Saturn through my Biggest Telescope! 🪐

[@bluecelox]

Dylan, I have been watching and enjoying your videos for several years and have own a C14 EdgeHD. Since you have shown how you feel about something you know nothing about I will never watch another video of yours. Good job pissing off 74 million people.

[@gregswank4912]

Enjoying that kool-aid?

[@tolman33]

thanks for the laugh

[@Tony-sq4je]

@@gregswank4912sore loser

[@jasonadrian6201]

hahhahaahhahaha... M'kay.

[@CycloKermit]

Poor thing

[@stevensiwinski]

America here. Everything is meaningless and we're all going to die.

[@paigecfrancis]

That part. 🤣😢

[@mark2220]

Also, we are not ok. Sweet of you to ask, Dylan

[@chachilongshot]

Definitely not ok

[@Tinkiebutt]

Shut up stop watching the news & delete your social media

[@shubhamcweb]

Quite literally! 😂

[@Astrolavista]

Dylan, you're one clever sod! I can barely string a sentence together, and here you are packing each video with so much well-articulated info. Respect for the real science you’re diving into and 'Dylan’s Big Ass Tubes' does have a nice 'ring' to it.

[@shubhamcweb]

Dylan’s Big Ahh Tubes 😂

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey thanks ! My strategy now is to hit record and waffle on for 30 mins then edit it to make myself sound coherent. I’m glad it lands!

[@davidemancini7853]

Mate this is refreshing, today i saw 8 video’s of the bloody Seestar S30 unboxing without actually showing any DSO photo’s! Like we need to watch youtube to show us how to pull a damn telescope out of the box!I felt been back in the 80’s late night on the vendor’s channel🤣🤣🤣

[@DylanODonnell]

Haha unboxing's suck ! (you'll notice if I ever do them they take a few seconds!)

[@davidemancini7853]

Ye man, what’s the point! All we are interested in is how a particular telescope performs and the technical details……we know how to open a freking box

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

I feel personally attacked here since you left a similar comment on my video, so I'll answer here as well :) I do show a DSO photo in the video, and I have used it under the stars so I could report on the experience! I give feedback on the amount of dropped frames in both normal and mosaic mode compared to the S50, and show the use on the Sun. Plus the unboxing itself was the first couple of minutes of the video (and maybe around 30-60s within those two minutes). A lot of people wanted to see the size difference with other scopes, so I wanted to release that first since it doesn't look like I'll have another clear night for at least a week. That said, Dylan's video is awesome!

[@DylanODonnell]

@@CuivTheLazyGeek Hey there Cuiv! Thanks!

[@davidemancini7853]

@ Cuiv i do follow you from long time now and i do enjoy your video’s! My remark was not directed to you in particular but to the AP youtube community , lately it looks that most of you guys try to push products rather than stick to what AP it’s all about, i mean it is shocking to watch 8 unboxing video’s! Seems to me that you guys are competing to who’s show the latest gadget first rather then wait and construct an informative video.

[@wwrp155]

I would buy from Dylan's Big Ahh Tubes.

[@DylanODonnell]

😂

[@sjpp71]

Dylan, you just need to "damien peach your way out" to get a good image of the planets. Grab your tiny scope, mount and off to Barbados! EDIT: oh, and one kindly suggestion, mate: feel free to talk about EVERYTHING you want to talk about here: astronomy, politics, religion, psicoanalysis of narcissistic billionaires, etc. Your channel, your choice!

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks for you kind words and sage advice !

[@marklewisesc]

Dylan, 60% tariffs on telescopes in the US no problem! I'm just 5 hours away from a great telescope store in Montreal - one of our favorite cities! I do worry about my friends at High Point however as they have provided great service over the many, many years I have shopped with them.

[@sjbastro]

I didn't know that no one has ever captured an impact flash on Saturn. Great to hear that amateurs are trying. May you be the first! 😃

[@DylanODonnell]

Fingers crossed !

[@olegsastrophotography1771]

Thank you bro hello from UKRAINE!☺

[@spaceadobo]

I love this episode, especially the first 2mins 😂

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe thx mate !

[@M42-Orion-Nebula]

I'm planning on buying this scope in 10 years. I'll come back to thank you Dylan.

[@DylanODonnell]

Should be a million dollars by then :)

[@M42-Orion-Nebula]

@DylanODonnell With inflation, I agree. I'm going to have to buy Bitcoin as a hedge at this point just to afford this bad boy.

