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Thanks to you now I know what to do tomorrow I'm going to try again

Hey John! I’ve got a question - Do you think First Light Optics is a reliable website to purchase gear from? Just curious because I’ve been looking for some telescopes to upgrade to for astrophotography and the prices are almost too good to be true.

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Ok, I see that ASIair has a SkyMap. I also see you used a phone. Can I use a tablet that does not use a SIMcard. I would love to see a longer video on the Asiair setup including how and when you align the 130P and a bit more on using the Skymap feature of Asiair.

I wanna say that 1500mm and a 4mm eyepiece plus 4x barlow now thats amazing for the moon, but the best is for planets! (id reccomend dobsonian)

Pulls put 1.79 million dollars worth of telescopes, sees priceless views 😂😂

Thank you.

So I can't see planets with a beginner telescope 😔🔭

Now hunt down a rare 1.25" televue paracorr

The universe has its own set of cycles. no matter how advanced our astronomy based technology is, we can’t change that

It has been fun seeing the eclipse, especially with the telescope. it’s difficult to say, but I’m not sure when the next solar eclipse could reach. It could probably take several years or maybe or maybe not for several decades or centuries

On night while scanning the night sky with my 7x50 binoculars, I kept passing by a mysterious "Bright patch" of the sky. Later on, inside, consulting my Star Atlas, I discovered that "Bright Patch" was the Andromeda Galaxy !!!!! Gave me a real thrill to have seen it. I was far from any Town, there was no Moon, and my eyes were fully dark adapted. Or I'd have never even saw it .

Thanks for the detailed review and instructions. But the back round music is a little distracting and not necessary.

Thank you for the this video I have the 150. I also follow Dobsonian Power and he does astrophotography. I love watching the moon with telescope.

I just bought the 150P Virtuoso, this video has helped a lot. I guess I need to think about AsiAir soon. Always spending money 😆

Honestly this is a pretty lame user experience compared to some of the other modern computerized telescopes...

I agree about the hand controller vs. the phone app. Luckily, I already have a hand controller, and I can only look through one telescope at a time.

Q: does the base have a 3/8” socket to mount on a photo tripod?

A very hard to beat value. $425 for a collapsible 6in go-to dob? Cheapest longtube 6in manual push-to is $460, and an 8in is $650.

Not my cup of tea.Much rather have my 8 inch dob for almost the same money!collimated my dob once in two years and took five minutes!each to their own though I guess!

In SynScan, you do not always have to know the number of the deep space object. Above the location where you type in the number is a place you can click to get a list of many objects from which you can choose. It is labeled.

I bought a Sky-Watcher Virtuoso 150p GTI. Normal Newtonians require construction of a dew shield and a lot of maintenance. Regular collimation and regular mirror cleaning. The Virtuoso also requires construction of a shroud. And, if you want to use it for astrophotography, you have to build a new focuser, from scratch, as did I. Makes you are appreciate refractors.

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This video have so much useful information.

Just curious - what is the weight of your setup that is sitting on the mount?

Hello - just getting around to watching this video as I've (just for fun) been playing around with my SharpStar 61EDPH III and the Star Adventurer tracker. The kit includes the telescope with field flattener, ASIAir Plus, ASI f4/30mm guide scope, ASI 120mm guide camera, ZWO EAF and ASI183MC-PRO cooled camera. Yes - it totals almost 9 pounds. I've been having trouble getting the guide configuration to complete. It may be related to backlash on the tracker, step configuration, bad ST4 cable, or I realized after a bit of research, that I had DEC mode set to auto instead of off. I have some work to do to figure this out but have to wait for a clear night. Just thought I'd share since you asked if anyone had tried this setup. I know I'm pushing the limit here, but just want to know what I can get away with :-). Oh, just one more thing - the setup is rather long, I wonder if that has anything to do with the problem I'm having. I', contemplating the purchase of a RedCat 51 as it might be about 1 or 2 pounds lighter.

