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Of course! I have this problem sometimes, too! First, I have only been able to use ZWO cameras on this program, so if you're hooking up a DSLR that may be your issue. If it is a ZWO Camera, to fix it I will double check my cord connections from the camera to the PC. Sometimes switching USB slots on the PC helps and I'm still not sure why. Once I was using a ZWO 120mc and it wouldn't get detected using my USB 2.0 slot, so I switched to a 2.0 cord and it worked fine. If securing the connection and using the proper USB slots/cords still doesn't work then I will re-install the drivers for the camera (I use windows). The driver solution is typically for computers I haven't used in a while. Let me know if any of this helps!

Wow!! Congratulations I hope you can see it!!! It was 9 for us on this day but the sun was up, and during this event our My Aurora Forecast app said 8.3. Such a cool thing to see! Would you say what we are seeing here is as good as a typical event for you in Norway?

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 yes good aurora. it is ofen in this place. but kp 9 is historisk. love aurora my friend :-)

I'm really loving timelapses for just about everything these days! Do you have any camera suggestions? Also, have you ever seen Baraka? Clear skies!!

@@spacetimewithrobert4438climate change is my talent since 2014 something no man can claim offered me an opportunity of a lifetime. My first upload made me. I work with crystals and sweat etc real magic and as of late been hitting tremers on the orgone area and they going down. I'm thrilled over these developments as I can now take on more arrow and darts and still drop a deuce in the form of geostorming🌪️😶☁️🌍 my name is written🗡️ sealed 🔥and now delivered🌋💯. But like Indiana Jones once you 👀 there ain't no going back so not many eyes on it all the same to me cause if one gets joy from win and rain you blessed beyond and that keeps me sane🌈🐸

Clear skies to you kind soul!! ❤I hope you saw them!!

Hah, we should party. I'm also into Johann, Ludwig and Wolfgang, too. Love 'em all! Oh, and how about John Williams? Contemporary, I know, but he's got some hits... Anyway, I hope you saw 'em!! Clear skies!

It was wild. As someone who understands electricity way, WAY better than I do... you need to see it!!!!!!! It was "shocking" to say the least!!! The colors... OH THE COLORS!!!!

Thanks, Mike! Telescopes were useless! I had my 10" out and it just sat there glowing in the pink light for hours lol. Clear skies!!

Let's get to work! Set gain to max. On exposure, set to half a second. You should see something. If not, try pointing at a bright street light or something bright and stationary. My assumption is either gain or exposure are too low. I know you know this but just to make sure, double check that your lens cap is off! :) Let me know if any of these work.

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 ok, I'll try next time. Maybe I should also use eyepiece with this camera?

No, these cameras are designed to work better without an eyepiece! The camera should go right in the focuser as if it were the eyepiece. I hope that helps! Edit: however it would be useful to make sure the telescope works using an eyepiece!! Then, remove the eyepiece and practice with the camera. I do this often.

Thanks ❤

Awesome, I'm glad it helped!! Clear skies!

Cloudy before and after but not during… talk about winning the lottery. Thanks again for making miracles happen, Paul & ConCon!!!

Thank you so much!! I hope to get your signature on our scope someday!!

Thanks, it was awesome!!!!!

Thank you! We're headed out tonight to share our telescopes and a Seestar S50. If I can, I'll host a youtube livestream around 8PM Pacific Time tonight while we're out and you can join us. I'll do my best to answer any and all of your questions! Alternatively, you may ask away here and I'll also do my best to answer everything. If I can't, I'll likely look up a solution for you using cloudynights.com. This is an online forum of avid astronomers with lots of knowledge, eager to help people like us. So my best tip for figuring things out with telescope equipment is to search your question but add "Cloudynights" to the end of it. StargazersLounge is another good online community for troubleshooting. I hope this helps and I look forward to your questions!!

Oh why thank you so much!! This was recorded without coffee, so typically I am bouncing off the walls lol. And yes, you found the hidden coupon with every piece of astro gear! CLOUDS!!!! Rain, snow, haze and smoke all love a good purchase, especially if it's your first. Now, if you ever have a chance to go to a star party... I highly recommend it! They are so much fun. Congratulations on your AD8 and feel free to join us any clear Sunday at Sunset, Taylor Dock! We'll try to go live tonight to share some of the fun we have around 8PM Pacific. Lastly, if you have any questions about your AD8 or telescope stuff in general please feel free to ask! Hope it's all cleared up for you by now and if not I'll see if my club and I can all blow really hard in your direction! :) Space!

