Best thing for astronomy!

4 asteroids or 4 x ufo's?

Everything is a lie. Except the Bible, that’s 100% literal. They invert everything, satan inverts everything.

I've always been curious - if you dont mind me asking - the explanation under your APOD-selected images, were they written by you or by them?

Entertaining and informational as always Dylan. I'm (still) in the OSC-camp, but something like this is what could probably make me want to dip my toes into mono. Since I'm not locked into the ZWO-world, I can get started right away too. I've watched both Luke and Cuivs videos on it as well and combined with yours, it's really difficult not to press that "add to cart and checkout" button.

Hello everyone in the comments section, although I usually just brush past videos like these with no interest, looking at the comments i must say something, there are now more modern tech called central management systems which are very foolproof, my london borough has them and they look like photocells but on the heritage lights they look obvious as the antenna sticks out, if you use an RF jammer they usually just start dayburning and alert the control centre which is the council office, they will subsequently come out and realize there is no connection to their device, subsequently report it to the authorities who will arrest and charge you for unlicensed RF interference and depending on the frequency, unlicensed frequency use, and they subsequently will run during the night, if you pull the fuse or do anything that breaks the lamp then the antenna will report it before shutting down. Subsequently leading to the installation of cameras. If they find enough people are doing this practice shining lasers at photocells to switch off equipment then central management system will appeal to them. I also must state this, your borough or county may or may not do night time scouting. If they find you then they will prosecute. Please be aware that negative actions have consequences. You will eventually have to get used to it.

Truth in _plane_ sight 🤣

This may force ZWO to open up the ASIAIR for other camera, mounts, etc. Once this is out, people won't be locked in and the ASIAIR market will drop considerably, forcing ZWO to change its practices to keep future customers buying. If given a choice between 2 equal products, people will chose the one that offers more hardware options.

Can I be the idiot in America? 🙋🏽

😢 . So incredibly sad.

you are my favourite KZbinr and you have really inspired me to do planetary imaging I have a Celestron nexstar 8se and a QHY camera.

It is only my opinion, but I find it a strange question to ask someone who owns £5,000-£15,000 worth of equipment. For someone like me, who has just bought their first telescope and could only afford the Seestar S50, it is a valid question because the cost of just three Astro plugins is nearly 85% of the telescope’s price. My new hobby is expensive, and correct me if I’m wrong, but I could not find a decent telescope with everything needed for less than £3,000, even after looking on AliExpress. 😢 After watching hours of tutorials on free software and PixInsight, I believe that if I put in the time and effort, it will be worth every penny.

Hi Dylan, how is it possible that the latest KZbin videos of you are automatically translated into German with voice output. Is this a specific parameter in KZbin that you have set?

Sadly so many Americans still deny climate change. They refuse to acknowledge science. 2.5 million people in California were denied fire insurance and that includes 500,000 in LA county. A few years ago the president at the time said the brush should have been raked up and that would solve the problems. One thing for sure, many unnecessary deaths, billions of dollars lost, 12,000 structures destroyed so far and thousands are homeless and broke with no insurance or funds to rebuild.

Could you put this on your SCT for Planetary imaging?

Hey Dylan! Great voice and guitar skills my friend! I was just curious to see your first YT vid on this YT channel! ☺👍

I've only just started to using a laptop in the last couple of years for guiding, as I always favoured the mounts hand controller, I've watch so many YT vids on all these different pc & capture solutions, they all have pros and cons to them. After much research I've now decided on what rabbit hole im going down... As I don't like ZWO's locked in atmosphere... My chosen system will now be PrimaLuceLab Eagle XTM for my LX850 big rig build...

Based on the statement from the asset owner and the way the auction dates kept changing during the auction, it appears to me that the auction was a negotiation strategy to force the buyer to close the deal or lose the opportunity. The auction bidders were just pawns for the asset owner. Whether the deal is a good thing for Meade and Orion product owners is anybody's guess.

Invest in a Chainsaw?

?WHAT online maps were you using?

No need to apologize. No one knew this was going to happen with the auction. I was going to bid on pallets of binoculars so when I looked and saw it was closed I called the Auction company and they told me about the big buyer. As I watch Los Angeles burn my fire PTSD has returned. I live on the Island of Maui, and went through the fire that destroyed our beautiful town. I live upcountry Maui and my house was surrounded by fire on three sides. Even if I did have to evacuate I had no safe direction to go in. So I know how those folks in LA are feeling. I lived right there in Hollywood before I moved to Maui. Seeing all that burn and hearing from many friends that they lost their homes is devastating. I have not heard any reports on the Observatory. I hope it is spared!

Does size really matter? 😅 love the info

The problem with large SCTs is they are prisoners to local seeing. I have a 14 inch Meade ACF and can count maybe ten nights over the past 15 years where it has surprised me visually on doubles or planets.

I think smart telescopes are akin to smart phone and taking photos. I had DSLR it just sat there , sometimes forget to carry other times too bulky. Bottom line is that smart phones are handy and we take them every where. Sure there are no match for a DSLR photos quality , but they are so convenient. I have a proper telescope and DWARF 3 , the latter is very so easy to setup even in the polar mode and portable just like the smart phone. Just like the start phone one would upgrade every 5 to 6 years , if at all.