Excellent video, Thanks! finally I can understand all about EQ mounts with this excellent video. Great!!!!

Great job!

How will I know if it needs to be collimated?

I absolutely love my 6 inch dob. Easy to transport...light, just for me.

hi john i have a question is 150/750 dobsian telescope good or nah?

Just got my Omni 102AZ delivered today. Can't wait to put it together and start using it this weekend.

I came for the 20mm uwa in the thumbnail. Did you bring a barlow? 5mm is still only 67x

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say hi to stella the dog in the background

Is the NatGeo 114mm Newtonian Reflector a hobby killer?

I have this telescope what’s the cheapest camera I could buy to get some deep space pics? Or clusters and planets I have a 2x borrow lense

TLDR: buy a wifi telescope camera thing. It’s like $40 and save me you eye floaties and strain and you can video/camera/screenshot easily! And My 70$ ?celestron? Amazon reflector telescope is the SAME look as number one with the zoom in lens. Yes, I have no idea of the nomenclature, but if you’re starting out, a $70 reflector works just fine.

5 star reviews from average people seeing the moon and saturn for the first time

Is a Orion 130mm reflector telescope good?

That 6" dob reminds me of the Hardin DSH6 I got in 2005 for $99 during the fire sale when Hardin was closing its consumer telescope division. Back then they were a little less than $300, and some companies even sold 8" dobs for just a little over $300. It had the same grey/silver and black color scheme, and was made by GSO with an all metal 1.25" focuser. I took advantage of the fire sale and also got 2 6"f5 star hoc 6-5 f5 eq reflectors (star hoc was in the cg4 class but slightly bigger head, stellarvue sold them as the m4 mount with an improved wood tripod), one for me and one for my dad on the other coast of the country, so I didn't have to bring one of my maks and small mount on the plane. As well as the terra-hoc 90mm f11 refractor on an az mount, split with a friend because he wanted the mount and I just wanted the tube. My very first telescope was also a costco special, the 2004 celestron nexstar 80gtl, 80mmf11 long tube on the 80gt mount which usually had a short tube f5 on it. The tripod was the smallest leg aluminum, dept store scope class, and the tube clamshell was all plastic, so it was frustrating to focus and you had to wait a few seconds for the image to settle down, but the optics were excellent, and the goto worked well enough to at least get objects in the field of view in a 25mm eyepiece. I later modified it with a baader bracket to make it dovetail compatible, and i found a surplus clearance of tasco starguide 4 tripod, which was equivalent to the nexstar 5 tripod, 1.5" steel legs. That rig handled my 127m mak pretty well, much more stable than an etx125 and more stable than the later 127slt which has a smaller tripod with flex points. The original refractor on rings and dovetail was also rock solid with those mods. An upgrade to a v4 sky align hand controler improved goto accuracy, but tracking was still wonky because the motor control firmware was in the base not the HC. The slt fixed the tracking issues that the GT was known for.

What the fuck...a complete telescope 100mm refractor for 200$? How can be possible? In Italy only the OTA cost around 300€... I just don't understand....I live in a country of thieves.

What is the red light?

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

Which dobsonian is that? What's the aperture?

I'm really trying to understand the equations you mentioned for planets and deep sky objects. 130mm X 2 = 260 We take the focal length of a telescope / eyepiece mm size = amount? Example: 650mm / 20mm = 32.5 which makes 32.5 lower than the 260 ? Deep sky 130 / 3 = 43 So does that mean not to use an eyepiece that exceeds the 43 (when using focal length/ eyepiece mm size?)

Well ..... I have a NatGeo Newtonian Reflector 114mm telescope 😂......🥲😭 And I can't afford a better telescope

The northern lights were just crazy up here in Quebec City :)

Trevor is the reason i got into Astrophotography also i will give credit to The Heavens Declare channel on YT for the great beginner tutorial. Amazing video man you are a great instructor