Hi Tsula. Great video. Great talking points. Finder scopes align ment and patience is key.Most importantly is clear sky's and to just have fun.❤ from the Bayou.
Hey Tsula, another highly educational video, very informative video. The kind of info you could only get from a true friend. Am always looking forward to your videos. 😊
This is a terrific video compendium of very important things to know to make visual astronomy practical and fun, Tsula! Nice job. Wish I had all this information in one place when I first started. BTW, I'll second your recommendation about Sky and Telescope's "Pocket Sky Atlas". (I have both and prefer the Jumbo Edition as well.) It's a great reference tool both for planning and when out under the night sky.
This is an absolutely wonderful video and just what I needed. I love that you give some star hopping examples with easy and not so easy objects. I don't have a telescope yet but I do have some binoculars and I need to practice finding my way around the night sky. I'll definitely be coming back to this video in the future.
Thank you so much. That makes me feel good that you found it so helpful. I have some other beginner videos that you might also find useful. Thanks for watching.
I know it’s not what you’ve paid for, but having a canvas made to cover the dome with some ropes to pullover in the mean time… It’s what I did when I had the plastic dome skyshed. I ended up building a roll off roof. Couldn’t be happier…. Wishing you the best from Florida
It would have to be a very big canvas but I think that once I seal the one remaining leak on the north side it will be water tight. It's going to start snowing soon and I will be knocking snow off the roof and shoveling the staircase very soon. Thanks for the suggestion and wishes.
You're at the top of your game in this one, Tsula - well done! 🙂 One little criticism - the image at 8:27, and elsewhere, isn't merely inverted. It's also reverted. It would be merely inverted if it had been rotated, but of course lenses don't rotate - they flip. 🙃 I had similar issues growing accustomed to the view through my microscope, which also inverted and reverted. It was worse, in fact, than working with telescopes, because rotifers, unlike stars, don't follow predictable courses through the heavens. I'm reminded of experiments with upside-down goggles. After a few days, their wearers start seeing things normally again, only to "revert" to upside-down vision when the goggles are taken off. And after a few more days, things are once again back to normal. The brain, you know... I can handwrite, in longhand, backwards. Leonardo da Vinci could also do so, keeping many of his notebooks in that form, and it astonished his contemporaries - but, really, for those of us with steady hands, it's an easy parlor trick to learn. If you're right-handed, use your left hand, and if you're left-handed, use your right one. After just a little practice, which will remind you of learning to handwrite as a child, your brain will "flip" and you'll be performing with facility, to the amazement of your friends. (A magic marker is best for this - it'll show clearly when the paper is turned over and held in front of a light.)
Thanks. I have to go back and look it. I thought i fixed all the images. It's hard to show what the orientation looks like by using your camera because attaching a camera doesn't show what you see when you attach an eyepiece and this is the exact problem I have when trying to show what objects look like in a telescope. It's a conundrum. I'm left handed and have terrible hand writing. I can try to write long handed backwards with my right hand but I am quite certain it will be unreadable. even to me.
Are some star charts more legible than others when using a red light to preserve night vision and do you sketch the target and guide stars when planning the observation onto plain white paper? Not sure if a chart with a white or black background is better when using it in the field at night. Thanks for this excellent video! 🔭✨🙂
Wouldn't a Reticle overlayed on your Field of View help, as far as having a set distance reference so you can pan Left/Right/Up/Down with relative accuracy? 🤷🏼♂️
Hi Tsula, I really need to get some uniformity in my astronomy. I have different finders for my 4 scopes. They range from a RACI, a straight through finder, a Telrad and a Baader red dot/ solar finder. What a confusion issue I am faced with each clear night.
That's a lot of finders. One problem I encounter is that I wear glasses which I need to see through the red dot and telrad but don't like to wear glasses when viewing through the eyepiece. So, all night long the eyeglasses are on and then off, on and then off... Frequently they go missing during the night.
