I've always wanted a telescoppe since I was a little girl and now that I'm an adult I'm saving money to buy a telescope so I can finally really look at the wonders of space. :D This channel has been really helpful! Thank you for the videos. Also, I wanted to mention, I love the music volume on this video. Some of your other videos, the volume was a bit too high so it was hard to hear you. Anyway, THANK YOU!
Really happy that it has helped you with your astronomical journey. Yes, I've paid a lot more attention to the volume recently as I've gotten some feedback that the music was a bit too high in the past.
Congrat for your +1000 subs!!! Great achievement and it's just the beginning. Remember that is a very competitive world and astro is quite a niche market. Just have fun in the process. Thank you for taking time to share your passion and what you learned with us!
Thank you, honestly I was never expecting to get any subs past a 100 or so. That was the reason why I never put any serious effort in audio/video quality. I just wanted to put out there few videos that I can share with beginners when they ask good questions in various online places. Somehow I keep discovering more topics that are worth covering and yeah .. knowing 1000+ people look forward to the content is an added motivation. Also now the channel is monetized (makes like a dollar per day) so it definitely deserves a better microphone lol
@@astralfields1696 I buck a day; how cool is that! Seriously, that's a great start! By the way, it doesn't matter if someone else already discussed about a topic. What people like is your personal angle/way of telling things. This is my first impression of yourself: You want to get the best bang for your bucks. So, not the best ever quality (too expensive), but not bad/junk quality either. I especially appreciate that you don't sugarcoat your deliberate choices. You explain what are the limitation/compromises and THAT gives a lot of value in your proposition.
@@danielbarbieri8199 It will. I have two videos on that. The first one was about my 8" DOB and the plans you will find under the video have a version for an 8".
Great content, I've watch 2 video so far and you got well deserved 2 thumbs up! May I suggest you to increase your sound quality (it's a bit echo). If you have another phone, you could keep one closer to your mouth as a sound recorder. It will be a bit more tricky for the editing. Or you can buy a 15-20$ lavalier and plug the wire in your phone/camera. You don't need an expensive mic, what you need is getting the mic within 6-8" of your mouth to reduce the reverb. You can also hang towel (outside the view) and put a rug on the floor to treat most of the sound reverberation. Salutation en direct de Montréal
@@astralfields1696 I agree, headset generally don't have a great built in mic. Marvo should be fine, but remember to get it very close (4-6") from your mouth. The mic position (distance AND orientation) make a HUGE difference. Pro tip: Get the mic about 45 degree on your left or right, but aim it toward your mouth. So, if we get a top view of yourself and the mic, the mic should be at 45 degree, not in front of you. Hope it's clear? If the mic is straight in front of you, the beam of air (especially the 'p') will produce a loud pop. So, having the mic offside will avoid that and you could bring the mic closer. You could remove the pop filter (sponge) if you notice the sound is muffled too much for your liking. If you get more than 10" distance, you will start to hear the echo again, witch defeat the purpose of getting a new mic! Do some quality testing and, as always, have fun in the process!
@@alexandrevaliquette3883 Thank you for the tips, I think that might have been the main reason. Had I used the headset a lot closer it would've been better. Anyway, I've been thinking about getting a better mic for some time now and your post was kind of the last drop in that process :). And now that the channel is getting some money back I feel it wouldn't be fair not to invest it back, especially as quite a few people keep coming back.
I have ES focal extender because of binoviewing. I decided to rather buy one extender than two or four extra eyepieces. However, I'm not sure what would barlow do in front of a binoviewer, because focal extenders and barlows do slightly different things - focal extender doesn't change the eye relief. In conclusion, if a good barlow saves you from purchasing extra eyepieces, it is double as much saving for binoviewer users.
I agree, they all have their place, even the shorty ones in case you have a small refractor diagonal. In my case I actually love the change of eye relief as the 11mm ES 82 is a bit tight.
"Glass path correctors" sold for binoviewers are essentially Barlow lenses. Moving focal plane farther from the mirror is the only thing what binoviewers need to work in Newtonians. Barlow just does that with more flexibility in general than focal extender because of that variable multiplier. GSO 2" Barlow and single hybrid 1.25"/2" barrel design eyepiece gives basically four possible magnifications at stock.
The 3X Barlow that Celestron includes with the Powerseekers are garbage. I use the Celestron Omni 2X Barlow all the time. I find it improves planetary views on the Orion Starblast 4.5. I use it on my Meade 90mm refractor as well. If you remove the lens from a Barlow you can use it as an extender for photography.
Bad/low quality Barlow is trash, because it makes anything behind it as bad. But good Barlow has no visible effect, except higher magnification... And actually improving outer field image quality of cheap/old design eyepieces in modern fast focal ratio telescopes by making cone of light equal to slow focal ratio telescope.
I've always wanted a telescoppe since I was a little girl and now that I'm an adult I'm saving money to buy a telescope so I can finally really look at the wonders of space. :D This channel has been really helpful! Thank you for the videos. Also, I wanted to mention, I love the music volume on this video. Some of your other videos, the volume was a bit too high so it was hard to hear you. Anyway, THANK YOU!
