The Most Powerful Little Scope in the Universe?

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What is the best portable telescope for astrophtography? To escape the UK's HORRENDOUS weather the biscuit man wants to put together the ultimate astrophotography travel rig; a telescope with a resolution of 2arcseconds which fits in a suitcase. If successful biscuit and bunny will take it on an astro trip to the Canary islands.
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@MrGp3po Год назад

I continually admire the dedication of UK astronomers who battle through the crappiest weather to pursue their love of astronomy and astrophotography. My hat is off to you all.

@LarsWeber 2 года назад

I was never into astronomy. But after binge viewing your channel I invested 80€ in a used telescope. And a few weeks later I am now stuck in one of the deepest rabbit holes I ever got involved. Seeing your videos and other things online is one thing - Seeing the moon through my own scope in crystal clear quality for the first time in my life was a game changer. Thank you.

@-M0LE 2 года назад

Don’t mention his rabbits hole 😂

@lucianoayala2501 2 года назад

Imagine the moment when you can see "in real time" the rings of Saturn or a few Jupiter's moons. With your own eyes. With your own rig. The rings are so mindblwing that I still have a stupidly big smile on my face every time I think about those nights. Is the moment when you truly realize that those dots on the night sky are actually moons, planets and stars bigger than our own sun.

@randomxaos 2 года назад

One of the best posts I've ever seen

@jediknight2350 2 года назад

what scope you get?

@LarsWeber 2 года назад

@@jediknight2350 celestron 70az

@someoneelse1904 2 года назад

That was more tense and emotional than a full blown Netflix drama! Another great video Mr. Biscuit 👍🏼

@Vortagh 2 года назад

Wouldn't leave my cheap equipment out during a warm and quiet summer night and Rory lets his expensive stuff out on a rainy night, with a storm coming in, because "it's just drizzling right now". I'm lost for words.

@PrdDad Год назад

Leaving equipment outside shows how far he has fallen. He dosent even give a shit anymore. He trashes scopes people save money for half a year to aquire. RU-vid destorys everyone. Thanks but no thanks. I'm over this dude. I really used to look up to him.

@danielmunoz06 Год назад

@@PrdDad are u alright?

@tielmaster7879 Год назад

@@PrdDad dude what lol. I'm sure it's because he's used to having the equipment. First time I got my first cheap phone, I protected that thing with my life. Now I literally toss it around like nothing even though it's way more expensive.

@roelgarcia5747 Год назад

@@PrdDad 🤣

@oxfordsculler8013 Год назад

I get kittens leaving my kit to cool on a still evening , let alone leaving it out all night with an impeding storm. A Fluorite Takahashi refractor trashed, I'm beyond words it makes for a Clarkson style TopGear episode, "we screwed up but survived" , but this is very good kit for Astronomy folks. Pity.

@bdiddy1138 2 года назад

I could watch a full feature length movie of your endeavors. Between your filming and editing, and Rik's tunes, you guys are endlessly entertaining and interesting 👍 cheers ✌️

@RebellionAlpha 2 года назад

Same, @astrobiscuit when will the full length movie arrive?

@desan476 2 года назад

yes! i can totally imagine Armageddon-like movie where he would be that dude who discovers asteroid / comet that will destroy the earth. He has the same "crazy energy" than the mad scientist in Independence day movie.

@johnniz13 2 года назад

Same here. I get a pro top gear feel of the whole thing

@ruslannikolaevich5960 2 года назад

Agree

@solarsynapse Год назад

I don't think he uses film.

@fn3048 2 года назад

Dropping a Tak is.... no, there aren't words for it. Kind of the same feeling as being castrated, disemboweled and garroted at the same time. Leaving a Tak outside unattended...with an ensuing storm no less...I again have no words for it.

@SydneyDunk 2 года назад

My tak arrived 3 days ago. Pretty sure I’ll be taking it to bed with me for the first months…

@mnamnam6061 2 года назад

... mounted on a tripod, in the open, with a STORM WARNING 🤣😱🤬🤨😝😆😂. It's so hillarious, I don't find words also. Bye bye Takahashi Honored Members Program, this train has left the station. Maybe to be honest all about it will save you from excommunication from the Astro Society. I'm really surprised how much just watching this can hurt. Maybe seeing something beeing smashed you only dream of disturbes that much. But yeah, I think anyone who used his equipment for more than 3 times has a story to tell. Even if the herassment is not anyhow COMPARABLE to SMASHING a TAKAHASHI 😂😂😂😂 German saying: The one who has the damage, doesn't need to fear the laughter. ❤‍🩹Astrobiscuit

@RoganGunn 2 года назад

How much would it cost to have it recollimated? Is that a job you can do at home?

