In this beginner tutorial video, I show you stepbystep how to take an amazing space photo of the Orion Nebula using ONLY a cheap DSLR and a tripod (NO TELESCOPE OR STAR TRACKER NEEDED)! Everything you need to know (planning photographing processing) an astrophoto like the one in the thumbnail is in this video, including tutorials for both Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop. This video is perfect for anyone wanting to learn astrophotography and take photos of space, even from the front yard, and is a great beginner's intro to this amazing hobby. Be sure to subscribe for more STARt to Finish tutorials like this, and other videos all things astrophotography.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
0:29 Gear (camera, lens, tripod)
1:46 Location (clear sky, light pollution considerations)
3:26 Time (time of year, new moon)
4:31 Camera Settings (see below)
7:46 Shooting (where to look, focusing, intervalometer)
10:50 Calibration Frames (dark frames, flat frames, bias frames)
15:03 Stacking (intro, Deep Sky Stacker tutorial)
19:02 Processing (Photoshop tutorial)
27:12 Celebrate with a friend

Links

Light Pollution Map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/

Intervalometer (make sure you buy one made for your camera): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

Deep Sky Stacker: http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english...

Photoshop: https://www.adobe.com/products/photos...

Credits

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Light Pollution Map Data:
Jurij Stare, www.lightpollutionmap.info
Earth Observation Group, NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
Falchi, Fabio; Cinzano, Pierantonio; Duriscoe, Dan; Kyba, Christopher C. M.; Elvidge, Christopher D.; Baugh, Kimberly; Portnov, Boris; Rybnikova, Nataliya A.; Furgoni, Riccardo (2016): Supplement to: The New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness. GFZ Data Services. http://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001
Falchi F, Cinzano P, Duriscoe D, Kyba CC, Elvidge CD, Baugh K, Portnov BA, Rybnikova NA, Furgoni R. The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness. Science Advances. 2016 Jun 1;2(6):e1600377

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