In this exhaustive tutorial video, I will be covering all the basics from site and date selection to imaging and processing (using both free software and paid software for comparison).
The Dwarflab Dwarf 2 telescope will be used, as it is cheap, lets us get away with not doing polar alignment, can automatically point to and center targets, and can image on its own, fully automated. Very convenient to get started!
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Light Pollution Map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/
Telescopius: https://telescopius.com/
Siril: https://siril.org/
Siril scripts: https://free-astro.org/index.php?title=Siril:scripts
Gimp: https://www.gimp.org/
PixInsight: https://pixinsight.com/
PixInsight RCAstro plugins: https://www.rc-astro.com/resources/
DarkArchon EZ Processing Suite: http://darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8888/
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00:00 Introduction
02:40 Telescope initial setup
04:30 First use and UI
09:10 Selecting imaging site and date
14:40 Target selection and elevation
16:08 Daytime setup
22:52 Capture explanation
23:49 Processing Software Setup
29:39 Imaging preparation
35:48 Imaging/Capture
41:03 Dark Frames
45:02 Pre-processing & Stacking
58:44 Processing (Siril and Gimp)
01:17:43 Processing (PixInsight)
01:28:47 Results and Comparison
01:29:10 Conclusion