"You look through the refractor... everybody knows that." What's a refractor?

@stevesmith1810

6 жыл бұрын

refractor is a type of telescope, the one you probably think of when you think "telescope" -- its lens is mounted on the "bottom" and you look through that (in line with how the scope is pointing), a reflector uses mirrors to bounce the light to a lens typically mounted on the side (makes viewing things high in the sky easier/possible)

@Nobody-ty1il

6 жыл бұрын

Steve Smith he/she is asking what is a refractor not reflector.

@Studentofgosset

5 жыл бұрын

They were explaining both

@zephyrs4850

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nobody-ty1il The refractor is the one on the left the reflector is the thicker telescope on the right. 0:10

Thank you kind sir I just bought a cheap small telescope (I'm a beginner) and this video helped me a lot

yes, the moon is very bright.when you want to see nebulae try to do it on very dark nights with no moon.

Nice general information, people making "how-to" videos need to talk slower and as distinctly as possible.

@steveparsons3915

5 жыл бұрын

Once I got past his crazy cadence, I was able to understand. I agree that he's not an award winning speaker. (Lookthroughthefinderscopeuntiltheyare seeing the same image.)

I have that small one I've seen the moon and a small circle of Venus

+1 for this - very helpful. Thank you..!

This was really helpful! Thank you!

brilliant intro to astronomy Will ! Good on you for showing what can actually be found with a small scope - a lot of people don't realise they can also enjoy a lot of objects with simple 10 x 50 binoculars.

Thank you for your help. I just bought a bushnell sky chief 1 telescope at Goodwill for my son and you made this adventure much easier for this 46 old kid : )

Thank you! That was very informative. Now my hubby and I can tweak a few things we're doing wrong with our new telescope.

I am so glad you posted this video. My son and I are new to this hobby, and after finally obtaining a telescope, we used it during the day and found it to be easy to use, but come the night, completely opposite. Your pointers are very helpful and will try them very soon and will keep you posted on how it goes. Thanks again for your time.

Thank you for posting this. Very helpful!!!!!

Thanks just what I was looking for

Thanks for the great advice! I'll definitely use it the next time I use my celestron

Thanks so much for this video I am just getting into it and am really excited.

Thanks for the great tips!

Great! This is helpful. Thanks!

I have a telescope precision optics 262.5 and used it tonight for the first time under clear skies below zero,which is rare for some parts of the UK. Thank you for your tuition on, how to use a telescope. I will definatelty take your advice on-board for future references

Thank you this has helped me a lot !

Bless! I appreciate your video the most from my the rest of the internet.

@Goalatio thanks! You are right about this. These are just some general rules for beginners though! What kind of scope do you have? I have been looking at some big Celestrons, that would be soooo nice!

Thank you this is very helpful 😊

Thanks for this. I'm going to put my first telescope together tomorrow. And this has really helped.

help all I see is white light when I look at the moon at night.

@80sWonderland

7 жыл бұрын

Sametcan Kaya does telescope only. work at night

@Amin.Ashraf

7 жыл бұрын

ashlycutie gamer - you can use it anytime depends on what to see. but its not a good idea to look at the star during the day

@wingman4489

7 жыл бұрын

you can't look at the sun at night either.

@neevmangal3085

7 жыл бұрын

You might need to focus the telescope. I had the same problem and figured out that my telescope had a little dial that could be turned to put objects into focus. Look for something like this on your telescope. Hope this helped.

@chadschrum1306

6 жыл бұрын

Sametcan Kaya i

The best things ive seen with my little 4.5 inch reflector would have to be the lagoon nebula, double cluster, and jupiter. Small scopes are fun to have.

Very helpful, thanks!!

Learned a great deal. Thx

Thanks for the video!

Thank you for making this video!

Congrats on the new telescope!

New to this....this was super helpful!!! I was going crazy!

Thanks man lots of good info for a beginner!

This is going to help a lot, thank you so much.

Great video and cool channel, subbed.

Thx you helped me a lot just starting out and I'm enjoying it but needed help thx again.

Great tutorial

Now I know what the different sized eyepieces for ! Very informative. Audio is good on my end !

@MANNY222 I love astronomy. Go with a telescope made by either Celestron or Meade.

Thank you so much. I finally knew how to use it. I just saw the lunar eclipse using it

@epicfantasy

5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! Great to hear you got to see the lunar eclipse.

@MegaRocketLaunch great comment.thanks!

Very informative, thank you. Yea, I just hauled this telescope out of the closet a couple hours ago - somebody gave it to me over 15 years ago, never learned how to use it. Need a finder scope. I have 3 lenses, + plus a 2x barlow lens, 1.5 x erector lens, and a diagonal.

Thanks for this video! I just purchased my very 1st telescope. (Celestron 50mm -refractive) very basic and yet no instructions came with it, so this video was a big help! I cannot wait for rain to stop and warmer temps to get here so that I can go check out the moon!!

@richardturner6981

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, i just got one also and i used the small power lens to look at the moon. It was pretty interesting.Have fun!

