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Remember folks, more light = more crime. In my neighborhood, everything is extremely dark. If you're going to be a prowler, or a burglar, you better bring a flashlight. Having any light source leave your own property is no different than cranking up rap music on a large outdoor speaker. Keep YOUR light on YOUR property. It's very easy to know if you are doing things right. The light source should only be visible from your property. Once off of your property, only reflected light is acceptable.

Mira means wonderful star like Jesus son wonderful counceller

There's no real need to level an EQ mount although it's still good practice to do so.

Been awhile seeing a new video from you David. Wishing you well as always wherever you are.

Could you use the iPhone compass?

Thanks! Wife and me made one for my 6" dobsonian and it works great!!

How do I actually aim the telescope?

Just bought a Celestron model with a wrap of the Moon on it. Really cool looking. Will use it with some higher end oculars. Just for the Moon.

Two of the brightest stars known in the Milky Way are in Cepheus, Mu Cephei and VV Cephei. Both are Supergiant red stars and Mu Cephei would reach to Jupiter's orbit. VV Cephei would reach beyond Jupiter. VV Cephei is about halfway between NGC 7160 and Xi Cephei. As Red Supergiants they are of course variable and if either one was as close as Betelgeuse they would far outshine it. VV Cephei is approx. 5,000 ly and Mu Cephei is 940 parsecs* or 3,064 ly and Betelgeuse is 600-700 ly from the Sun. The 2nd link below has a photo of Mu Cephei and an outdated chart showing relative stellar objects sizes. In the IC 1396 Nebula next to Mu Cephei and next to the Elephant Trunk Nebula is HD 206267 a quintuple star, but only 4 are visible, it is the brightest star in the Nebula at 5.7 magnitude you'd need dark skies to see it without magnification, but a decent size scope can make out the multiple stars except one, you'd need at least a six inch scope to see it at 13.3 magnitude. Alfirk the right corner of the roof of Cepheus is also a visual double star, it's actually a triple star, but one is too close to Alfirk to see in what is called a spectroscopic binary. Spectroscopic binary stars are quite common and they're called that because it often takes a spectroscope to pick them up and/or an observatory class telescope to see them. I enjoy studying double/multiple stars and my back porch faces North by Northwest so I often look at the circumpolar constellations like Cepheus in the evening when I don't want to go out to my son's house or out to Bortle two dark skies about 30 minutes out of town. *A parsec is 3.26 light years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_Cephei

According to some authors, Meade's ACF telescopes are long-lasting, but the electronics in the base are not: they wear out faster--and likewise for Celestron. For that reason, I like the idea of mounting a 10-12 inch Meade ACF on an equatorial mount that I use with different OTAs. My Meade 8 inch LX2 was an excellent introduction to deep sky observing, so I am inclined to go further with a larger and more recent version. Thanks for the video and I hope you adopt Buy Me a Coffee and/or Patreon.

Thank you so much for the video! What program did you use to record Stellarium while you speak? Thanks a lot

Just start calling it by the original name Ur-ann. Anus obviously doesn't work.

I saw this star outside today walking inside my apartment. Sometimes you gotta just look around and appreciate the things that are out in this world and universe. It’s astonishing. That star is extremely bright and flairs every second it sticks out from every other star. Idontknow for sure what we are living in but it sure is beautiful

I didn't think about the fact that you could line up the telescope with the shadow on the ground. My brain wasn't thinking three-dimensionally. Thank you.

The sun rises and the sun sets, so the sun does move.

Super video❤️👍

Nicely explained subject with very good graphics.

Thank you so much !

Anyone recommend a new go to mount for an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain Meade.

Thanks! This video was very helpful adding Comet 12P/Pron-Brooks to my version of Stellarium.

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I needed.

Someone said “he lost me a pizza.” And that’s hilarious to me I don’t know why 😂

first time viewer. Like + Subscribe simply for 'Salutations' xD Great tutorial thanks for taking the time! when I first opened it on my pc it is a bit empty of info haha

Thanks to you i could visualise this scenario, as i am not able to witness the night sky with my own eyes due to the pollution and my myopia 😢

Didi a bing search and on a laptop use fn key with the up and down arrow.

Is there any way to actually see the comet..?

SO clearly explained! Thank you!

You can just turn off the Atmosphere to see a dark sky in the daytime

Are you gonna make a solar eclipse video and jump on the hype train?

Santa lives at the north pole

I have just been looking at the Coma Star Cluster tonight from my dire Bortle 6 skies and I used my Helios 2x40 wide field binoculars.Quite easy to find using the rear of Leo.I saw the Beehive,M44,too.

I’ve been watching your channel since 2013! I love your content, and thanks for the great videos over the years-I’ve learned so much, you helped me get into amateur astronomy!

Spring class 2024 🔥🔥

Thank you! Fantastic!

If you try this on a goto EQ mount you will lose your Alignment by moving the OTA.

My experience is the fork is far easier to observe with than an equatorial mount. The EQ mount requires balancing & rebalancing and you have the horrible meridian flip. I have a 11" SCT--a big telescope. Great video and I enjoyed your enthusiasm. Seems you prefer the EQ ... God Bless!

How are the planets reflecting light if they are in front of the sun? Also, being that they are in 1st and 2nd orbit, we shouldn't see them at all in the night sky

How do you clean the mirror? any idea

I am the 500th comment.

Hi Nice explanation Could you please explain how to measure the angle between a star and the horizon.

Thank you

I always pointed at Mizar then just moved over. The electronic mounts you can point it at Betelgeuse, Sirius, etc.

You really did not think this one through, Consider the fact that Mercury is supposed to be closer to the Sun by millions of miles, and that it is always always always closer to the Sun than Earth in any orbit, how can it EVER be behind the Earth ever in order to be seen at night? Let say you are standing 20 feet from a wall which signifies the Sun and are facing away. Someone else is standing 10 feet from wall/Sun, they are Mercury. How can you ever see them in your peripheral vision? if you turn towards the Sun/wall in order to see them, by the time you do, you would also see the wall. If someone on Earth was able to see Mercury, they would also see the Sun and that would be considered sunrise or daytime. In effect, you can never see Mercury at night if Earth and Mercury orbited around Sun. Does this prove flat earth? not by a long shot BUT it does prove that Earth and Mercury o NOT orbit Sun.

Equipment: TS Photon 10", Explore Scientific Eyepieces 32mm, 14mm, 5mm, Barlow 2x Laser & Telrad Finder. Bortle 4-5, clear sky. Could not find M78! What the ... is wrong with me???

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Thank you for the amazing tip <3

Rigel, my Angel. A love fable. ua-cam.com/video/gpCyN-4e_60/v-deo.htmlsi=eYwEtE6GR5YU7wpF

Thanks for the great easy way to understand the sky. And thank you for using BC for dates!

I was the man the other night . For the longest I been telling my sister and her husband that I would stop with the scope. I delivered the image of Jupiter, and left them with the amazement look on their faces. Hi fives, I have gotten in the pass from my kids after the success or maybe because they wanted to go back in the house where it is warm with some sort of video game. Hi five are hard to come by anymore because usually we preformed alone. This time the attention was there," I got MY Hi FIVES and a beer, a BIG BEER"! Thank you!

Thank you, barlow ahead, check!