[@thedeathtical]

I have an EdgeHD 8" and my planetary camera also uses a 1.25" camera body like your QHY. How/what are you using to connect it to the Celestron T adapter? I don't see it listed in your link box, unless I am missing it. Cheers!

[@DylanODonnell]

I'm using the ZWO EAF Filter wheel .. that might be the missing link!

[@thedeathtical]

@@DylanODonnell I was referring to the spacers you have after the filter wheel, but I think I have it figured out now. Appreciate you getting back regardless.

[@bb108]

Dylan, I recently just bought the C14 Edge as well! Love it! Thanks for the videos and the tip of using the EQ Guide scope as a finder scope. Definitely going to try that out.

[@tsk1979]

We will all buy Vixen now :p

[@anthonyrobida]

I watched The Space Koala handle the C14 by herself, 😮, amazing.

[@DylanODonnell]

I saw that one too! Props!

[@TJK-ko9wn]

Thanks Dylan. Love your videos. I finally realized while watching your video what it is about visual astronomy that people enjoy. It's the instant gratification, rather than putting in the work for the greater payoff of astrophotography.

[@DylanODonnell]

True !

[@judybassett9390]

A new telescope comes with a box of clouds.

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

That's awesome Dylan!!! You make me want to dust off my C9.25 and do full time imaging of Saturn. Too bad the seeing here permanently sucks...

[@DylanODonnell]

Seeing is the worst ! But I’m going to persist .. even if I only get one good night in a season!

[@augusto3645]

When will we get a PlaneWave?

[@Space-Stuff]

Hey Dillon, I really like your new rig! It's been quite a while since I've visited your YT channel, (sorry about that). I have a, now I'll fated, Meade 14" LX850, that I purchased many years ago now, that I use for mainly the planets and the Moon. I also have two Explorer Scientific clones, ED 127mm x 952mm triplet refractors, both setup with all ZWO components including AM5 Mounts, TC40 Tripods with PE200 Pier Extensions, ASI Air Pluses, EAF's, EFW's, and a ASI2600MC Pro on the night time rig and ASI432MM on top of a Daystar H-alpha chromosphere filter on my Solar rig. Both are dedicated setups. One is for night time stuff and the other is setup for Solar. I love doing the Solar stuff. The Sun is just awesome and so dynamic, especially now that we are into the peak of Solar Maximum cycle. On my Solar setup I use the Hinode gear for tracking the Sun and I love it. I also love doing the night time stuff as well, because there is just SO MUCH STUFF out there just waiting to be explored and captured! I wish I didn't have to get, some, sleep, at some point, because I'd be going from one setup to the other every day and night, as long as the cloud gods, so to speak, allowed it!. So, I live in Florida, and as you may have heard, we've had quite an active hurricane season this year. I live on a canal that comes off our St. Johns river, which flows, very slowly, north, and I've had to deal with a flooding situation this year. But, thankfully, I'm about done with all that and ready to get my Astronomy gear back out and enjoying all the splendor of our amazing universe! Well, I could keep going on here with my comments so, I'll try to cut it, kinda, short. Anyway, I just wanted to say "Hey and Congrats" on the new 14" and accessories! By the way, have you ever tried Astrospheric for your seeing conditions forecasts? It's what I use, for many years now, and I find it extremely accurate and loaded with very relevant information for seeing, transparency and clouds. Plus it has a lot of other very cool stuff on it's website. If you haven't, check it out sometime. You may find it useful. URL: www.astrospheric.com/ Sincerely, Rich Williams Astor, Florida 32102 USA!

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey welcome back rich and thanks for all the great info! I’ll check it out :)

[@rosscayley8773]

Astrospheric is North America only. Dylan lives in somewhere that isn't America.....;).

[@Space-Stuff]

​@@rosscayley8773 Yeah, he lives in Australia. I never knew Astrospheric was North America only. That's too bad because it's a great app/website!

[@samfurnos5852]

This is too much ... Dylan, you are a master class!! 🤣😂😅

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe thx !

[@Naztronomy]

Glad to see the plate solving setup on the guide scope! I need to do this for star parties. +1 for Firecapture's autoguide feature. Recently did a 4hr live stream of Jupiter without losing it (and with imperfect polar alignment). Great video, Dylan!

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks! People are telling me sharpcap does have feature tracking so I will investigate and see if it works as well as auto guide in firecapture.