This video really help. Thank you bro

My beautiful thoughtful girlfriend randomly surprised me with a telescope this year for Christmas. Something about looking up in the dark sky has always intrigued me beyond words. As a noob I appreciate the work you put into this video oh so long ago. ❤

Pretty cool video!

You did a great job and saved me a lot of agony. Thank you

Thanks I've had one of the Zennoxes for around about a year now. I've not taken it out once but intend to start doing. I am a lot more confidant in doing so after watching your video. Cheers Mate.

@epicfantasy

9 жыл бұрын

Cheers and enjoy the telescope!

I want to buy a telescope for the first time. This is very informative. Thanks for posting.

good purchase, thats a nice first telescope. Enjoy the night skies!

Thanks!

thanks great help :)

Thanks man

@Goalatio Nice, I love those dobs. You can get some good light gathering power for a reasonable cost. I got an eight inch mirror and will be making the scope for it. Might do a dob.

@svupster You are very welcome. That's a nice telescope. You be sure to spend some time with it and have fun!

I just ordered a Celestron PowerSeeker 70AZ Telescope. I've been wanting to get into astronomy for a long time now. I think this will be a good starter scope for me.

@jsueaud

Жыл бұрын

How did you like it mate?

@ih8suvz

Жыл бұрын

@@jsueaud For the price I paid, it wasn’t bad. I was able to see Jupiter and the 4 big moons. I actually saw Saturn one night too. If you’re looking for crisp picture book images then you will be disappointed. Just being able to see those far away planets from where I was standing was amazing to me. I have since given the telescope to my brother. He wanted it for his daughters. I’ll probably get another one in the near future. A better one.

@jsueaud

Жыл бұрын

@@ih8suvz awesome! I honestly dint think you would reply lol 😂 it has been a while since you posted this comment 👍👍👍

I found a beginners Telescope on a flea market for literally $4 USD. It may not be the best but I’ll follow these advices and I’ll comeback later to report my experience.

@epicfantasy

3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding and good find. Can't go wrong for four dollars. Maybe it will be the start of a beautiful new hobby!

Great tips

Thanks for the advice,are there any books you could recommend for some just entering astronomy ?

@epicfantasy Very nice :) you'll love it.. 8" is some serious light gathering power, definitely not to be underestimated.

@200smike I can't ask for more! You have fun!!

This is a fantastic video thank you

@epicfantasy

4 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

wow thanks. i bought a telescope today. out it together but have no idea how to use it properly. you gave some small tips but done properly im sure i will get some big results. thanks again

@epicfantasy

7 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. I am working on a book on how to use a small telescope. Enjoy it the best you can!

Thank you

Thank you very much, mine arrived today will do all of this tomorrow. Would of always been putting it on hard floor or not using both eye pieces

Great video, the only thing is the sound was a little difficult to understand. Thank you very much for explaining how to calibrate the finder scope.

Thank u, i just git one as a gift but did nit jnow how to use it now im gonna try again.

I bought the small Celestron telescope and had no idea how to use it. Thank you for this video!!!!

@epicfantasy

3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! Thanks for watching and enjoy that telescope. Celestron makes excellent telescopes!

Ty for this video, i bought a telescope for my mum so im left to do the research on6how it works. Keep up the good vids

@epicfantasy

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and wonderful that you bought your Mum a telescope!

@chieftaster that way we can be sure the telescope is ok. With bad skies you may have to go out to the country somewhere. Don't give up though. Make an evening of it, will be worth it.

You are very welcome. Enjoy the night sky with that little bushnell!

Hi, I have a Saxon telescope and I notice that the Finder scope (Not the actual lense that you use to see stars and stuff) inverts the image backwards meaning I cant really aim properly at all. I tried turning it upside down, moving it and the image was still backwards. What do I do? I think I’m missing a small glass in the middle or a mirror (I have no clue tho)

You video was very helpful I'm just getting into astronomy and got a powerseeker 50az for christmas but have NO IDEA how to use it and the instruction disks it comes with are totally useless, by the time I got half way through a paragraph I've forgotten what I read because it gets into extreme detail on how the it actually works (the insides)

@richardturner6981

5 жыл бұрын

I just purchased the same telescope. Did you ever figure out how to use it?

But if I want to look at the Moon with my telescope should I still wait for a Moonless night? 😜 (kidding)

@sorellagirl1360

4 жыл бұрын

Welp sure best thing to do!

Wow! Thank you so much!! I'm new to this, I'm only 12 and this helped me so much! :)

@epicfantasy

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! The night sky is amazing. Have fun with your telescope!

@epicfantasy hello thanks for the video what kind of telescope do i need to see photos like the one you told we couldn't see (the close up galaxy)

@chieftaster just start out with the plain 20mm lens. That should be helpful. Are you able to view stuff around the yard? Check the telescope like that first.

@epicfantasy I started with a 4.5" reflector and moved up to an XT8 (8 inch reflector/dobsonion) after about a year.

Great question. That is normal for an astronomical telescope. Doesnt matter if moon or stars are upside down.

