hutchison will discuss the different types of signal and noise that are present in our astrophotos. We will discuss the sources of noise, how they impact our photography and what can be done to combat noise in our images.Tim is an electrical engineer and a software engineer by training, and is a retired CEO of his own software company. Tim has always been a photography enthusiast, but became interested in astrophotography in 2018. Tim is a member of the TAIC team and has done multiple presentations on the channel, as well as having given presentations at NEAIC. He is currently operating his remote setup at the Sierra Remote Observatories, as well as multiple backyard setups. Tim and his wife live in Pittsburgh where they raised their two boys. 🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
The Lunar Orbiter Program with Robert Reeves | 2024-05-26 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-05-27 | Renowned lunar imager Robert Reeves joins us to talk about how NASA used (at the time) secret military reconnaissance satellite equipment to map the Moon and potential Apollo landing sites using film technology that developed the film in lunar orbit then transmitted high-resolution scans of the images to Earth -- of which he has prints!Robert Reeves has been exploring the cosmos since 1958 and took his first lunar photograph in 1959. He began photographically exploring the Moon while in high school and his Moon photography entry in the 1965 Alamo Regional Science Fair won him a trip to the Johnson Space Center during the groundbreaking 8-day flight of Gemini 5 in the summer of 1965. Today, Robert uses a Celestron 11 Edge HD and a Sky-Watcher 180mm Maksutov for lunar photography from his Perspective Observatory located in central Texas. Robert also uses a Sky-Watcher 20-inch Stargate telescope for visual observation and a Celestron 14 with a HyperStar for deep-sky photography. In 1984 he began publishing articles about astrophotography in Astronomy magazine. Since then, Robert has published over 250 magazine articles and 250 newspaper columns about astronomy. His articles have appeared in Sky and Telescope, Astronomy, Deep Sky, Deep Sky Journal, Amateur Astronomy, and The Astrograph. In 1994 he published his first book, The Superpower Space Race, followed by The Conquest of Space, co-authored with Fritz Bronner. In 2000, Robert published Wide-Field Astrophotography, followed by Introduction to Digital Astrophophotography in 2005 and Introduction to Webcam Astrophotography in 2006. Robert’s latest book, Exploring the Moon with Robert Reeves, was released in August of 2023.Although Robert Reeves is an accomplished deep sky astrophotographer, his current passion is re-popularizing the Moon within the amateur astronomy community by explaining the origin of the Moon, the evolution of its face, and introducing its geology to Moon lovers everywhere. Robert has perfected image processing techniques that allow the amateur astronomer, using modest equipment, to exceed the quality of Earth-based professional lunar photographs taken during the Apollo era. 🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Tips & Tricks from the TAIC Crew | 2024-05-19 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-05-20 | Members of the TAIC crew Patrick, Alex, and Molly give some tips and tricks on things you should know for processing your astro images! We'll cover how to set up CUDA to make the AI tools like the Xterminator set and StarNet run much faster, the basics of using the autoguiding software PHD2, and some answers to common beginner image processing questions.Get the CUDA acceleration files here: dropbox.com/scl/fo/7jko9rgqps1h44tbjb9z8/AJsNbX8qXvuXqZvSsGocWio?rlkey=07fu04xb9y6jc03fl9wnn4sxf&st=3vwfmm7c&dl=0🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Processing Solar Eclipse Images | 2024-05-12 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-05-13 | Members of the TAIC crew demonstrate methods for processing your solar eclipse photos!🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Stretching The Orion Nebula with GHS - Adam Block [TAIC Short] The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-05-13 | Adam Block's "Stretch Academy" is the place to learn everything you want to know about stretching astronomical images. In this TAIC Short video, Adam tackles the Orion Nebula (M42) using the Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (GHS) tool in PixInsight. Orion is one of the most popular targets in the night sky, but also one of the more challenging objects to process because of the very high dynamic range.You can watch the full episode here: youtube.com/live/ZJraFxPWj-Q?si=Wf_z2rtDXxLnsiwOStretch Academy: adamblockstudios.com/categories/stretch-academy🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you.#astrophotography #pixinsight tutorial