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 It was clear 3 days ago and for the first time I saw the Orion Nebula. The tiny little smudge of gas made me tear it was unbelievable. I joined an Astro club near me as well that I had no idea was extremely active with over 200 members. And they had a guest speaker from FermiLab the other week! Absolutely insane. I love this hobby and I love the channel.

Thank you and congratulations on your new scope!! I indeed use a dob knob on all of them now and have been making them for less than $20 in parts. Here is my cloudy nights post about it: www.cloudynights.com/topic/863725-navigation-knob-ring-mod-for-newtonians/ I felt it certainly improved the experience and can't look back. The tube can get wet in dewy conditions, or extremely cold to the touch, while the knob doesn't. More-over, we let people sign our telescope so I was often grappling signatures, wearing them down over time, now I just wear down the grip tape on the knob. The last benefit of the dob knob was heat from my hands no longer transferred to the tube, which may give me less turbulence and clearer images at high magnification, but we've yet to capture this in the field. If you need help building yours or know of a better solution please let me know! Hope this helps!

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 thanks for the reply! I'll check out your post & will definitely reach out with any further questions. thanks again & clear skies!

Hah! Thank you so much I’ll use that from now on! Clear skies!

I hope you get it soon and if you have any questions I’ll be here!

Get it! It’s a wonderful telescope! Really, they are all good. Celestron, Orion, Skywatcher, Explore Scientific, Bresser and Astro Tech are all great telescope makers! (Still need to try them all). Clear skies!

Thank you! Yeah it's pretty soggy here most of the year but it only makes the clear skies more precious! Clear skies to you!!

It was a big team effort and currently we're in the process of donating our 4th! Thank you and clear skies ❤

Hello June, Well, where there's a will, there's a way! Here is a kit I found while researching this: romer-optics-llc.myshopify.com/products/ez-goto-kit and a video of someone installing one: ruclips.net/video/NYCKvGiqonk/видео.html If you find a cheaper or simpler solution, please let me know since I am also curious about this modification! I hope that helps and clear skies! Edit: Right now the Collapsible Skywatcher Goto 10" Dob is on sale for $1440. If you bought an AD10 with accessories ($899) and the complete EZ GOTO upgrade ($360) it would be around $1250 total, saving you roughly $200 over the Skywatcher. I'm sure you've explored this option but thought I'd mention it in case you weren't keen on the DIY route. Personally, I find the motor upgrade kit beyond my understanding of electronics and would rather get the skywatcher, but this choice is very personal!! You may be an avid DIYer and are lunging at the thought of building your own. Me, I have three cats and those wires would be everywhere. Plus, time lol. I also like the idea of collapsing my dob when it's not in use. But there are many other things to consider with the skywatcher, such as no 10:1 focuser. Or, how sturdy are those truss bars? Or, how smooth are the GoTos compared to the EZ GOTO upgrade? Will the Skywatcher be good for short-exposure Astrophotography? These are questions I have that keep me at bay. Let me know what you think!

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much & clear skies!

I love your train of thought! Indeed, there are motorized Dobsonians but I've only found one manufacturer still producing them: Skywatcher. They make a Dobsonian tube with collapsible truss-design that has GoTo capabilities and I'm considering getting their 10" model for astrophotography. Of course, I'd have to reinforce the truss design with how much weight I'd put on the focuser, along with replacing or upgrading the focuser to a micro-focuser, but I think that's all worth the GoTo/Tracking capabilities.www.highpointscientific.com/sky-watcher-10inch-goto-collapsible-dobsonian-s11810 Orion has a 10" solid tube model that is discontinued, which is sad, because I'd rather buy that since I'm nervous about the truss design being sturdy enough. www.telescope.com/Orion-SkyQuest-XT10g-Computerized-GoTo-Dobsonian-Telescope/p/102020.uts However, everyone I know who has a Skywatcher GoTo Collapsible hasn't complained about the design and really likes how compact it gets for storage. I'm still expecting the worst if I get one, but I'll have fun innovating ways to improve the truss design if needed. So, it's definitely the next scope for me. Maybe for you as well? Let me know if you find any other GoTo models out there! Lastly, there are ways to motorize a dobsonian yourself and I've seen a few videos on here how to do it. I haven't considered this step yet because, well, I just plain suck at electronics hah. Ah, here is one: ruclips.net/video/NYCKvGiqonk/видео.html I hope this helps and if you get your dob tracking I'd love to know which route you took! And feel free to ask as many questions as you like! - Robert

Thank you & clear skies!

I believe so, yes! I've managed to install the Bresser 1:10 Upgrade Knob on the Explore Scientific 2.5" Hex Focuser with no issues if that helps.

