I'll be attending NEAIC and NEAF this year, and thought it would be fun to do an informal meetup!
To get a sense for how many people will attend the meet-up, please add your name/email here if you plan on going: https://forms.gle/jKk7P3353bGTjeEH9
Deta...
2023-04-04 17:56:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Open Discussion and Q&A on April 2, 2023. Thank you everyone for coming! Very nice turn-out.
The next Sunday Chat will be on May 7, 2023, and I will also do a themed chat in May on DSLR astrophotography with portable star trackers (date/time TBA).
Upcoming events will always be announced here on Patreon, but also added to this calendar: https://www.nebulaphotos.com/patreon-calendar/&nb...
2023-04-03 16:48:51 +0000 UTC View PostNebula Photos Sunday Chat #24 will take place tomorrow Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 18:00 UTC (7pm UK, 2pm EDT, 11am PDT) on Zoom, and run for about an hour.
This one will be an open Q&A and discussion on any astrophotography-related topics with no set agenda. We will start with any beginner questions and questions from new members before getting in to more advanced questions and discussions.
The session will be recorded, and the recording will be posted here on Patreon within a d...
2023-04-01 21:24:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Unfortunately my home internet was down, so I had to join the chat from my cell phone in my car.
Despite my technical difficulties, it was still a very good chat - thank you everyone for joining and bringing all your great questions, insights, and examples! I look forward to the next themed chat.
Image of Orion Nebula at 16:02 came from patron Guillermo S. - sorry the credit line got cut off in the slide.
2023-03-17 00:12:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a reminder that this is starting in 80 minutes!
Today, Friday, March 10th at 7pm ET (12am UTC) will be the first 'Themed Chat' for Patreon members where I will give a short presentation, and the entire Q&A and discussion will be around a theme. This time, the theme will be "untracked astrophotography" meaning the technique of shooting the night sky with m...
Open Q&A and Discussion on March 5th, 2023.
Next chat will be this Friday, March 10th on 'Untracked Astrophotography'. I will send a reminder.
-Nico
2023-03-08 00:25:17 +0000 UTC View PostWow, February flew by! I hope to get some time with the winter nebulae this month before they are gone.
I have a number of announcements to share about upcoming events both virtual and in-person:
Sunday Chat #23
Nebula Photos Sunday Chat #23 will take place at the normal time this Sunday, March 5th at 2pm ET. Here is the Zoom link: https://us06we...
My latest video over on YouTube called Everything You Need to Find CLEAR SKIES is a deep-dive on weather forecasting for astronomy. If you've watched it already, you saw that the backbone of the video was a really in-depth Zoom call I had with Daniel Fiordalis, creator of Astrospheric. Even though the YouTube video is already long (1 hour), my conversation ...
2023-02-17 17:40:08 +0000 UTC View Post
A good mix of topics in an open Q&A. Thanks everyone for coming!
~Nico
2023-02-15 00:09:02 +0000 UTC View PostNebula Photos Sunday Chat #22 will take place this Sunday, February 12th, 2023 at 19:00 UTC (7pm UK, 2pm EST, 11am PST) on Zoom, and run for about an hour.
This one will be an open Q&A and discussion on any astrophotography-related topics with no set agenda. We will start with any beginner questions and questions from new members before getting in to more advanced questions and discussions.
The session will be recorded, and the recording will be posted here on Patreon within a...
2023-02-09 17:28:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Tomorrow I will be premiering a new video that I plan to be the first part in a many part series on my attempt to capture an analemma in 2023. This first part will cover the basics of picking a location, and planning the shot using the free program Stellarium (https://stellarium.org). Hope you can join! I will be in the live chat. After the premiere, this will become a normal video at he same link.
Cheers, Nico
2023-01-19 22:12:41 +0000 UTC View Post
01/15/2023 - Introductions and General Q&A
There was a fairly lengthy discussion on Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) since the best time to view/photograph it will be in the coming two weeks. For PixInsight users, here is a video from Shawn (VisibleDark) on Comet registration and stacking: https://youtu.be/SNdt-d__RFg. Grigory also mentioned Ad...
2023-01-16 18:49:41 +0000 UTC View PostNext Sunday Chat
Nebula Photos Sunday Chat #21 will take place this Sunday, January 15th, 2023 at 19:00 UTC (7pm UK, 2pm EST, 11am PST) on Zoom, and run for about an hour.
It will be an open Q&A and discussion on any astrophotography-related topics with no set agenda. We will start with any beginner questions and questions from new members before getting in to more advanced questions and discussions.
The session will be recorded, and th...
2023-01-12 18:13:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy new year everyone! In 2023, I will be putting a lot more time into Patreon, offering more benefits and exclusive resources for members. As the title suggests, this post will cover a few different topics.
Monthly Chat
Every month, we get together on Zoom for an informal Q&A / Chat and sometimes a brief presentation or demo. We have been doing these on the first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, but I want to know if a different time would be bet...
2023-01-01 18:39:30 +0000 UTC View Post
New video premiering tomorrow (Wednesday, 12/28) at 4pm ET (9pm UK, 1pm PT). Trying a bit later in the day for this one. It is a 41 minute long video review of the ZWO AM5, the iOptron HEM27, and the Sky-watcher EQ6-R (this is the control). As usual I will be in the live chat to answer your questions. Hope some of you can make it!
Hope everyone gets some clear skies to round out 2022!
