Sorry the music is so annoying I cannot keep watching, although love this video and I wish there was no music so I could watch it.

thank you for helping me locate the pleiades☺

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Great video Josh- love your enthusiasm! Hey had a great time out at your place today. Now you also have a 12.5” f8 Fecker mirror at your place. I am looking forward to worki with you, Jim, Randy and whoever else may want to help to bring Foy N Hibbards beautiful scope back to life!

Bino prices are a scam I'm trying to spot deer, not submit photos to national geographic

Pretty cool from the stem class BJ

Can't wait!!!

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I’m glad that’s a fisheye lens cause this telescope looks curved.

Is this the same as at102edl?

I bought one of these for visual, no photography beyond simple pics like what your phone camera does. I already had 2 manual mounts, but I was offered over $1000 for my refigured beefed up C6-N Newtonian to 1/12th wave and a near perfect .986 Strehl. At $1000 it was hardly more than I'd already put into it. So I was offered near a Takahashi price and sold it. I bought this and a 2" dielectric diagonal plus a cheap 26mm 2" eyepiece. I boosted it up to 224x at Sirius with a polarizing and yellow/green filter, it was perfect in my Southern NM skies on the Orion Nebula. At that high a power you needed an EQ mount like the CG-4 I had to follow it in the night sky.

Pretty good job with the hair!

Hi Josh, I know this video is a couple years old now, but I have a question regarding the secondary mirror. I'm new to telescopes in general but I picked up a 8 inch dob a year or so ago w/out really knowing much about them. It was an amazing price, it just needed to be cleaned. The problem is that it has a secondary mirror not like anything else I've seen. It connects to the tube like the one in the video does and I can't seem to find instructions on how to properly collimate it since I don't know the name of this particular secondary mirror connection. I took everything apart before realizing this was a unique feature and most dobs have the cross spidervane at the top whereas mine mounts through the tube to the eyepiece.

I just purchased one of these scopes and I had it out for first light last night. I was VERY impressed for the price. I just got back into Astronomy after a 15 year hiatus. We were not able to buy an ED 4" refractor for that price 15 years ago! BTW, less bouncing around with your camera would be better. Your camera moved so much, I was reaching for the Dramamine. Other than that, good video.

If it was t for the constant music would be a good video

Why hillbilly inbreeding music constantly just do a video it's not 80s porn ffs

Looks great man, nice work.

Josh that looks so awesome! You’ll have a great time with hiking and Star gazing!!!

Good job, very informative.

I had that exact Edmund Scientific 4.25" telescope when I was a kid !!!

Excellent work bro... what is the diameter and focal length of convex lens plz specify

Was looking for a review of SkyGenius 10x50 binoculars from Amazon and nothing was good. Yours is great. The way you present and tell the story is excellent. Just get a better gear and camera. You should definitely have much more than 79 subscribers. Good luck.

Good stuff brother

How much price of this telescope.

Very entertaining, keep'em coming.

Josh you’re awesome!

It looks like it takes 1.25in eyepieces???

Back in October when Mars was close I would use my orthos to look at the planet. The surface patters seemed to change everyday.

More scope, less Josh. :) The very few times the scope is in view is only partially in view and from an angle. Plenty of face time for the reviewer, though..lol

Hey great video thank you for answering my question. I have some binoculars now that have a zoom on that are 36x-108 x 70. They seems to be really good and clear but they don't seem to be as wide as the 10x50s.

Great Video have some 10x50 what size would you recommended upgrading to next?

That's cool that you have an autographed telescope from Dobson. How do you like the portaball? It looks to be 12.5 inch correct?

Do you have any contact info for Spectrum Coatings? And if you don't mind me asking how much did it cost to coat the mirror? I have a 32 year old mirror 4.5 in I might get coated.

On the reflection nebula, just passing through. “Not so long ago, it was thought that the cotton candy-like tufts of nebulosity were left over from the formation of the cluster, but the 100-million-year age of its members precludes this possibility; stars that ‘old’ would have swept out any remaining embryonic dust long ago. “Instead, the Pleiades just happen to be passing through a dust-rich region of the interstellar medium as they make a beeline for Orion.” skyandtelescope.org/observing/the-merope-nebula-and-its-well-kept-secret/

Happened upon the Pleiades through binoculars while on vacation a while back. Stunningly beautiful! Also known as Subaru in Japanese.

I’ve been using Sky Map (originally a Google app) for years for my casual observing with only my eyes (and glasses). Nice intro!

I find the wide field of view of 7X35 to be helpful in finding things in the sky.

Beautiful scope! I have heard the virtues of an 80mm scope for portability.

Man, you're a genius, I am a huge fan already

What telescope is the white one in the yard and is that a feather touch focuser? Achromat or Apo?

I'm brand new to telescopes, and the exact telescope you modified fell into my hands recently. I'm not really sure how to get it up and running. The main reflector is pretty filthy, but the coating seems fine. How do I clean it?

My sons and I meet you outside the musuem, we checked out all your videos and love them! Keep up the good work!!! ps we were the natives with pony tails. :)

Josh, how are you? I found The Pleiades. It was pretty cool! I ordered some binoculars can’t wait to try them out. Thanks for the video!

I was able to find andromeda with your guidance. Thanks Josh! That was really cool.

Nice Josh! That is looking sweet on that pier!!!

Wow josh you’re amazing! Thank so much for showing me Saturn on Friday night.

I'm loving this bro!! Your energy is contagious and your knowledge is just out of this world!

Helllll yeahhhh bro!!!! I'm here man. I gotta support my bro!!!!