[@hawkesworth1712]

Sound travels really well over the ocean and after that intro I could hear the great wailing and gnashing of teeth coming from over the Pacific pond. I think you're wrong though. They're all probably "super excited" to vote and did it "real quick". Actually you stole my thunder because I was going to make a short video on making my observatory - because it uses heavy duty drawer slides instead of rolling out onto a frame - and the intro was going to be "apologies to my American friends but I was never SUPER EXCITED to build it and at no stage did I do anything REAL QUICK."

[@kmh032008]

How’s that large of scope / image scale work with seeing? I wish there were mono large sensor large pixel cameras available.

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh me too, I was binning with the c11 to get a better image scale .. and now the seeing matters so much more !

[@tizocsuarez1563]

Greetings from Costa Rica Great video as always!! I think sharpcap can now also guide on a planet or even sun spot

[@volens31]

Dylan can you just clarify what you mean by data being reduced please? I'm assuming some form of processing but what? Cheers 👌

[@DylanODonnell]

Hiya! Data reduction is the whole pipeline before you get to the data you use. Throwing away bad frames, adding darks, lights, bias, & plate solving the images. for science this may also involve removing satellites etc. thanks for the question and for watching !

[@volens31]

@DylanODonnell that's brilliant thanks a lot. I ask as I'm hoping to be contributing some amateur data towards the upcoming decomissioning of Gaia and I wasn't totally sure what reduced data meant. Always look forward to your vids, they add a little sanity. Stay well 😉👍

[@jameshcox]

Please keep the astro-escapism coming. I'm not going to buy my dream 'scope just yet, so I can at least enjoy yours. JC

[@DylanODonnell]

🫡

[@tadassiksnius3402]

Hey man, just a quick heads up, sharpcap guiding works great on planets.

[@DylanODonnell]

Really? I was reading a dev post from 6 months ago saying he wasn’t Implementing it? Can sharpcap guide on a planet in the main camera?

[@tadassiksnius3402]

@DylanODonnell yes, I use same imaging camera to do guiding. Go to, feature tracking - use mount- use object mass. Do a quick calibration and inve prompted hit guide. From this point it's straight into autofocus, which also works like charm.

[@DylanODonnell]

@tadassiksnius3402 nice .. thanks !

[@realamerican3282]

PlaneWave is based in Adrian MI. They sell bigger telescopes, but if the tarrifs do get implemented, they'll probably start making smaller ones too

[@wodclerc]

Aren't those more for professional observatory? Or do they target private individuals too? Or maybe just those who won the lottery 😅

[@realamerican3282]

@wodclerc more professional, but over the years, they've slowly been moving twords individuals. Their stuff is incredibly expensive, tho

[@AMoose454]

American here. Will be blocking out all the bickering shooting in my backyard the 4 non cloudy days Michigan gets this next 4 months. Started buying in 2018 and finally up and running next week. Career and life got the best of me but having the most fun in a while shooting the moon while I wait for my ASIAIR and Guide scope

[@luboinchina3013]

That is opposite of northern China. We get the best weather in winter and you can expect more than half of the nights be imaging nights with temperatures ranging from 0C to -25C at night.

[@douglasfleming1]

Best one ever!

[@pdc023]

Thank you for the update on your astronomy calculator. I had messaged you to ask about it. It's one of my favorite on-line astronomy tools.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey thanks ! I’m glad you did .. it has loads of equipment loaded now.. more than ever before !

[@darrellknight1697]

i wanted to know what you did with your old scope and how much silver it would take to buy it ;)

[@DylanODonnell]

Such a good scope! It has sold to a friend!

[@The_Vinceable]

1:55 dang bro, went straight for the jugular. 😂 anyway wish I could have been at your talk in NZ. Next time!

[@bb108]

@DylanODonnell how were you able to use NINA to find the planets?

[@DylanODonnell]

Use the “orbitals” plugin for Nina :)

[@bb108]

@@DylanODonnell Thank you!

[@noreaction1]

Half of us are overly positive, the other half are overly negative. Most people are waiting to see how it all pans out either way

[@FrancoGrimoldi]

Like it didn't happen 8 years ago...

[@user-ku4yk4ut4z]

Half of us are stupid and forgot the past and the other half of us tried to save the US..... AGAIN!!!

[@Diponty]

Gee if we only had something to guide us...UNO like the 2016 election.

