Von Braun Astronomical Society (VBAS)
Von Braun Astronomical Society (VBAS)
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Visit the Most Astronomical Art in Huntsville!
Science and art come together in this mural, which you can see in downtown Huntsville!
The artist's webpage:
www.float782.com/about
The scientific paper about the discovery:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c
Become a VBAS Member today!
vbas.org/join-vbas/
See a list of upcoming Saturday night programs!
vbas.org/category/planetarium-shows/
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Come See the KING of Telescopes!!!
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Learn about the history of the VBAS's largest telescope, a 21" Newtonian Reflector! Check out this video for more information about the observatory's 2022 renovation: ua-cam.com/video/8-HGfudTeTM/v-deo.html Become a VBAS Member today! vbas.org/join-vbas/ See a list of upcoming Saturday night programs! vbas.org/category/planetarium-shows/ Follow us on social media! vonbraunastrosoc...
Build Your Own AllSky Camera!
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In this video, you'll learn how we built the VBAS AllSky camera. You can follow our instructions to build your own! Watch our earlier video about using the camera! ua-cam.com/video/dJlKr-JZh5M/v-deo.html The parts used for our build include: A Raspberry Pi with 64 Gigabyte memory card www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ A ZWO ASI178 monochrome camera with a fisheye lens astrono...
View the VBAS AllSky Camera!
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to view the entire night sky in one image? You’d be able to watch satellites pass overhead, and see meteors showers as they happen. Well, in this video, I’m going to show you how you can do that right from the devices you’re watching this on now. View the latest image from our AllSky Camera! vbas.org/resources/ephemeris/ Become a VBAS Member today! v...
Why do astronomers use red lights?
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If you've ever been to the VBAS at night, you may have noticed that everyone uses red lights. Find out why in this video! Become a VBAS Member today! vbas.org/join-vbas/ See a list of upcoming Saturday night programs! vbas.org/category/planetarium-shows/ Follow us on social media! vonbraunastrosociety Von-Braun-Astronomical-Society-Inc-117095931642044/
Solar telescopes, meteorites, and rockets!!!
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Learn about Astronomy Day this year! Astronomy Day is an annual event hosted by various clubs and organizations around the world. In this video, you can see what we did at the VBAS in Huntsville, AL.
You can look through this HUGE TELESCOPE!!!
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Learn about the C-16 telescope, which is one of our largest telescopes! You can visit the VBAS on Saturday nights (weather permitting) to look through it yourself! Become a VBAS Member today! vbas.org/join-vbas/ See a list of upcoming Saturday night programs! vbas.org/category/planetarium-shows/ Follow us on social media! vonbraunastrosociety Von-Braun-Astronomical-So...
Welcome to the VBAS
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Learn about the Von Braun Astronomical Society in Huntsville, AL!
VBAS January Monthly Meeting 2023
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Jeff Delmas (VBAS Observatory Director) takes us through the massive renovating done to our heritage scope! Recorded Jan 20th, 2023
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Swanson 21 inch Telescope upgrade Part 27
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Swanson 21 inch Telescope upgrade Part 25 Compilation from the following days: March 23, 2022 March 29, 2022 April 3, 2022 April 9, 2022 April 23, 2022
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VBAS March Monthly Meeting 2022
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @onewhostudies6856
    @onewhostudies6856 3 місяці тому

    I know the name Ernst Stuhlinger...

  • @slzckboy
    @slzckboy 3 місяці тому

    are the public images stacked/calibrated masters fit files?Thnks

  • @cotydenise
    @cotydenise 4 місяці тому

    Stop pointing these pathetic things in the air. If they really do what you are saying they can do then why don't you point them out horizontally so you could see your friends and family hundreds of miles a way?

    • @VickyDreamz
      @VickyDreamz 3 місяці тому

      WTF is wrong with you lol?