@gabrielperano 2 года назад

@@RoganGunn Recollimating a refractor is unpractical, compared to a newt where your able to adjust the mirror on the spot with a reference star, you cannot do the same to a refractor due to the way the optics are mounted to the scope e.g. not with adjustable screws. Also refractors consist of multiple optics meaning only 1 would have to be shifted to ruin the image, so its a total guessing game which one is miss aligned, your best bet is to the then entire take & put it back together, which could damage the collimation even more since your basically eyeballing the collimation since your not able to reference to a star on the spot.

@RoganGunn 2 года назад

@@gabrielperano Thanks for you reply! I suspected it would be a gargantuan and possibly practically impossible undertaking. I have experience taking apart old SLR camera lenses to clean oil off the aperture blades, but in a longer lens like a refractor telescope, which has received a kinetic shock that knocked the collimation off... oof! I'd guess each element is screwed in place in a giant threaded tube (or even glued perhaps) meaning recollimation is not possible without a full factory rebuild. It's not like each element has adjustment screws. Can you send the scope back to Takahashi to be factory rebuilt or repaired? Or would that be uneconomical and cost nearly the same as a new one?

@caramba10 2 года назад

Good to see you back, I've missed your video's, it's been so long, but leaving your kit out when a storm was forecast? was a dumb move for sure.

@rebbel67 2 года назад

Think it's Photoshopped.

@v3xro885 2 года назад

@@rebbel67 nah

@v3xro885 2 года назад

@@rebbel67 why would it be photoshopped????

@Taylor_in_Southern_Oregon 2 года назад

Agreed Caramba, it was incredibly stupid- but get this: he actually has the sheer gall to ask us to collectively bail him out. He wants us to send him money to replace the gear he trashed...why? So he can leave it out in another, even stronger storm?

@jeremytheimer7443 2 года назад

@@v3xro885 yeah exactly. photoshop on a video.

@BaronHerezus 2 года назад

Never regretted Sub this channel. It's both educational and fun to watch. Good job AstroB.

@gary122 Год назад

Your videos are like the "Top Gear" of amateur astronomy! Enjoy your content!

@DylanODonnell 2 года назад

You tell a great story Rory :)

@samcerulean1412 2 года назад

There's not a channel like yours that I've seen on RU-vid, I absolutely love the style of your videos and have been waiting for You to upload again for ages.

@Riktenstein 2 года назад

Not too long now.

@jamessim6925 2 года назад

Out of every astrophotography and astronomy youtuber on the net, your videos are the best. Love ya work.

@olliecrabtree 2 года назад

Lets be real though who in their right mind leaves a Takahashi outside unattended.

@PrdDad Год назад

@AlanJames 2 года назад

Making all the mistakes so we don't have to, and you keep it entertaining too. Great work Biscuit.

@invictus1744 2 года назад

With that voice man and your passion you deserved your show on Television.

@Astrolavista 2 года назад

Makes me happy knowing there's a biscuity video on the way! Still I might close my eyes for the Taka'bashi' bit, Eeeek!

@danreind 2 года назад

Oh the agony of the fallen scopes! I will risk overnight imaging, but I'm running a radar based rain app for an alarm, and as backup I use a water tank leak detector with a wifi alert fed by a giant funnel to amplify any rain signal. Hopefully those would be enough to save my scope, but I think I've just learned I need a wind alert too! Keep up the videos, your fans are super-fans!

@darrenwilliams414 2 года назад

when phd2 bleeps i go out side and look

@mediocrefunkybeat 2 года назад

It really is genuinely amazing that we get any astrophotography done in the UK, to be honest!

@CragScrambler 2 года назад

Lovely to see your videos again, you're one of my favourite RU-vid channels, never a disappointment to watch.

@godzilla928 2 года назад

you deserve better algorithm bending because your content is just amazing and also you are bringing astronomy to everyone by making it so interesting and exciting even if someone has never been into this topic! you deserve much more views!!!

@hamradioliveguy5544 Год назад

Your Jedi mind-tricks have influenced me! I have been a photographer for 36 years, and never looked up. So, I got 2 telescopes, and a mount system.

@Korruptor711 2 года назад

I'm new to Astrophotography and your channel (3 - 4 months). I really wish you released more videos, because this is one of the best channels on YT

@Riktenstein 2 года назад

I am currently mixing the next ep.

@myfishingadventures1509 2 года назад

@@Riktenstein no way!