Hey Dylan, what did you mean by ‘It’s the fault of the doublet I’m using’? Did you mean the 82ED or the field flattener? I’m assuming you mean the telescope. I have the 62ED and this setup is definitely my path forward to making a fool of myself in astrophotography. I have been told I need the flattener no matter what but I have seen some pretty impressive images shot without it. It would be great if you could expand on this. Cheers from Melbourne.

popped in to have another look :)

Cheers for the update… crazy news. I wasn’t in a position to join the auction myself, but it sounds like that might have been a good thing. Still I guess it’s great that someone has stepped in last minute and acquired the brands. Hopefully they can turn the tables and make the business successful. The fires are a tragedy, I hope we don’t lose too many lives. Buildings can be rebuilt.

Took a few videos for me to work out why you looked familiar. I didn't recognise you without dreads, duffle coat and doc martins

This is the third video I’ve seen about the Minicam and it looks excellent. I’m thinking about it for my Redcat 71 Petxval rig. I’d bank on the blue channel looking decent with a Petxval. I could then switch my 394 over permanently to my Newt. I wish the filters were a little narrower than 7nm. But, for the price, it’s a steal.

I'm sure that clear nights were far more common during the pandemic, the last few years have been terrible. I built an 'all sky' camera so I get a bit of an astro fix.

FYI, the auction was canceled AFTER many of us spent the whole day researching and bidding on it. I wasted a day bidding, liquidating assets to make sure I had funds, and arranging a truck to pick it up. And now they've blown us off. This left a bad taste in my mouth. Almost as bad as the claim that everything is meaningless. Still the worst tagline of all time. AUCTION CANCELED BY ORDER OF ASSIGNEE Thank you for your interest in this auction. Under its authority and discretion, the Assignee has accepted and closed a funded offer for the bulk purchase all inventory lots and certain intellectual property from a bidder with whom the Assignee has been negotiating since prior to the pre-bid deadline. As a result, we are closing this auction. The Assignee may, at its election, conduct another auction for the remaining assets of the ABC at a future point in time. We appreciate your interest and look forward to working with you again.

I hope you continue to contribute to this path...

How does a multi bandpass filter dual, tri, quad) obviate this or does it?

I had two pallets I was leading on and thought I won, found out in the email this morning that the auction was canceled from the company. Nothing gained nothing lost i suppose.

Three brands, namely Meade, Coronado and Orion are definitely worth saving. I am aware of at least ten world class observatories that use Meade 20" SCT's in their smaller domes. The Coronado solar telescopes are among the finest for solar photography and Orion telescopes, mounts and accessories have been a staple for millions of people worldwide for decades. I would love to have got my hands on all the spare parts, which will undoubtedly be needed for a long time to come, and had the pleasure if helping my fellow astronomers with their parts and accessories needs. Let's hope someone, whoever the buyer ends up being, will have the foresight to continue the successful lines of telescopes and mounts in this auction. Clear skies to all.

Corporations screwing over individual buyers in order to drive up price. Correct and inept Politicians and government officials screwing over citizens. It’s almost unimaginable destruction and suffering except, it was plain enough to see for the insurance companies that pulled out over a year ago while Newsome did nothing.

Thank you Dr Dylan, stay safe everyone

Ed Ting bought the scopes because he needed more. 😅

Dammit, we just got "scope-blocked" by somebody with a bigger wallet... reminds me of my teenage days.... On a serious note, prayers (or thoughts or whatever works for ya) going out to the Mt. Wilson staff. Hopefully the universe allows us to save that historic holy site of our hobby...

but u better be sending jetfigters to ukraine 😂😂

On a completely unrelated topic , has any one tried interferometry, combining light from 2 telescpose to increase resolution . Explaination here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_optical_interferometry

About concerns for Mt. Wilson and the Meade buyout.... "remember everytthing is meaningless and we are all going to die". ...hmmmm

And the fire is also very close to JPL too, so space exploration could be in trouble too.

Oh man! I only just bought the QHY5III678 'cause you told me to. You have a responsibility to people with no free will you know. PS: wow that exchange rate - and that's pre-Trump!

It's too good to be true is the old saying. I called this before the auction. I would have liked a 12 inch Meade lx for 90% off but I knew it was too good to be true.

Note yes the high-end equipment Was bidding up in price. However pallet loads of binoculars small telescopes and dubsonians had 0 bids And opening bid of $50. It would have been huge inventory boost for my small Amazon store. So sad oh well..

I just spent, say over £2500 on new stuff at Christmas, err, for the family of course, and you tell me this................... OK then!!!

When the auction suddenly ended I was bidding on palate Loads of astro Binoculars, Small telescopes, Still at 0 bids starting bid price $50. I called the auction Company. They explained. And outside buyer bought everything. Would have been massive inventory for me and my fledgeling Amazon store.

Sounds like someone was able to make a profit out of a tragety. 🤨

So tiny It could fit on a RASA11 😂