ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGS: MAKING SENSE OF YOUR STAR CHART 

Thank you! I was worried I came across like a crazy person.

Thank you so much! I still mostly rely on my beloved beat up copy of Sky & Telescope Jumbo Pocket Atlas.

Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful. Cheers to you too.

Thank you so much. You made my day!

Thank you. Thanks for watching.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Thank you, Gary. That must have taken you an enormous amount of time to put together but they sound invaluable.

Thank you!

Thanks, Greg. Very funny about the wig. Thanks for suggesting this topic. This is the video where I forgot to recognize you for recommending it.

@@tsulasbigadventures Well, we're two peas in a pod then, because I completely forgot I suggested it! Oye. Thanks again for all that information! Very helpful.

Thank you for adding that one to the list. I have that book as well.

@@tsulasbigadventures By covering less and in a very organized way, the book takes your observing to the next level. The top 500 deep sky objects are the best ones to see and photograph.

I did a lot of research for this one. Thanks!

Thank you!

I hope I pronounced it correctly. That's funny you said that about resembling Messier because I was thinking that he had a very small nose and mine is large and getting larger with age!

Yes. I love that and that it tells you what size telescope you need and provides simulations (I think that they are simulations) of what the objects might look like. It's a great two volume set.

Merci!

I wasn't aware of that story - thanks! But I think you meant 34 Tauri. There's an interesting article about it in ASTRONOMY magazine ("Weird Object: Uranus" by Bob Berman, June 5, 2015).

Oops sorry..a tired typo, long day,also in my book collection is one by John Herschel,printed a few years before his death

@@bofblog I read a very interesting article about Flamsteed. He took 40 years to finish cataloging the stars! Poor guy.

Yes...our first Astronomer Royal and a very dedicated man

Walter: I looked at T Coronae last night and it still has not gone Nova. I'm ready to record this historic event when it happens. I had nothing to do with the weird naming. I don't know anything about Dr. Becky. I don't watch her.

@@tsulasbigadventures Dr. Becky is a legitimate astrophysicist - at Oxford, I believe - who has a huge channel and does an excellent job explaining the current research. Lately she's done some illuminating videos about the so-called "crisis in cosmology," the conflicting data from the rate of the universe's expansion. But apparently she doesn't follow the latest news of RU-vid itself - otherwise, she might've thought twice about her latest sponsor.

@@tsulasbigadventures Tsula, I forgot to mention one other tidbit of gossip from the world of RU-vid astronomy creators. You may remember me remarking on a huge channel called Astrum, run by a creator named Alex, which offers consistently credible, highly produced content but which had fallen, surprisingly, into the disreputable habit of clickbait titles and thumbnails. The upshot is that, a few weeks ago, Alex himself appeared on camera, for the first time, announcing some unspecified "change" in direction (and asking his viewers to support him and his not inconsiderable staff on Patreon). What struck me particularly was Alex's uncanny resemblance, in looks, voice and manner, to the actor Thomas Middleditch, who starred in HBO's SILICON VALLEY as a young tech entrepreneur beset by temptations and pitfalls. It's a wonderful, binge-worthy series and, I've heard it said, a completely accurate portrayal of the real Silicon Valley. I don't know what's afoot with Alex, but perhaps his enormous success gave him his own case of "RU-vid fever."

@@waltergold3457 Walter how do you have time to watch all these shows, movies, and RU-vid videos?

@@tsulasbigadventures You may not want to know. 🙂 Seriously, though, I've been between jobs since the late unpleasantness - more to the point, I've been trying for a new path, one more fulfilling than the drudgery of legal documents - and in the interim, I've become quite the RU-vid aficionado. In fact, I have a paid subscription. It's a wonderful platform, in many ways. But I still have a little time for myself - I'm currently waiting for the studio production of my latest song. Possibly, I've written another winner - likely not as good as my Hiawatha song, and in a completely different genre (and technique), but still pretty good, I hope. 🙂

Thanks! I was happy to find a use for it.