Solar Imaging: Techniques and Tools | 2025-05-05 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-05-06 | Solar imaging is experiencing a great renaissance in terms of interest and processing software thanks to the imminent arrival of solar maximum in 2024-2025. The active time, full of sunspots and flares has made solar imaging more exciting than ever. In this presentation Andrea Girones hopes to de-mystify solar imaging and encourage others to try it. Solar imaging is fast and usually warm and does not affect your sleep (although creating a nice timelapse may keep you up at night). Andrea will talk about her equipment, imaging techniques and discuss about some of the great new solar processing software now available to us.Andrea Girones is clearly obsessed with her astrophotography. A life-long astronomer and eclipse chaser (she used to take sky pictures with film back in the day), it took a while for Andrea to figure out these new-fangled automated scopes and digital cameras. After a long hiatus from the hobby raising her two children, it was Comet NEOWISE that brought her back to her beloved hobby. Thankfully by this time her daughter could help work her modern DSLR digital camera and together during the pandemic they took her first digital image of that famous Comet.Since then Andrea has spent far too much time, effort (and disposable income) refining her art. Her astrophotography has won several awards, including the Paul Commission Observer of the Year award, the Rolf Meir Planetary imager of the year, of her local RASC chapter, a WITNS selection from Alyn Wallace, as well as the Williamina Fleming award from the Astronomical League. She was honoured to have been selected as the 2023 Imager of the Year at Starfest and is a judge of this year’s contest . Her images have appeared on the front (and back covers) of the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and on the cover of the 2024 RASC calendar. She often give presentations to organizations on solar imaging, a particular fascination for her.Andrea lives and images from Ottawa Ontario Canada. Astrobin: astrobin.com/users/AgironesInstagram: instagram.com/andrea_gironesFlickr: flickr.com/photos/198200988@N02🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Stellar Spectroscopy with Seestar: Gateway from Astrophotographer to Citizen Astronomer | 2024-04-28 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-04-29 | ZWO Seestar enthusiast Dr. Kai Yung joins us again to show off an unusual and awesome way to use the Seestar: doing stellar spectroscopy! For only an extra $1?? Kai Yung studied Physics and Computer Science, with bachelor at Williams College and graduate studies at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has been involved in the high tech fields in the San Francisco Bay Area all of his career, from Biotech Instrumentation for the Human Genomics project, Software Architecture and Engineering for Social Networking before Mark Zuckerberg started his studies at Harvard, and Computer Vision, Robotics and Machine Learning at a local startup.He retired just before the start of COVID, and has been tinkering with technology his whole life. He started the hobby of astrophotography before his retirement, and was one of the deciding factors for his early exit.He was introduced to ZWO's Seestar at the first day of its introduction, and placed the order in the first 10 minutes. After receiving the unit, he was enchanted with its portability, cost, and potential, and found himself using and experimenting with it more than any of his other numerous AP rigs.Link to Dr. Yung's slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fO1M7gy9mWB9Evgxbup7OIMV52yicTS-NzJYqLse4ig/edit?usp=sharingZWO Seestar S50 product page: zwoastro.com/product/seestar-s50🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
From Screen to Sky: Making the Invisible Visible | 2024-04-14 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-04-15 | Claire Bradshaw gives a presentation on the "back-to-basics" of astrophotography. What kinds of objects are out there to image? How does capturing and processing astrophotography work? How are stars and supernovae connected to life here on Earth? Think of this as Astrophotography 101.Claire has been interested in space all her life but only started astrophotography about 12 or so years ago. She, like many of you, has learned from those around in the community. She joins us all the way from Britain in the middle of the night!Instagram: instagram.com/astronomywithclaireClaire's website: astronomywithclaire.co.uk🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Comet Processing with Adam Block | 2024-03-31 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-04-01 | Adam Block joins us again to talk about a challenging aspect of astrophotography -- imaging comets! He will show us how to process these beautiful and fleeting celestial visitors. Adam Block developed the "nightly observing program" at