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Thanks Sir for popularising astronomy among the general people .. I am from Kolkata Astronomy centre , Kolkata , India..... An old organisation in India ..trying spread Astronomy within general people

Our job: Getting the vedanta back to vedanta and physics back to physics. It is one, not two. ❤

He was a living God... Vedanta & Astronomy My Salutations John❤

Im 20 years old and Im about to buy my first dobsonian, hoping to get a better view of the moon and to finally be able to see planets and deep space stuff. Im into space and science from when I was about 4 years old, watching space opera animes from 70s and 80s, also Star Wars and reading all kind of books about space. Most of my life I was more in the theory than anything else but now I really want the light of a nebula or a galaxy to come directly in my eyes, I'll edit this comment when it will happen Edit: I just saw Andromeda galaxy, Saturn's rings, Jupiter and Mars conjonction. This was insane, Jupiter and Saturn are amazing when I first saw Saturn rings it's hard to explain there was a part of me that couldnt believe it was real at first

Now you belong to a minority...beautifully said. Most people aren't even interested in looking up let alone having any interest in the night sky. Thanks for your efforts John!

I think he also ate wheat germ , I see the bottle in one of his vids, and he was using it to hold water for making the mirror.

Nicely review Zane. I liked how comprehensive it is with a very good examples of where this scope shines and where it is not a great fit. Many people don't understand that each telescope has its strengths and where it is not really a good fit. Clearly, you do understand and you explain it very well.

Interesting telescope movement he started. But his cosmology is way off. I’m so sorry he had to confuse so many with it. It was unnecessary.

Since the diagonal on this scope can be replaced by a rear eyepiece extender tube, it is possible to hook up astro cameras like SVBONY or ZWO eyepiece cams. What is the quality of lunar images at prime focus? And of planets with projection eyepieces? I've yet to find a review that goes beyond just the phone camera adapter method. Thanks!

i like the S=sqrt x2 - t2..although technically speaking space/time is represented here as a classical closed system, which i recon is flawed..anyway back to the drawingboard.....Mr. Dobson was an intuitive and highly practical and clear human being..and much needed today

Zane do you think that little mount could manage a slightly larger 90mm mak? like the Orion Starmax?

Excellent video! I'm like 5 min from buying this for the eclipse as i cant travel with my 130mm reflector. Do you have any recommendations on solar filters that would work with this?

Do you think it's a good scope for a beginner?

Awesome.

Great content Z, you gave some great content on the who, what, why and how's - I hope we see a lot more of these. Well done man!

Hi Zane, I enjoy reading your reviews on TelescopicWatch. It's become a great resource for comparing gear. Nice to see a video review, this was very well done and informative. Cool little scope!

Very nice review mate, having interacted with you for a few years on Reddit its good to see you sharing your knowledge of telescopes. Lots of technical information in here and real world expectations for people to know. Looking to the next one. Damo

Thank you so much for this very objective review. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Hola amigo, puedes enseñarnos a construir un telescopio reflector? Por favor

Nice post Zane thanks

Incredible, you’re extremely inspiration.

Well done presentation Zane🔭🔭

Well done man!

This is excellent, Zane! I am sorry I missed this talk while we were there!

21:06 I'm trying to find that lecture because the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania does not have it listed, nor provides it. I am asking this because at 21:20 he said something very interesting, that most people don't know about him, and also he interacted in a very scientific way. Ps: the wiki has two entries for his name, "John Dobson (priest)" (no pictures, still alive), and "John Dobson", the one in this video, easily confused; he died in 2014, may he rest in peace.

54:00 I told my girlfriend the same thing 25 years ago in a pub in London; all matter has the innate property of sentience otherwise how does an electron know it's an electron? Even the table has a proto-sentience and I banged the table with my fist and stomped on the floor with my foot. I don't know why I thought stamping and banging helped prove my point, but it did. Or didn't. My girlfriend said I was a fool and refused to buy me a drink. So much for my philosophy of mind. John Dobson - hero!!!

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dude you should see the swan or trifid or eagle or lagoon with night vision and h alpha as well. pretty sick

damn, the one year I miss it and EVERYONE was there. See you in 2023?

Dude. Great lecture! Sad I couldn't make it to Okie-tex. Thanks for mentioning the Hadley. I'm literally now gonna go bug my friend who has a printer about that.

Rad! Proud to have a Dobsonian!

Great presentation Zane! 👏🏻

I did not click like because I did not want to change it from 420

36:43 "Once you've come to the conclusion that what you know already is all you need to know, then you have a degree in disinterest."

The universe is mostly hydrogen and ignorance. - John Dobson Rest in Peace, you genius! 🥲

John has a fun balance of wisdom and a sense of humor. He will be missed. 😔

He truly was a very interesting man.

I will miss John Dobson 🥺

To honor the great mind of John Dobson , and because he said Universe is mostly filled with Hydrogen and ignorance witch is true , i will say THOSE ARE NOT CRATERS , youve been brainwashed and its amazing that even John is , he died brainwashed , its just sad . Next time you look , take a better look , you will see those Craters are not Circles but Hexagons , its true , go and take a look at Saturns Poles , again same thing , Hexagon . Now i never saw a Crater and a rock that makes a hexagonal imprint. So its not a Crater , nothing fell there .Just like nothing Fell on Saturns poles and its a hexagon , no stone needed . Only Energy needed , flow of energy . And energy always flows in Spirals , and take a drill , drill something but not all the way trough , just make a crater , look , a HEXAGON . So , there you learned something that not even Great John Dobson knew .

I've never met John Dobson, nor do I understand his cosmology, but I built a telescope based on his idea about 25 years ago. He achieved his aim, I think: he made looking at what's out there relatively easy and affordable. If you're a minimalist and want to take a look, this is the way to go. I can still use the beast I built; I was messing with it today. I've had to have the mirror recoated once and it's due for another if truth be told. Clear Skies!

I love the look of Standard Definition CCD cameras. Such a charming look.

Liar and thief. Google him and see all his scams for yourself.

Great music, anyone know the artist?

Awesome - Loved it all but that comment about the fish bones had me on the floor!

I wish I had the privilege to meet this man. Zane I see alot of the stuff you sell online and the telescopes you've built, they are pretty amazing, I hoping to build my own soon.

I'll never forget meeting John at Stellafane in VT over 20 years ago. I didn't have a clue who he was, or what he was about. I really knew nothing about Astronomy and Cosmology. He fascinated me, walking around giving advice and guidance on various telescopes that were there. I followed him around and the witty comments capture in this documentary are exactly how I remember John. John telling that viewer that his scope "runs on yogurt and eggs... I eat the yogurt and eggs" is exactly John. Sorry to learn of his passing some years ago, he will be missed. Thank you John for launching my interest in the field.

What an amazing man.

I used to travel and camp in that that old school bus at glacier point and Grand Canyon with Urana and John as a 10 year old latchkey kid

He had a way of anecdotally explaining everything that anyone could wrap their head around. He definitely challenges quantum physics

I spent months camping with him and doing star parties as a kid