Another tip for focusing: some planets have moons... focus on those so they're just points of light, then the planet will be in focus too!

I had no idea how much effort goes into making those twinkly blobs of light look like floating balls of sky-rock.

Dylan, great posting for us Planetary guys! I've watched it several times now in order to get the most out of my photo sessions. I would like to point out ONE more tip that neither you nor Christopher Go have to contend with. You two image the planets looking almost straight up, a luxury most of us don't have. And the one you forgot is to have an ADC (Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector) as part of your train, or setup. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the planets tend not to get any higher than 25 to 30 degrees high. That's a lot of atmosphere to be looking through! The ADC corrects for this disparity and helps to produce the sharpest images we can get before we start taking photos. It's a must-have, I assure you! Just thought I'd throw that out there for everyone else who comes here. Hope it helps someone! Clear Southern skies, Mate! Keep bringin' it!

Hey Dylan,

step 1: have at least 10 grand to blow on this

I love how "Get Lucky" was on number 7! :)

Thanks so much for this Dylan! I haven't done planetary imaging in a long time, and when I did do it, it was using eyepiece projection. I am going to get myself a Powermate and now that I have much better equipment, I hope to get much better results too. Cheers!

tip #4 got me excited for a good second there

Merci Dylan ! I learned 5 new tips that I did not know: use firecapture, use an infrared filter, use the photoshop autocolor, use a barlow to magnify the image, and use the firecapture drizzle 1,5x function and also use of the firecapture ROI ... Thank you very much :) I will now make more beautiful photography ... A bientôt ;)

Dylan. Your channel is top notch. I hope to start up a channel of my own soon, and you've set the bar wicked high! good work!

AstroBiscuit has done amazing things with budget equipment.

Just pondering planetary imaging. This vid is a great starter.

4. Get high. Oh yeah boy

Best teacher on the internet. Thanks.