I must commend you for your channel as well as your books. I recently purchased 110 Things to See With a Telescope and, returning to this hobby after 40 years (due to a retina issue that is finally repaired - advances in medicine!), I found this to be a wonderful guide! I've rebuilt my 10" Dob that was forty five years old and am slowly relearning the sky. I find that I am spending more time with binoculars as I aim to improve my ability at finding DSO's by sky hopping per your book. I really do appreciate all that you do for astronomy, particularly for this old beginner! Keep up the good work!
Some of my best stargazing was while was deployed to Iraq, located near the Syrian border there was zero light pollution, I could see so much with the naked eye, binos, and even night vision goggles. That part of being there was amazing! I am recently getting back into stargazing and your channel is a big help! Thanks!
This is great info for beginners. i was 45 yo before i had ever looked through a telescope. it was so amazing i was hooked instantly. after the fact seeing pictures on youtube (astrophotography) made me get aperture fever. i finally realized that jupiter looked the same in my 90mm mak or my 10'' dob. the pics online are deceiving and cause people to become discouraged.
Although it's not one of your books, "Turn Left at Orion" is one of the best books to help find objects and what they will look like in a small telescope. It's too bad it was written without red-dot finders as a finding tool. Another great video!
Great to hear your straight forward information on "looking up" at the stars. Some years ago I did some mountain climbing of MT Rainier. The stars seemed so huge and bright in the crystal clear higher atmosphere night sky. I was blow away by how many stars were visible with the naked eye.
Awesome information! I'm a beginning amateur astronomer but I've always had a passion for astronomy. This is a great explanation for what anyone should expect when they look through a telescope/binoculars. Thanks for the video, John!
Love the vids, learning something new every time ! The genius of cataract surgery has allowed me to view the world and beyond in a way i'd forgotten was possible. I've bought some basic gear in order to understand the equipment and more importantly how to use it but most of all the increasing knowledge of what's out there makes me feel more connected to the splendiferous miracle that life, this planet and the universe is. Never spend a day without awe at being alive and bearing witness to Such majesty... Being a brit I'm going to plug Astrobiscuit....brew a cuppa, put your feet up and watch his shows too ! Heres to clear skies ! As you say ' the futures looking up !'
Looking at a total solar eclipse with a telescope or binoculars allows a more detailed look at the corona which has stunning beauty. As soon as prominences start coming off to one side it is a signal to stop looking as totality is ending quickly.
generaly in some spots in the night sky you can only see things whith higher lower aparent magnitude than in other spots and that is generaly around milky way and near realy bright stars . . whith the exception of dark nebulae where you need a bright background to highlight the shadow of the nebula I'd say this is a pretty generous wiew of Messier 4 globular cluster as the individual stars in most globular clusters are at the very limit of visibility, . . overall stargazing is kinda like storytime in a way whitch is what makes is fun . . and besides it's realy cool to know what this "faint gray shape" was hiding all along :D
I tried my best to smudge the cluster to make it look like a binocular view. The picture was taken with a 40mm telescope. It’s super challenging to show what the eye sees.
I must commend you for your channel as well as your books. I recently purchased 110 Things to See With a Telescope and, returning to this hobby after 40 years (due to a retina issue that is finally repaired - advances in medicine!), I found this to be a wonderful guide! I've rebuilt my 10" Dob that was forty five years old and am slowly relearning the sky. I find that I am spending more time with binoculars as I aim to improve my ability at finding DSO's by sky hopping per your book. I really do appreciate all that you do for astronomy, particularly for this old beginner! Keep up the good work!
I can't wait for his binoculars one to be published
that one im looking very forward to.
Some of my best stargazing was while was deployed to Iraq, located near the Syrian border there was zero light pollution, I could see so much with the naked eye, binos, and even night vision goggles. That part of being there was amazing! I am recently getting back into stargazing and your channel is a big help! Thanks!
I offer my compliments... a great video for newcomers to the hobby who don't really know much about telescopes and what they need from their devices.
Many thanks!
This is great info for beginners. i was 45 yo before i had ever looked through a telescope. it was so amazing i was hooked instantly. after the fact seeing pictures on youtube (astrophotography) made me get aperture fever. i finally realized that jupiter looked the same in my 90mm mak or my 10'' dob.
the pics online are deceiving and cause people to become discouraged.
Although it's not one of your books, "Turn Left at Orion" is one of the best books to help find objects and what they will look like in a small telescope. It's too bad it was written without red-dot finders as a finding tool. Another great video!
Great to hear your straight forward information on "looking up" at the stars. Some years ago I did some mountain climbing of MT Rainier. The stars seemed so huge and bright in the crystal clear higher atmosphere night sky. I was blow away by how many stars were visible with the naked eye.
Great info...as usual!
Thanks, Tim!!!
Awesome information! I'm a beginning amateur astronomer but I've always had a passion for astronomy. This is a great explanation for what anyone should expect when they look through a telescope/binoculars. Thanks for the video, John!
Thanks for the kind words!
Stargazing is fun but Astro photography is hard and annoying even taking pictures of the moon is hard
Love the vids, learning something new every time ! The genius of cataract surgery has allowed me to view the world and beyond in a way i'd forgotten was possible. I've bought some basic gear in order to understand the equipment and more importantly how to use it but most of all the increasing knowledge of what's out there makes me feel more connected to the splendiferous miracle that life, this planet and the universe is. Never spend a day without awe at being alive and bearing witness to Such majesty...
Being a brit I'm going to plug Astrobiscuit....brew a cuppa, put your feet up and watch his shows too !
Heres to clear skies ! As you say ' the futures looking up !'
Thanks for the kind words, Kevin! Congrats on the cataract surgery!
Looking at a total solar eclipse with a telescope or binoculars allows a more detailed look at the corona which has stunning beauty. As soon as prominences start coming off to one side it is a signal to stop looking as totality is ending quickly.
i cried when i saw the saturn ring fo the first time.
I can relate.
For Christmas
I got the James webb telescope
nice wow good for you ha ha ha
Do you know any cheap alt az mounts to put a c8 optical tube on?
At 2000mm of focal length, I think you really need go-to with a C8
@@LearnToStargazethank you
Thank you so much for your great video’s. Born teacher!
Thanks!
generaly in some spots in the night sky you can only see things whith higher lower aparent magnitude than in other spots and that is generaly around milky way and near realy bright stars . . whith the exception of dark nebulae where you need a bright background to highlight the shadow of the nebula
I'd say this is a pretty generous wiew of Messier 4 globular cluster as the individual stars in most globular clusters are at the very limit of visibility, . . overall stargazing is kinda like storytime in a way whitch is what makes is fun . . and besides it's realy cool to know what this "faint gray shape" was hiding all along :D
I tried my best to smudge the cluster to make it look like a binocular view. The picture was taken with a 40mm telescope. It’s super challenging to show what the eye sees.
What would Mars appear like through a 4 inch refractor atm?
Like a bright red star.
@@LearnToStargaze Would I reveal any planetary detail with a 2X barlow with the highest magnification accepted?
@@hmuphilly9129you’ll have to test it. The telescope’s aperture determines the detail, at least mathematically.
hi