[@dougcastleman9518]

Hard to be “overly negative” about his complete joke of his cabinet picks and his desire to not allow the senate to even do their job and confirm them. He not only wants to control Congress, he wants them irrelevant.

[@wesleydonnelly2141]

Haha I really enjoyed the short political bit at the beginning Dylan! The world is going mad! 😱😂 Mate I've already started making enquiries about getting my own C14 on finance after seeing your first vid about it! I NEED THIS!! 🤩😂 'gorgeous image of Saturn Dylan, even without the awful conditions! I could go on, but I already feel guilty for all the rambling above, I know it's a pain trying to reply to many comments every week, sorry. Thanks as always for the ace content Dylan! Wes.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thx Wes!

[@whatmattersmost6725]

PLEASE, PLEASE do a video on your process on collimation, looks like your using Sharpcap in this video?

[@DylanODonnell]

I have .. it’s called something like “collimation with no fancy tools” or something like that :)

[@stefanschneider3681]

Step by step is my approach as well! If someone asks me "Where do I start?" I say: Get yourself a little tripod that can hold your phone steady and start from there. Try things out, places, constellations, and look if in a month or two you still have fun loosing sleep in summer or freezing your a.. off in winter. These little beasts with all the so called "AI" in processing can do wonders - adding that AI for me has nothing to do with intelligence but with well developed algorithms, but anyway. Next get yourself a camera, even a pocket camera, where you can manually adjust the settings, and a better tripod. And if you still enjoy it, then enter the rabbit hole of fancy cameras, lenses, star trackers, mounts, finally telescopes and so on. Thanks for the vid as always!

[@DylanODonnell]

Yep, budget astro is getting better all the time !

[@SKYST0RY]

Which camera are you considering for your C14?

[@DylanODonnell]

None until prices come down .. just gotta bin and work with what I have !

[@Skyman82]

Grab that Hyperstar for it too. That’ll give you a 715mm focal length. I wonder how the resolution would be though?

[@Erika-fh7rc]

Excellent infos!!! thank you so much ✨

[@tannergerstner1524]

Glad things are coming together with that monster scope! Have you thought about doing any images that are deep dives into nebulae in other galaxies with all that focal length? There were several inside M33 that my latest image brought out that I would love to image close up.

[@DylanODonnell]

Oh yes eventually !

[@MrKhagol]

Sharpcap does have feature tracking and it tracks object fine. I haven’t had luck with firecapture autoguiding yet..

[@DylanODonnell]

I need to try it !

[@blobrana8515]

It's normal to visually observe saturn with a yellow filter, but i would perhaps suggest an infrared filter of 750 or 620 nanometers if imaging (if the camera is sensitive enough for IR imaging). The bonus is that seeing become just a bit better as well as improved saturn atmosphere contrast that will highlight any impacts. The drawback is that the images could be 6-10? stops fainter)

[@DylanODonnell]

Sound advice, thanks !

[@Ben_Stewart]

That's some nice girth there but is that water or rust on the Alt Az rod?

[@DylanODonnell]

There are definitely parts that rust over. Everything should be galvanized!

[@mattherring847]

great vid mate 👌

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks Matty!

[@ivolol]

Some still love to see the escapism and journey of others even if they can't afford it themselves. As long as you stay grounded it's still fun to watch). Also like that you pay attention to more affordable gizmo's in the hobby every so often.

[@DylanODonnell]

Thanks .. that’s the idea !

[@georges.5612]

Color cameras are so good these days that the improvement from going mono is minimal at best. And if your seeing isn't normally the greatest, you aren't going to tease more out of switching filters, refocusing, and capturing than you would with a OSC. Where I would go mono specifically is for Venus imaging, specifically below 400nm and above 700, though some color cameras are particularly sensitive at 800nm and above. If your seeing is generally good and stable, by all means go mono for planetary and eek out that last 1-2% of detail. If you are working at specific wavelengths (methane band, for example) or above 1,000nm for actual surface detail (below the clouds!) imaging of Venus, definitely look into mono. Otherwise, an OSC will more than suffice for very pretty images. Best of both worlds, of course, is to have both.

[@DylanODonnell]

Yes the new OSC high resolution cameras are amazing, but whenever I’ve tested back to back mono wins far and away. Especially since one wavelength is always sharpest and you can focus each colour separately since they’re never all perfectly in focus at once.