@simonstudiosuk 2 года назад

Remember in future that the calm before the storm is your window of opportunity to pack up your kit before your kit hits the fan! Keep up the good work :-)

@kostasastro 2 года назад

Biscuit, i suggest using Anderson connectors for any power connection on your rig. I had similar problems with cigarette lighters and i stopped using them years ago, no more power failures for me after that. I also recomend boosting the battery's voltage to 13.5 volts for better performance of your gear.

@drunk_astronomy Год назад

seeing that Takahashi on the ground like that was like witnessing a Greek tragedy!

@n1ckf00c 2 года назад

Incredible as always! Amazing story telling as always and I've always loved how you show all the non-perfect parts. I think showing that stuff is what separates you from other youtubers (as well as editing style). Cheers! Cant wait for the next!

@nix_rtv6035 2 года назад

Good to see a new video again! Always fun.

@jameskellam2980 2 года назад

I really enjoy your videos. They are informative and entertaining. Really nice how you use humor to highlight the multitude of things that go wrong. I see a lot of the same setbacks when I try imaging.

@CantHurtMe9 2 года назад

Very excited for the new video by after months of waiting

@therealCelticViking 2 года назад

Most entertaining astro vid creator in the known universe. Love it 😀

@larryhibbitts2099 2 года назад

Wow. So many emotions watching this - we've all been there with the simple park/unpark. But honestly, when you pull out the Tak at the beginning....I was so jealous. I hope to get my hands on a small one some day. They really are the best.

@rdavies1305 2 года назад

Just hearing Rick's score gets me giddy, Hope you get sorted Rory, would love to see you get over to the Canary's. Always a pleasure, thanks for the time and effort.

@SumedhKadoo 2 года назад

I dont understand why this guy is not popular, his videos should have lots of views.

@jefflucas_life 2 года назад

Bunny is great!

@Astrobiscuit 2 года назад

thx fella for the kind word and the donation

@garageman_ 2 года назад

I don't understand how someone could leave such expensive equipment outside IN A STORM

@Riktenstein 2 года назад

Because it’s Rory!!

@garageman_ 2 года назад

@pisswobble Not me lol

@mrwhoo6329 2 года назад

Your videos are getting much better. Great content. Can't wait to see the next one.

@rob_olmstead 2 года назад

Your soundtrack is amazing.

@Riktenstein 2 года назад

Thanks you!

@acerimmeh 2 года назад

I need more Astrobiscuit, I've watched all your video's and some video's 2 to 3 times over :-)

@Adrift555 2 года назад

Missed your videos. Excited to see you come back

@damonlunn6407 2 года назад

Astro you need your own TV/Netflix series, I love your work. Shame we can't get more regular vids, by the weather we've had in the UK this year not surprising. Keep up the hard work.

@ruslannikolaevich5960 2 года назад

One of the best channels on RU-vid!

@davidpippin3460 2 года назад

So glad to see you back on youtube! The weather has been shit in Germany for months. Just the other day was the first I could get any visual astronomy. Hope to image the blood moon tomorrow.

@siouxsie1990 2 года назад

Yay, fav astro youtuber returns! Life is good 👍

@ObbeJ 2 года назад

this gonna be great

@wdavis6814 Год назад

I'm in love with tiny refractors. A good polar alignment, clear skies, a tiny refractor, and patience is all you need for excellent deep sky imaging. 🔭

@izzy_busy_quizzy 2 года назад

I am so glad I’ve stumbled across this channel, this video was absolute brilliance, so sorry about your fluorite scope though

@nigelhumphreysfsuk2833 2 года назад

great video guys love this channel

@ThalanorThornhale Год назад

Mr. Biscuit, because you are not releasing new videos quickly enough, poor me has to end up with rewatching these other videos with the dramatic Vivaldi music.

@tykingcrystal864 2 года назад

I absolutely love the use of the music in this video! Clear skies to whoever sees this

@Riktenstein 2 года назад

Thanks. I wrote some new ones for this ep.

@thedragod5215 2 года назад

Good to see you back

@meghjoshi7031 2 года назад

Oh my FUCKING GOD. He's back!

@Fatal_Inertia Год назад

This video is a living example of why I will never take Arizona weather for granted.

@markwhalebone751 2 года назад

It's bittersweet watching, an ouch moment watching the devastation caused by the storm but realising that I am not the only one who has clusterthingy moments is reassuring. More power to you for not filling the vid with the profanities that you must have used in abundance.

@tjzambonischwartz 2 года назад

That scene of frustration in the car when you forgot to unpark is why I don't even try to do astrophotography. Give me a dobsonian, some eyepieces, and a star atlas and I'm much happier.