Kitt Peak National Observatory from 1996-2005. He later founded the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter for the University of Arizona and created a new southwest stargazing destination. He is a very well-known astrophotographer who creates masterclasses in the art and science of astronomical image processing on his site at AdamBlockStudios.com.Adam Block Studios: adamblockstudios.comAdam's YouTube: youtube.com/@UCrN82DzPssKUZj2ltFz00VQ Adam's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/CWTauri🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Lessons Learned from Building a Backyard Observatory | 2024-03-24 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-03-25 | Nico Carver joins us tonight to share lessons he learned in building his backyard observatory. Building a backyard observatory can seem daunting, and doubly so if doing it on your own with no building experience. But the good news is the amateur astronomy community loves to share so there is a lot of excellent, free information available online in forums, blogs, and past presentations on TAIC. In this presentation, Nico hopes to add to that growing body of knowledge with the top lessons he learned from his recent observatory build.Nico Carver has always been a camera nut, but when he discovered astrophotography seven years ago it quickly became an obsession. Nico's professional training is in library science and from 2019 to 2022 he worked as an astronomy librarian at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Starting in 2023, he went full time with astrophotography education and his primary mission is helping beginners get started with astrophotography through detailed videos on his YouTube channel, Nebula Photos. As the channel name suggests, Nico’s favorite objects to photograph are nebulae.Nico's YouTube channel: youtube.com/@UCO_gBdHekc74feh0bWqKJ1Q Nico's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/2ghouls🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography #observatory #building
Building a Remote Observatory | 2024-03-17 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-03-18 | In 2022, Craig Stocks and his family launched Utah Desert Remote Observatories to host telescopes for clients around the world. He'll describe how they built the observatories, particularly some of the design decisions and why they did things the way they did. Thinking of building your own remote or backyard observatory some day? Come get some tips and ideas!Craig Stocks is a retired mechanical engineer, but has been involved with photography since the early 1970s and has been an avid night sky and astrophotography enthusiast for years. He is a frequent speaker for camera and astronomy clubs across the US and has numerous astrophotography tutorials on the Utah Desert Remote Observatories YouTube page.Utah Desert Remote Observatories YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCAP_JNj5koMchEFXnhirwnQUtah Desert Remote Observatories Facebook: facebook.com/utahdesertremoteWebsite: utahdesertremote.comCraig Stocks' website: craigstocksarts.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Eclipse Photography Automation | 2024-03-10 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-03-11 | TAIC regulars Eric Coles and Tim Hutchison will discuss how to automate your photography session for the 2024 total solar eclipse using a PC and using a Mac. 🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Whats New in AstroBin | 2024-03-03 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-03-04 | AstroBin creator Salvatore Iovene joins us to talk about what's new for AstroBin and what's on the horizon!AstroBin: astrobin.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Adventures in Imaging the Unknown | 2024-02-25 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-02-26 | Sometimes it feels like we see the same objects imaged over and over again. But there is so much more out there than the usual suspects -- ever heard of Strottner-Dreschler 44, EGB 6, or Pa J0637.4 +3327? Jon Talbot hunts objects that are rarely imaged or newly discovered -- believe it or not, amateur astronomers make a lot of these discoveries! He'll tell us about his adventures in imaging these little-known or never-imaged targets. There are many planetary nebulae and supernova remnants out there ready for their close-up!Jon Talbot is a retired Flight Meteorologist with the Air Force Reserve "Hurricane Hunters," and is located in Ocean Springs, MS, just north of the Gulf Coast. He flew through more than 150 hurricanes and cyclones during his career, and now pursues the perhaps-less-adrenaline-filled hobby of astrophotography in retirement.Jon's website: http://www.starscapeimaging.com/index.htmlJon's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/talbotj🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Remote & On-Site Imaging from Chile | 2024-02-18 