Why Do Astronomers Use Monochrome Cameras? Colour vs RGB explained - with basketball!
Channel: Dylan O'Donnell
Date: 2018-06-14

What’s the deal with black and white astro images? Can’t NASA afford a colour camera? I explain this simple concept with an overly laboured basketball analogy which was really an excuse to use drone footage in one of these astrophotography videos (see Anna? It’s work related). 

 

Dylan’s gear in this video
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Canon 6D mkII DSLR 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071K62DZT/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B071K62DZT&linkCode=as2&tag=dylodon-20&linkId=75d20915794fb651dceb06b9412d53ac

Tokina 16-28mm Lens 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003V1YGT6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003V1YGT6&linkCode=as2&tag=dylodon-20&linkId=bd12cca4526a0f82b68e7f57317fd8ec

DJI Phantom 4 Drone
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXLLDQ8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01MXLLDQ8&linkCode=as2&tag=dylodon-20&linkId=5f3d6e9653459d0aafd95e297487de63



Dylan’s links
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PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/dylanodonnell
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Music “Maiden” by Maiden from Rapternal [CC] 
Intro & Outro Music - "Moving the Ocean (Aerologic Edit)" by Blastculture.


TAGS: dylan o’donnell, astrophotography, astronomy, black and white, monochrome, cameras, astronomy cameras, colour, astronomy filters, bayer matrix