[@michaeljonwilliams6685]

Another American here. RFK Jr for Health and Human Services - we really are all going to die. Also, would you be interested in the subletting part of your observatory to an American ex-pat? 😂😭

[@DylanODonnell]

Lollllll

[@blobrana8515]

Such a monster telescope; even the Aberdeen university observatory has only a 10" LX200 .... Perhaps you can open a university department around your observatory?

[@DylanODonnell]

hehe good idea

[@matt54321100]

cool website. Love your work.

[@seriousbassface]

I'm glad I upgraded my camera before they become even more expensive but I'm now tempted to get a Chonk now rather than later (not as big as yours but still THICK). I think astronomy gear getting more expensive because of this is a given, which I hope anyone who voted that way considered that before casting their vote. I also worry about the satellites even more now though. Whats stopping Musk from making it so there are no more restrictions as to how bright they can be/skipping steps (added costs) to make them dimmer. I am now certain it will become a bigger problem than it already is. Also global warming is certainly going to get worse now as well, meaning more wildfire smoke/crazy storms and then eventually "we're all going to die". People voting against themselves is nothing new but I just hope anyone in this hobby (and outside of it too, but this is specific to the hobby) that voted for this realizes how bad they screwed all of us eventually. Also sorry to make this political on your page but this is the new harsh reality and it needs to be said. This is a very big hit towards not just everything but this hobby in particular. ~ very much not okay :/

[@chriscausseaux4793]

Sharpcap has auto guide but getting it consistently working is always a challenge… Thanks for the videos Bud!

[@DylanODonnell]

Ahh I see .. I need to see if it’s viable .. firecap is pretty rock solid.

[@richardpallechio257]

Yeah. I'm going over my budget and trying to figure out what I want to get on order before Inauguration day (Jan. 20).

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe yep

[@anderson.krs95]

Here in Brazil, we already have 92% tarifs on top of any imported product. Getting these large telescopes is out of reach most of us :( Hopefully I managed to get a 9.25 SCT

[@DylanODonnell]

Wow, really? And I guess nobody is looking to spin up a telescope factory in Brazil at scale even though there are 200M people? What's the point of the tariff?

[@anderson.krs95]

It’s hard to give u full context. But the elite here makes money with low technological stuff, that’s why we are a huge farm, most of the economy is driven by exporting raw materials (which are tax free) to developed countries like China, USA, EU, Australia etc. There’s very little incentive to invest on any manufacturing/industrialization. On the other hand we have other kind of elite that wants to gate keeping imported products (local vendors) they dont want chinese marketplaces selling directly to us. So they lobby to keep tarifs high, with the excuse of protecting local market (although they do import the products from china) We do have a huge internal market, and on top of all the aforementioned issues, the average population lives under massive poverty. We have some ingenious people here who hand make dobs , which is great. But all that great stuff that’s manufactured outside we simply can’t get with reasonable prices.

[@Badge319]

I'm impressed you got some shots - Im an hour and a half north of you and its been cloudy for so long I forgot I had telescopes..all of them.

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh dude .. absolutely nothing lately.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

Monochrome is fine for me except no matter how short the videos, the main 4 moons of Jupiter still move between R,G, and B filters. Winjupos can help with that a little but you have to get it perfectly aligned, or measured I mean. My focal length for planets is 5,000mm. Maybe it's seeing issues and the way stacking is done, cause the moons move around like they are at the bottom of a pool. I'd like to see what filters you get. I use ZWO "new" filters, but i think they may be too dark. Sharpcap has 2 kinds of planetary guiding. It will use the mount, or the ROI. I use the ROI because I'm watching the captures so if it drifts to the edge of the sensor I can adjust it.

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh I struggle with the moons too! I’ll check out the sharpcap stuff thx :)

[@HeerlenPete]

SharpCap also has planet guiding if you buy the pro version

[@DylanODonnell]

I have the pro version! I’ll research harder.

[@markblanken9973]

That research would be neat to hear more in depth. Are you going to NEAF/NEAIC 2025?

[@DylanODonnell]

I wish! Please ask someone to sponsor my attendance :)

[@markblanken9973]

@@DylanODonnell I'll work on it. If we get you here, a buddy of mine and I found great dinner spot. The Scotch eggs are amazing and the Guiness is perfect! I can at least spot you a dinner on me.

[@simonpepper5053]

A c14 on its own would set UK buyers back 12000 dollars today and it’s been that way since 2010! Is the US finally catching up with EMEA pricing?

