This is the #1 Tip for Improving your Astrophotography

TAKE YOUR FLATS!

Maximising time imaging without technical issues is most important. I have only been doing this for a year now, and when I got to the stage I wanted to computer control my rig, the question was how to do it. At first I was going to hook up a spare laptop and run NINA. Then it was getting a mini PC, running everything on that and then remote connection to that. Although I am tech savy, the more I looked at it, watched YouTube videos, and read forums, the more I was pushed away. It seemed complex, possibly have issues and waste the limited clear sky time. I jumped ship and purchased an ASIAIR. For me it works, the plug and play with ZWO gear cuts out (most) of the headache. So for me, it was a winner.

Also, a guy named Murphy shows up every single time I do astrophotography. Every single time. I enjoy his company.

Awesome video. Thanks for making these videos. Don’t let anything discourage you. Get out there and keep making videos

Garbage in, BlurX + NoiseX out, I’m good 😂 Great vid as always!

This was a great review of some of the most important tips to make astrophotographs better, Bray! Thanks for putting this together. It's a head-scratcher to me that folks in this hobby keep looking for shortcuts and 'Easy' buttons, e.g., not taking flats because everything is the same from session to session (which it's not, of course) or using this software instead of that just to save half an hour of processing time often with less-than-optimal results after spending all night acquiring images. It's a mystery to me. Well, as you alluded to, everyone has their own goals and priorities in this hobby. Anyway, your suggestions were terrific! Thanks again.

Finally! These 5 is the most important aspects and good to see it out there. It is hard to give these advices especially for beginners because they might feel offensive. Or even community groups would criticise you for these advices saying they are "just" beginners leave them alone. But knowing these are so important! Good video, and I hope you don't get too many negative comments for it.

Great video and Congrats on the 10K, Bray!!! Very awesome! 😃

Thanks for the sound advice. Keep up the good work!

Congrats on 10k! Wish I had more time to get out and image. I'm hitting a ceiling with how much integration time I can get and for that reason my images suffer. But currently working on a fix for that. Great tips all around! And yes I agree with the other commenter who said dither or die as an honorable mention haha

Bonjour de France. Je viens de découvrir ta chaîne grâce à des articles français qui parlent de toi et de ta découverte . Je suis admirative. Félicitations à toi et continue ce que tu fais😉

I can very strongly advocate for leaving your mount set up and aligned outside with a cover on it. Slap you scope on it, connect wires and you’re shooting in 1min. It totally overcomes the issue of having to convince yourself to set up or whether it’s even worth it. I see my mount as a tool that needs to do work. If it lives a slightly shorter life outside so be it. I know I will have imaged 5x as often.

Congrats on 10k, still underrated in my opinion!

Honorable mention: “dither or die”

Excellent video. Thanks, Bray!

Thank you for helping beginners 😁

love your vids :) Thanks for the advise

Brilliant Advice, I have Been Doing Planetary and basic Deep sky Imaging with my 130 Reflector and An alt az Mount. Guess What, It's actually a Visual Setup😄. But I have been Doing Astrophotography with the Same Scope for nearly 2 years, Haha! Thank you Bray!

Great video. Much appreciated! Only one note...I just don't want to cut down my favorite palm tree!

Accept and embrace the troubleshooting grind :)