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-02-19 | Astrophotographer, astronomy diplomat, and astro-tourism guide Carlos Araya Fernández is a well-known name in the Spanish-speaking astrophotography world through his "DesiertoCosmico" YouTube channel , which aims to teach and share astrophotography. Carlos takes us on a tour of his observatory in Chile for hosting telescopes for amateurs as well as his work on guiding people in the Atacama region of Chile in doing deep sky astrophotography on-site.He will talk about the benefits and possibility of hosting telescopes for amateurs in Chile, and how he built the observatory himself to make it affordable for amateurs, as well as the benefits for doing deep sky astrophotography on site in Chile. Carlos will cover his facilities for astrophotographers and giving them advice, technical assistance in things like Southern hemisphere polar alignment, and renting deep sky astrophotography equipment on his site. 🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Solar Eclipse Timer & Manual Eclipse Photography | 2024-02-04 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-02-05 | 👉👉👉👉👉👉 *PRESENTATION STARTS AT 24:20* 👈👈👈👈👈👈👉👉👉👉👉👉 *DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES* 👈👈👈👈👈👈Total solar eclipse photography can seem overwhelming because there is no way to have a "dry run" to practice and you have one opportunity to get it right. Although computer scripting of eclipse photography with a digital camera is an amazing tool, it is a complicated path that some do not want to go down. The techniques of manual solar eclipse photography can be broken down into steps that simplify it greatly and give you the confidence to know that you are prepared on eclipse day. Even first time eclipse photographers can manually photograph a total solar eclipse successfully and not miss the eclipse with their eyes. It does take some planning and practice. Gordon Telepun, developer of the Solar Eclipse Timer app, will explain the techniques in detail.Dr. Gordon Telepun is a board-certified plastic surgeon in private practice in Decatur, AL who became passionate about total solar eclipses after witnessing his first one in Zambia, Africa, in 2001. He has been fortunate to observe and photograph five total solar eclipses; 2001, 2002, 2006, 2017, 2019 and the annular solar eclipse in 2023. After the 2001 eclipse he developed the concept of a digital "talking timer" for eclipses that would announce aloud the countdowns to the contact times to assist photographers with perfect timing. The first version of the talking timer was used in Africa in 2002. It was re-released as a mobile app called Solar Eclipse Timer for Apple and Android devices before the American eclipse in 2017. It provided automatic geolocation and calculation of precise contact times. Additionally, it added many observation announcements and reminders for removing and replacing your solar glasses. The app helped thousands of people enjoy that eclipse. It was then used for eclipses in 2019, 2020, and the hybrid eclipse in 2023.The present version is ready for the next American eclipse on April 8, 2024 and includes a new feature developed with Fred Espenak called Photographer's Mode. When this mode is enabled all of the announcements are about the timing of the eclipse.Gordon has authored a unique eclipse preparation book titled "Eclipse Day - 2024 and More! How to Enjoy, Observe, and Photograph A Total Solar Eclipse." This book's chapters follow the progression of the stages of an eclipse and works in concert with his app to help people get the most enjoyment out of eclipse day. The digital form of the book is available as a multimedia interactive book for Apple and Android tablets, and a PDF version for desktop computers. A spiral bound print version is also available. In addition, Gordon maintains a YouTube channel called Solar Eclipse Timer where he has hours of in-depth solar eclipse preparation content.Gordon's website: solareclipsetimer.comGordon's YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@solareclipsetimerLinks from the show:Partial Phase Image Sequence Calculator Worksheet PDF download: solareclipsetimer.com/docs/PPISC.pdfEclipse Day Check List PDF download: solareclipsetimer.com/docs/eclipsedaychecklist.pdfPhotographer’s Mode Camera Chore Worksheet (with Fred Espenak) PDF download: solareclipsetimer.com/docs/Photographers%20Mode%20Camera%20Chore%20Worksheet.pdfCustom Master Camera Stop Chart PDF download: solareclipsetimer.com/docs/MasterStopChart.pdfAmerican Paper Optics eclipse glasses purchase: eclipseglasses.com/collections/eclipse-glasses-stock?sca_ref=2753051.yTIACw5DUsXavier Jubier's interactive map: http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.htmlFred Espenak's interactive map: eclipsewise.com/solar/SEgmapx/2001-2100/SE2024Apr08Tgmapx.html#mapWeather Underground Mixed Surface Analysis: wunderground.com/maps/current-weather/mixed-surface-analysisAccuWeather article about the 2017 and 2024 eclipse paths, Saros Cycle: accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/astronomy/4-years-away-from-the-2024-total-solar-eclilpse/716326AccuWeather article about preparing to travel for the 2024 eclipse: accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/astronomy/total-solar-eclipse-on-april-8-2024-is-3-years-away/926730STEM eclipse photography article: theinspireproject.org/downloads/INSPIREJournal_Spring2022_Volume26_Online.pdf#page=22🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe#astrophotography