Really happy that it has helped you with your astronomical journey. Yes, I've paid a lot more attention to the volume recently as I've gotten some feedback that the music was a bit too high in the past.
Great, finally I know how its working :-D Thx
Congrat for your +1000 subs!!!
Great achievement and it's just the beginning. Remember that is a very competitive world and astro is quite a niche market. Just have fun in the process.
Thank you for taking time to share your passion and what you learned with us!
Thank you, honestly I was never expecting to get any subs past a 100 or so. That was the reason why I never put any serious effort in audio/video quality. I just wanted to put out there few videos that I can share with beginners when they ask good questions in various online places. Somehow I keep discovering more topics that are worth covering and yeah .. knowing 1000+ people look forward to the content is an added motivation. Also now the channel is monetized (makes like a dollar per day) so it definitely deserves a better microphone lol
@@astralfields1696 I buck a day; how cool is that! Seriously, that's a great start!
By the way, it doesn't matter if someone else already discussed about a topic. What people like is your personal angle/way of telling things.
This is my first impression of yourself: You want to get the best bang for your bucks. So, not the best ever quality (too expensive), but not bad/junk quality either. I especially appreciate that you don't sugarcoat your deliberate choices. You explain what are the limitation/compromises and THAT gives a lot of value in your proposition.
@@alexandrevaliquette3883 Oh yea, if you want the truth the way I see it you've come to the right place :)
I use a tree elements 2x barlow with my ES82 8.8mm for planetary. Nothing to complain except that objects move faster with high magnification 😄
You might want to watch my videos on how to build yourself an EQ Platform. That should fix it 😉
@@astralfields1696
Not sure it will fit my 8" dob.
@@danielbarbieri8199 It will. I have two videos on that. The first one was about my 8" DOB and the plans you will find under the video have a version for an 8".
@@astralfields1696 okay I'll check it
I use a 2x Celestron Omni Barlow with my 90/500 refractor to view planets. Can't get any detail without it. Thanks.
Great content, I've watch 2 video so far and you got well deserved 2 thumbs up!
May I suggest you to increase your sound quality (it's a bit echo). If you have another phone, you could keep one closer to your mouth as a sound recorder. It will be a bit more tricky for the editing. Or you can buy a 15-20$ lavalier and plug the wire in your phone/camera. You don't need an expensive mic, what you need is getting the mic within 6-8" of your mouth to reduce the reverb. You can also hang towel (outside the view) and put a rug on the floor to treat most of the sound reverberation.
Salutation en direct de Montréal
Yeah , I just ordered a Marvo MIC-03. I've been using my Sonoflow headset with 5 mics but apparently it was not enough ;)
@@astralfields1696 I agree, headset generally don't have a great built in mic. Marvo should be fine, but remember to get it very close (4-6") from your mouth. The mic position (distance AND orientation) make a HUGE difference.
Pro tip:
Get the mic about 45 degree on your left or right, but aim it toward your mouth. So, if we get a top view of yourself and the mic, the mic should be at 45 degree, not in front of you. Hope it's clear?
If the mic is straight in front of you, the beam of air (especially the 'p') will produce a loud pop. So, having the mic offside will avoid that and you could bring the mic closer. You could remove the pop filter (sponge) if you notice the sound is muffled too much for your liking.
If you get more than 10" distance, you will start to hear the echo again, witch defeat the purpose of getting a new mic! Do some quality testing and, as always, have fun in the process!
@@alexandrevaliquette3883 Thank you for the tips, I think that might have been the main reason. Had I used the headset a lot closer it would've been better. Anyway, I've been thinking about getting a better mic for some time now and your post was kind of the last drop in that process :). And now that the channel is getting some money back I feel it wouldn't be fair not to invest it back, especially as quite a few people keep coming back.
I have ES focal extender because of binoviewing. I decided to rather buy one extender than two or four extra eyepieces. However, I'm not sure what would barlow do in front of a binoviewer, because focal extenders and barlows do slightly different things - focal extender doesn't change the eye relief. In conclusion, if a good barlow saves you from purchasing extra eyepieces, it is double as much saving for binoviewer users.
I agree, they all have their place, even the shorty ones in case you have a small refractor diagonal. In my case I actually love the change of eye relief as the 11mm ES 82 is a bit tight.
"Glass path correctors" sold for binoviewers are essentially Barlow lenses.
Moving focal plane farther from the mirror is the only thing what binoviewers need to work in Newtonians.
Barlow just does that with more flexibility in general than focal extender because of that variable multiplier.
GSO 2" Barlow and single hybrid 1.25"/2" barrel design eyepiece gives basically four possible magnifications at stock.
The 3X Barlow that Celestron includes with the Powerseekers are garbage. I use the Celestron Omni 2X Barlow all the time. I find it improves planetary views on the Orion Starblast 4.5. I use it on my Meade 90mm refractor as well. If you remove the lens from a Barlow you can use it as an extender for photography.
Bad/low quality Barlow is trash, because it makes anything behind it as bad.
But good Barlow has no visible effect, except higher magnification...
And actually improving outer field image quality of cheap/old design eyepieces in modern fast focal ratio telescopes by making cone of light equal to slow focal ratio telescope.