Ep #2 - Capturing M57, The Ring Nebula (DSLR Astrophotography)

Galactic Hunter takes you on mysterious adventures to other worlds. Whether we are visiting planets, galaxies, nebulae, comets, or star clusters, the goal of Galactic Hunter is to teach you astronomy through one of the most rewarding hobbies: Astrophotography. Join my wife and I in our galactic adventures, and question everything you know about what lays outside of our little world.

Do not forget to vote for the next target in the comments, and visit the website where you can see a gallery of our older captures.

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The Basics:

[mikeyaxman]

THE NARRATION, THE BACKGROUND MUSIC, THE EXPLANATIONS, THE PHOTOGRAPHY, THE VOTING...
SO WONDERFUL!

[captbuscemi]

Just love your enthusiasm for astronomy, and your love for each other 😊. How wonderful you have this passion you can share!

[Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

Absolutely brilliant explanation of the nebula, the 3d graphics are really helpful to me

[Youtube_deleted_my_favourites]

I'll tell you what is refreshing about this - its really nice that a girl is interested in astronomy, in what is a very male-dominated hobby, well done and keep up the good work

[LShaver]

14:43 this just shows how far away the ring nebula is, if it was as close as the great orion nebula it would appear almost the same size as running man nebula

[andyrawlins]

Just subscribed - love your information led videos. You have a unique style which lifts you above the masses :)

[FreedomToRoam]

your astronomy/astrophotography is great for this noob to watch. But the bit with spider, music and all, was hilarious!
But more to the point, your blog is awesome, really rounds out the videos; thanks for all the good tips on it, too.

[Cosmic_Gypsy]

I watched this early in the morning. Man this is so awesome. So real.

[afwf]

Great video again, love seeing the process to capture stars and comparison of size of Ring Nebula vs Orion. These little things make a enjoyable watching experience. I vote for M13 the Globular Cluster.

[MadMikey]

Outstanding work guys! I absolutely love what you are doing. Your love for space is obvious and your video content and editing is enjoyable. Keep it up the great work!
I vote for #1. Eagerly waiting for you next episode.

[garysimon]

Thanks for the camel spider info.
There be spiders big as battleships on some planet somewhere.

[tempusfugit]

Well done !! You are lucky to have each other to go out there in the dark night. This can otherwise be a very lonely activity.
Can't wait for the next episode!
Vote for #1 Rho Ophiuchi. We don't get to see it much from up in cold Canada :-)

[ryanmartin]

The Ring Nebulae was one of the very first DSO I found by luck while sweeping the sky with a new 10" dob many years ago before I had any knowledge about DS targets. It was a great moment to see something looking like a faint blue bubble hanging in black space. Thanks for your videos. They make great sleepy time fun.

[deepgomez]

Great work. I vote for #1 Rho Ophiuchi.

[ant_hart]

Hey 😁 Just subbed!..I first watched a more recent video and loved it! You guys are awesome together! I’m now working my way through your channel..can’t wait to see the story of how you progress over the years! My best, Ant....side note...Rho Ophiuchi...Ooooo⭐️💖

[ricardomendes]

Lyra is one of my favorite constellations, and Vega one of the first stars I could identify. M57 is indeed a tiny jewelry about to be discovered. Vega remembers me again and again the "Contact" story. Nice video Antoine and Dolly, thank you!

[kentberry]

I find this perspective beautiful and brings me enjoyable memories. It reminds of my first views of M57 in my 6 inch newtonian in the late 70's. I had the privilege of dark skies in Eastern Oregon at the time. No bad spiders. Maybe an occasional black widow?

[mihadolenec]

You should get a barlow lens so you don't have to crop so much and you can keep some detail when the observed object is so small in the sky

[mfghans]

Thank you for theses amazing videos! I would really love to see you guys do more how-tos on capturing stars without a telescope!

[supernovagaming]

Man I love your videos I wish I could get out of light polution of pad Vegas but I have viewed some of the easyist deep sky objects with binoculars and a reflecter telescope