No Astrophotographer is an Island Universe | 2024-01-28 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-01-29 | Astrophotography is a very complex endeavor. Timothy Martin still considers himself a neophyte after almost four years of doing this. In this presentation he'll dive into 15 big mistakes he's made in the last four years, the lessons he's learned from those mistakes, and the people and resources he's relied on to try to improve at this craft.Tim lives in the Dallas suburbs with his artist wife Christi and two cats, Seymour and Saturn. His amazing daughter Danielle lives in Stockholm with her partner Maxime, three cats, and a puppy. Tim attended West Texas State University where he received a BS in computer science and an MS in mathematics in 1984. He worked for a desktop publishing software company in Philadelphia for several years before becoming a serial entrepreneur in healthcare IT for more than 30 years. In 2011, he graduated from SMU Dedman School of Law with a Juris Doctor and an LL.M in health law. Tim retired in 2021—a year after taking up backyard astrophotography. Today, he has three rigs at Deep Sky West in New Mexico and two in his back yard and works on astrophotography most of the time.🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Nightscape & Wide Angle Astrophotography with Matt Dieterich | 2024-01-21 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-01-22 | Published astrophotographer and telescope equipment consultant & installer Matt Dieterich provides tips on how to capture breathtaking nightscape and wide-field astrophotos.Matt Dieterich is an avid astrophotographer and Program Manager for Sea West Observatories. Their design-build firm specializes in constructing and maintaining observatories for both private and institutional clients. Using telescopes to capture images of the night sky was his entry into astrophotography back in 2007 from the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA. Over the years, Matt's work has been published by outlets such as National Geographic, PBS, CBS, and the Smithsonian Institution. With the goal of inspiring others to stargaze, Matt continues sharing his passion for astrophotography during workshops and on his social media channels.Matt's website: mattdieterich.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
ZWO Seestar S50: An Introduction and Exploration of Its Unconventional Uses | 2024-01-14 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-01-15 | Dr. Kai Yung gives us an introduction to the capabilities and the many unconventional uses of the new ZWO Seestar S50. He provides an overview of his experimentation and novel ideas into the field of spectroscopy, and how he extended its capabilities to operate it in the equatorial mode. Along the way, he has picked up many tips and tricks he will share as well.Kai Yung studied Physics and Computer Science, with bachelor at Williams College and graduate studies at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has been involved in the high tech fields in the San Francisco Bay Area all of his career, from Biotech Instrumentation for the Human Genomics project, Software Architecture and Engineering for Social Networking before Mark Zuckerberg started his studies at Harvard, and Computer Vision, Robotics and Machine Learning at a local startup.He retired just before the start of COVID, and has been tinkering with technology his whole life. He started the hobby of astrophotography before his retirement, and was one of the deciding factors for his early exit.He was introduced to ZWO's Seestar at the first day of its introduction, and placed the order in the first 10 minutes. After receiving the unit, he was enchanted with its portability, cost, and potential, and found himself using and experimenting with it more than any of his other numerous AP rigs.ZWO Seestar S50 product page: zwoastro.com/product/seestar-s50🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Create Captivating Astro Images from a City Backyard | 2024-01-07 The Astro Imaging Channel 2024-01-08 | Steeve Body dials in from Australia to explore practical astrophotography strategies for creating stunning images, focusing on effective framing and processing techniques. He'll also include tips on how to manage