Video Premiere: Friday July 22, 12pm ET - 80mm refractor reviews
Added 2022-07-22 04:57:27 +0000 UTCI will be premiering a new video tomorrow, Friday July 22, at 12pm ET. This one is a review of three 80mm refractors at very different price points. I did a shootout with the three telescopes on the Iris Nebula to show some key differences. I will be in the chat answering questions. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/lsS6PrrWnhI
After the premiere, it will become a regular video at that same link.
Clear skies, Nico
Comments
So helpful and accessible. Thank you for breaking all of this down!
Cidney Hue
2022-08-05 15:36:59 +0000 UTCHi Malcome, I did all my testing here with in one hour on one night! It has taken a lot of practice, but I can now be pretty fast when I want to be. I usually do a little practice run at home to get it into muscle memory and then type out my plan the day before so I don't forget anything. Lens reviews actually take longer since I have to test at various f-stops. In this case, I polar aligned the mount, got it aligned and tracking/guiding on the Iris Nebula, and then waited for 2am. Then I took 4 photos with the first scope using an intervalometer, stopped tracking/guiding, took the scope off, restarted tracking, attached the camera/guider to the next scope, stopped tracking, put the new scope on, restarted tracking/guiding, took 4 photos with the intervalomter, and the repeated that process for the last scope. My big advice for guiding is once you find focus leave the guide camera connected to the guide scope. I've found usually the thing that slows down the guiding setup is finding focus so skipping that step really speeds things up. Let me know if you have any other questions. Cheers, Nico
Nico Carver
2022-07-25 02:00:03 +0000 UTCVery detailed review. Thanks.
A.Linhares
2022-07-24 18:09:10 +0000 UTCMy only question is, how many nights did this take, and if it was one night how do you manage to set up all that gear so fast? I am so slow I have never managed to get the guiding going yet in like 10 attempts lol. you are a true inspiration.
Malcome Kempe
2022-07-24 00:52:49 +0000 UTCI love this one.
Malcome Kempe
2022-07-24 00:45:27 +0000 UTC
