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Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. Everyone at OPT had a great time during the recent Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21st, 2017. This highlight video showcases the excitement that our staff and customers were up to during the big event. Eclipse image credits: Chris Hendren, Phillip Klein, Sean League, and TJ White

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.

Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. In this video, OPT's Sean League helps you know what to look for when buying your very first telescope for visual observing. The basic advice provided here will help you pick out the entry-level equipment you need to get started. Various images: Chris Hendren (OPT Staff)- http://www.hendrenimaging.com/ Larry Weatherly (OPT Staff)

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. Various images: Chris Hendren (OPT Staff)- http://www.hendrenimaging.com/ Larry Weatherly (OPT Staff) Music: Namaste by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Edited for length and volume

Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. OPT wants you to be ready for the upcoming Great American Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017. Watch this exciting animated video to learn more! Source image credits: Moon and Sun images: Chris Hendren http://www.hendrenimaging.com Music: Ocean by THBD https://soundcloud.com/thbdsultan Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/VAz3HfbdKyQ Edited for length and volume

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 sixth video in the series, Chris gives you a run through of how MaxIm's automated focusing and filter offset functions can vastly improve your astrophotography experience. 00:10 Intro 00:16 Review 00:25 Part 6 Overview 00:53 Initial setup/test 01:27 Observatory window 02:32 Connected device 02:55 Changing position 03:45 Autofocus options 04:44 1/2 Flux Diameter 05:46 Exposure adjust 06:09 Automated focusing 07:57 Focus Offset 10:54 Outro Other videos: *TheSkyX Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJbjIOWWO0&list=PLeN_xhcI__l1KVk74e5n8y7ALslrcEXCX *Image Processing video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: 10 Sleepless Nights by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6pjsL7w-RA Edited for length, volume, and EQ

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: *MaxIm DL Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3I8IfsJIiw&list=PLeN_xhcI__l1-Ds25puXHnooxxuzOFIy9 *Image Processing video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: 10 Sleepless Nights by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6pjsL7w-RA Edited for length, volume, and EQ

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 *Image Processing video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: 10 Sleepless Nights by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6pjsL7w-RA Edited for length, volume, and EQ

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 *Image Processing video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: 10 Sleepless Nights by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6pjsL7w-RA Edited for length, volume, and EQ

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 *Image Processing video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: 10 Sleepless Nights by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6pjsL7w-RA Edited for length, volume, and EQ

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 *Image Processing video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: 10 Sleepless Nights by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6pjsL7w-RA Edited for length, volume, and EQ

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 *Image processing tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: 10 Sleepless Nights by Olivaw https://soundcloud.com/olivaw Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/E6pjsL7w-RA Edited for length, volume, and EQ

Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. Take breathtaking, detailed astrophotography images of the moon and other objects with large fields of view using TheSkyX's Mosaic functionality. OPT's Charles Walker shows you how to get things up and running with this dynamic feature. 00:00 -Intro 00:23 -Mosaic Grid Uses 00:36 -Field of View 02:11 -Mosaic Grid 04:36 -Closed Loop Slew 05:57 -Moon Mosaics 06:12 -Outro Products used in this video: *SO-SKYXPROWIN (SOFTWARE BISQUE THESKYX PROFESSIONAL FOR WINDOWS)- https://www.optcorp.com/so-skyxprowin-theskyx-professional-for-windows.html *SO-SKYXPROMAC (SOFTWARE BISQUE THESKYX PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC)- https://www.optcorp.com/so-skyxpromac-theskyx-professional-for-mac.html *A2-0100024A (ASA 10" F/3.6 10N ASTROGRAPH OTA)- https://www.optcorp.com/asa-10inch-10n-f-3-8-astrograph.html *SB-STXL-16200 (SBIG STXL-16200 CCD CAMERA)- https://www.optcorp.com/sbig-stxl-16200-ccd-camera.html Related videos: *Create TPoints in TheSkyX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbgJ24_01I *Image Processing Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&list=PLeN_xhcI__l3GRJYLGNoUGc2PkLA0F6aY Music: Imaginary by Broken Elegance & Nomyn https://soundcloud.com/brokenelegance Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/CMLnB526kkY Edited for length and volume

