Solar Viewing Safety- OPT
Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT's Rod Gallardy gives you a brief rundown of some of the various solar viewing options that are available and how best to use them for safe solar viewing. This video should get you up to speed with solar safety in time for the upcoming Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017.
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The Basic Telescope Types- OPT
Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. In this video, OPT's Ian Lauer gives you a rundown on the basic telescope types. He discusses the benefits and considerations of the three basic telescope types (reflector, refractor, and catadioptric) so that you can make the best possible choice for your astronomy needs. Music: Namaste by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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MaxIm DL Part 6: Automated Focusing and Filter Offsets -OPT
Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your MaxIm DL workflow. =====
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Photoshop Layer Masking (MaxIm DL Supplemental) - OPT
Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your MaxIm DL workflow. Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT's Chris Hendren shows you how use layer masks in Photoshop to mix the best results of previously-aligned long and short exposures. This method is great for getting high-quality results from images taken and/or aligned with MaxIm DL. 00:10 Intro
00:19 Last Time
00:37 Overview
00:48 Importing Files
01:05 Processing (long exposure)
01:54 Processing (short exposure)
02:45 Layer Mask
03:44 Blending
04:11 Eraser Tool
05:05 Refinement
05:47 Saturation
06:19 Final tweaks
06:46 Flatten image
07:12 Outro Other videos: This video is part of a series on processing in MaxIm DL:
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MaxIm DL Part 5: Auto Calibration and Advanced Preprocessing - OPT
Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your MaxIm DL workflow. Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT's Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your astrophotography using MaxIm DL. In this fifth video in the series, Chris discusses MaxIm's auto calibration features, as well as how to preprocess your images for smooth importing into Photoshop. 00:10 Intro
00:41 Part 5 Overview
01:04 Long exposure (over-exposed)
01:30 Short exposure
02:03 Applying Flats
03:53 Stacking
05:15 Stacking (short exposures)
06:11 Stacking Results
06:52 Aligning
08:30 Stretching
09:38 Saving the images
09:50 Outro Other videos: *MaxIm DL Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3I8IfsJIiw&list=PLeN_xhcI__l1-Ds25puXHnooxxuzOFIy9
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MaxIm DL Part 4: Using Captured Data - OPT
Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your MaxIm DL workflow. Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT's Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your astrophotography using MaxIm DL. In this fourth video in the series, Chris shows you how to use your previously captured data to calibrate your images. 00:10 Intro
00:15 CCD Dark Frame
00:41 Part 4 Overview
00:49 Quick Calibration
01:11 Flat Frames
02:16 Hot Pixels
02:46 Color Frames
03:16 Set Calibration
04:31 Align and Stack
06:47 Median
07:29 Combine Color
08:23 Screen Stretch Histogram
08:56 Saving Processed Images
09:21 Outro Other videos: *MaxIm DL Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3I8IfsJIiw&list=PLeN_xhcI__l1-Ds25puXHnooxxuzOFIy9
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MaxIm DL Part 3: The Observatory Window - OPT
Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your MaxIm DL workflow. Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT's Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your astrophotography using MaxIm DL. In this third video in the series, Chris shows you how to utilize the Observatory window to integrate your equipment into the MaxIm DL shooting environment. 00:10 Intro
00:16 Part 1 Review
00:29 Part 2 Review
00:35 Part 3 Overview
00:55 ASCOM platform
01:24 Equipment setup
02:04 Focuser setup
02:23 Observatory window
02:37 Focus tab
03:00 Autofocus
04:16 Telescope guiding
05:06 Outro Other videos: *MaxIm DL Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3I8IfsJIiw&list=PLeN_xhcI__l1-Ds25puXHnooxxuzOFIy9
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MaxIm DL Part 2: Multi-filter Sequence and Detailed Guiding Parameters- OPT
Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your MaxIm DL workflow. Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT's Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your astrophotography using MaxIm DL. In this second video, Chris walks you through configuring a multi-filter sequence and shows you how to manage some of the program's advanced guiding parameters. 00:10 Intro
00:17 Part 1 Review
00:30 Part 2 Overview
00:45 Exposure Settings
01:06 Filter Wheel setup
01:42 Options
02:39 Taking exposure
03:28 Autosave menu
05:10 Autoguiding Parameters
08:47 Tracking
08:58 Set Exposures in Autosave
09:27 Outro Other videos: *MaxIm DL part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3I8IfsJIiw
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MaxIm DL Part 1: Getting Started -OPT
Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your MaxIm DL workflow. Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT's Chris Hendren shows you how to get the most out of your astrophotography using MaxIm DL. In this first video, Chris shows you the basics of the menu layout and how to get started with the Camera Control window. 00:10 Intro
00:18 Basic Menu Layout
00:37 Camera Control window
00:57 ASCOM platform
01:03 Setup your camera
01:37 Setup your filter wheel
02:09 Standard configuration
02:27 Connect your setup
03:02 Cooling
03:46 Expose tab
04:58 Continuous Mode
05:12 Guide tab
06:13 Outro Other Videos: *Simple Stacking in Photoshop with Chris Hendren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8
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Imaging with Mosaics in TheSkyX- Wide FOV Astrophotography -OPT
Take breathtaking, detailed astrophotography mosaics in this tutorial of The SkyX software. =====
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Spectrum Telescope Solar Filters- OPT
OPT's Ian Lauer gives you an overview of solar filters from Spectrum Telescope. These filters can help you get a fun and safe view of the sun, which is especially useful during eclipses. Shop at OPTCorp.com for Spectrum Telescope solar filters: https://www.optcorp.com/manufacturer/spectrum-solar-and-telescopes Lunar Observing Accessories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iGrVPaE2G4
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Collimating an Astrograph Newtonian- OPT
Need to know how to collimate your astrograph newtonian telescope? Here we give you a simple runthrough of the collimation process. =====
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Simple Stacking in Photoshop with Chris Hendren- OPT
Want to know how to stack your astrophotography images without having to fuss around with a bunch of different programs? In this video we show you how to stack and process your images using Adobe Photoshop. =====
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PEC (Periodic Error Correction) Training in TheSkyX with Charles Walker- OPT
Charles Walker shows you how to use The SkyX to generate and apply Periodic Error Correction data. =====
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Installing Bob's Knobs for Easier Collimation- OPT
See how to replace your telescope's collimation knobs with simlpe-to-use Bob's Knobs. You can find and purchase Bob's Knobs here: https://optcorp.com/collections/bobs-knobs =====
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Lunar Observing Accessories (Supermoon Special) with Robyn Turner- OPT
Robyn gives you the rundown on the benefits of using Lunar Filters for visual astronomy. You purchase Moon filters here: https://optcorp.com/collections/lunar-filters =====
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Taking Flat Calibration Frames for Better Image Processing- OPT
In this video, we show you how to take flat calibration frames using Nebulosity 4 to get the most out of your astrophotography images. =====
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Balancing an Equatorial Mount with Chris Hendren- OPT
We give you an explanation on how and why you should balance your equatorial mount. =====
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Introducing the Celestron CGX with Celestron's Bryan Cogdell- OPT
Celestron's Bryan Cogdell introduces the Celestron CGX equatorial mount. You can learn more and buy it here: https://optcorp.com/products/celestron-cgx-computerized-german-equatorial-telescope-mount =====
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Creating TPoints in TheSkyX for Better Tracking with Charles Walker- OPT
In this video, Charles Walker shows you how to create a TPoint model in TheSkyX for better pointing and tracking accuracy. =====
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