I Took A Picture of the ORION NEBULA

How I Took a Picture of the Orion Nebula!

With only a few hours of clear sky time, I set up my camera and star tracker to photograph the Orion Nebula under a first quarter moon.

The final image includes 90 x 60 seconds (1 hour, 30 minutes) of total exposure time from my Bortle 6 backyard!

I hope this video inspires you to get started in astrophotography and explore the wonders of the night sky with me!

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[skenderovicbusantelivia]

If you have the time and patience, I would love to see you do a livestream from start to finish, preparing, setting up, capturing *insert any “easy” target here* and also editing it right after… I imagine it would last about 8-10 hours but it might give us some really-really great insight into your process of and getting the results you want. ❤ Keep up, you are doing absolutely amazing, and we all love what you do! 😊

[marcericdavis]

Your "basics" videos are what got me started in astro. I have a Nikon 5600, Tamron 150-500 lens and the Star adventurer GTI. Lots of fun.

[cjmenagh]

Welcome back to the beginning. So many channels have moved on as their creators have gained experience and knowledge but that leaves a large gap for beginners. Thanks for inspiring a new group who are just starting out. You got me restarted all those years ago when you were just starting up and it was much appreciated.

[vinceveltri]

Trevor, you managed to capture the Flame, Horsehead, Running Man and Orion in the same beautiful shot. Well done.

[sheji]

Stunning image Trevor. Loved it as usual.

[astronomybob]

Awesome shot! Great video too! Merry Christmas Trevor and Ashley!

[Josh.Wilson]

Another stunning image!
One of the things I wanted to recommend to people, is the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer tripod. That's what I use for my trackers. Relatively cheap ($130CAD). It is nice and sturdy, but most importantly has a platform that goes in the middle of the legs, so you can put your intervalometer on it, USB battery bank for dew heater power, ASIAIR, etc.

BUT, the best tripod is the one you already have, and that's sturdy. So if you can't, or don't want to spend the money on a dedicated tripod for your tracker, use the one you have.

[skinfology]

What an amazing explanation Trevor. Love your soothing voice man. As a guy who madly loves astronomy and especially astrophotography with no equipment to afford, I just appreciate people like yourself who make my experience so better with vids like these.

[ricksCavemanTV]

Thank you! I always enjoy your work. I’m learning so very much from you. Merry Christmas 🎄 I also watched your live stream today. Merry Christmas & Clear Skies

[bojanmajic]

exactly what I was doing for my first (successfull) astro imaging session before the Christmas holidays...
It's just that I got my refractor instead of a lens...what a journey it was from watching your first videos to to be able to stand personally next to your rig catching photons, childlike joy sums it up

[oldgittarist]

Great video and result Trevor, I'm hoping to get another go at Orion this winter as well.

[ookpik]

Thank you for such a great tutorial. I have a GTI mount and just love seeing the step by step alignment explained at an easy and measured pace. I am off tonight to give it a go. I am a beginner and have been bitten by this hobby and your videos really do help us newbies. Thanks

[davidletz]

Nice "back to basics" kind of video, appreciated!

[krisdavies]

During most mornings on the way to work i always look at Orians belt next year ill get my star tracker and start photographing it. Its monsoon season here so i have to wait till may. Love your work. Thanks for showing us

[ColeDedhand]

Thanks to you (and a few other AP channels) I jumped into AP recently. Last week was the first time I shot deep sky, and it was a double: M42 and M45. I used a D5300 (astro-modded) with a 180mm prime lens on an EQ6 mount. 150 30-second subs each. Stacked with DSS and processed with GIMP both images turned out better than I could have hoped for a first attempt. M42 really needs more focal length so I will use a 300mm prime next time I get a clear night.

[adrianortiz]

Hi Trevor. Thank you for the fantastic videos on a beautiful hobby. I was wondering, if possible, is there anyway that you can provide a video when doing these great "How TO's" on the setting up of the intervalometer. What were your settings? For example, what would be the best intervals that you found useful? Thanks for the entire great setups and "how to's". Just short of beautiful work.

[capturethephotons]

I am down at least a 5 year astrophotography rabbit hole, and it all started right here, with this channel, just like this. I now have hours and hours of these same targets, using just a camera/lenses and now a William optics GT81. As a matter of fact, I just bought an asi air plus which is still in the box!!

It's good to see you teaching beginning astrophotographers one of the easiest and most rewarding DSOS in the Winter night sky during Nebula season.

Clear skies. Happy Holidays.

[Eretaloma]

2 weeks ago I received my Star Adventurer 2i and I have been having a blast. My set up is a canon 4000d with the 75-300mm lens. The set up its self is quite budget but I have a lot of fun. Your videos are the reason why I started this hobby and so far it has been great. Some problems with the tracker have been resolved and I recently bought a dew heater... and of course when it arrived a storm came and now I can't use my setup... I guess that's how it goes when you're exited to use your new equipment 🤣🤣.

[mfghans]

Trevor, you got me into astrophotography and I cannot thank you enough for doing so!!! Thank you so much for your videos and your kindness!

[jasmijnariel]

The result is stunning! I really want to start doing this when my basic photography lessons are done. The universe is amazing! So is macro photography. So those 2 things have my interest.