[@DylanODonnell]

My thoughts too! Au is already almost double what USA pays.

[@simonpepper5053]

@ 😭

[@ronm6585]

Thank you sir.

[@jeffculp2197]

The C14 has always been my dream scope! I started astronomy about 55 years ago when San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers was the thing! The C14 was only a dream on the back of Sky & Telescope magazine. All guiding was manual, and we had to "push" our ASA 1600 or 400 film to get even faint objects to appear. Yes, I'm dating myself! However I have the pleasure of seeing the radical growth of tech and interest in this fascinating field. Thanks, Dylan for being an active catalyst to encourage our collective sharing and learning. We all have opinions. As a pilot I don’t think my passengers cared to hear about my beliefs or values. They just wanted to get from A to B safely. May I suggest we keep our political opinions (and perhaps religious as well) to ourselves…otherwise we run the risk of further alienating one another. Let's be more socially graceful and love the things we have in common (astro!), and put aside all the other things that divide and foster disagreements. We can do better! Cheers - from the other side of the world!

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh I know :) thankfully this isn’t my day job, but most of us like you and me can still be friends from either side of the aisle.

[@Westlake]

Being north of the US border is certainly causing some anxiety for us too, with our trade agreements and another stooge who wants to be our prime minister next year. Anyway in better news, I was fortunate to get to see the "Astronomy Photographer of the Year" exhibit while in London (UK) recently, put on by the Royal Observatory Greenwich and am inspired to dust off and power up my rig that's been sitting idle next to my desk for over a year. Your videos go along way to inspire me and others as well. Hopefully, many will receive some tariff-free astro gear this Christmas season!

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey thanks .. the exhibition sounds amazing! 🇨🇦

[@danreind]

For auto guide using sharpcap, I've been running phd2 off guide stars in the OAG or guide scope. But perhaps even that is too coarse at 3800mm?

[@DylanODonnell]

Yeh I need to guide on the planet itself .. slightly different rate.

[@danreind]

@DylanODonnell I'm curious...if you've arc second scale guiding, and say Jupiter is 30 arc seconds across, why is star guiding not enough to keep it in the ROI? Or is it just that there aren't stars on the sensor. That makes sense to me at 3800mm, but I wonder if this is still true with guide scope guiding?

[@DylanODonnell]

@@danreindI don’t have the oag physically on the scope when I’ve got the planetary image train on. Maybe the little findersxope could guide well enough. I might try it! But planet tracking (or feature tracking) is user cool for multi hour sessions where you need zero drift since it’s slightly different to sidereal rate

[@danreind]

@DylanODonnell Of course planetary drift, that makes sense! I guess I like my sleep too much for multi-hour planetary imaging, going to bed early after setting up like some sort of *checks notes* astrophotography guy.

[@mattpenn3972]

Ugggg... 3/10 of my fellow countrymen voted for this situation, and 4/10 didn't vote at all... So 7/10 deserve all that will occur! And ssshh about the upcoming tariffs... Don't want more competition for my astro and Scotch orders please!

[@ooberholzer]

Hey!!! Nice to meet you, love the vibe ;)

[@DylanODonnell]

Welcome friend!

[@Vantage-o2d]

Bring Meade to America NOW!

[@maryannechilton1465]

We’re numb. Yeah…everything is off the rails.

[@fretlessj8599]

We’re doing fine. Prices here have already increased 40%+. I cannot afford to upgrade my equipment until my pay catches up to the horrific inflation from the last 3 years. That might take another decade. By then astrophotography technology should be incredible.

[@DylanODonnell]

I compared prices and we pay much more than you guys do already .. I hope it comes down! If China looks to push exports and AU I could get lucky!

[@TheBignick243]

You get a James Webb Telescope....You get a James Webb Telescope....You get a James Webb Telescope....You get a James Webb Telescope....You get a James Webb Telescope....Everybody get a James Webb Telescope!!!!!!!!!!

[@fretlessj8599]

@@DylanODonnell I hope prices do come down for you. What comes next after a 14” EdgeHD? As always I’m looking forward to your next installment. Thanks!

[@TexasEngineerScotty]

Too bad the Cassini division is taking a vacation for the next few years. I guess it will be like 2029 before we get our best view again. P.S. as of 2021 v. 3.3 SharpCap also has an autoguide (Tools>feature tracking), which I personally find works way better. My experience with Firecapture has been the tracking was pretty difficult to nail. Also, the SharpCap Autofocus is a game changer too (I'm using it with a moonlite LR25 on my EHD14).

