My channel is primarily about my interest in astrophotography and astronomy, as well as about my books on those subjects. Most of my work is DSLR astrophotography although I am doing some CCD astrophotography as well as spectroscopy with both DSLRs and CCDs.
I also have lots of other interests so you may find quite a few videos on subjects such as pen collecting, horology (watch repair & collecting), photography, and of course MINI Coopers.
As a basic guideline you can expect to find:
* Astrophotography tutorials * Astronomy and astrophotography product reviews * Pen and watch how-tos * Adventures and general fun!
To contact me directly visit my website at www.allans-stuff.com and use the contact me page. While you are there take a look around, you may find some other things to interest you.
I'm using a dob 16" newtonian reflector for visual use according to his proprties in collecting and gathering a lot of light quickly. I'm using a 6,3" refractor for astrophotography according to my local seeing vs image scale.
Yes two thumbs up for the video, i am happy to see everyone in the hobby is not against us who want to just step out the door and look at the planets and be happy. I bought an Astromaster 90AZ because of my budget and need for a reasonably priced hobby. i do not plan to get into astrophotography or want to take a light bucket 50 miles away from the city either. have fun and keep it simple🙂
I'm a little confused about how these work - I thought all binos have a range of zoom - so if you have a 10x50, can you adjust the magnification from 1x up thru the max 10x? - is this different than a zoom lever? Or is it that if a bino has 10x, it is set by the factory for an automatic 10x magnification - no adjusting it? Help anyone? -
I had a 28mm eyepiece and i really recommend it since you can get a big image and decent magnification of moon and jupiter (it's still very small but you can see it as a whole system)
I have a similar Opticon 70/700 mm achromat, surprisingly the image is sharp even at 175x magnification. I look at the Moon and planets with 116x (6 mm) or 175x (4 mm).
I just upgraded from a standard mirror diagonal that came with the telescope to a 99% reflectivity dielectric diagonal and the performance is incredible. A dielectric diagonal is the way to go.
Took your advice but can’t find this one new or used since the video is several years old. Do you have another suggestion? The one that took its place does not get good reviews. Thanks, Marty
@@DudeGuyWho sure, but sometimes that just isn’t as much fun. I have used my bino mount exactly two times, that just isn’t how I want to use my binoculars. If mounts work for you, AWESOME!
@@TheBoricuaGamer that is normal for many telescopes. If you need the image right side up (which is really only useful for terrestrial viewing) then you need an errect image prism.
@@Ness41only if you get a REALLY good deal on one, ok. Most of one will never be used. You are better off spending your money one a couple of higher quality eyepieces. I’ll take two really good eyepieces over a kit like those any day.
Paid lil over 300. Wish I knew before I got it 😢. I will look for the ones you spoke about. Thank you for getting back to me on this. Did you ever find a motor for it? This kit came with an A/C adapter but not sure what it’s for so assuming maybe the motor?
Thank you. I just bought this for myself for my 61 birthday. Also got the 1.5 eyepiece and accessory kit. I reallllllly needed this help. Thank you for having a beautiful heart and sharing 🥰🥰🥰 God bless you
hi i just wondered if you are still posting videos on YT also i am a amature photographer and dabbling in using a Celestron c70 scope attached to my canon camera , i noticed that my images are upside down so i was instructed to purchase a diagonal prism which i wondered if you can recommend a reasonable make please , many thanks rick t
I found a zhumell 12x70 for 52.00 so I am completely trusting your judgement and experience and ordered it. I have an 8 x 30 ( old unit) That is a real pleasure to scan the sky and was contemplating a 15 x 70 size Sky watcher. Hopefully this unit will be a pleasant upgrade. Thanks for your video.
I agree with most of what you're saying however the magnification that you want for starting out with astronomy should be stronger than 10 x 50. That won't give you an experience that will make you want to keep pursuing the hobby you need to go up in your magnification to get satisfaction out of actually doing it you're wrong that in that point and I'll argue that till the day I die.
Thank you for this informative video. Im a bit new to my telescope, it came with a 25mm. I also got a kit of additional eyepices and a barlow, that has a 6mm, 8mm, 13mm, 17mm, and a 32mm. For fun i tried to use the 6mm on the moon and thought i was doing something wrong, i could not get a clear view no matter what. I will just stick to the 25, 17, and 13.
Video is helpful for me assembling this telescope, however, what would have this video far better would have been the camera up close to see each step. It took a bit to figure out what you did in a few steps because the camera was too far away from the telescope and its assembly parts.
The Astromaster 130 has a spherical mirror, the AWB (Skywatcher Heritage) 130 has a parabolic mirror but what does the Gskyer 130 have? One review says parabolic mirror, and another says spherical.
I picked this scope up yesterday on facebook marketplace for $120. Immediately used it to look at the moon. I love it. The EQ mount is a little hard to grasp, just because there are so many knobs that you need to tighten. Actually aligning it though took 2 seconds. I don't understand why some people hate EQ mounts. It was super useful trying to keep just the moon in frame. I can't imagine trying to keep the moon in frame without it
25x70 , would that have enough light for what you want? I have 25x100 but I dont have a stand that is really able to take it. I cant hold them for more than like 45seconds lol.
@@davidrockefeller2007 I got my 25 x 70 in and not very impressed with it. Like the 15 x 70 better. Easier to focus. I have a very heavy duty tripod that will hold a 25 x 100 good. I will look and see where I got it. Have had it 15 or so years. But I am sure it was expensive.
All the fujinon binos I have seen are either very nice made in Japan, or average at best made in China. I was unaware they made any in the us. Their high-end stuff is amazing. Would love to know the model you are talking about.
@@AllanHall that is it, no one has been able to help me Identify them. They are nitrogen purged, fog proof, individual focus. But are clearly marked made in USA but can't find any model number on them🤔
@@AllanHall they are marked on them , 385 foot at 1000YDS , nitrogen gas filled On tripod mount screw it is also marked made in USA, with number7102 number on tripod screw cover also they have very dark green/blue magnesium Florida coatings The eye relief is also about as good as my Orion Resolux 7X50's my only problem with those are they are a bit heavy and the price went from 180 US dollars to fifty a couple months after I ordered them 🤬
The Fujis made in the US Im aware off are Nautilus ARC SX for.the US Military in a Fujinon/Nortrop Grumman joint venture. They are very nice but they come with laser protection filters and milspec.reticles....not recomended for astronomy.
I have 2 of the Celestron 70 travel scopes I have had for over 20 years. The Powerseeker is a fine scope also. Thanks for the video. All those Celestron small scopes are Good to me.
To my dismay, after contacting Zhumell customer support, they confirmed to me that they are a Celestron company. I hope that there somehow really is a difference between the Zhumell's and the others because I just ordered them before hearing from the company.