light pollution from a city backyard.Steeve Body is a music composer and sound designer by day and an astrophotographer by night. Originally from Reunion Island and now based in Melbourne, he has spent over two decades making significant contributions to the music and film industry. His expertise in music composition, sound design, and audio production is complemented by a passion for teaching these skills.As night descends, Steeve's enthusiasm for astrophotography takes over. In the short span of three years since embarking on this hobby, he has garnered several astrophotography awards and Image of the Day (IOTD) accolades on Astrobin. Capturing most of his images from his urban backyard, Steeve is keen to motivate fellow city dwellers to engage in astrophotography, showing that even in urban environments it is possible to capture captivating astro images.Steeve's website: steevebody.comSteeve's AstroBin: astrobin.com/users/bsteeve🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Planetary Live Stacking in SharpCap 4.1 | 2023-12-17 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-12-18 | Astrophysicist & engineer Dr. Michael Owen will discuss planetary live stacking and enhancement in SharpCap 4.1. In conjunction with the SharpCap astronomy imaging software developer Dr. Robin Glover, he has developed a method for live, on-the-fly planetary stacking, sharpening, and color correction. This allows for dramatically improved views not only of planets such as Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus, but also full disk lunar and solar images, splitting double stars, etc. The tool can also be used as a focus and collimation aid.SharpCap download: sharpcap.co.uk/sharpcap/downloads🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
PTGui Pro for Astro Landscapes & Mosaics | 2023-12-10 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-12-11 | Some of the most stunning astrophotography are nightscapes and mosaics -- astrophotographer Greg Turgeon shows us his favorite mosaic-ing software, PTGui Pro.PTGui website: ptgui.comYou can get an untimed but watermarked trial license, and then the software price is € 175/$195 USD.Greg's Instagram: instagram.com/gregturgeon_astro/?ref=Sneakershouts&hl=af🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
The Imm Compendium: 2023 Update | 2023-12-03 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-12-04 | The Imm Compendium is an incredible spreadsheet and e-book created by Gary Imm to help astrophotographers choose targets to image. You can sort/filter by type, altitudes in your location, size, and several other descriptors, and many of the objects include a thumbnail image that Gary has taken himself. He has a new update for 2023 -- come check it out!Download it here: garyimm.com/compendiumGary is an amateur astrophotographer who retired to Onalaska, Texas and took up the hobby of astrophotography 7 years ago. He enjoys imaging deep sky objects, particularly the small and obscure ones. His greatest asset is his patient and understanding wife.🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
New NB Colour Mapper Script for PixInsight | 2023-11-19 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-11-20 | Adam Block and Mike Cranfield join us tonight to talk about the new NB Colour Mapper script for PixInisight! The script gives you fine control over the exact color to which you map each narrowband channel. Adam and Mike will demonstrate the new beta version.Repository website for the Colour Mapper script:cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/nbcolourmapperAdam Block's video tutorial website: adamblockstudios.comMike Cranfield's website: cosmicphotons.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Post-Processing with Photoshop and PixInsight | 2023-11-12 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-11-13 | Many astrophotographers debate over which major software package they should process their images in...Photoshop, or PixInsight? PixInsight has many advantages, but Craig Stocks will show us where he uses Photoshop instead.Craig Stocks was a professional photographer before he turned instead to mechanical engineering. During his career, he kept his interest in photography, and began it again in earnest upon his retirement in 2009, including serving as an Artist in Residence at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona and later at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin, in addition to being a volunteer photographer at the Golden Gate Recreational Area in San Francisco. Now located in Southwest Utah, he continues to share his passion for fine art photography by turning his cameras toward the heavens, and establishing the Utah Desert Remote Observatories to host remote telescope operations from around the world.You can see Craig's images and learn more about remote telescope hosting at: utahdesertremote.