[@bofblog]

Hopefully weather improves, a new disturbance in the South Equatorial Belt on Jupiter

[@DylanODonnell]

Ohh great!

[@iamcomcy]

Actually, mirrors for telescopes like yours and larger ARE made in the US. Lenses ARE made in the US. If demand is here, and surely it is, a telescope, made all in America could be stood up rather quickly.

[@DylanODonnell]

I hope so !

[@mattpenn3972]

surely... any time now...

[@paulsmaglik5063]

Need to setup a remote hosting site in Australia that can be affordable. Buy some land in the outback and setup a site like StarFront Observatories in Texas. Just an idea!

[@DylanODonnell]

Great idea :)

[@paigecfrancis]

I forgot about the potential price hikes. Gonna have to put an am3 in my cart for my solar imaging forthwith 😮

[@DylanODonnell]

It’s a good excuse :)

[@paigecfrancis]

@ that’s all I need 😁. Cheers

[@Wombatzone31]

I'll dream with you mate!! Throw me on the telescope production floor!!!

[@DylanODonnell]

Let’s fucking go !

[@69Atho]

Sharpcap also has feature and centre of mass guiding, and it works well on planets, the moon, and the sun.

[@DylanODonnell]

Ok thanks, I couldn’t find this but I’ll have another look!

[@RandallKayfes]

@@DylanODonnell It is called Feature Tracking and is found under Tools

[@gregswank4912]

Dylan, no, we are not ok. Somehow the wolf convinced the sheep that he would protect them.

[@AncientelectronsO]

No, we are definitely not okay. Could I please come and stay with you for four years? ;-)

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe

[@ajnaquin]

I’ll pitch in on your flight🎉

[@ancientelectrons]

@@ajnaquin Great! Where do I pick up my free ticket to Australia? I would LOVE to leave behind all those men like you who feel women are property. Let's do it! Just send me the ticket and I am gone. :-)

[@tomutendorf]

Greetings from sane America. We'll be fine. Just need to ride out the insanity. Keep the videos coming!

[@giuseppiallegro]

Not OK. Not at all OK. Hoping for the meteor.

[@terrizittritsch745]

We're not ok, not by a long shot!

[@terrizittritsch745]

Like every country we have a distribution of intelligence and 1/2 of us saw this guy for what he is, a snake oil salesman. What’s hard to fathom is how the other 1/2 voted for him twice, like lemmings! He made no bones about what he’s all about in this latest election, and they still voted for him. This time they’ll get exactly what they asked for, unfortunately they didn’t take the time, or have the intelligence, to understand it. It’s going to be ugly. I’m sure we look like the laughing stock of the rest of the world. Multiple felon for president (check), World wide wrestling exec to handle education (check), Fox News host to handle the military (check), another Fox News host and Russia/syria collaborator to handle intelligence (check), megolomaniac and pharmaceutical billionaires to handle government efficiency (check). We’ll be lucky to survive as a democracy.

[@StantonSpaceGamir]

1:59. No Dylan. Those guys have been in charge for the last four years. We’re fine.

[@luisrivera-lopez3648]

Dylan, I really watch and listen to your videos because they are very useful. I have an NexStar8SE/CGEMII and planning to keep it to see what is the best it can offer in terms of astrophotography. Thank you for sharing your insights.

[@DylanODonnell]

Hey thanks !

[@KamilKeski]

America here, we are definitely not ok. But we're not gonna give up and we're going to keep working on it.

[@ryanmichaelhaley]

Well, now I can say I've seen your a** crack, lmao. Nice intro. That Saturn image is pretty nice actually. I know you can do better, it's just the darned seeing, but I can't wait to see what you get with better atmospheric conditions. I think we're all excited about your new C11, so please keep us posted on anything you do with that beast! Clear skies :)

[@jeffreyobrock]

I am an American and I not only voted for Donald Trump, but I love his America FIRST policy. Perhaps CNN is not the first choice for getting your America news. Why can folks not keep politics out of their post and unite with commonality?

[@DylanODonnell]

Good luck :) I got my news from Twitter but now I can’t scroll there without death, violence and science denialism. I’ve moved to Bluesky with all the other scientists and tuned my algorithm to far more balanced news sources. It’s been great!

