The 9 COOLEST Accessories for ASTRONOMY! 🤩🌟🔥

[@DamonScotting]

What would be your number 10 accessory for this list? 🤔 P.S I'm going to "try" and live stream the Geminids meteor shower tonight, if the clouds let me. So feel free to pop in just after midnight tonight (UTC) and I'll hopefully be showcasing some 'Shooting stars'! 🤞✨

[@NCT1700]

Quiero ver el directo de la lluvia de estrellas perdón por no hablar inglés pero el español es mi idioma natal, apenas estoy aprendiendo inglés

[@darkbudgie25e95]

I would put on the list a focus mask

[@DamonScotting]

No te preocupes, amigo. ¡Mira mi página esta noche y espero que veamos algunas estrellas juntos! 🤩👍🏻

[@Kwint.]

It would be the tracking device! Deff a neccesity

[@Kwint.]

To be honest the absorption lines filter is the coolest thing i never knew.. Absolutely phenomenal

[@hosseinrad]

When I was a kid, I always loved laying on the grass and looking at the Orion's Belt 3 stars and I always wondered why they are the way they are. I don't know when I forgot how much I loved to know more about astronomy, but now as an adult in my early 30s, my passion for it has been relit and out of all the KZbinrs, I find Damon's energy and the way he articulates himself the most exciting. I feel less overwhelmed and actually understand the way he explains things as English is not my mother's tongue, so I really appreciate you Damon 💙

[@void_presence]

just be careful about solar filters; they're not all equal and some of them are quite crap and can ruin your optics (which includes your eyes)

[@geopediashorts]

Mr. Scotting, You have no idea how much you've made me love astronomy. I've always been passionate, and you've just made that way stronger. I love all of your content and hands down i think you're the best astronomy content creator there is.

[@DamonScotting]

Thank you. That's very kind of you to say and reading this makes me very happy! 😊👍

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

​@@DamonScotting: Same here, mate. I've always been into astronomy, but watching your videos has inspired me to purchase my 1st telescope. Thanks alot for making these videos & opening up my mind to the wonders of the cosmos.

[@johnbeene3117]

Definitely getting the Star Analyzer filter! ❤❤❤

[@andresalcaino7570]

MY number 10 accesory would be a bahtinov mask, it saves me a lot of time focusing my lenses.

[@slyhawk57]

The star analyser definitely changed my outlook on astronomy, it's amazing to be able to do that kind of science at home. Great video, the only thing I'd add is a Bahtinov mask is it helps with focusing hugely

[@Gapp1esauce_West]

That "star analyzer" is freaking cool.😮

[@ameliamelton6566]

6:30 "5 megawatts" lol

[@DamonScotting]

Ohh noooo! What an idiot! 🤦‍♂️ Would've probably been burning a hole through the atmosphere with a 5 megawatt laser! 😅 (For anyone else who reads this, it's actually a 5 milliwatt laser!)

[@ameliamelton6566]

@@DamonScotting lol I had to rewind to make sure I heard it right!

[@jasonpierce4518]

careful how fast you swing it around.. with 1.21 gigawatts it can take you into the future.

[@BadYossa]

That grating filter is the dogs doodahs. What a totally awesome piece of kit. Never knew that they were available for us amateurs, let alone at such a price point. Cheers for sharing. As ever, great vid mate.

[@DamonScotting]

Thanks mate 😅🤟

[@Huzzleton]

I am always safe when it comes to looking at the sun, I only ever do it at night. ... I regret nothing

[@icyxxxxx]

Very cool!

[@star_titan]

This video really helps, now I know what items I need to save money for next year

[@ADHDaantje]

Damon, i can listen to you endlessly. Gave me a big laugh now to . Thank you!

[@DamonScotting]

Thank you! 😊🙏

[@ADHDaantje]

@damonscotting hope you had a happy christmas , I wish you a astronomical New year ;) looking forwards to the upcomming star events and you New content. Have a good one 🌌✨️🎆

[@nathanbray334]

just brought my first telescope thanks to u

[@DamonScotting]

Glad to hear it! What'd you get? 🤩

[@IeatMySocksVr.69]

me too (first light 102/1000mm BRESSER)

[@nathanbray334]

@@DamonScotting CELESTRON STARSENSE EXPLORER 130

[@miauzdraczyt1574]

I am planing to buy a telescope becouse of you (skywatcher 90/900 EQ-2, i do not know if this is good but for my first telescope i think it is perfect)

[@TheClassicWeebNo]

I'm still getting into astronomy by currently using binoculars, but despite that your videos are so entertaining to watch!! Thank you for making these videos!! They cheer me up :))!!