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Optimizing Your Image Capture with SkyTools | 2023-11-05 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-11-06 | Greg will share the lessons he has learned from his SkyTools Imaging software, which is unique in that it uses a scientific model of the target object, sky, telescope, filter, and camera, to predict the signal that will be received on the detector. As you might imagine, this is helpful for optimizing your approach to image capture. Greg's approach embraces new thinking about selecting targets, choosing sub exposure times, and knowing the best gain to use.Greg Crinklaw is an astronomer from Cloudcroft, New Mexico, who is best known as the developer of SkyTools. Greg holds BS and MS degrees in astronomy and an MS in physics. He's worked for NASA as a software engineer in support of the Mars Orbiter Camera, which took thousands of pictures from Mars orbit for a decade. Greg considers himself to be a professionally trained life-long amateur astronomer, who has managed to do just about every kind of astronomy at one time or another.Greg's website: observing.skyhound.com/index.html🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Adventures in Building, Outfitting and Operating a Remote Observatory | 2023-10-29 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-10-30 | Way back in July 2020, Manny came on The Astro Imaging Channel to tell us about a new remote observatory he was building. Three years later, he's come a long way, adding things like power control, backup systems, safety monitoring, and control hardware and software to enable fully remote observatory operation and imaging. If you've ever thought about building a remote observatory, come see how it's done!The slides for Part 1 and Part 2 of Manny's presentations, as well as several articles on the observatory build process may be found on his website: space.leinz.io/observatory Manny can be contacted via: space.leinz.io/contactOr on Astrobin: astrobin.com/users/Starrider55Manny Leinz has been interested in astronomy and space since watching the Apollo missions in his childhood. He worked for Rockwell / Boeing for over 36 years, where as an Engineering Director, he led the development of technologies for spacecraft autonomous rendezvous and docking until his retirement in 2015. Manny has been an avid amateur astronomer since the 1980's, and has more recently gotten serious about astrophotography. In 2017, after buying a vacation home near the Gold Rush town of Mariposa, near Yosemite National Park, he realized the long held dream of building an observatory at a dark sky site. Since that time, he has spent many hours configuring the observatory to operate remotely from his primary home in Southern California. When he’s not observing or photographing the night sky, he enjoys traveling with his wife of 36 years, playing the guitar, and participating in outreach events with the Riverside Astronomical Society.🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Solar Max: Get Ready to Image the Aurora | 2023-10-22 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-10-23 | Solar cycle 25 was predicted to a below-average cycle in the beginning. Since it started in December 2019, it has continued to break predicted records. Daily we see the sun freckled with sunspots. As solar events continue to grow, we find the aurora making appearances farther south than we would normally see it and the northern states and other parts of the world have had some incredible light shows. Now is a great opportunity to learn how to capture the Northern/Southern Lights with Terry Mann! Her talk will cover the lessons learned about imagining the aurora and information to help you image the aurora. Terry Mann has been imaging the aurora and the night sky since 2005. Imaging the aurora started on her first trip to Alaska. Since than she has seen the aurora from her own backyard in Ohio and the upper tier of the lower 48. Hopefully with Solar cycle 25 being as strong as it has been, more people will have the opportunity to see the aurora in their backyard. Terry is the current Secretary and past President of the Astronomical League. She co-hosts a monthly program called Astronomical League Live and enjoys deep sky imaging. Terry enjoys traveling and finding the darkest skies possible. Terry's website: elusivelightimages.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Totally Autonomous Sequencing in NINA | 2023-10-08 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-10-09 | It's the dream of many an astrophotographer -- letting your camera click away while you sleep, collecting those cosmic photons while you count sheep. This may be closer than you think, thanks to the free capture software NINA! Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy has taken the astrophotography world by storm with its advanced sequencing, equipment control, and versatile plugins. Linda Thomas-Fowler will show you how to construct a sequence that runs 24/7, allowing the operator to concentrate on the important things like what to image and how much time to devote to each target.Linda is an amateur astronomer who lives in Virginia. She is the current president of the Shenandoah Astronomical Society. She has been imaging since 2018 Since 2020 she has had access to two remote telescopes. Being the primary operator on these system provided the motivation to create a sequence that would make running them an automatic process.🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Widefield Mosaics with a 135mm Lens | 2023-10-01 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-10-02 | Alistair Symon returns to teach us how to do extremely wide-field mosaics with the popular 135mm camera lenses, such as the Rokinon/Samyang 135mm f/2. He'll cover how to choose a resolution and field-of-view for the mosaic panels and why the 135mm is well-suited for this purpose, how well Alistair's lens performed, and lessons learned. He'll show us an incredible ultra-wide-field image he's taken and share how to plan mosaics, how to collect the data, and how to process each mosaic panel with the latest AI-based star and noise removal tools. Alistair will then walk us through how to do image registration of the mosaic panels so that you get a flat projection over an extremely wide field-of-view, and finally, how to blend the images together for a seamless and breathtaking result.Originally trained as a Software Engineer with a BSc in Computer Science, Alistair Symon is now Vice President of Storage Product Development at IBM and lives in Tucson, Arizona. Alistair is also a keen astrophotographer, starting in the hobby in 1998 as the first CCD cameras were coming on the market. At the time, Alistair resided in Winchester in the UK where clear nights were few and far between. His astrophotography skills really started to improve when he moved to live in Tucson where the 270 clear nights a year made it much easier to hone the techniques of data acquisition and processing. Alistair specializes in wide field and extreme wide field mosaics. His images often span 120 degrees of the sky and more. He has given a presentation on the techniques he uses at the Advanced Imaging Conference in 2012 and has had many of his images published online and in magazines and calendars around the world. He is a recipient of 3 NASA APODs and 4 AAPODs and has also had his images featured in Cosmic Clouds-3D, a book by David Eicher and Brian May.Alistair's website: woodlandsobservatory.com🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
Imaging the 2023 & 2024 Solar Eclipses | 2023-09-24 The Astro Imaging Channel 2023-09-25 | When it comes to imaging a total eclipse of the sun, traditional words of wisdom recommend that you don’t. This advice stems from the fact that photography can easily sidetrack you and ruin the experience of those phenomenal moments of totality. Fair enough -- however, with the power of modern digital cameras, mounts, software, and a few other accessories, it’s possible to photograph an eclipse and enjoy it immensely. Steve Zigler done this twice now, once during his first experience with totality in 2017 and again in 2019. The key is planning, preparation, and practice. Steve will share how he did it and hopefully encourage you to take pictures of an eclipse as well.HeI’ll include some topics aimed at beginning, intermediate, and maybe even advanced imagers. Steve Zigler photographed his first total eclipse in 2017 from a remote hayfield near Guernsey, Wyoming. Steve’s second eclipse experience took place in central Chile in 2019. Steve’s ambitious goal is to spend 20 cumulative minutes in totality under the shadow of the moon. Steve lives in Knoxville and indulges in landscape photography, night photography, and deep sky astroimaging.Steve's website: stevezigler.wordpress.com/category/photography🔭 Subscribe to our channel for more astrophotography tutorials: bit.ly/TAIC-subscribe💫 *What do you want to learn about?* Suggest a topic for a future show: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Want more TAIC in your life?*✨ Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/theastroimagingchannel✨ Join our Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1329722943877857✨ Visit our website: theastroimagingchannel.org*Found this helpful?* Here are the best ways to support TAIC:🌟 Donate: tinyurl.com/Donate-to-TAIC 🌟 Volunteer: theastroimagingchannel.org/contact*Who are we?*We’re a group of avid astrophotographers who meet online every week to discuss all aspects of astro imaging. From equipment to specialized scripts and everything in between, we connect you with others who are striving to capture and process better images.We’re a volunteer-run non-profit, supported by viewers like you#astrophotography