@landtechnik4k 2 года назад

Leaving the Takahashi alone 🤣 Ed Ting would not Approve to this

@heytc99 2 года назад

Welcome back! My son and I have been missing your videos.

@adrianvalella6854 2 года назад

I really dont understand, you knew a storm was coming yet you left your equipment outside? for someone that is very budget conscious in your videos, where you take the hard route instead of paying more. I cant believe you would risk your stuff though a storm to save break down and setup time. as a budget Astrophotographer myself that hurt, we cant afford the easy way.

@mrlintonious 2 года назад

Good to see you back and at it again. Enjoy your videos. It takes one out of this world, and into another for a while.

@GarnettLeary 2 года назад

:( Deep heartfelt condolences for the Tak. I think I cried a little upon seeing it in the wet ground. I hoped to see a message at the end: “No Takahashi were harmed in the making of this video.” A shame it wasn’t CGI. Fun video aside from tragedy

@PrdDad Год назад

@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Год назад

Just ask for more donations!

@and3583 Год назад

I always put my gazing tackle in a plastic greenhouse if too knackered to lug it back into the house. Greenhouse is held down with breeze blocks and 2 ratchet straps. It can take 90mph winds 😎

@Astrogator1 2 года назад

You’re back 🎉 🎈 Been missing your videos, you and a few other RU-vidrs keep me motivated to keep going in face of insane light pollution and mostly high clouds. Yes even in Spain there are weeks and weeks when is to cloudy. Hope you get everything setup, can’t wait to see what you do in the Canary Islands PS why did you leave everything outside?? Before a a storm

@LightYagami-cw5np 2 года назад

This channel is much more enjoyable to watch than other channels out there.

@l_ChillZone_l 2 года назад

Bro, i get instant adhd watching your videos, i think its the music in the background, combined with your voice it sounds so hectic.

@guyjordan8201 2 года назад

Blame the rabbit 🐇 for everything

@Riktenstein 2 года назад

I would, as he has been doing a cloud dance for the last 6 months. Little git.

@amritashaileshchaturvedi7640 2 года назад

Haha pink bunny is gonna be pissed

@amritashaileshchaturvedi7640 2 года назад

@@Riktenstein that's pink magic

@guyjordan8201 2 года назад

@@amritashaileshchaturvedi7640 --- bring it Bunny, bring it!

@ZarakiFan 2 года назад

Amazing! This deserves more views!

@Matti77112 2 года назад

Nicolaus Copernicus approves this video will be quality

@stevenlippis5488 2 года назад

This makes me glad I live in the Australian outback. Zero light pollution, winter is the dry season, so mostly cloudless nights, and cold, but not THAT cold.

@-M0LE 2 года назад

Black widow spiders tho

@stevenlippis5488 2 года назад

@@-M0LE redbacks? Don't come across them out in the open. Plus have been bitten twice, 8 days apart. Other than the intense pain, they're mostly harmless.

@patrickwishart5632 2 года назад

stay positive, sorry about the weather. same thing in Ontario, it's finally starting to clear up at night but it was not a productive winter. cheers mate, good luck out there!

@osakamike 2 года назад

Great to have you back - your videos have been so consistently good, my kids and i love to enjoy them together. Thanks!

@AstronomerHet 10 месяцев назад

You are the inspiration for many astronomers who are starting out❤

@solidusseal 2 года назад

There is a storm .. lets keep expensive breakable material outside .... I mean

@JohnDGwilliam 2 года назад

Amazing to see you back fella! Great vid looking forward to part 2 👍

@blood.mirror 2 года назад

This was SO ENTERTAINING! Thanks! 🙂

@norturko291 2 года назад

Been waiting for a new one for what seems like ages. Love your videos

@riteshbiswas7170 2 года назад

that was hard to watch. I would have been balling my eyes out if that happened to my prized scope >.

@sssdeecee 2 года назад

Oh Rory, I think this is my first message to you, so I will begin with a compliment before I get harsh. I absolutely love your videos, they seem raw, and honest, and your passion for astronomy is contagious. Thank you for the many hours of enjoyment. Now, I need to be harsh. WTH were you thinking when you left your Tak outside? I almost cried. My only solace was in thinking this was fake to create self-deprecating humour and drama for your channel. I hope I'm correct. Please let me be correct. Anyhow, this was a perfect episode of your wonderful adventures, because I'm looking for a good travel scope with as few compromises as possible. Back in 2017, I purchased a C9.25 Edge HD for the North American solar eclipse. I live in a big city with fairly challenging access to dark skies. Guess how often I've used this big beautiful scope? Maybe 6 times in 5 years. It's just too heavy. You've inspired me to sell it all and get a Tak and the tripod you are using! Thank you for the inspiration. Clear skies!