Hello! We were using an astronomy camera for this video which is similar to night vision as I understand in the way that photons are converted to electrons. However, instead of looking at a phosphorous screen we are looking at a laptop LCD, or Surface Pro 4. The camera fits into the telescope's focuser just like an eyepiece and collects the light for us instead of our eye. Visually there is a massive difference when looking at dim objects compared to the camera. For instance, M51 can appear as a dim fuzzy object hard to make out from the background sky but with the camera it looks bright and obvious, almost revealing color. Visually, I can see the spiral arms if I don't look directly at it through the eyepiece from my B6 town but it's a hard object for me. M57 appears bright through an eyepiece in my 10" Dob but it's colors are hard to notice. Galaxies and feint nebulae are by far the hardest for my eyes and much easier with this camera. However, star clusters show up just as good, if not better than they do in these videos and same with all my live videos of planets. I hope this helps and let me know if I can answer any more questions!

Thank you so much! Yes, it would be rad if you could come and sign our telescope! This is how we have met so many of our friends. Hopefully one day we can take these scopes on the road and eventually bring one to you! That's one of the dreams, anyway lol. Thanks again and if you ever need any assistance feel free to email me or comment back! Clear skies! ♥

Hello Jose! Actually, it's both! Planets indeed gradually move across the sky and you can see this for yourself night after night. Just note which star a planet is next to and how far. Then, on the next night you may notice the planet has moved relative to that star. Due to this apparent motion ancient Greek astronomers called them "wanderers" or moving lights, which apparently is where the word Planet comets from! Some planets wander faster than other's and this is due to their distance from the Sun. Just like how water flows faster as it nears a drain or whirlpool, so do planets as they orbit closer to the Sun. Due to this fact, Mercury, the Roman counterpart to the Greek messenger god Hermes, is unsurprisingly the fastest wanderer. Venus, as you would expect, wanders more slowly across the sky than Mercury and so on. Jupiter and Saturn can often appear in the same constellation for months. Pluto hasn't even completed an orbit since it's discovery! But we don't talk about Pluto anymore lol. In this video, we see something entirely different. Of course, the planets are still moving around the Sun on their own, but their orbital motion is far too slow to see in the duration of this video. Instead, what we see are the planets drifting across the lens due to Earth's Rotation. Where the planet is in the sky will make it appear to drift at different speeds and directions while looking through a manual telescope like Carl. To counter Earth's rotation we would want to use a motorized mount and those are TONS of fun once you figure them out! Here is a video where we use one to track Jupiter: ruclips.net/video/vxseAtVD6vQ/видео.htmlsi=Zfjc6JunrU-DGyhv I hope that helps!!

Oh i'm gonna crap myself as well! There's going to be crap every.... CONGRATULATIONS! Is what I am trying to say. If you want any help feel free to email me or comment here and let me know if you post any photos! Clear skies!!!

You're very welcome!

Awesome, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! If you get stuck on anything feel free to email or comment back, I love to troubleshoot dobsonian problems. Clear skies and congratulations!!

Well thank you for the offer of help! Clear skies to you and all!@@spacetimewithrobert4438

Thank you, Mike!!

Thank you!

I thought the same thing. Jupiter is wild!

Some sailors on the Moon lent me their rowboat! :) Clear skies!!

Apologies! We’ll try to make the next one better. Clear skies! ❤️

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Thank you for pointing this out!! Indeed, the small screws at the back shown at 08:24 are for holding the mirror in place, while the larger ones are for fine-tuning it's tilt. Fortunately, from what I am reading online it doesn't sound like you did any permanent damage to the performance of your mirror www.cloudynights.com/topic/824252-collimation-lock-screws-how-tight/ But you would know best in this situation now, hah! In my next video I will make sure to point this out, twice! Thank you again and congratulations on your 10"!!

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 yes sure, I don't care about that damage, it's nothing. It doesn't affect telescope job. I'm just saying 😀😀 Nice video, anyway it helped me

@@deffuls Thank you so much! Please let me know if you find anything else we could explain further in our next video and I'm glad this one is still helpful! Clear skies ♥