ALWAYS.. Check your FinderScope Calibration before Dusk! Set my Finderscope 'Perfect' a Week Ago, & took me 10 Minutes, just to find The Moon! The smallest of bumbs or jars, can knock it out of alignment. 😎🌔-------🔭
I agree. A few days ago I pulled my telescope out of the car after it had gotten dark (I was camping) and was horrified to find the telrad had fallen off. It took me a long time to realign it. But I found a neat trick if you are using an equatorial mount with a polar scope. You just get Polaris in the polar scope and then roughly align Polaris in the telrad or Finderscope and then you are least in the ball park. It significanly shortened the time to get it lined up.
I think I bought mine from Sky & Telescope directly. Their store is called Shopatskydotcom I also see two used ones for sale on ebay but if you by used make sure you are getting the second edition which was released in 2020.
@@tsulasbigadventures Maybe that is it, I have to get it straight from Sky & Telescope. Been looking on Amazon and only seen it used in the past. Thanks.
I don't do visual observations anymore, given my location in a Bortle 8 area, even the brightest celestial objects are not visible to me. Even the big-dipper is hard to see. I've never had the opportunity to view a galaxy through an eyepiece (I own a 12inch dob). Consequently, I've transitioned to astrophotography and rely on plate solving to locate celestial objects.
How sad. Have you considered taking your telescope to a dark sky site? I live half the year in a Bortle 9 in California. I have to drive for 2.5 hours to get to a Bortle 3 but it is well worth it to me.
Thanks, Tsula. Great practical information for beginners.
Thank you.
Always a pleasure watching your videos Tsula! Very good advice!
Thanks, Martin. I hope you are enjoying your new mount.
Hi Tsula. Great video. Great talking points. Finder scopes align ment and patience is key.Most importantly is clear sky's and to just have fun.❤ from the Bayou.
Thank you, Jackie. Here's to clear skies in the Bayou.
Hey Tsula, another highly educational video, very informative video. The kind of info you could only get from a true friend. Am always looking forward to your videos. 😊
Thank you so much.
Been watching a few of ur vids so thought I'd subscribe. Wiltshire UK.
Hello all the way to Wiltshire UK and thank you.
Great video! Very informational
Thank you!
This is a terrific video compendium of very important things to know to make visual astronomy practical and fun, Tsula! Nice job. Wish I had all this information in one place when I first started. BTW, I'll second your recommendation about Sky and Telescope's "Pocket Sky Atlas". (I have both and prefer the Jumbo Edition as well.) It's a great reference tool both for planning and when out under the night sky.
Thank you, Greg. I wish when I was young I had known what I know now. My father used to always say youth is wasted on the young.
This is an absolutely wonderful video and just what I needed. I love that you give some star hopping examples with easy and not so easy objects. I don't have a telescope yet but I do have some binoculars and I need to practice finding my way around the night sky. I'll definitely be coming back to this video in the future.
Thank you so much. That makes me feel good that you found it so helpful. I have some other beginner videos that you might also find useful. Thanks for watching.
I know it’s not what you’ve paid for, but having a canvas made to cover the dome with some ropes to pullover in the mean time…
It’s what I did when I had the plastic dome skyshed.
I ended up building a roll off roof.
Couldn’t be happier….
Wishing you the best from Florida
It would have to be a very big canvas but I think that once I seal the one remaining leak on the north side it will be water tight. It's going to start snowing soon and I will be knocking snow off the roof and shoveling the staircase very soon. Thanks for the suggestion and wishes.
Well done! Its been a busy couple of months and am just catching up. Great content in this one.
Hope you are doing well.
Clear skies,
Chris
Hi Chris: Thank you. I was wondering what happened to you. Good to hear from you.
You're at the top of your game in this one, Tsula - well done! 🙂
One little criticism - the image at 8:27, and elsewhere, isn't merely inverted. It's also reverted. It would be merely inverted if it had been rotated, but of course lenses don't rotate - they flip. 🙃
I had similar issues growing accustomed to the view through my microscope, which also inverted and reverted. It was worse, in fact, than working with telescopes, because rotifers, unlike stars, don't follow predictable courses through the heavens.
