Tonight in London, U.K I image for the first time M81 and M82 , I went on RU-vid to find out more about these 2 Galaxy's and your video very helpful and informative. Keep up the good work, clear skies 🙂🌠 P.s, my skies here are bortle class 8
Beautifully Explained !! I Bodes Galaxy is a Bit Tricky To Find..I could Find It with my Binoculars and Then Telescope.. I saw A Grey Elliptical Structure !! 🔭🌌
Drew thank you so much for allowing me to showcase your work. As I said in my video I'm excited to see what you are able to do with your extremely dark skies in the months and years to come.
I use SV501p in my backyard and in bortle class 5. What I saw was a faint cloud with stars surrounding it. I'll check again later because the sky conditions weren't clear.
I plan to do a few more of these combo videos. I think it's fun to discuss how these objects relate to one another. Thanks again for the congratulations.
Great video just got my 8-in dob and I'm starting to learn a bit more about astronomy. This is extremely helpful, I liked and subs keep up the great work!
I have seen both with my C6-N, F5 reflector using orthoscopic eyepieces. Since I'm not set up for photography nor could I afford to, visual viewing is my only option at present. Using a 18mm Takahashi Orthoscopic, 42x I can get both galaxies in view, but for details I have to go to a 6mm Baader Ortho, 125x, but can only see one at a time. Bode's Galaxy is very nice and if I drive out to Bortle 2 skies I can use my 10mm Ortho for both galaxies. I use orthoscopic EPs as they give great views and I can't afford $200+ for an eyepiece. I didn't know about your star line up method, but wandered around for awhile in the wrong area. The finder scope I installed makes finding some GCs easier to find as I like observing them and is a 9x50mm right angle correct image I got used at half price. The thing is a little telescope by itself.
Thank you so much Jorge, I appreciate your kind words of support. It means a lot to me to be a an active participant in the astronomy community. I am glad you find value in my work.
@@CosmosSafari Yes Dave! M 47, Bright open cluster, then hop over to M 46, which has a bonus Planetary nebula inside! I hopped to them from the Dog Star. Surely you're not Sirius? I am Sirius, and stop calling me Shirley!
@@CosmosSafari Also, my next targets I'm hunting are for early next year, 2024. Globular Clusters M3, & M53, and Galaxy M 64, called the "Black Eye" Galaxy! My last name is Murphy, so using Arcturus, and Murphid to hop to M 53 is something I'm looking forward to! Praying you had a gr8 Thanksgiving, and you have a safe fun and blessed Christmas!
@@CosmosSafari I really hope you continue to add to your Messier how to find video series. They are outstanding, and very helpful! I jumped in to Astronomy with both feet last Christmas, joined my local Astronomical Society, and went to the Texas Star Party this past May. I have learned so much, but there is so much more! I am enjoying this so much, and am trying not to obesss over it too much!
@@CosmosSafari California fires ruined my stargazing. I gave up after months of smoke. I'll try this winter! In November we have a freezing cold.star.party.
Finding M81/M82 in my Bortle 6 sky: 1. Slew go to telescope to location of M81. 2. Take 15 second exposure using 150mm Newtonian reflector and asi294 camera. 3. If M81/M82 does not appear on photograph, plate solve and take another exposure. Repeat.
Yes, of course this is fine for astrophotography. Not really the best for visual astronomers. I wish I could plate solve with my brain, but I am not William Hershel. If you are plate solving you shouldn’t need to repeat, use the plate solve to sync the mount and perform a go-to.
Incredibly good video! I was struggling trying to find these two but now I have a good idea how to go about it. Incidentally, though, isn’t the Telrad 4, 2, and 1/2 degree, not 6?
do i have to use a filter in my eyepiece i have a william optics z81 and cant find these galaxies. i have a heq5 mount and when i slew to these objects i never see them in my eyepiece what can i do to correct this
This combination has too much focal length and results in only one object at a time. You do gain detail and resolution, however. Try using this calculator. astronomy.tools/calculators/field_of_view/
@@CosmosSafari thanks for the tool. It looks like I can get great pictures of the galaxies individually for the empty spots on the wall in my living room. lol.