[@jeffreyobrock]

So... Your departure from X is the reason it is doing so much better. I hope you took are your anti-America buddies with you. Liberals such as yourself may be the reason you folks pay so much for everything, Liberal politicians breed higher taxes.

[@JulioRad954]

Agreed, but he obviously is siloed on lefty ideology and should stick to what we all love, Astronomy !

[@DylanODonnell]

@ centrist. I hate everyone :)

[@astroshlibber9654]

My goodness me, that's a big one

[@DylanODonnell]

That’s what she said !

[@ericpitt3876]

American fan of your channel. The majority voted and even though we have differences I’m still your friend.

[@DylanODonnell]

That’s how it should be my man .. whatever side of the aisle 🫡

[@collinsfriend1]

They were scammed.

[@johnstassek7020]

Can’t speak for others. My side lost. Don’t know how it will play out. But who does? George Carlin often said, “When you’re born into this world, you’re given a ticket to the freak show. If you’re born in America you get a front row seat.” Why not lighten up and share a few beers with the neighbor who had the wrong sign in their yard. Might have a laugh and learn something enlightening. And I know folks with sick kids who’re still positive, still engaged in their passion to educate the hell out of the rest of us, still making us laugh and easing our lives with their weird sense of humor. I’m 71. Started taking night sky photos a few years ago. Watch your channel most cloudy evenings. Learn something new most every time I do. I try to keep things in perspective, Dylan. Appreciate your help.

[@DylanODonnell]

Well said 👏🏼

[@dnasberg]

We are not ok.

[@larryhibbitts2099]

Dylan, thanks for checking in on your friends in the USA. We'll survive. Good advice on getting upgrades before the end of the year. Since the election, I think every manufacturer has put out a sale notice. Even Takahashi is doing their part - they have a crazy good sale going on right now. If you need investors for your telescope project, let us know. We'll crowd-source it! 😁

[@DylanODonnell]

Hehe thx

[@Chris-bg8mk]

USA. We can still look forward to death. ;-)

[@r.fortner4661]

Billionaires have always been in control! You didn't know? Maybe with that long focal length you're zooming into the wrong things, size queen! Back off the trees and take in the Forrest!

[@DylanODonnell]

Harris’s tax returns were interesting .. she doesn’t make much more than the upper middle class. Same for our current Prime Minister.

[@r.fortner4661]

@@DylanODonnell and her husband? you dont have to be immensely smart to understand there is a 'better' way to send a politician the grift.

[@DylanODonnell]

@@r.fortner4661 yes, booking a room at Marilargo is the global currency now :)

[@mycarolinaskies]

@@DylanODonnell bingo..... amazing how being on the other side of the planet has given you clarity! :)

[@hackeroftoday]

America here, no we are not ok

[@briantheprimateastro]

I am an American, but I was wondering if you have a guest house I could live in for the next four or so years. I mean, even if it is a sleeping bag on the floor of your observatory LOL I can help spray for bugs and keep the spider webs down while staying in there LOL

[@sark-]

@@briantheprimateastro hopefully it's only 4 years 🤦‍♂️ dangerous precedents looking to he set here...

[@DylanODonnell]

😆 .. oh man ... good luck! 😬

[@StangspringDK]

Funnelweb and red back spiders or Trump and his wacky cabinet of his closest lackeys. Should be an easy choice.

[@luboinchina3013]

There are plenty of empty and cheap apartments in here (China). Clear and dry nights from January till March. And you can teach English too 😂

[@RM-il5bv]

America is going to be more than fine but feel Free to leave if you want.

[@old_photons]

Pre-election I had already ordered a C11 Edge during the Celestron October sale. Building things up bit by bit. Interested to see where you go with your focuser. My first attempt for guiding will be a DUO camera to make the most of my back working distance / back focus. I've been fearful of flexure issues, but you seem to be managing just fine with your guide scope. My Losmandy mount arrives Saturday (fingers crossed) but already have inside time planned with the unavoidable cloud cover increase. Had to go play with calculator tools then checked the Australia weather - which of course the description had me laughing (raining .. bullshit)

[@DylanODonnell]

Haha yes congrats! You’ve got a lot of fun coming.

[@kevykevTPA]

Personally, I'd rather pay more for American made scopes than support the chicoms slave economy. But, perhaps you'd rather have cheaper scopes even if they are built by slaves.

[@math2cool]

Have you heard this one? What borders on idiotic? Canada and Mexico. 😂

[@weegieb]

Can I live in your observatory? PLEASE!