Very very cool - I think it will take me 10-15 rewatches of this to better grasp what you are explaining but well worth the time for sure - thank you so much
I'm a fan of Dakota Starry Nights' I live about a million light years away (In Texas hahaha) but you make really great astronomy videos. In fact you helped inspire me to finally go ahead and get a light bucket telescope that I've been wanting my entire life. I first bought a small lens from Edmund Scientific, back in the late 1960s. Then a 6" Coulter mirror in 1971. One especially good trip to the mountains of New Mexico was just great. But blah blah. Now it's half a century later. About 8 or so years ago I was ready to press buy on a Meade 14" SkyBridge but I just didn't quite do it. But watching your videos and other great videos (plus being retired now) and plus getting approved for a loan, I have now purchased a 16" Meade Truss Dobsonian.! Yaay! What I'm going to do with it I'm not quite sure just yet. But I'll figure it out. In a couple of your videos you've remarked about the satellites. Still sort of a novelty. I fear that may change too soon, If Musk gets his way. So it seemed like it was now or never, get my big telescope now!! So I did! And I hope you keep posting your videos, including the how to videos :)
Those 6" Coulter mirrors were the "cat's meow" back then. But a 16" dob was something only millionaires could afford in those days. So cool to hear you got the big 16 you've always wanted! Cheers
I love this episode you put together, please keep it going! I started this year with a Heritage 130 table top DOB and already decided to take the big leap and get the Skywatcher 12 inch goto flextube.
Amazing video, probably the best live observation recording I've seen on RU-vid. Love that you showed the live view of the objects alongside the big data images, super interesting narration too!
I haven’t had a dark sky experience in months due to smoke and timing. I’m hoping to make it out very soon! Thanks for creating this video, you have an amazing channel! I hope to be half the astronomer you are some day!
Thank you! Yeah, I hear you. The smoke ruined a good number of nights for us that were forecasted to have above average transparency and calm winds. But it's gotten better now.
Orion Atlas Pro AZ/Eq-G. SkyWatcher makes it. They call it AZ-EQ6 Mount. Same thing but in white. I've only recently started using it for astrophotoprahy, Eq mode, and it's been a real winner. I've had a few mounts in my time but this one is a forever keeper.
Great video! Thank you for sharing. What telescopes are used in this video? How different do you find them for deep sky objects viewing than the dobsonians that you used in your other videos?
In this episode I'm using a 152mm Starwave refractor f/5.9 and a TS 102ED f/11 refractor. The 152 is equal or a bit better than a 203mm dob, higher contrast due to not having a secondary mirror and near equal light gathering . With a PVS 14 night vision monocular it's great for public outreach. The 102ED f/11 is a moon and planet killer. And will out perform larger dobs on most nights as the long focal length and smaller aperture are less effected by the atmospheric turbulence.
