Shooting & Processing Orion Nebula with a DSLR and Tripod, NO TRACKER - Astrophotography Tutorial

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In this beginner tutorial video, I show you step-by-step how to take an amazing space photo of the Orion Nebula using ONLY a cheap DSLR and a tripod (NO TELESCOPE OR STAR TRACKER NEEDED)! Everything you need to know (planning - photographing - processing) an astrophoto like the one in the thumbnail is in this video, including tutorials for both Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop. This video is perfect for anyone wanting to learn astrophotography and take photos of space, even from the front yard, and is a great beginner's intro to this amazing hobby. Be sure to subscribe for more STARt to Finish tutorials like this, and other videos all things astrophotography. Check out my other pages! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theheavensdeclar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_theheavensdeclare/?hl=en Timestamps: ---------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:29 Gear (camera, lens, tripod) 1:46 Location (clear sky, light pollution considerations) 3:26 Time (time of year, new moon) 4:31 Camera Settings (see below) 7:46 Shooting (where to look, focusing, intervalometer) 10:50 Calibration Frames (dark frames, flat frames, bias frames) 15:03 Stacking (intro, Deep Sky Stacker tutorial) 19:02 Processing (Photoshop tutorial) 27:12 Celebrate with a friend Links ---------------------------------- Light Pollution Map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ Intervalometer (make sure you buy one made for your camera): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXRMXLJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Deep Sky Stacker: http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html Photoshop: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/free-trial-download.html Credits ---------------------------------- Music | "Help me" by LiQWYD Watch: https://youtu.be/C4jwNlsQgyM License: https://www.liqwydmusic.com/how-to-use Download/Stream: https://hypeddit.com/link/mv4og8 Music | "Coral" by LiQWYD Watch: https://youtu.be/2dBX-ng0_Oo​ License: https://www.liqwydmusic.com/how-to-use Download/Stream: https://hypeddit.com/link/k303br Light Pollution Map Data: -Jurij Stare, www.lightpollutionmap.info -Earth Observation Group, NOAA National Geophysical Data Center -Falchi, Fabio; Cinzano, Pierantonio; Duriscoe, Dan; Kyba, Christopher C. M.; Elvidge, Christopher D.; Baugh, Kimberly; Portnov, Boris; Rybnikova, Nataliya A.; Furgoni, Riccardo (2016): Supplement to: The New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness. GFZ Data Services. http://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001 Falchi F, Cinzano P, Duriscoe D, Kyba CC, Elvidge CD, Baugh K, Portnov BA, Rybnikova NA, Furgoni R. The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness. Science Advances. 2016 Jun 1;2(6):e1600377 Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com .