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 OPT's accessory video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL7_sDJFDYc&list=PLeN_xhcI__l0i7ll6yGl_9k_Ed71uZ5Si Visit https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. Music: See You Tomorrow by GoSoundtrack http://www.gosoundtrack.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/idlqqMHd0W4 Edited for length, volume, and EQ

The OPTeam recently had a ton of high-octane fun at K1 Speed in Carlsbad! Check out all the intense racing action! K1 Speed- https://www.k1speed.com/carlsbad-location.html Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all your astronomy product and information needs. Music: Garage - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena https://youtu.be/V3n78uCYdso

Need to know how to collimate your astrograph newtonian telescope? OPT's Johnny Downs gives you a runthrough of the collimation process using a laser collimator. Purchase the ASA Astrograph OTA: ASA 8" 8H ASTROGRAPH - HYPERBOLIC PRIMARY - WITH 3" FOCUSER - OTA ONLY: https://www.optcorp.com/asa-8inch-8h-hyperbolic-astrograph-w-ok3-z-focuser-ota-only.html Purchase the Orion Lasermate II Collimator: https://www.optcorp.com/orion-5691-lasermate-deluxe-ii-laser-collimator.html See Oceanside Photo & Telescope's full selection of laser collimators: https://www.optcorp.com/telescope-accessories/collimate.html?a_collimation_tool_type_f=802&limit=all End screen image is "The Boogieman Nebula" by Johnny Downs Other videos: Simple stacking in Photoshop with Chris Hendren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXgg1zhpvv8&l Collimating a TPO Laser Ritchey-Chretien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgtdhWVePQA& Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all your astronomy product and information needs. Music: ON AND ON by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Skxx0KnGGHw Changes made to volume and length

Want to know how stack your astrophotography images without having to fuss around with a bunch of different programs? OPT's Chris Hendren shows you how to do basic stacking using only Adobe Photoshop. With this tutorial you can get great stacking results without the need to jump between multiple software packages. *Period error correction in Software Bisque's TheSkyX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJbjIOWWO0 *Basic wide-field image processing with Chris Hendren: part 1- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85yhuOdgDbE part 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUtryoPk7eg part 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_PQxJ0YPKw email Chris Hendren at [email protected] email OPT at [email protected] End screen image is "M16 and M17 - Eagle and Swan" by Chris Hendren (http://www.hendrenimaging.com/) Purchase Adobe Photoshop CC through Creative Cloud: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all your astronomy product and information needs. Music: Wind (Original Mix) by Thunderbolt https://soundcloud.com/thunderboltstrikes10 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/N8bHhmtsR7g Edited for length and volume

OPT's Charles Walker shows you how to use TheSkyX to generate and apply Periodic Error Correction data. Using this process will help your Software Bisque mount guide much more accurately and allow you to make better use of your longer exposures. *Disclaimer: The Image Scale data attained at 3:00 should be entered at 7:13. *Purchase TheSkyX Pro from Software Bisque here: Mac: https://www.optcorp.com/so-skyxpromac-theskyx-professional-for-mac.html Windows: https://www.optcorp.com/so-skyxprowin-theskyx-professional-for-windows.html *Purchase the MEII mount here: https://www.optcorp.com/software-bisque-paramount-me-ii-equatorial-mount.html *Purchase the MX+ mount here: https://www.optcorp.com/software-bisque-paramount-mx-equatorial-mount.html *Purchase the MyT mount here: https://www.optcorp.com/software-bisque-paramount-myt.html Endscreen image is "The Crescent Nebula" by Charles Walker *Create TPoints in TheSkyX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbgJ24_01I&t=142s *Happy Holidays from OPT!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZfk8KZwPnY email Charles Walker at [email protected] email OPT at [email protected] Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all your astronomy product and information needs. Music: Where Silence Is Nonexistent by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Edited for length and volume

Oceanside Photo and Telescope wants to wish you a happy Holiday Season! Part of that means making sure that our required amounts of holiday cheer are up-to-code. *A special Holiday Thank You from OPT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkfB4HTDALw *Installing Bob's Knobs for easier calibration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL7_sDJFDYc Basis of outro image is "Horsehead and Flame Nebulae - LRGB" by Chris Hendren (OPT staff) Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for your astronomy product and information needs. Music by BENSOUND http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Edited for length and volume

