Space Time Live - S2E11 - M92, M13, M51 and M57 Through an Apertura AD10

Telescope: Carl (Apertura AD10 $949.95) bit.ly/3OCj58J
Telescope Camera: Fritz (ZWO ASI 294 Uncooled) bit.ly/3oGaYMT
Live Stream Camera: Iphone8
Field Computer: Surface Pro 4
Recorded: April 15th, 2021
Light Pollution: Bortle 5
Orion Telescopes: www.pjatr.com/t/S0BMQ0pFQEVHS...
Here is a video on Star Clusters: • Star Clusters: Crash C...
M92: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/...
M13: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170512.html
Arcturus: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090704.html
M51: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/...
Vega: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150508.html
Epsilon Lyrae: freestarcharts.com/index.php/...
M57: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180417.html
I have an idea. We should have a constellation map (stellarium) off to the side showing people where the telescope is pointing! Does that sound terrible?
Thanks for joining us on our journey through the cosmos and clear skies!!
00:00 M92
03:24 M13
05:53 Arcturus
07:42 M51
16:00 Vega
16:25 Epsilon Lyrae
17:04 M57

[@roninalienman]

Love it. Keep up the publishing of your work. Beautiful shot of the Ring Nebula!

[@spacetimewithrobert4438]

Thank you Michael! Yes M57 shows up wonderfully in this camera/telescope combo. Hope you got to see the Saturn Opposition! Clear skies ❤️

[@Diocrew]

So cool you can see the Whirlpool galaxy like that!

[@spacetimewithrobert4438]

Right?! I can’t wait for winter (wait yes I can) to get some photos of it! Right now it’s a bit low in the sky at night. I hope you get to look at it through your scope and Thank you!!

[@Diocrew]

@@spacetimewithrobert4438 I got to photograph it in the spring, but with my DSLR on my 8 inch Edge HD it was very faint. I had to stack hundreds of pictures to see it.

[@spacetimewithrobert4438]

@@Diocrew that’s how you do it! I’ve always thought of aligning an EQ scope perfectly and getting 30-minute exposures to be a daunting task. And to leave it setup for hours like that! Hats off to those that can. But for me, short exposure stacking is my jam! I’ve tried the same thing with my DSLR on a 8” Schmidt Cassegrain and it too was dim. So dim I didn’t realize my focus was off! If you posted yours somewhere I’d like to see it! And congratulations on capturing it 🙂

[@lorenzogatta9315]

In visual observation you see it like that? Or you are using a night vision tube?

[@spacetimewithrobert4438]

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!

[@defmc1]

My very first telescope is showing up this Monday. I can't decide what to look at first. Any suggestions?

[@spacetimewithrobert4438]

Congratulations! What kind of scope? Also, where are you located?
How I am going to determine what is best for you to look at is by using a free program called Stellarium.
stellarium.org
I will begin by selecting your location, and then simulating your telescope with this program. In the upper right corner of Stellarium there is an “Occular” mode that will show you how big objects should appear in your scope with an eyepiece attached. So I will also need to know which eyepieces you’ll be getting!
Once I have this information, I will look around a simulated version of your sky and produce a list based on what I would want to look at.
Then, if you download Stellarium, you can use the list I make to familiarize yourself with their locations in the sky.
Of course, you may have purchased a tracking telescope! If it had GoTo functionality, your automatic tracking telescope may have a “Tonight’s Best” list curated each time it is turned on.
Even if your telescope tracks, it is still a good idea to get Stellarium and begin familiarizing yourself with what’s above you at night. To setup a tracking scope, you may still need to know a few bright stars and their locations.
Don’t worry, this is all extremely easy and you’ll know your sky like your neighborhood eventually. If it seems daunting, just know that the stars won’t go away any time soon so feel free to take your time!
Lastly, you can make a free account on Telescopious.com
There you can request a list of the best deep-sky objects to be emailed to you. You can set filters for how high an object needs to be or how bright before it gets recommended. This may come in handy later on when you start looking for the really dark stuff. I use these emailed lists to help build my Stellarium lists.
I hope that helps and welcome to space!!

[@roninalienman]

start with the moon, and the Orion Nebula.. Then start your check list of "M" objects..... Major bright stars and Major planets like Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Get a Star software Program. Enjoy and welcome to Astronomy. Lots of fun...