Hey what's up guys, Rafal here from OPT and today we are in Landers California
Gmars more specifically because we are going to be playing with a piece
of equipment that we haven't tried on this channel just yet and I keep saying we but
I'm the only one on the screen so I want to introduce you guys to Diana.
Hey guys! Diana is also part of the OPT team and she claims to be new to astrophotography but if
you see her work it's like absolutely incredible so she's lying just don't worry about it.
This bag on her back is carrying the scope that we're gonna be talking about and the
cool thing is that you have the option to purchase this bag with the scope so that
way you can keep everything in one place and it makes it much easier to carry around so
without further ado are you ready to set this up. Yeah it's good let's do it!
This is the eVscope. It's a fully automated astrophotography tool designed for creators
who are interested in astrophotography but a little intimidated by all the gear that goes into
it with this scope. Beginners can appreciate its ease of use and its ability to guide you through
the mysteries of the night sky without prior knowledge you have the option of buying it with
the carry case which makes it incredibly easy to transport it from place to place
this scope is controlled through an app on your phone that lets you select all your
targets to start imaging and the best part about this scope is right here even though
this scope is fully automated you're still able to have that awesome moment of looking at your
target through the viewfinder as it gathers data and develops the image collimating.
The scope is actually pretty easy especially since it comes with a manual that gives you
straightforward instructions on how to do it basically you take this hex key and you screw
these two screws right here until you get the collimation just right and especially for someone
like me who has never collimated a scope before it took me about five minutes before I got it right
so once you have the scope collimated the next thing is to get your focus right and it's really
easy to focus because built into the lens is a baton off mask and all you have to do is
pop this bad boy on and you're ready to start focusing and with the bat mouth mask is really
easy because all you have to do is look through your phone and then you want to find a bright
star in the sky once you do that it's just like working any other baton off mask you're gonna try
to get the spikes lined up so that way you know that your image is in focus so finally after your
scope is collimated and your focus is set there's only one more thing to do so before it can suit
your target you're going to go you're going to make sure you plate solve first and you do that
by going to the field detection button on the app and then now it says field detection in progress
and it's field detection was successful so now when I go back to my target
there now it says go to so you just click the go to button and there it goes
oh my god looking through the viewfinder it looks like you've taken two hours of integration time
on the target and it's there right now and I've only went to that target
a minute ago it's incredible oh my gosh this would take hours three four
five hours of shooting on a regular dslr or even just an astro camera and then stacking it
and then processing it I mean we're talking like over a day's work and I did this in two minutes!
You only you see the image it's gonna show you it's gonna say m27
dumbbell nebula two minute exposure it even has all the other details 34 degrees north
100 this is your location I can just picture like a family or friends going out together and
shooting this and then having that memory so if I were to take my brother or my family and show them
how great the universe is seeing different targets they're going to have much more fun if I have this
in this app and we can see it right away we can all walk up to the eyepiece and look through it
and see something that would take me a whole night of exposures a whole night of processing
than to get the same image so unfortunately we're shooting on a night where the moon is going to be
about eighty percent illuminated but we decided to make an experiment out of it
the eVscope is really good at shooting on moon lit nights so we're gonna pick three targets
shoot those targets before the moon comes up and then we're gonna shoot them again
after the moon comes up and see how the images look the first target was the dumbbell nebula
this image was taken after four minutes here it is without moonlight and here it is with
moonlight oddly enough the second image turned out slightly clearer our second target was the
eagle nebula and before the moon came up we noticed some odd rgb artifacting around the image
after the moon came up it clearly affected the imaging and made it more washed out
our final target was m13 the great globular cluster and the first image came out very clear
the second image wasn't bad but you can clearly see some moonlight spilling in from the side
even under moonlit skies this scope was able to capture incredible images in just four minutes but
we wanted to see what would happen if you let this scope track a target for even longer so we had it
stay on the dumbbell nebula for a little longer than four minutes here it is after four minutes
and here it is after nine minutes just look at the difference five minutes can make now it didn't
change much after nine minutes but again these are under moonlit skies which means you don't
have to be out in the middle of nowhere or under bortle four skies to get incredible images you
can take the scope into suburban skies and still have something to show your family and friends
so right now the moon is right over there and we have this giant bright light that's going to
probably affect the images I'm going to turn off this light and we're going to see how the eVscope
is able to capture the moon oh my gosh maybe I was doing something oh my gosh okay so when
I was originally adjusting the gaining exposure time because originally the moon was overexposed
it was white so I knew I needed to decrease the exposure time and when I started lowering the
exposure time since it was overexposed the moon started having more and more detail look at that
detail all right cool so final verdict we had a good night of imaging with the eVscope. Diana
as an astrophotographer what are your thoughts on it yeah I think it's really cool for fun there's
definitely a lot of astrophotography targets that you can get with it you can't get them all but
the ones you do get are great quality I love its ease of use it's portability and it's great for
sharing ash photography with others in groups families friends I think it's it's really fun
yeah totally I think if you're curious about astrophotography um but not really pursuing
it I think this is an amazing tool because for me like I was seeing the pillars of creation right in
front of me for the first time and I got so giddy and excited if you're thinking about pursuing
astrophotography more seriously then we would probably push you towards more advanced tools but
for getting introduced to astrophotography this is an incredible product so if you guys have any
questions about the eVscope feel free to give us a call or visit us at optcorp.com we can answer any
questions you have and until next time guys thank you so much for watching this video. Clear skies!