OPT's marketing team wants to give a special thank you to our customers during this holiday season. Intro/Outro image is "NGC253 LRGB" by Johnny Downs (OPT Staff) *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for updates on future star parties and events, as well as all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. DRIVE by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/llkcBbc3gLU Changes made: edited for length and volume

OPT's Anthony "TJ" White gives you a rundown on how to replace your scope's collimation knobs with simple-to-use Bob's Knobs. Once installed, these adjustment knobs will let you collimate your scope with ease. Purchase Bob's Knobs: https://www.optcorp.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=bob%27s *Learn about lunar observing accessories with Robyn Turner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iGrVPaE2G4 *Learn how to take flat calibration frames with OPT's Jonathan Cheek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0LOjvwrGrk Intro/Outro image is "M16" by TJ White *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for updates on future star parties and events, as well as all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs. Music: Go For More by HookSounds http://www.hooksounds.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lhXt9aVbjic

OPT's Robyn Turner gives you a rundown of the lunar viewing accessories you'll want to better view the upcoming Supermoon. Filters *1.25” https://www.optcorp.com/filters/all-filters-non-solar.html?f_size_f=909&f_type_of_filter_f=915 *2” https://www.optcorp.com/filters/all-filters-non-solar.html?f_size_f=910&f_type_of_filter_f=915 Cameras *Atik Infinity https://www.optcorp.com/ccd-imaging-astrophotography/ccd-still-cameras.html?c_series=3499 *Celestron Cameras Planetary cameras https://www.optcorp.com/ccd-imaging-astrophotography/ccd-still-cameras.html?manufacturer=14 *Meade https://www.optcorp.com/ccd-imaging-astrophotography/ccd-still-cameras.html?manufacturer=42 *QHY https://www.optcorp.com/ccd-imaging-astrophotography/ccd-still-cameras.html?c_series=3223 *Revolution Imager https://www.optcorp.com/revolution-video-imager-bundle-version-r2.html *ZWO https://www.optcorp.com/ccd-imaging-astrophotography/ccd-still-cameras.html?c_series=3044 Music: Say Yeah - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena: https://youtu.be/-wiUIs9I9EM *Learn how to take flat calibration frames with OPT's Jonathan Cheek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0LOjvwrGrk *Meet OPT's new owners, Dustin and Ginny Gibson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8WP1lGh03Q *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for updates on future star parties and events, as well as all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs.

OPT's Jonathan Cheek walks you through the process of taking flat calibration frames using Nebulosity 4 so that you can get the most out of your astroimaging sessions. *Purchase light panels for flat frame calibration here: https://www.optcorp.com/telescope-accessories/imaging-accessories/flat-field-panels-for-image-calibration.html?limit=all *Purchase the Stark Labs Nebulosity 4 software here: https://www.optcorp.com/stark-labs-nebulosity-software.html *Learn how to calibrate an equatorial mount with OPT's Chris Hendren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3cWcj4Fb1A *Meet OPT's new owners, Dustin and Ginny Gibson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8WP1lGh03Q *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for updates on future star parties and events, as well as all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs.

Jimmy Nguyen from Meade Instruments introduces you to Dustin and Ginny Gibson, the new owners of Oceanside Photo and Telescope. In this interview they discuss what drew the power couple to OPT, as well as a bit about their plans for the future. *Learn how to calibrate an equatorial mount: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3cWc... *Check out OPT's star parties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdDIh... *"Rosette" image by Larry Weatherly (OPT Staff) *"Great Galaxy in Andromeda" image by Chris Hendren (OPT Staff) of http://www.hendrenimaging.com/ *"Branch and Sky" image by Chris Hendren (OPT Staff) of http://www.hendrenimaging.com/ *Song is Parasail - Silent Partner: https://youtu.be/MzO4zfNO0kQ *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for updates on future star parties and events, as well as all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs.

OPT's Chris Hendren gives you an explanation of how and why you should balance your equatorial mount, as well as the hardware and safety concerns that you should watch out for while doing so. email Chris Hendren at [email protected] *Some images taken from http://www.hendrenimaging.com/. Products used in this demonstration include: Telescope: *OS-14RC-TT (TPO 14" F/8 RC TRUSS TUBE OTA)- https://www.optcorp.com/tpo-14-f8-rc-truss-tube-ota.html Mount: *SO-MYT (SOFTWARE BISQUE PARAMOUNT MYT ROBOTIC MOUNT) https://www.optcorp.com/software-bisque-paramount-myt.html *Learn the difference between imaging with color and monochrome sensors with Dustin Gibson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RRYljn8358 *Check out OPT's star parties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdDIhGHg2t0 *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for updates on future star parties and events, as well as all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs.