@Astrobiscuit 2 года назад

thx bud btw check the website as skywatcher have a new tripod which might be better👍www.astrobiscuit.com/portable-astrophotography

@jinx0192 2 года назад

Thank God your back!

@dekumutant Год назад

love this channel so much

@astrojourneyuk 2 года назад

Great to see you back again, I’ve really missed your videos!

@TheEmpiredown 2 года назад

Agreed. This winter (and now spring) has been a total bust. Love the vid, totally been there with you and the gremlins and I know we're not alone! TAK FTW!

@markcollins3246 2 года назад

Brilliant to have you back on RU-vid Rory and Co, we missed you! 😁

@jamiemartin729 2 года назад

“I’m gunna eat the box” not something I thought I’d hear clicking on this video

@amritashaileshchaturvedi7640 2 года назад

Well may 14 is my birthday happy for it

@christhorney Год назад

i recently got into racing drones, and i discovered the fantastic connectors, super cheap, very positive connection and high current capacity/low voltage loss across the connection, they are called xt30 with 30 amp capacity, xt60 and xt90 with 60 and 90 amp capacity. any time i need a reliable connection in the future im going for the xt type connector.. also the lipo battery packs could also be useful as feild batteries to power your equip, but either way you need some xt connectors in your life

@avt_astro206 2 года назад

Great To have you Back with such an Epic Video :). Really Well executed. I have a Planetary cam my ZWO 224mc for DSOs as Well. It Does Amazing, especially on my alt-az Mount and 5 inch newtonian

@shawnleverett6798 2 года назад

Hey buddy glad your back mate 👍 👌 😀

@amitashokkamble 2 года назад

Oh, dear. I screamed at that devastating sight....

@marcocurrin8122 Год назад

I’ve been trying to spread this word out so that they can’t keep it contained so I’ve been trying to get it out to as many locations as possible I can’t get a hold of a newspaper to save my life!!!!!!!

@azzajohno6228 2 года назад

Can't wait! 😁👍

@Pablodwnunda 2 года назад

If you do videos on space in between shoots I’d be very interested to watch. Your voice and the way you carry yourself is very entertaining

@Cyclegladiator 2 года назад

It’s so much fun watching you geek out 🤓 thanks for posting

@Martillo_de_Dios Год назад

great video Rory!!

@TheJerryRN 2 года назад

Hello fellow Biscuit lovers! I need a favor contacting the King Biscuit with a show idea. I have tried to find a contact link but can’t seem to find one. Hopefully my idea is worth a damn and hopefully Mr Biscuit seed this! The Hubble wide field was a super long exposure pic that came from one of the darkest areas of space.that they could find. I think we should do our own “ Deep field “ project… Either Astrobiscuit episode doing it himself or possibly get the discord server all lined up on exact coordinates and doing a massive team version… I’d love both ! If this sounds interesting we woukd need to figure out the target coordinates to aim at… I could make an argument to recreate our version of the same Hubble deep field pic or we select our own personal dark sky biscuit site to explore for ourselves… All hail the Biscuit!

@akhilpillay4262 2 года назад

Love this man

@cjimmer4877 2 года назад

I've missed your videos. So happy you are back!

@RGAstrofotografia 2 года назад

What will mark the maximum of the total lunar eclipse of the Moon at 01:11 am on 05/16/2022, here in Rio de Janeiro, will be the occultation of the 8.7-magnitude HIP 75830 star near the Schickard crater (rabbit's tail) followed by the appearance of a 9.9-magnitude star near the Langrenus (rabbit's ear) crater. Check Stellarium before your registration.

@Da_Cap_i_Tan Год назад

07:44 Vivaldi - Winter (Four Seasons) one of the most underrated "tunes" of all time!! If you dont believe me, crank it up next time your winding the throttle on your bike or flooring your car xD

@dankahraman354 2 года назад

1) Use dielectric grease on all your connectors. A thin firm 2) Ditch the cigarette plug adapter. They are too unreliable. Yes with NINA the mount will be parked at the end of the imaging sequence unless PARK MOUNT in upper right under Target Set Options End is OFF.

@chuccfreeze1159 2 года назад

Next episode!! Becoming a patron now! Hello from San Diego!

@jamespeirce2582 2 года назад

“I’ll leave it out and take flats in the morning.” “Nooo…” “The full force of the storm hit around 4:00 AM…” “NOOOOOOOOOO!” “Crumby power connections.” Try Anderson Power Poles! Why not send the li’l Tak out to be serviced?