Crowded Skies: A Discussion Of Night-Sky Objects

[@Boxxkarr]

Your advice about being patient really hit home! A year ago, I was brand new, and thought a 10 inch Dobsonian could see DSOs in Bortle 7 to 8 skies!! I would look and search and find nothing, sometimes for hours! I was getting discouraged, until I saw your video about being patient, and looking in darker skies! Suddenly, globular clusters I couldn't find, I could locate! Thank you for these videos! They do help!

[@lornaz1975]

Have you thought of EAA? That is electronically assisted astronomy? Its not quite astrophotography. You either use night seeing starlight equipment that you place on top of the eyepiece or use a camera but use short exposures as to get images quickly (short stacks). Dakota starry nights has some vids on it.

[@oldgazer7200]

Not sure if this qualifies as EAA, but I’ve taken many relatively short exposures of numerous DSOs and stacked them together using Deep Sky Stacker and then processed the stacked image in editing software. I’ve done both prime focus photography and eyepiece projection photography using a DSLR. My SCT scope is a Go-To scope that allows me to take somewhat longer exposures. Thanks for the mention of Dakota Starry Nights. Ill check out the vids!

[@lornaz1975]

@@oldgazer7200 Sounds like you could do a future vid on all of that lol!

[@oldgazer7200]

Sammy, Light pollution will be frustrating in NYC😔 Try to do a little gazing this winter if possible. Some really good objects are viewable - Orion Nebula, Pleiades, etc

[@kenjordan5750]

How many of the 88 constellations are visible only in the North Hemisphere? South Hemisphere? Both Hemispheres?

[@oldgazer7200]

Of the 88 constellations, 36 are primarily visible from the Northern Hemisphere and 52 are primarily visible in the Southern Hemisphere. Some southern constellations can be seen from northern latitudes at certain times of the year - Scorpius, for example; some northern constellations can be seen at certain times in southern latitudes. Some northern constellations can never be seen from southern latitudes - Ursa Minor, for example; some southern constellations - The Southern Cross, for example - can never be seen from most Northern latitudes. Here’s a web site which will give you much more detailed information, including star maps for both hemispheres: constellation-guide.com

[@waldo8]

Loving your videos keep up the work.. I would like to pick up the hobby hopefully by next summer, winter is setting in the northeast.. my problem is that I live in NYC light pollution is a big deterrent, I might be willing to drive a hour or so to some viewing spots.