Imaging The Crescent Nebula with My HyperStar System || Astrophotography
In this video I take you along with me as I capture the beautiful Crescent Nebula with my HyperStar System which is attached to the front of my telescope. Believe it or not, I have never imaged the Crescent nebula. And I've never understood why it's called the crescent nebula when to me it looks like a brain? This nebula was discovered by a fellow named William Herschel, a British astronomer and composer. He did a lot of research on double stars and is most famously known for discovering the planet Uranus which at the time was the first planet discovered in a thousand years.
William Herschel was a self taught Astronomer, who built his own telescopes. He and his sister would make these mirrors by painstakingly polishing a piece of metal until it was extremely reflective, the largest of which is the Great Forty-Foot telescope with a focal length of about 12000mm.
It's kind of crazy that people can do this stuff, too often today we overlook not only how easy things are for us but also what's possible when you put hard work into something.
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Imaging telescope: Celestron Edge HD 1100
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600mm-Pro
Mounts: CGEM DX
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion 50mm Guidescope
Guiding cameras: Orion Star Shoot Auto Guider
Focal reducers: Starizona HyperStar 3
Filters: Optolong 2" Oiii · Optolong 2" Ha
Frames: 710x60" (11h 50')
Integration: 11h 50'
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