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 sure 👍👍

​@@spacetimewithrobert4438 Well, my journey with this telescope is pretty funny. I bought the same laser collimator like in your video. And it's pretty good, but there is a serious thing to keep in mind when you use it. The laser truly tells you that it is centered, but it will not tell you if mirrors are centred. If you will take off your eyepiece and will look straight into focuser tube, you will see: 1. Secondary mirror 2. Reflection of primary mirror 3. Focuser tube and your eye ( or collimation cap ) (And other parts of telescope) So, to obtain the maximum quality ( performance) from telescope, all of I listed must be round and centered, there are a lot of images on Google how a nice collimated telescope looks like. Also I found a video from 1985 about how to collimate a telescope, it helped me a lot. Now what I want to buy is FarPoint collimation kit. It is good one, and the one I need, also I have to check if there is Cheeshire, with them life is much easier. Or you can collimate using a videocamera inserted in focuser tube, and connected to PC, and using software for collimation, to draw lines and circles to understand how to center them. Well that's it, I could edit text for more details but in general that's it. And unfortunately, a lot of videos on RUclips do not explain a lot of little moments then you collimate your telescope, and that's sad, someone talk too much and show less, someone show a lot but not what people need to see. Thx for your videos ❤️

Heck yeah, I've been finding that a nice pair of binos is sometimes all I need! I got 7x35's and 2x54s which have temped me to get a pair of Oberwerks someday! And yes, I agree, this telescope is a bit much to carry on long camping trips, but it does great for hiking down short trails in remote areas. If you're car camping it can save a lot of space and is easy to organize. Also, have you looked into the Celestron Mini Mak 70mm? It's tripod isn't the best but it's very compact and can show you the rings of Saturn! I hope this helps! - Robert

Congratulations!!! It sounds like your dust cap doubles as Moon shade. If I'm picturing it in my head correctly, both holes appear capped but only one allows the cap to be removed. The other 'capped' hole should actually just be a protrusion allowing you to snugly fit the removed cap over it, creating a convenient storage solution for this removable cap. This new hole that you have created in your dust cap will then allow only a fraction of light coming from the moon to enter your telescope. This will greatly reduce it's brightness and be less straining on your eye. From what I have read, eye damage has not been recorded by long observations of the Moon without a filter, but people do find it difficult. It can be like looking at a flashlight in a dark room. Another solution is to instead use an ND filter that threads onto the bottom of your eyepieces that also reduces the light going into your eye. This is usually how people dim the moon but obstructing the front of the telescope also works. Once, we didn't have a dust cap with holes nor an ND filter for our eyepieces, so we draped a towel over the front of the telescope covering half the entrance. This worked great at reducing the light and making the views more comfortable. Let me know if that's not what those two knobs are on your dust cap and I hope this helps! If you have any further questions or thoughts I'd love to contribute!! Commenting here works or if you prefer my email is spacetimewithrobert@gmail.com and I really enjoy helping people get the most out of their telescopes. I hope y'all get to see Saturn and be sure to look out for a bright dot nearby! I'll give you a hint: it rhymes with "Titan". Hah! Clear skies!! - Robert

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 Oh you are just fantastic! That is apparently exactly what they are for! Thank you so much for your quick answer cannot wait to see the difference tonight in brightness to make moon viewing a little less "blinding." lol I am now bingeing your videos! lol

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 Dang it. My Dobsonian 10 Skywatcher *did not come with the secondary mirror collimation screws!* Considering one must adjust collimation before each use if moving telescope you would think these would have come with it! WTH! Now I am missing Saturn again tonight. Also, how does one make sure they are buying the right size screws. Are they all the same? Any help is appreciated. Back to the store tomorrow.

@@Dobviews Oh no! You should be able to collimate it very easily with a screw driver still! I will aim the scope at a 45 degree angle to prevent dropping the screwdriver directly onto the mirror if it slips my grip when I do this. It does take longer and more care but it’s certainly possible and how we collimate many of our scopes! Surprisingly, only the ES10 has come with these convenient knobs. The other ones (Skywatcher, Apertura) did not. Apologies if you know all this already! Here are the knobs you are looking for I believe: www.highpointscientific.com/bobs-knobs-orion-5-10-newtonian-collimation-knobs-secondary-mirror-cnsec30 But double check with your vendor to see if these are the right modification. I’ll try to dig deeper on cloudynights.com and see what I find in the morning! I hope this helps! - Robert

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 Oh boy, guess I will be on a mission today. Thanks so much for your assistance. Not quite sure how they expect clients to properly use a scope without all of the items required, it is a tiny item but it should still be part of the original equipment sold! Kinda like selling a table but then when it arrives none of the bolts are included to put it together! 😡 Thank you so much for your help, as for the angle of approach... point the scope down or you'll end up with a frown! We must always ensure we allow gravity to be our friend instead of enemy! *Clear Skies!*