-Nico
2022-12-28 02:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post
New video premiering tomorrow (Friday, 12/23) at 2pm ET (7pm UK, 11am PT). It is 36 minutes long, and I will be in the live chat! Hope to see you there.
In this video I answer questions sent in by you! We will compare my answers to the answers given by a new chatbot that has been in the news called 'ChatGPT' to see if AI is ready to take my job! Find out tomorrow :)
Many thanks to everyone who sent in questions! And thank you for all the nice comments on my last post a...
2022-12-22 17:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostExciting news! I'm going full-time with Nebula Photos in 2023. This is only possible due to your generous support here on Patreon. Thank you!! There are also a few personal updates in the video for anyone interested. :)
I also want to apologize to anyone affected by the auto-renewal email bug this past weekend. This seems to have been a Patreon-wide software glitch where many people received dozens of duplicate emails on Saturday from Patreon asking them to renew their membership. I ha...
Update: I have all the questions I need. Thanks to everyone who sent one in! ~Nico
Happy Holidays everyone!
Lately, I have been playing around with OpenAI's chatbot 'ChatGPT'. This is a chatbot sitting on top of the world's largest natural language learning model. I've started asking it astrophotography-related questions, and have found the answers it gives to be very hit or miss. For basic questions, it will often give very good answers. For more complex question...
2022-12-18 19:14:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a new video premiering tomorrow at 12pm ET. I will be in the chat if you'd like to stop by. This will be a normal youtube video after the premiere concludes. This video is about 18.5 minutes long and is a tutorial on how to capture star trails images and timelapses on the iPhone.
Clear skies, Nico
2022-12-15 00:02:38 +0000 UTC View Post
12/11/2022 - A.T. Astrophotography and Nico show off their processing of the Summer group project then general Q&A.
YouTube channels mentioned:
A.V. Astronomy - https://www.youtube.com/c/AVAstronomy
Pauly Man Astro - https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulymanAstro
2022-12-13 03:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostNebula Photos Sunday Chat #20 will take place this Sunday, December 11th, 2022 at 19:00 UTC (7pm UK, 2pm EST, 11am PST) on Zoom, and run for about an hour.
We will start with anyone that would like to share anything about their processing of the summer group imaging projects.
After that, the rest of the time will be used for an open Q&A and discussion on any astrophotography-related topics with no set agenda. We will start with any beginner questio...
2022-12-08 05:55:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a new comparison review video premiering Wednesday (11/30) at 12 noon ET (9am PT, 17:00 UTC, 5pm UK time). It is approximately 19.5 minutes long. Hope to see some of you there in the live chat! In this video:
Clear skies, Nico
2022-11-30 05:23:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the recording of the Sunday Chat yesterday, 11/6/2022. Thanks to everyone for coming and the great questions and discussion.
~Nico
2022-11-07 17:51:05 +0000 UTC View PostNebula Photos Sunday Chat #19 will take place this Sunday, November 6th, 2022 at 19:00 UTC (7pm UK, 2pm EST, 11am PST) on Zoom, and run for about an hour. Note: the time will be consistent for places that are switching from Daylight Savings to Standard time on November 6th, but will be an hour later than normal for places that aren't switching.
This Sunday Chat will begin with some updates on the Summer Group Imaging Projects (Lagoon and Veil Nebu...
2022-11-01 15:25:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a new comparison review video premiering Wednesday (10/26) at 12 noon ET (9am PT, 16:00 UTC, 5pm UK time). It is approximately 22.5 minutes long. Hope to see some of you there in the live chat! In this video:
Clear skies, Nico
2022-10-25 16:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a new video premiering Thursday (10/13) at 12 noon ET (9am PT, 16:00 UTC, 5pm UK time). It is approximately 22.5 minutes long. Hope to see some of you there in the chat! In this video I am talking about some of the challenges of using a long, heavy refractor with my mobile (car-based) setup for astrophotography, and I review the new Askar 130PHQ with 0.7x reducer.
As mentioned at the Sunday Chat, I am still working on the Summer group imaging data release, and hope to have ...
2022-10-12 16:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Recording of the Sunday Chat yesterday, 10/9/2022. Updates on the Group Imaging Projects and general Q&A. Thank you to everyone who came and contributed your great questions and comments!
~Nico
2022-10-10 20:29:10 +0000 UTC View PostNebula Photos Sunday Chat #18 will take place this Sunday, October 9th, 2022 at 18:00 UTC (7pm UK, 2pm EDT, 11am PDT) on Zoom, and run for about an hour.
This Sunday Chat will begin with some preliminary information and results from the Summer Group Imaging Projects (Lagoon and Veil Nebulae). If you signed up for either project, the deadline for submitting data is tomorrow, Friday, October 7th. This is all organized through the Nebula Photos Discord Server: 2022-10-06 15:48:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a new video premiering Friday (9/30) at 12 noon ET (9am PT, 16:00 UTC, 5pm UK time). It is approximately 43 minutes long. Hope to see some of you there in the chat! In this video I am comparing eight different software packages that can calibrate, register, and stack deep sky images.
The next Nebula Photos Sunday Chat will NOT take place this Sunday. I am delaying it one week to Sunday, October 9th so we can talk about progress on the group imaging projects at the start of ...
2022-09-29 05:12:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the recording from the Zoom chat this past Sunday. Thanks to everyone who came and made it such an enjoyable chat! They always go by quickly for me. See you next month. ~Nico
2022-09-06 16:49:07 +0000 UTC View Post