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@angeltensey

6 ай бұрын

as a guy who decided to try this hobby for cheap (reasonably cheap) and gone through all of the struggles of this approach, i'd say that the tube itself is not as important as all the thing built around it. say, if you have an option to buy a bigger tube on AZ type mount vs. slightly smaller tube on equatorial mount (though, EQ1-type is a big NO period)- its most likely better to have an equatorial setup. equatorial mounts are slightly more difficult to wrap your head around, but they give substantial boost in comfort. same goes for accessories: cut your budget on tube and get better eyepieces and diagonal from the get go. bad total SETUP is what kills the interest in this hobby.

Found you tonight after having my head expanded looking at Saturn and Jupiter with my birding scope. Very useful, thank you.

Just wanted to say thank you very much for that video was very educational as I am a beginner….

I did myself a binoscope a APM 120 90 deg it is an awsome scope for visual astronomy,but quite costly you can also go for the cheper 120 or the 100 amp binoscopes I did buy a SD

15:20 - Most EQ mounts can also be used as AZ

Would a 6 or 8” GOTO dob be good for astrophotography?

Nik can I use Stellarium with my ASIAIR plus? I know that Sky Safari is compatible but I actually prefer Stellarium. Thanks

The downside of Dobson / Newton reflectors is that they need collimation, something a begginer woudn't want to do. They also have other disadvantage.

@40173k

6 ай бұрын

I bought a laser collimator which makes the job easy peasy. £27.

I bought myself a Sky-Watcher Heritage 130p and my only regret is that I didn't go for the 150p. Does anyone think it's worth upgrading or should I just stick with it ?

@CaptainDanger-

4 ай бұрын

If you have the money to upgrade, then upgrade.

Hi, I want to do visual astronomy but an 8" Dobsonian is a big too big and heavy for me. Could anyone recommend something lighter and smaller that is relatively at the same level?

@RObert-uq5st

11 ай бұрын

6 inch dobsonian

@chrisg9602

5 ай бұрын

6 inch dobsonian

An 8"dobsonian will fit in the back of a hatchback 1200mm across the back seats

@baneverything5580

8 ай бұрын

I fit a 16 tom set of Ludwig drums in a small Honda car once...bass drum in the sun roof.

Nick, it’s worth saying that any visual scope for beginners will be great for the planets but people shouldn’t expect to see the level of detail in galaxies or nebulae that Astro photography can achieve. You’ll see a lot of grey fuzzies

@AstroExploring

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Great point

@kaylamae8389

Жыл бұрын

Whats a good scope for deep sky objects

another great video Nik so shred on twitter

@AstroExploring

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike