Wow, that apparatus is amazing. I love how it orients itself inside the house.

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

It can do it, but it's slower due to the house blocking some GPS. That means you can observe from your window on a cold night! lol

So that's what you look like! I'm an amateur astrophotographer myself so I'd love to see more of this!

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

One of my many looks... I am going to make more videos on it. It worked GREAT tonight! It's about $400, but acts like $1200! So happy with it!!!

How do you connect your camera to the telescope? I am getting a lumix g85 this summer for photography

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

You get a T Mount. It's a ring which connects to the camera like a lens, but then screws onto your scope. Good scopes have a large screw thread for this. If not, they sell adapters which look like lenses. [Ring attaching to camera. Could not find a Lumix, so I put up a Canon as an example. Are you sure you want to go wtih a Lumix? Not as much made for them as Canon or Nikon] Celestron 93419 T-Ring for 35 mm Canon EOS Camera (Black) Celestron www.amazon.com/dp/B000237C9M/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_s7iBybGYKVXCP via @amazon [This screws onto the above ring to connect to cheaper scopes. Better scopes take the ring above, directly] Celestron 93625 Universal 1.25-inch Camera T-Adapter Celestron www.amazon.com/dp/B0000665V6/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_u5iBybQ6ZQ4FM via @amazon I should make a video on this

With the GPS etc, your new mount is certainly more modern and automated than my old tracking mount, which had setting circles for aiming the scope, and required autoguiding for long exposures. Do you plan on using a field de-rotator with the camera, or is that not needed with this mount? (looks like it's a tracking alt-azimuth mount)

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

It's Alt-az. I did a 1 point star cal (it can do 3), my tripod was not quite leveled (must be VERY leveled), and seeing was crap... and still, I got the Horse Head nebula without any work!!! Dialed it up, let it slew, then clicked the photo button without even looking!!! Held tracking for 30s with barely any drift. Now, imagine what 3 stars, very level and a good night would do!!! :) What's a de-rotator?

@uyt384

7 жыл бұрын

A field de-rotator is used to rotate the camera so the sensor rotation stays fixed as the earth rotates under the mount. The Alt-az mount tracking keeps the telescope and camera pointed exactly at the target, but most of the time does not keep the sensor from rotating with respect to the target area. Field de-rotators were often used when doing astroimaging with something like a Celestron C8 with the default alt-az mount (not GEM). Most people that used them for astro were not very satisfied. Consider the case where you are imaging the celestial North Pole. Presumably, your mount will not move during the exposure. but the stars are rotating around the pole, and will leave short startrails in the image. A field de-rotator (if you are lucky) will rotate the camera as the same speed as the earth rotates, holding the sensor still compared to the stars. Unfortunately, the rate of field rotation is a complex function of where you are pointing, so the de-rotation speed needs to be adjusted somehow. I've never tried one. A German Equatorial Mount (GEM) has its polar axis aligned with the earth's axis of rotation, and is able to cancel the rotation out, as long as it is properly aligned. If you are autoguiding, and the GEM's polar axis is not precisely aligned, you will end up with slight field rotation about the guide star. The goal is to get the axis aligned well enough so that rotation is less than some fraction of a pixel during your subexposure (which might be up to 1 hour long for the experts, but 10 minutes max for me).

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Ahh!!! I get it now. I take 30-60 second exposures at low magnification, so no need for such a device. If I used a longer exposure, it would make sense. lol

Are you going to view the eclipse coming August of this year?

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Are anti-protons negatively charged? You bet!!! I'll have my new mount and use my club's solar scope (has He filter!!!)

Puedes hacer un tutorial de como manejar esa montura por stellarium? O no se puede manejar?

im thinking about ordering CO60 or cobalt 60 and i wanted to know if its even generally safe or even how you held some in your hand and you dont have cancer. Only because i have heard that its seriously strong and dangerous and the 1in source that you had is that too strong or anything just need advise

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Small sources you can own freely are typically low in activity and consider "safe". Of course, all radiation raises your cancer risk a little, but not that much. Smoking is probably much worse for you. I've held Co60 many times.

@ChasingTheDelta50

7 жыл бұрын

antiprotons well im ordering with in this week PO210 and i wasnt sure how high the risk was but alpha can be stopped by skin but there is that chance of it going into your porse and hitting a cell

anti proton im glad your still making videos

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Me too! Lots of work recently.

Another Great Video ! Have you seen Venus in the daytime sky ? If Venus is not near the sun, then it may be safe to watch. And I. Newton had a telescope type named after him ! Also the Apollo crew use an Off The Shelf telescope to navigate to and from the Moon ! Thank you for the too short video ! tjl

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

I have! I have a solar scope to be safe lol

This is an unboxing video... so it's lengthy and boxy lol FYI

@0815Wusel

7 жыл бұрын

hi, i have just bought a celestron edge hd 8" avx goto some weeks ago and i can tell you the alignment is still really difficult. i can only guess that this is even more difficult on a cheap china mount (celestron is from china too, lol). the allignment only tell you star names, then go to it, and you have to center the right star to allign. but what of the freaking dozens of stars is the right one ?! havent got it yet. maybe i idiot have to buy the star sense cam that do everythin allone..... so: dont be frustrated when the go to wont work the first, second, third.... time :) but of cource you have the adavantage of a small focal lenght. that could be the difference. i like your science videos very much. dont have very much german youtube channels that face radiation, and the only affordable geiger mueller tube here is a "gammascout" -,.,- hope you will bring more videos in future. greetings from germany :-) benjamin

use microstepper motor drivers with arduino and stepper motors to motion control.. servo motors not precision devices

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

Some units use those. This one uses a servo with gears. Also, microsteppers can be costly.

Orion is a pretty old company they make a lot of stuff including tvs

your Cube Pro 8200 not an equatorial mount. Alt Azimuth mounts work in two planes and do not track smoothly like an GEM. For short time exposures astrophotography using Alt Az mount is okay. There are wedge plates that can be fitted onto the standard Alt Az mounts - the fork type

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

I needed it to hold a star "still" for ~30-60 at 400mm, prime focus. It seems that it can do that. I also do wide angles at 35mm f/2 and 8mm f/3.5. It can track those for perhaps 10-20min. My GEM is standing by if I need it, but this little Alt-az is really working well!

@PetraKann

7 жыл бұрын

You already have a GEM - My main telescope mount is a SkyWatcher AZEQ6 GT which can be set up as a GEM or Alt Azimuth mount. 10 or 20 years ago a mount like this would be unaffordable for amateur astronomers, but today Chinese made equipment such as Skywatcher has lowered costs and quality is improving which each model release. That little Cube Pro 8200 is great value and very easy to set and use. Great stuff

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

If I get desperate, I have access to a 12" catadioptric scipe with a solid pier and professional grade motors, auto guide, and computers. I just like the fun of doing it with my own (much cheaper) gear lol. I might get a Sky Watcher soon to test!

@PetraKann

7 жыл бұрын

It's ridiculous, today what astronomical gadgets amateurs have access to. Currently I am looking into building a radio telescope - software is now accessible and the hardware reasonably priced. The Astronomical society in Australia provides all sorts of assistance and various designs. It's interesting to note that the basic method by which particle accelerators use to increase the speed of particle bundles is similar to the amplification method used in radio astronomical antennae - resonant chamber/cavity. Who would have thunk it

@Anti-proton

7 жыл бұрын

That sounds similar to the x-ray spectroscopy I do of the Sun. I use a CsI(Tl) and NaI(Tl) detectors with an MCA to capture solar flux and x-ray spectra. It's useful in detecting CME's and flares!

Oh God... you can talk 🥱🥱🥱

in telescopes there is a big deal with lenses. the lenses are not suitable for spectrum. the best telescope is concave hallow pit mirror telescope with reflective mirrors. hubble space telescope is a good example.