Check out all the fun that OPT and Wavelength Brewing Co. get up to at their weekend star parties! Footage was shot at the OPT Pop Up Star Party at Oceanside Photo and Telescope on 9/30/16 and at The Star Party at Wavelength Brewing Co. in Vista on 10/1/16. *Find out more about Wavelength Brewing Co. at http://www.wavelengthbrewco.com/ *Background image of the Veil Nebula from the intro and outro taken by OPT's Diana Fickas at the OPT Pop Up Star Party on 9/30/16. *Learn the difference between imaging with color and monochrome sensors with Dustin Gibson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RRYljn8358 *Learn about the new Celestron CGX mount with Celestron's Bryan Cogdell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvvQB-v0R0I *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for updates on future star parties and events, as well as all of your astronomy product and knowledge needs.

Celestron's Bryan Cogdell gives you a rundown of Celestron's exciting new CGX mount! Here he walks you through the features and benefits that set it apart from the previous entries in the series. Shop the full Celestron CGX mount series at Oceanside Photo and Telescope https://www.optcorp.com/sale/current-specials/celestron-cgx-pro.html *Learn the difference between imaging with color and monochrome sensors with Dustin Gibson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RRYljn8358 *Learn how to do TPoints in TheSkyX with Charles Walker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbgJ24_01I *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product needs.

OPT's Charles Walker leads you through the process of creating TPoints in TheSkyX. This TPoint model will help you get better accuracy out of your Software Bisque mount. Steps: 00:28 Part 1:Setting up the SkyX Pro for TPoints 00:52 A: Add a Location 02:32 B: Create a Horizon File 04:23 C: Create a Field Of View Indicator 06:26 Part 2: Connecting equipment and slewing to Home 06:44 A: Connecting Equipment 08:46 B: Slewing to Home 10:30 Part 3: Setting up Image Link 10:35 A: Taking an Image 11:02 B: Image Link Window 12:36 C: Setup Tab 13:39 D: FOVI Options Tab 14:19 Part 4: Setting up and taking TPoints 14:26 A: Calibration Tab 18:32 B: Super Model 20:24 Part 5: Accurate Polar Alignment 21:21 A: Begin APA 22:22 B: Choosing a Star *Disclaimer: This video has been heavily edited for time. In light of this, we have obscured some of the in-program timers to avoid viewer distraction/confusion. These edits should not affect the order of these processes in-program in any way. *Purchase TheSkyX Pro from Software Bisque here: Mac: https://www.optcorp.com/so-skyxpromac-theskyx-professional-for-mac.html Windows: https://www.optcorp.com/so-skyxprowin-theskyx-professional-for-windows.html *Purchase the MyT mount here: https://www.optcorp.com/software-bisque-paramount-myt.html *Learn the difference between imaging with color and monochrome sensors with Dustin Gibson: https://youtu.be/3RRYljn8358 *Learn how to do basic wide-field image processing with Chris Hendren: https://youtu.be/85yhuOdgDbE *Email Charles Walker at [email protected] *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product needs.

OPT's Dustin Gibson gives you a lighthearted look at the pros and cons of color and monochrome sensors for night sky imaging. *Some images for this video taken from http://www.hendrenimaging.com *Some images for this video taken from http://www.everyclearnight.com/ *Learn how to do basic wide-field image processing with Chris Hendren: https://youtu.be/85yhuOdgDbE *Learn how to do simple image processing from start to finish with Dustin Gibson: https://youtu.be/aAEn2trUq3w *Shop for astronomy cameras on OPTCorp.com: https://www.optcorp.com/ccd-imaging-astrophotography/ccd-still-cameras.html?limit=all https://www.optcorp.com/ccd-imaging-astrophotography/ccd-video-cameras.html *Email Dustin Gibson: [email protected] *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product needs.