A few things to point out... Often times there will not be a bright star nearby, making starhopping impossible. Also, there are many times when you want to start with the highest mag lens, because some objects are very small (Ring nebula in Lyra, for example is near impossible to pick up without ~150-200+ mag) as well as the satellite galaxies of M31 etc.

thank u

@Aresftfun I think Andromeda is M31. You do some astronomy though.

I have an old Meade Telestar 60EQ-W and would love to find a manual.

definitely the firstscope. much better. Unless...The big thing about the Astroscan is the great portability. Throw it over your shoulder and go. So, go with that one if you need great portability. lots of backpacking and camping etc. I have looked through both of these.

Thx.

I cant really give a good opinion. I just looked at the capricorn. Seems good. I have used several celestrons including a 60mm, Good telescopes and good optics. It might be an even bet.

I think most people wsnt to know how to look through the lense and find and focuse.

@kristianholdcroft8948

4 жыл бұрын

jerryjamify help me please

Hey friend I have a 700mm focal and 30mm something is this good? What can I see?

Greetings, I'm a beginner and I'd like to know which telescope brand I could purchase as a starter. Thank you.

I've got a better way to adjust the finder scope. It works best in the daylight where you can see landscape features. First, using the telescope with the low power eyepiece, find a landscape feature as far away as you can. A tree, mountain peak, radio antenna, anything. It doesn't even need to be all that far away, a couple blocks will do. Second, without moving the telescope, adjust the finder so it's pointing at the same object. This will get you close enough at night so the finder and telescope will be pointing in about the same direction. Then refine the pointing of the finder at night if necessary. This works for red dot finders too.

@epicfantasy

10 жыл бұрын

Great comment, thanks!

is there a specific way to look through the eyepiece? like distance from the eye piece or if I should have my other eye closed?

i have a powerseeker 70 az but when i zoon in on jupiter the colour changes what is the best eye piece to buy so i can see the belts of jupiter thanks

thanks that kind of helped but the finder scope on the vivitar series 1 has no crosshair

A reflector has a big mirror in the back. It reflects light. A refractor has a big lens in the front. It refracts light. Have fun with the new telescope!

Are u using the celestron powerseeker 50 az?? (The refractor)

Lot's of people recommend I get a good barlow lens. Currently rocking a Celestron astromaster 70az. Love the vid thanks a bunch, any recommendations for storing, like up or down in between use?

@epicfantasy

9 жыл бұрын

Triple B Enjoy the telescope. Sideways storing is best to minimize dust settlement on the lenses.

Funny I'm commenting on a 10 year old video, but anyways, whenever I look at planets such as Saturn, I never see what they show the telescope can see. Saturn usually looks like a dot, I can just barely see the rings. Where in the pictures for the telescope I have, it shows you being able to even see the Cassini Division. If you could help that would be amazing.

@epicfantasy

3 жыл бұрын

Tell me about your telescope. And what eyepieces you have.

@jacobcote1

3 жыл бұрын

@@epicfantasy I have an Orion observer 60az refractor telescope. Dia. 60mm, F.L. 700m, f/11. With it I use a 25 mm eyepiece for finding the objects, and then the 10mm eyepiece for observing the object up close.

@epicfantasy

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobcote1 Thanks, it all sounds pretty good. You have nice dark skies? Or are you in a city?

@jacobcote1

3 жыл бұрын

@@epicfantasy I don't know the exact measurement for it but I live in a neighborhood surrounded by fields with about 30 - 50 houses.

hey i bought a telescope which is a edu science astro precision 600 50mm refractor and it also says 50 - 600 i wanted to ask u what could i see at night? galaxies? planets?? pls reply

Looking at buying a celestron 50az power seeker for my first telescope firstly nice video and thanks I think it will be very helpful and secondly would you recommend a celestron 50az power seeker I just want to be able to be able to view the moon in decent detail thanks!

@ricardandres2883

8 жыл бұрын

Then get a bigger telescope. Something like a 127mm mak.

What about the it-160x Polaroid Telescope with Interchangeable 75x/150x Eyepiece Lenses. Any good?

This may sound silly but i need to ask i have recently purchased celestron 60 az and i am kind of new to astronomy ....i see upside down images from finder scope ? and also can you tell me how to calibrate finder scope so the telescope and finder scope focus on same spot?

@epicfantasy

9 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the new telescope! Upside down images is normal. You don't need a right side up image for astronomy. As far as calibrating goes. Point the telescope at something on the earth far away, car,lamp post etc. Lock it all down. Then adjust the screws that hold the finder until your earth object is also centered in the finder scope. Takes a bit of practice.

@shivamchhimwal5018

9 жыл бұрын

epicfantasy thanks a lot .......I am inspired by your videos......

@shivamchhimwal5018

9 жыл бұрын

Is it ok to use apps like STAR TRACKER and Google Sky Maps instead of using actual star chart?

@epicfantasy

9 жыл бұрын

Sire. if they help then use them!

@shivamchhimwal5018

9 жыл бұрын

epicfantasy Hi again, The focus tube is slightly moving upwards and downwards on applying a little pressure, is it normal or do i have a defective scope?