I'm reminded of experiments with upside-down goggles. After a few days, their wearers start seeing things normally again, only to "revert" to upside-down vision when the goggles are taken off. And after a few more days, things are once again back to normal. The brain, you know...
I can handwrite, in longhand, backwards. Leonardo da Vinci could also do so, keeping many of his notebooks in that form, and it astonished his contemporaries - but, really, for those of us with steady hands, it's an easy parlor trick to learn. If you're right-handed, use your left hand, and if you're left-handed, use your right one. After just a little practice, which will remind you of learning to handwrite as a child, your brain will "flip" and you'll be performing with facility, to the amazement of your friends. (A magic marker is best for this - it'll show clearly when the paper is turned over and held in front of a light.)
Thanks. I have to go back and look it. I thought i fixed all the images. It's hard to show what the orientation looks like by using your camera because attaching a camera doesn't show what you see when you attach an eyepiece and this is the exact problem I have when trying to show what objects look like in a telescope. It's a conundrum. I'm left handed and have terrible hand writing. I can try to write long handed backwards with my right hand but I am quite certain it will be unreadable. even to me.
@@tsulasbigadventures I didn't know that about cameras. And the handwriting trick takes a little practice, so don't give up all at once!
Are some star charts more legible than others when using a red light to preserve night vision and do you sketch the target and guide stars when planning the observation onto plain white paper? Not sure if a chart with a white or black background is better when using it in the field at night. Thanks for this excellent video! 🔭✨🙂
Wouldn't a Reticle overlayed on your Field of View help, as far as having a set distance reference so you can pan Left/Right/Up/Down with relative accuracy? 🤷🏼♂️
Hi Tsula, I really need to get some uniformity in my astronomy. I have different finders for my 4 scopes. They range from a RACI, a straight through finder, a Telrad and a Baader red dot/ solar finder. What a confusion issue I am faced with each clear night.
That's a lot of finders. One problem I encounter is that I wear glasses which I need to see through the red dot and telrad but don't like to wear glasses when viewing through the eyepiece. So, all night long the eyeglasses are on and then off, on and then off... Frequently they go missing during the night.
@@tsulasbigadventures😂😂.
ALWAYS.. Check your FinderScope Calibration before Dusk! Set my Finderscope 'Perfect' a Week Ago, & took me 10 Minutes, just to find The Moon! The smallest of bumbs or jars, can knock it out of alignment. 😎🌔-------🔭
I agree. A few days ago I pulled my telescope out of the car after it had gotten dark (I was camping) and was horrified to find the telrad had fallen off. It took me a long time to realign it. But I found a neat trick if you are using an equatorial mount with a polar scope. You just get Polaris in the polar scope and then roughly align Polaris in the telrad or Finderscope and then you are least in the ball park. It significanly shortened the time to get it lined up.
Where do you find the jumbo sky atlas? I have had trouble finding it.
I think I bought mine from Sky & Telescope directly. Their store is called Shopatskydotcom
I also see two used ones for sale on ebay but if you by used make sure you are getting the second edition which was released in 2020.
@@tsulasbigadventures Maybe that is it, I have to get it straight from Sky & Telescope. Been looking on Amazon and only seen it used in the past. Thanks.
I don't do visual observations anymore, given my location in a Bortle 8 area, even the brightest celestial objects are not visible to me.
Even the big-dipper is hard to see.
I've never had the opportunity to view a galaxy through an eyepiece (I own a 12inch dob).
Consequently, I've transitioned to astrophotography and rely on plate solving to locate celestial objects.
How sad. Have you considered taking your telescope to a dark sky site? I live half the year in a Bortle 9 in California. I have to drive for 2.5 hours to get to a Bortle 3 but it is well worth it to me.
we all been there at one time or other !!!
True.