  • @ZeroX782
    @ZeroX782 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for the video! I’m really proud of this work! -“Float”

  • @codefinger-fn5vw
    @codefinger-fn5vw 4 місяці тому

    Science! 🤯

  • @OrangeAxolotl65
    @OrangeAxolotl65 4 місяці тому

    Very interesting! I've seen the mural but didn't know there was meaning behind it. I thought it was just abstract art. haha

  • @cbf63
    @cbf63 4 місяці тому

    Is that a shell chip on the corrector plate next to the secondary mirror? I know it won't really hurt the image, but still i imagine there's no spare parts for these vintage SCTs

  • @ioanbota9397
    @ioanbota9397 4 місяці тому

    Realy I like it

  • @selfhelp441
    @selfhelp441 4 місяці тому

    i've been looking into all sky camera builds as i'm interested in live streaming daytime cloud video footage. im not necessarily interested in creating time lapses as much but i was wondering if following an all sky camera build would be suitable for something like this? i'm also a bit confused on if all sky is actually more the software over the build and what that allows me to do?

  • @alexhall2584
    @alexhall2584 6 місяців тому

    Awesome to see those time lapse views. Great job Greyden!

  • @vibhavsharma239
    @vibhavsharma239 6 місяців тому

    big telescope with Elvis background music both are my favourite

  • @deltacx1059
    @deltacx1059 6 місяців тому

    2:31 this thing is already brute forcing it.

  • @hellybertalha
    @hellybertalha 6 місяців тому

    What an incredible piece of work.

  • @michaelevan9184
    @michaelevan9184 6 місяців тому

    Very nice observatory..... thanks for posting!

  • @OrangeAxolotl65
    @OrangeAxolotl65 6 місяців тому

    wow i've see the dome many times, but didn't know there was such a story behind this telescope.

  • @codefinger-fn5vw
    @codefinger-fn5vw 6 місяців тому

    Very cool! I love the history behind it, which makes the images it takes today all the more exciting to see.

  • @rocketcityastro
    @rocketcityastro 6 місяців тому

    Wish you could still get a 16inch newt for 600$ 10k$ for that size in todays market.

    • @k.h.1587
      @k.h.1587 6 місяців тому

      Maybe for Uber premium. There are Chinese dobs for a few grand

    • @millenialfalcon8243
      @millenialfalcon8243 6 місяців тому

      I got an old 16" Meade StarFinder Dob for $500. Seen some others within a couple hours for <$1000

    • @millenialfalcon8243
      @millenialfalcon8243 6 місяців тому

      And $600 in 1957 is $6800 today

    • @Patriotgal1
      @Patriotgal1 6 місяців тому

      That $600 in 1957 is at least 25-30X more now. Thanks, inflation!

    • @k.h.1587
      @k.h.1587 6 місяців тому

      @@millenialfalcon8243 did you rebuild it?

  • @PedroLiberal
    @PedroLiberal 7 місяців тому

    This is a great project, but the cameras pricing kill the community adoption pretty quickly. You should show the raspberry pi HQ cameras, much cheaper and are easier to source.

    • @VonBraunAstroSociety
      @VonBraunAstroSociety 6 місяців тому

      We used the ZWO camera because it is more sensitive and better for capturing faint meteors, but maybe the newer HQ cameras are good enough now.

    • @PedroLiberal
      @PedroLiberal 6 місяців тому

      I understand the why for using the zwo cameras. They are built for this. But they cost anything from 150 euros to 600 euros. A pi hq camera costs 50 euros, anyone can get one, and get results. This is a lot more interesting for the army of people with a pi and a pi camera at home, because they don’t need to buy anything else, and they can try the software and see if they like it. That increases the ease of adoption tremendously.

    • @guyonamotorcycle1
      @guyonamotorcycle1 6 місяців тому

      @@VonBraunAstroSociety I tried to use the Pi cameras and had no luck. They were not recognized by the Raspberry for whatever reason. I ended up with the ASI178MC that works fine. I also found the camera on sale so that was a win...

    • @bubblehead5394
      @bubblehead5394 Місяць тому

      Don't be cheap

    • @TechdoLiberal
      @TechdoLiberal Місяць тому

      @@bubblehead5394do you pay my wage?

  • @OnceShy_TwiceBitten
    @OnceShy_TwiceBitten 7 місяців тому

    what is the point of these cams? Do they give you wx or cloud reports or something?

    • @philleng480
      @philleng480 7 місяців тому

      Capturing meteors is one of the big ones. There is a whole network of people across the UK with them who feed data into a group looking to pinpoint meteorite landings. A couple of years ago there was a bright meteor (fireball) observed in the S of England. Within a couple of hours a landing area of a square Km was worked out and the next day significant portions of a very rare type of meteorite were recovered. Thats one use.