Hello! No worries I’m a newb also, so let’s figure this out together. My first hypothesis is Saturn was out of focus when you put the camera in the focuser after removing the eyepiece. I think this because often I have to refocus my telescope after swapping between camera and eyepieces. To test this, try increasing the gain to max and exposure to about 1 or 2 seconds. If you still do not see anything on your screen then perhaps it could be my second hypothesis: Saturn was not directly centered and is off screen. If you are using a small sensor camera like the ASI120 coupled with a high-mag telescope like the 8SE, your field of view may be absolutely tiny. Big enough to fit Saturn, but if you’ve seen Saturn at 200+ magnification you know how small of a window this can be. Earth’s rotation becomes mesmerizingly quick in a Dobson at those magnifications. I digress. Having such a small window will require precise centering when using an eyepiece. Im out with some scopes at the moment but I’ll come back tomorrow morning to check in. Also, my email is spacetimewithrobert@gmail.com if you wish to contact me that way but this works just as well for me! Hope that helps! - Robert

Hello! Thank you very much :) The camera we settled on after months of research was the ASI294 Uncooled Astronomy Camera by ZWO. We specifically chose this camera for live filming of planets and messier objects and to share them online with others. We began with an ZWO ASI120MC for live views of planets and messier objects, but the view was too narrow and the camera too noisy for messier objects. That is when we came to the ZWO ASI294 Uncooled. Mainly, it was the largest sensor for the cheapest price. The big sensor would give us a larger Field of View so we chose it specifically for this reason. A secondary reason was it's noise levels at higher exposures. The ASI294 did well so long as the exposures were short and kept under 30 seconds. Beyond 30 seconds of exposure is when the cooled version was recommended, which is far more expensive. Since I did not plan to take images longer than 30 seconds of exposure due to my skills and equipment, I decided the cooler was not necessary for me and chose the cheaper, uncooled version instead. Another reason we chose the 294 uncooled version over the cooled was because we saw others using calibration images to overcome a lot of the noise issues caused by longer exposures. We figured spending more time on the image at home rather than getting a pristine image in the field was worth saving money. But others may value their time differently, and see the cooled version as their best option. Using the ASI294 Uncooled in a 10" Dob was a real treat for all objects except larger ones like the Andromeda Galaxy. Those objects still look better in smaller telescopes, in our opinion, but were still fun to see through this camera. Here is a video where we cover some of the targets you mentioned using this camera and a 10" dob: ruclips.net/video/CUMvpLMQZvE/видео.html Lastly, if you find a better camera for live views, please let us know! Currently there are 3 other members in my club that use this same camera and we all enjoy it. I hope this helps! - Robert

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 thanks for the reply my friend. Then I buy this camera.super happy for your movies and you bring joy to us who love astronomy. Watched most of the movies and I named my Dobson Carl the Second ,after you named your John the Second. thanks for the great reply.vh john

@@C416zz Oh wow I’d love to follow your progress with Carl II! If you post any videos or photos please let me know. Also, if you have any troubles with your gear at all I’ll be right here to help or you can email me at spacetimewithrobert@gmail.com I’m glad the information was useful and I hope you enjoy the camera as we have. Clear skies!! - Robert

thanks my friend :-)@@spacetimewithrobert4438

Thank you very much, Bob!

Thank you! If you have any questions I'll be here! Clear skies ❤

Absolutely! It does require longer exposures at F10 but the contrast and magnification this telescope offers is incredible. The coma-free optics also make it an excellent telescope for Astrophotography. However, the LX65 mount is not suited for imaging! If I want a nice long-exposure (30-seconds or more) than the LX65 mount that comes with the Meade 8" ACF would be a poor choice. Luckily the 8" ACF comes with a long dovetail so you can mount it on other tripods. 5-20 second exposures are still possible on the LX65 given good conditions and setup, so EAA and Live-stacking is certainly a possibility. But for the best results, we've found long focal length telescopes such as the 8" ACF seen here work best on sturdier mounts like an Equatorial. When I use Henrietta on the LX65 for Astrophotography, I often lose half my 20-second exposure images due to tracking errors and slight gusts of wind. When I use it on my Losmandy G11, I can easily exceed 60 seconds and keep almost all of my frames. So, definitely a great telescope for AP so long as you have the right expectations for exposure times depending on whichever mount you have it on is my ultimate opinion! Lastly, the focuser for this telescope could be better. It works great but it's not a fine focuser. We upgraded it to have a 2" 10:1 Crayford attached to the back and focusing has been a dream with this telescope since. One more thing: we got lucky with Henrietta since it never has needed collimation. We've owned it since 2020 and taken it on many bumpy road trips. 3 years of brutal service and it still has flawless collimation. There is a service tag on the back with the initials of the manufacturing team, and they are my heroes! If you ever get a Meade 8" ACF I hope it's as good as Henrietta! Hope that helps :) Clear skies!

Thank you, Mike! We're hoping to push this further, soon!!