A European Dobsonian and an Eclipse Road Trip

Подписаться 40 тыс.

Просмотров 1,6 тыс.

50% 1

In this video we travel to New Brunswick to witness the April 8th 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Thanks to AstroShop.eu for sending along this 6-inch Omegon Dobsonian Telescope (Advanced X N 152/1200). On this trip we attend Atlantic Canada’s first astronomy tradeshow, “Astronomy East” held in Miramichi. Then we head down to Storybook Cottages in Doaktown to meet the Eclipse Crew including, Astrophotographers Trevor Jones, Ashley Northcotte, Jason Dian, and Tim Doucette. Astronomer Dave Chapman and his wife, among many others were there as well. Thanks to Stéphane Picard from Cliff Valley Astro for the invite.
/ learntostargaze
Direct Links (non-affiliate):
Telescope: www.astroshop....
Deluxe Red Dot Finder: www.astroshop....
Basic Red Dot Finder: www.astroshop....

Опубликовано:

17 окт 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 30

@Astronomer118 5 месяцев назад

Stella has grown up so much already.❤

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Tripled in size in two months!

@Terte06 5 месяцев назад

Good to see you back on the track John! Omegon has a lot of great products. The solar eclipse must have been fantastic to watch. And Stella is a lovely dog.😊

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@keeplookingup911 5 месяцев назад

Amazing walkthrough of the TSE 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@Vic-pz5oh 5 месяцев назад

30 years ago I got a 6" reflector and it only had a sperical mirror on a gem.these superior parabolic Taiwan made scopes have made it more accessible to the general public 👍

@oldebill1807 5 месяцев назад

What an epic watch party! We road tripped to Mansfield(Dallas), TX with my 6-inch SCT for the eclipse and by the time of totality had gathered about 30 people who came to the same park to observe. The group experience magnified our awe at seeing the corona and solar prominences through the telescope. We stayed in the moment and didn't take many pictures but we're hooked, I need to find another total eclipse. Thanks for sharing.

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Yes, the party makes it so much better!

@HandfulStars 5 месяцев назад

Stella is the cutest paw-friend I have seen this month. ❤❤❤❤ And great video as always.

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@BCHLking 5 месяцев назад

Awesome video! That finder looks sweet

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@Darren-vf2qw 5 месяцев назад

Great video - and Stella is still the best part! 😍

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Darren!

@lornaz1975 4 месяца назад

I was in Marion Illinois for the eclipse. I used an 81mm refractor with a Herschel wedge. So far I have seen all three eclipses since 2017.

@LearnToStargaze 4 месяца назад

Wonderful!

@hunter133official 5 месяцев назад

I'm so early to this video, also I didn't get to see the eclipse

@AmatureAstronomer 5 месяцев назад

Adventurous.

@Boxxkarr 5 месяцев назад

A great road trip, and eclipse event! Stella is getting big! Were the views in the Dob good? That is an excellent finder!

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Yes, I remembered after I published that I had actually taken video of the Moon! Yes it was great, as expected for 6 inch Newtonian optics.

@Broshan69 3 месяца назад

Hey man! I just bought the same model on astroshop and tomorrow it's going to arrive. I bought a 70mm refractor from omegon last week but got boring kind of fast after a few days and I started learning which telescopes are better and what kind of build types are good etc. What tips do you have for me, or what do you think I should expect to see from it? I do not see many reviews of the omegon 6 inch dobson sadly

@LewyAstroPhotography 5 месяцев назад

I have a video idea, if you have it do a dwarf 2 telescope review, I have one they are good.

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

I do not have one

@2147B 5 месяцев назад

quick question here. Recently borrowed a 4.5" orion stargazer from the astronomical society. It has a celestron 8-24mm eye piece.The eye piece itself threads in but it will not tighten fully, it almost gets tight and then it overtighten as if it were stripped. The are fine thread, you can tell they have seen use. This is not normal correct? I dont think i see a set screw, just 3 screws on the bottom of the eye piece but i assume those are for the lense itself. I will contact them tomorrow, i didnt get around using it until now! I can't switch between the magnifications with out holding the bottom of the lense, so it doesn't fall out! long question here* ...

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, sounds like the threads are stripped.

@2147B 5 месяцев назад

@@LearnToStargaze Thank you! Are the threads interchangeable on both male and female? I’d like to purchase/donate to help with that issue. Regardless I’ll contact them this weekend. Wonderful channel I’m in the market now for a nice 6-8” myself!

@LearnToStargaze 5 месяцев назад

@@2147B Hi! I believe most threads are interchangeable. I swap out telescope parts all the time, and I'm always amazed that most of the time, stuff just works.

@2147B 5 месяцев назад

@@LearnToStargaze Thank you very much! I will purchase the parts and hope the library doesn't try to blame me for it! I just don't see them knowingly giving out the scope like this! Live and learn, i will triple check anything borrowed prior to signing from now on! Parts are hard to come across im learning!

@Astronomer118 5 месяцев назад

Looks like the Orion xt8 except its a different brand