What an epic watch party! We road tripped to Mansfield(Dallas), TX with my 6-inch SCT for the eclipse and by the time of totality had gathered about 30 people who came to the same park to observe. The group experience magnified our awe at seeing the corona and solar prominences through the telescope. We stayed in the moment and didn't take many pictures but we're hooked, I need to find another total eclipse. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see you back on the track John! Omegon has a lot of great products. The solar eclipse must have been fantastic to watch. And Stella is a lovely dog.😊
30 years ago I got a 6" reflector and it only had a sperical mirror on a gem.these superior parabolic Taiwan made scopes have made it more accessible to the general public 👍
Hey man! I just bought the same model on astroshop and tomorrow it's going to arrive. I bought a 70mm refractor from omegon last week but got boring kind of fast after a few days and I started learning which telescopes are better and what kind of build types are good etc. What tips do you have for me, or what do you think I should expect to see from it? I do not see many reviews of the omegon 6 inch dobson sadly
quick question here. Recently borrowed a 4.5" orion stargazer from the astronomical society. It has a celestron 8-24mm eye piece.The eye piece itself threads in but it will not tighten fully, it almost gets tight and then it overtighten as if it were stripped. The are fine thread, you can tell they have seen use. This is not normal correct? I dont think i see a set screw, just 3 screws on the bottom of the eye piece but i assume those are for the lense itself. I will contact them tomorrow, i didnt get around using it until now! I can't switch between the magnifications with out holding the bottom of the lense, so it doesn't fall out! long question here* ...
@@LearnToStargaze Thank you! Are the threads interchangeable on both male and female? I’d like to purchase/donate to help with that issue. Regardless I’ll contact them this weekend. Wonderful channel I’m in the market now for a nice 6-8” myself!
@@2147B Hi! I believe most threads are interchangeable. I swap out telescope parts all the time, and I'm always amazed that most of the time, stuff just works.
@@LearnToStargaze Thank you very much! I will purchase the parts and hope the library doesn't try to blame me for it! I just don't see them knowingly giving out the scope like this! Live and learn, i will triple check anything borrowed prior to signing from now on! Parts are hard to come across im learning!
Stella has grown up so much already.❤
Tripled in size in two months!
What an epic watch party! We road tripped to Mansfield(Dallas), TX with my 6-inch SCT for the eclipse and by the time of totality had gathered about 30 people who came to the same park to observe. The group experience magnified our awe at seeing the corona and solar prominences through the telescope. We stayed in the moment and didn't take many pictures but we're hooked, I need to find another total eclipse.
Thanks for sharing.
Yes, the party makes it so much better!
Amazing walkthrough of the TSE 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Good to see you back on the track John! Omegon has a lot of great products. The solar eclipse must have been fantastic to watch. And Stella is a lovely dog.😊
Thanks!
Stella is the cutest paw-friend I have seen this month. ❤❤❤❤ And great video as always.
Thanks!
I was in Marion Illinois for the eclipse. I used an 81mm refractor with a Herschel wedge. So far I have seen all three eclipses since 2017.
Wonderful!
30 years ago I got a 6" reflector and it only had a sperical mirror on a gem.these superior parabolic Taiwan made scopes have made it more accessible to the general public 👍
Awesome video! That finder looks sweet
Thanks!
Great video - and Stella is still the best part! 😍
Thanks Darren!
Adventurous.
A great road trip, and eclipse event! Stella is getting big! Were the views in the Dob good? That is an excellent finder!
Yes, I remembered after I published that I had actually taken video of the Moon! Yes it was great, as expected for 6 inch Newtonian optics.
I have a video idea, if you have it do a dwarf 2 telescope review, I have one they are good.
I do not have one
Hey man! I just bought the same model on astroshop and tomorrow it's going to arrive. I bought a 70mm refractor from omegon last week but got boring kind of fast after a few days and I started learning which telescopes are better and what kind of build types are good etc. What tips do you have for me, or what do you think I should expect to see from it? I do not see many reviews of the omegon 6 inch dobson sadly
I'm so early to this video, also I didn't get to see the eclipse
Looks like the Orion xt8 except its a different brand
quick question here. Recently borrowed a 4.5" orion stargazer from the astronomical society. It has a celestron 8-24mm eye piece.The eye piece itself threads in but it will not tighten fully, it almost gets tight and then it overtighten as if it were stripped. The are fine thread, you can tell they have seen use. This is not normal correct? I dont think i see a set screw, just 3 screws on the bottom of the eye piece but i assume those are for the lense itself. I will contact them tomorrow, i didnt get around using it until now! I can't switch between the magnifications with out holding the bottom of the lense, so it doesn't fall out! long question here* ...
Yeah, sounds like the threads are stripped.
@@LearnToStargaze Thank you! Are the threads interchangeable on both male and female? I’d like to purchase/donate to help with that issue. Regardless I’ll contact them this weekend. Wonderful channel I’m in the market now for a nice 6-8” myself!
@@2147B Hi! I believe most threads are interchangeable. I swap out telescope parts all the time, and I'm always amazed that most of the time, stuff just works.
@@LearnToStargaze Thank you very much! I will purchase the parts and hope the library doesn't try to blame me for it! I just don't see them knowingly giving out the scope like this! Live and learn, i will triple check anything borrowed prior to signing from now on! Parts are hard to come across im learning!