  • @annebarker1525
    @annebarker1525 7 місяців тому

    needs a clean wouldn't be hard to coat that corrector either :)

  • @astroindianx
    @astroindianx 8 місяців тому

    Great work 💯

  • @wietsepruijmpie1922
    @wietsepruijmpie1922 8 місяців тому

    amazing project! thanks for sharing

  • @RetiredFE
    @RetiredFE 10 місяців тому

    Would really like to see a video on the parts and how you built this. Thanks. excellent video.

  • @dschenk952
    @dschenk952 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for the update.

  • @victoriaorgana
    @victoriaorgana Рік тому

    red light is a slay!

  • @Nottsboy24
    @Nottsboy24 Рік тому

    📡🔭🔬👌

  • @jesuschrist2284
    @jesuschrist2284 Рік тому

    Clean me

  • @SkyNetIO
    @SkyNetIO Рік тому

    i like it when YT recommends me something cool.

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard9673 Рік тому

    A nice scope but I must confess as most of my stargazing is done on hikes I'm a scope minimalist!I am going for a rural walk tomorrow and as the Moon is pretty much full I'll only be taking a Zeiss Mini Quick 5x10 monocular as the moonlight means I won't be looking for deep sky objects.

  • @meloney
    @meloney Рік тому

    Great Video, thank you! Greetings from germany. I would visit myself, but i'm a few thousand kilometres away haha :)

  • @tubedude54
    @tubedude54 Рік тому

    Wasn't that long ago... maybe 15 yrs... that C made an 18" Dall Kirkham... I still drool a bit when I think about it...

    • @camus83489
      @camus83489 4 місяці тому

      i think planewave makes those now

  • @flyboyu777
    @flyboyu777 Рік тому

    Is this in Huntsville area? I’d really like to see it since I’m only a couple hours south of you.

  • @Nottsboy24
    @Nottsboy24 Рік тому

    I like that telescope 👌🔭

  • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

    Very, very nice, I visited a retired 18" newt’ a few days ago, it weighed tens of tonnes! Unfortunately my originally red haired complexion almost never needs sun-screen, much _worser_ at night looking up at greyness for weeks😡

  • @keeplookingup911
    @keeplookingup911 Рік тому

    I am intrigued 😮😮😮

  • @NCF8710
    @NCF8710 Рік тому

    Nice scope! Could use a good cleaning.

    • @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935
      @givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935 Рік тому

      I’d just worry about any warm sea breezes corroding the mirrors.

    • @NCF8710
      @NCF8710 Рік тому

      I would be more concerned with the Schmidt corrector plate. It appears to have some damage and it cannot be replaced if it were to break. The mirrors on the other hand can be recoated to a new condition. @@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935

  • @xvonfrankenstein
    @xvonfrankenstein Рік тому

    Thank you for this.

  • @kjohn5224
    @kjohn5224 2 роки тому

    SmarterEveryDay brought me here. Great talk Naveen!

    • @huski1
      @huski1 2 роки тому

      Same with me

  • @djcheckonetwo
    @djcheckonetwo 3 роки тому

    You guys are doing a nice job on this. I have a SW package that provides telescope control with commercial servo drives via CANopen and I also make a servo drive that is cheaper than the one you have there.

  • @djcheckonetwo
    @djcheckonetwo 3 роки тому

    What is the torque rating on your motor? Did it come with the rotor nested inside the stator? I get my motors with the stator separate and I have a jig that lowers the rotor into the stator as the pull-in force is quite large.

  • @djcheckonetwo
    @djcheckonetwo 3 роки тому

    you want to get the ring concentricity down to about 0.001", but as long as the light is blue or green it will give you a good signal and you can model out encoder eccentricity if you have sine and cosine terms in your modeling SW.

  • @alainschwartz4601
    @alainschwartz4601 3 роки тому

    Good morning Sir. Your project is very interesting to me as I am currently working on the design of my first home made EQ mount. I want my mount to be direct drive using BLDC torque motor such as the one you adapt on your mount. Could you please share with me(us) some details about this motor and the drive to control it? Thanks a lot!!

  • @bhaveshsharma3749
    @bhaveshsharma3749 3 роки тому

    Interesting talk Naveen 👍

  • @skipwhitehurst8293
    @skipwhitehurst8293 4 роки тому

    I like that old rotary phone in the background! (@ ~6:30 and elsewhen)