Great video Mark! I love Barry's set-up, this is really helpful for those of us planning our own. Thanks for asking for the dimensions, 8x11, the wall height looks perfect, did Barry mention how high they are?
Very interesting tour of the observatory having possible idea's of my own structure, I will certainly get in touch with the manufacturer mentioned. Has been a pleasure to watch.
Was that all the tools stabbed into a block of foam? That's a brilliant idea! Very inspiring video. A very interesting take on the UHC filter from svbony. I need to have a look through a bino viewer. My wallet says it's a bad idea but I've not listened to him for 6 months.
It's a clever idea isn't it? So glad you found Barry's set up inspiring, comments like this make the effort feel worthwhile. And defo have a look at a binoviewer. I find them very enjoyable on moon, planets and brighter DSOs.
@@RefreshingViews these are really good videos, seeing what the amateur can accomplish. Watched an old Sky at Night circa 1977 with Patrick and a lad in Stoke who had a home made 16" reflector. Very similar vibes here!
I don’t understand why does he keep tec140 for visual? For the same price, 15” Obsession with all go-to and tracking gizmos could be bought and no contest will be there.
Refractors are magical in their full-aperture viewing (no obstruction), contrast, sharpness compared to mirror telescopes. Plus they handle low-power wide-field viewing better. Those would be my main reasons, though I don't know what are his.
@@edfort5704 It will not come even close to 15-18” Obsession dob. I have seen performance of all type of scopes: 155mm AP, TEC 140-180mm, TOA 150mm and 15-24” high end Dobs. Just no contest; Dobs are all the way for visual.
@@anata5127 You seem inflexible in your thinking. Do you actually think manageable-size refractors have no point for amateur astronomers or what exactly are you saying here? A 140mm refractor has 400 times the light-gathering capacity of the human eye and would show simply breathtaking images. By comparison, an unwieldy, massive 18 inch refractor only has about 8 times the light-gathering capacity of a 140 mm refractor (taking into account the obstruction). Bigger apperture can obviously be better than smaller aperture, but there are tens of other factors at play in the telescope observation equation. "Bigger apperture is better" is not always the case.
@@edfort5704 Look pal. 99.9% visual have dobs. Bigger better. That scope for astrophotography. They are just facts, you don’t need my flexibility, go and argue with other 99.9%.
Excellent video. That observatory is set up well for Lunar observing!
It sure is - Barry has a great set up.
Great video Mark! I love Barry's set-up, this is really helpful for those of us planning our own. Thanks for asking for the dimensions, 8x11, the wall height looks perfect, did Barry mention how high they are?
Glad it was helpful, from memory they’re about 5’ tall - on a carefully calibrated memory that they came up to my shoulders!
Great video. A pleasure to hear and to look. A bunch of useful information.
Glad it was helpful! And thank you for your kind comments - it makes these efforts worthwhile.
Thanks for sharing!
Our pleasure, Ziggy.
Very interesting tour of the observatory having possible idea's of my own structure, I will certainly get in touch with the manufacturer mentioned. Has been a pleasure to watch.
Hi John - message sent to Barry I'll let you know when he replies. Glad you found it useful for your set up.
@@RefreshingViews Morning. Thank you once again. John
@@johnparr5879 what’s your email address, John? If you don’t want to write it here and then delete it you can drop me a line on Facebook or Instagram.
@@RefreshingViews Hello. Mark. My partner will send you a DM. on Instagram, shortly with the relevant information. Thank you.
Great stuff, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it, it was great fun and I learned loads from Barry's set up.
Was that all the tools stabbed into a block of foam? That's a brilliant idea! Very inspiring video. A very interesting take on the UHC filter from svbony. I need to have a look through a bino viewer. My wallet says it's a bad idea but I've not listened to him for 6 months.
It's a clever idea isn't it? So glad you found Barry's set up inspiring, comments like this make the effort feel worthwhile. And defo have a look at a binoviewer. I find them very enjoyable on moon, planets and brighter DSOs.
@@RefreshingViews these are really good videos, seeing what the amateur can accomplish. Watched an old Sky at Night circa 1977 with Patrick and a lad in Stoke who had a home made 16" reflector. Very similar vibes here!
Hello. Is there any ways to directly contact, Barry in connection with his observatory shed.?
Hi John - I'll reach out and ask ...
@@RefreshingViews Many thanks Mark. Regards John.
I don’t understand why does he keep tec140 for visual? For the same price, 15” Obsession with all go-to and tracking gizmos could be bought and no contest will be there.
Refractors are magical in their full-aperture viewing (no obstruction), contrast, sharpness compared to mirror telescopes. Plus they handle low-power wide-field viewing better. Those would be my main reasons, though I don't know what are his.
@@edfort5704 It will not come even close to 15-18” Obsession dob. I have seen performance of all type of scopes: 155mm AP, TEC 140-180mm, TOA 150mm and 15-24” high end Dobs. Just no contest; Dobs are all the way for visual.
@@anata5127 You seem inflexible in your thinking. Do you actually think manageable-size refractors have no point for amateur astronomers or what exactly are you saying here?
A 140mm refractor has 400 times the light-gathering capacity of the human eye and would show simply breathtaking images.
By comparison, an unwieldy, massive 18 inch refractor only has about 8 times the light-gathering capacity of a 140 mm refractor (taking into account the obstruction).
Bigger apperture can obviously be better than smaller aperture, but there are tens of other factors at play in the telescope observation equation. "Bigger apperture is better" is not always the case.
Adding a short edit here: I obviously meant "By comparison, a massive 18 inch 'reflector'..."
@@edfort5704 Look pal. 99.9% visual have dobs. Bigger better. That scope for astrophotography. They are just facts, you don’t need my flexibility, go and argue with other 99.9%.