SJAA.net Astroimaging workshops - featuring BYE/N

[dts350z]

Feel free to move this to "How To" if appropriate.

I'm now running free monthly Astroimaging workshops for my local club, sjaa.net. As part of that, I've created presentations, videos, etc. on how I do DSLR astophotography, using BYE. As long as I have the material available to the general public I thought I would post it here, in case others find it useful, and I'm sure I'll get helpful feedback as well ;0)

Below is the email, with links to the material, I send out to folks who sing up for the workshops.

 

All,

I've been working on materials for the Astrophotography Workshops.

See here:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-ajT8x5IBeGUHZrVlZXSllQTE0&usp=sharing

The material includes past and new presentations, workflow checklists, instructions, sample data from both a DSLR and a CCD cameras, and videos on imaging planning resources and mount and telescope setup and image capture.

I plan to keep adding to and improving the material as we go along.

Most things are pretty specific to the software and hardware I use, but it should give folks an idea of what DSLR astrophotography involves.

I suggest that people review the material prior to attending a workshop, then bring questions and problems on the night of the workshop they've RSVP's for. 

The videos are links to youtube or vimeo, or there's a folder that has the full video should you want to download vs. stream.

The links seem a little problematic in google drive so I've included them here as well:

Offline Imaging Planning Resources: https://vimeo.com/141587970

Online Imaging Planning Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-gKE94ATJY

Mount and Telescope Setup:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r74Av5Y5YME

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVjoIrL2u_g

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfbMXWjpF-8

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_5YKZxIkB4

Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mun8eN-w-A

Polar Alignment:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfPtM_ao5G0

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgjUZT-zuYc

Part 3a: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WEBe5fUNU

Part 3b: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YqOTHAKtaw

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYn4k2yIP6Q

Focusing and Plate Solving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjqlhWBj69M

Image Capture:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8xEv-WqmWo

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxah75VRPlI

 

The zipped sample data folders contain complete sets of images so you can practice stacking and processing, even before you successfully capture data of your own. The DSLR data is of the M81 and M82 galaxies, captured from my home rig in Scotts Valley, and the CCD data is Luminance, and Narrow Band data of NGC7293, the Helix Nebula, captured (by me) with iTelescope.net’s T32:

            http://www.itelescope.net/telescope-t32/

In Siding Springs Australia.

More resources to come!

The schedule of workshops can be found (among many other SJAA programs for the public) here:

            http://www.meetup.com/SJ-Astronomy/

Clear Skies,
Glenn Newell
SJAA Board Member
glenn.c.newell@gmail.com

[AaronSmall]

I vote for moving this to the how-to section.  Very well done.

 

I've very jealous of your horizon from the back porch.