In this series, Chris Hendren shows you a basic method for how to process wide-field images. Part three is a demonstration on using Photoshop for the final touches, such as fixing gradients and using a high pass filter to bring out the best in your image. 01:45 Step 1: Crop 02:14 Step 2: Levels 03:01 Step 3: Curves 03:37 Step 4: Color Bias Correction 05:09 Step 5: Gradient Correction 08:12 Step 6: Vibrance and Saturation 08:40 Step 7: Small Touch-Ups 09:31 Step 8: High Pass Sharpening All images in these videos were shot with the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer – a great little travel mount for astronomy and time lapse imaging that you can get from OPT! https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-st... https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-st... https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-st... https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-st... Purchase the Nebulosity software here: https://www.optcorp.com/stark-labs-ne... Purchase Adobe Photoshop CC through Creative Cloud: http://www.adobe.com/products/photosh... Watch part 1 of this video series: https://youtu.be/85yhuOdgDbE Watch part 2 of this video series: https://youtu.be/wUtryoPk7eg For great astronomy and astrophotography products and knowledge, visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at http://www.optcorp.com

In this series, Chris Hendren shows you a basic method for how to process wide-field images. Part two is a demonstration on using Nebulosity 4 to align and stack your images. 01:02 Step 1: Align Files and Save Separately 02:40 Step 2: Choose First Alignment Star 03:51 Step 3: Choose Second Alignment Star 05:26 Step 4: Stack Aligned Files 06:08 Step 5: Standard Deviation Stacking Function 07:58 Step 6: Save Stacked File as FIT Format 08:48 Step 7: Save FIT Stacked File as 16 Bit TIF Format Stay tuned to this YouTube channel for part 3 when it's released next Monday! All images in these videos were shot with the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer – a great little travel mount for astronomy and time lapse imaging that you can get from OPT! https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-astro-package-s20510.html https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-latitude-eq-base-s20530.html https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-counterweight-kit-s20540.html https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-photo-package-s20520.html Purchase the Nebulosity software here: https://www.optcorp.com/stark-labs-ne... Purchase Adobe Photoshop CC through Creative Cloud: http://www.adobe.com/products/photosh... Watch part 1 of this video series: https://youtu.be/85yhuOdgDbE Learn how to do simple image processing from start to finish with Dustin Gibson: https://youtu.be/aAEn2trUq3w For great astronomy and astrophotography products and knowledge, visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at http://www.optcorp.com

In this series, Chris Hendren shows you a basic method for how to process wide-field images. Part one is a demonstration on using Photoshop's raw converter for basic pre-processing. 00:46 Step 1: Load Raw Files 01:41 Step 2: Select All Open Images 01:53 Step 3: Adjust Temperature Slightly 02:16 Step 4: Lens Correction 02:42 Step 5: Noise Reduction 03:17 Step 6: Exposure and Clarity 03:44 Step 7: Save Images as 16-bit TIF files All images in these videos were shot with the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer – a great little travel mount for astronomy and time lapse imaging that you can get from OPT! https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-astro-package-s20510.html https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-latitude-eq-base-s20530.html https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-counterweight-kit-s20540.html https://www.optcorp.com/skywatcher-star-adventurer-photo-package-s20520.html Purchase the Nebulosity software here: https://www.optcorp.com/stark-labs-nebulosity-software.html Purchase Adobe Photoshop CC through Creative Cloud: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html Learn how to collimate a TPO Ritchey-Chretien with Eric Blackhurst: https://youtu.be/tgtdhWVePQA Learn how to do simple image processing from start to finish with Dustin Gibson: https://youtu.be/aAEn2trUq3w For great astronomy and astrophotography products and knowledge, visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at http://www.optcorp.com