[@klttrll]

I bought a televue oxygen iii filter, pretty expensive but very worth it, in my 12” dobsonian both the Eastern and Western veil nebulas go from invisible to pretty much obvious obvious with the filter. Same goes for other faint nebula like the owl nebula, and reveals a lot more in the Orion Nebula, and that’s from my bortle 6

[@louisegan8568]

A dew heater, one of my fav for sure

[@AstroDragon33]

Visual zoom is tricky, and won't look like what's shown in this video. We love you man! I know to make this a practical representation in a KZbin video is extremely difficult. But as you magnify, the view gets more fuzzy and dimed, won't show like the colorful nebula here, and to show this accurately to viewers is so hard, so I appreciate the attempt! Camera view is so different then eyes, I think it's good to explain this so new comers don't expect more when buying a zoom eyepiece and get disappointed. You make some of the best astronomy videos on KZbin , keep it up! We love your videos!

[@DamonScotting]

Yeah you're right, I really struggled trying to replicate it. The view of the Orion nebula is actually a sequence of 1/3s exposures so you are certainly right in saying it's not the most accurate representation. I'll try and amend this next time. Thank you! 😊

[@Tobbe_Hedin]

I use a head lamp from Black Diamond with both red, green and white light. The green light is my favorite over red when out doing things in the dark like tying on fishing flies to a leader and other things.

[@TicTacEnjoyer]

new video yippee!!!!

[@skinfology]

I wish someone makes a cool device like Sun Filter on a bigger scale so that we can clearly see other stars and maybe discover and see exoplanets easily.

[@JoelVonlanthen]

I will my first telescope on christmas. Thats how i got to you, i can see that you studied to be a teacher. Your videos reflect that well. Great videos! 😊

[@a4turix507]

I too cannot find the camera in my phone😂 Love your videos btw

[@NicuBoni]

Very nice video!

[@XShadowAngel]

Slight criticism in the zoom eyepieces bit when you showed Orion. Orion, while pretty, will never look like that to the human eye. Have to try not to give newbies a false expectation.

[@DamonScotting]

Yeah you're right. The footage I used was a sequence of 1/3s exposures. I hadn't taken any other footage that fit the billing. Will try and make it more suited next time. Cheers 🤟

[@XShadowAngel]

@@DamonScotting Loved the video! I just do a lot of outreach with the public and the most common question/complaint I hear is why nebulas just look like a gray smudge instead of all pretty like they do online!

[@Bortle10]

That Celestron NexYZ has been on my list for a while now, but it costs almost 3 times as much in the Netherlands... Also, the Star Analyser is apparantly 152.633€...

[@Proxaviergaming]

What are your best telescopes?

[@TR6Telos]

Accessory number 10, a hot water bottle strapped on, number 12, 2 bin bags, one to protect the scope another to put over street lamp, accessory number 13 (and this is really important) a house in the countryside in Spain!

[@DamonScotting]

Not sure our budgets can stretch as far as #13!😩 Maybe #12😅🚮

[@whatmattersmost6725]

Oh try a Green flash light, it's brighter and does not effect night vision... Maybe #10 would be a battery pack heated vest, where I am 0 Degrees these heated vest work nice and under $50.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Interesting.

[@darkbudgie25e95]

just reloaded the home page and I see another damon video from 4 minutes ago less go

[@KentRoads]

been a while!

[@Kwint.]

11:45

[@CDigata]

nose warmer?

[@DamonScotting]

😅😅

[@syikoosu]

2:22 Bro...💀

[@GXS_lxo]

just reloded the homepage

[@pawel-sz]

Hi! What microphone do you use outdoor?

[@DamonScotting]

Rode wireless 👍

[@arvy9945]

Should I get an 8 inch dob in bortle 8?

[@DamonScotting]

Go for it! 👍👍🤟

[@Medico_Maniac]

Geminiod meteor shower is seen tonight

[@sithilliyanage3676]

I honestly this it's extremely stupid how much a simple tracker with 0 smart features to costs It gets even worse when you can get everything for astro with a smart telescopes for just 100$ more. I know it's not the same as manual setup and the learning curve, but if a smart scope comes out with an aperture similar to an entry refractor, it's sounds like worthy investment

[@jasonpierce4518]

totally. that seestar is amazing. i have a bit over 2k invested into my rig.. but it takes roughly similar photos to what that seestar can do. i do say roughly, but close enough. my breakdown is 300 zwo camera, 200 guide camera, 100 guidescope, 200 auto focuser, 800 into my used eq mount, 100 for the pier, 50 for the usb ethernet lengthener, and some other for other misc parts - ir lens, dew heater, etc). oh. the telescope itself is 120mm x 600 for 300 bucks. i can take longer exposures with the eq, but trying to get all this running together in unison is a pain in the ass. this is excluding polar alignment and or collimation. honestly i wish i had bought the seestar.

[@Tomlar-jv9rc]

What telescope is that?!

[@DamonScotting]

Celestron 10inch Newtonian 👍

[@void_presence]

just be careful about solar filters; they're not all equal and some of them are quite crap and can ruin your optics (which includes your eyes)