In this video, OPT's Eric Blackhurst talks you through how to simply and straight-forwardly collimate a Third Planet Optics Ritchey-Chretien telescope using Howie Glatter laser collimators and accessories. This guide will help you get your RC collimated and you out observing in no time! Products used in this demonstration include: Telescope: *OS-14RC-TT (TPO 14" F/8 RC TRUSS TUBE OTA)- https://www.optcorp.com/tpo-14-f8-rc-truss-tube-ota.html Focuser: *OS-19670 (TPO TEMPERATURE COMPENSATING FOCUSER PACKAGE - FOR 10-24" RC TELESCOPES)- https://www.optcorp.com/tpo-temperature-compensating-focuser-package-10-12-rc.html Laser collimation equipment: *HG-LC2-635 (HOWIE GLATTER SINGLE RED BEAM 2" LASER COLLIMATOR - 635NM)- https://www.optcorp.com/howie-glatter-single-red-beam-2inch-laser-collimator-635nm.html *HG-HOLA-CIR (HOWIE GLATTER LASER CONCENTERIC CIRCLE HOLOGRAPHIC ATTACHMENT)- https://www.optcorp.com/howie-glatter-laser-concentric-circle-holographic-attachment-hola-cir.html This collimation method also works for the following TPO RC units: *OS-10RC-TT (TPO 10" F/8 RITCHEY-CHRETIEN TRUSS TUBE OTA)- https://www.optcorp.com/tpo-10-f-8-rc-truss-tube-ota.html *OS-12RC-TT (TPO 12" F/8 RITCHEY-CHRETIEN TRUSS TUBE OTA)- https://www.optcorp.com/tpo-12-f8-rc-ritchey-chretien-truss-tube-ota.html *OS-16RC-TT (TPO 16" F/8 RITCHEY-CHRETIEN TRUSS TUBE OTA)- https://www.optcorp.com/tpo-16-f8-rc-ritchey-chretien-truss-tube-ota.html *OS-20RC-TT (TPO 20" F/8 RC TRUSS TUBE OTA)- https://www.optcorp.com/tpo-20-rc-truss-tube-design-ota.html DISCLAIMER: The subject being discussed in this video is what Eric has found to be the most straight-forward, if not necessarily the easiest, method for collimation of the TPO truss RC telescopes. This process makes some assumptions in regards to centration, such as assuming that the focuser is centered on the rear of the optical tube and the primary and secondary mirrors are placed such that their optical axes correspond with the mechanical axis of the optical tube. This should always be the case when the telescope arives from the factory. Impact damage, whether by courier or by accident, can change that. The processes required to address de-centered optics are beyond the scope of this video. Eric can be reached via email at [email protected] *Visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/ for all of your astronomy product needs. Other recent OPT videos: *OPT- SCAE 2016 (Southern California Astronomy Expo) Recap Video- https://youtu.be/EhMiThQRLwM *OPT- Simple Image Processing with Dustin Gibson- https://youtu.be/aAEn2trUq3w

While it might be impossible to cram every single bit of the fun from SCAE 2016 into a short 2-3 minute video, we can say that we certainly tried! This video is a recap of the excitement that was on display at OPT's recent Southern California Astronomy Expo, held on June 18th, 2016. Be sure to check out all of the excitement, deals, and prizes yourself when we hold next year's event in summer 2017. Also, check out Dustin Gibson's SCAE 2016 presentation on Simple Image Processing: https://youtu.be/aAEn2trUq3w For great astronomy and astrophotography products and knowledge, visit Oceanside Photo and Telescope at https://www.optcorp.com/

https://optcorp.com/blogs/videos/simple-image-processing-with-dustin-gibson OPT's Dustin Gibson walks you through his simple yet effective processing method for getting crisp and clear astrophotography images. These steps will help you to get your images fully processed and ready to upload in a matter of minutes, rather than hours or days.

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Michael Hattey of Starlight Xpress at SCAE-IS July 2014 in Oceanside, CA.

Ken Crawford at SCAE-IS 2014 discussing imaging processing with CCD Stack and Photoshop

Here is Craig Stark giving a presentation on CCD image capture at the Southern California Astronomy Expo - Imaging Symposium. This event was held at OPT in Oceanside, CA July 2014.

Tony Hallas at OPT's 1st Annual SCAE Imaging Symposium. Astrophotographer Tony Hallas discusses the basics of DSLR imaging and provides intermediate pointers for capturing beautiful pictures.

From Tents Up to Event End! From 9am on Friday July 11th to 6pm on July 12th. Months of planning and our biggest event of the year compressed down to just 2 minutes. Time Lapse Photography by Chris Hendren & Tommy Simunovic Music Credit: In the Hall of the Mountain King, Peer Gynt - Act II, Edvard Grieg - By Kevin MacLeod Editing By: Chris Hendren & Rayna Stephens