Hi Tsula, Great information and very inspiring. Currently in South of England! Saw Stonehenge and now enjoying some clear nights with astronomy binoculars and tripod!! Not quite as much fun as my relescope ….but I’m seeing the night sky!!! Yay! Happy stargazing to you 🤗🌙✨
Lynn: That is excellent. I have never been to Stonehenge. One day I hope to see it. Great that you are getting clear skies. Binoculars can be great fun just scanning Sagittarius with all those great binocular targets. Have fun. Happy star gazing to you too.
Really great info Tsula.. Thank you for sharing. I am very happy to see you are ok after your accident in the last video. I know you don't want to, but I have been traveling with a travel trailer for a few years and it's been absolutely fantastic. I wish I'd known how fantastic 20 years ago! Yes you're a little more limited on access but they do make very rugged off road trailers. But, they do make a fabulous base camp. Cheers!
Thank you. Well, before my accident I had been thinking about buying one of those rugged modified vans, I think Ford makes one called Transit and Mercedes makes one called Sprinter. They are expensive and I'm not sure where I would park it but now the problem is I unexpectedly had to buy a new car. Maybe one day when I am too old to camp outside it will be a viable option. The other problem for me and I know this is lame but I don't know how to back up a trailer.
@@tsulasbigadventures If you can use a telescope, operate an equatorial mount, and find your way around the night sky, you can most certainly learn to back up and tow a trailer. 😁
Thanks Tsula. Enjoyed your show. I admire your level of adventurism. I tell my wife “ she is a bad ass” and I say it with appreciation of how you go all-in to follow your passion. I agree that your new 8” Meade is the way to go. I was surprised with the poor quality of the explore scientific collapsible DOB. Would have never guessed that. Thanks again, Tsula.
Hi Tsula just caught up with your videos; I was shocked by your accident looking at the car it could have been so much worse and you were lucky; I hope you are OK now something like that can cause you to suffer psychologically. I reckon the Gods are looking after you and sent some more Aurora as a special treat! Take care your friends in the UK
Thank you, Mike. This year has been a mixed bag with that criminal stealing my astronomy equipment in March and then the car accident in July but then all those aurorae and the bolide and a STEVE! What a treat those were and you are right; I was lucky to walk away with very minor injuries. Thank you again.
My Dob is actually lighter than the SCT but it's just too long to go into my car. But of course everyone wants a goto at star party to show off their telescopes. No one wants to wait around for someone to locate objects.
I've been planning to take my 14 Inch dobsonian to a Bortle 2 area....around 300 miles from me ... but still waiting until my friend will not have to work weekends + it has to be new moon or no moon that night + no clouds...so quite a lot happen in the same time...but fingers crossed..hopefully by the end of September I'll do it! Thanks for all the recommendations!
That sounds like great fun. At the end of September comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will pass perihelion and possibly become naked eye visible in the early morning hours September 28. Either way you will see a lot with a 14" telescope! Have fun.
I live under Bortle 6 skies and stargaze under such circumstances quite a lot as obviously living there I don't have much choice as I can't always get away and something is better than nothing!My nearest Bortle 4 is pretty close and I can get a train there and then the last one back at night but in mid Spring to the end of Summer it's no good as it's still light when the last train comes back!
I recommend a Binocular Telescope with 100 or 120mm aperture (like the ones offered by Oberwerk or APM). Relatively easy to handle and very hard to beat in terms of visual experience under dark skies!
I thought about buying some big binoculars but the interpupillary distance was too great for my eyes and I would not be able to see through both eyepieces at the same time thus defeating the purpose of binoculars. But it is a good idea.
Tsula, when you demonstrated that your large solid-tube dobsonian does not leave enough room in the car for your camping supplies, it reminded me i have seen a modification to make the swivel base collapsible. There are several videos I have seen. This is fairly clear, at least with respect to the finished product ua-cam.com/video/JEm-rOiqYuY/v-deo.html
That would help a lot but I still felt the solid tube took up too much room. I wish that all Dobs would come with collapsible bases. Thanks for the link.
Great video. Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge.
the night sky is an abundant gift
Less and less abundant though. We (humans) are actively snuffing it out without knowing it. It is a gift we must fight for to protect and reclaim.
Thanks for the video, this is years of camping to stargaze trips all condensed into a short video with helpful tips!
Camping is great fun,looks like you have covered all the bases. Great video.😊
Thank you!
Thanks Tsula. 👍🏼
Bless your heart. Misinformation abounds. Confident, informed, sane information for the observer!!
Thank you!
Very enjoyable, Tsula - you pack your videos as efficiently and compactly as you do your camper.
Thanks, Walter. That's a nice compliment.
Very thorough and informative advice! Thank you. I love primitive camping as well. Your videos are the best!
Thank you!
Hi Tsula, Great information and very inspiring. Currently in South of England! Saw Stonehenge and now enjoying some clear nights with astronomy binoculars and tripod!! Not quite as much fun as my relescope ….but I’m seeing the night sky!!! Yay! Happy stargazing to you 🤗🌙✨
Lynn: That is excellent. I have never been to Stonehenge. One day I hope to see it. Great that you are getting clear skies. Binoculars can be great fun just scanning Sagittarius with all those great binocular targets. Have fun. Happy star gazing to you too.
Really great info Tsula.. Thank you for sharing. I am very happy to see you are ok after your accident in the last video. I know you don't want to, but I have been traveling with a travel trailer for a few years and it's been absolutely fantastic. I wish I'd known how fantastic 20 years ago! Yes you're a little more limited on access but they do make very rugged off road trailers. But, they do make a fabulous base camp. Cheers!
Thank you. Well, before my accident I had been thinking about buying one of those rugged modified vans, I think Ford makes one called Transit and Mercedes makes one called Sprinter. They are expensive and I'm not sure where I would park it but now the problem is I unexpectedly had to buy a new car. Maybe one day when I am too old to camp outside it will be a viable option. The other problem for me and I know this is lame but I don't know how to back up a trailer.
@@tsulasbigadventures If you can use a telescope, operate an equatorial mount, and find your way around the night sky, you can most certainly learn to back up and tow a trailer. 😁
Thanks Tsula. Enjoyed your show. I admire your level of adventurism. I tell my wife “ she is a bad ass” and I say it with appreciation of how you go all-in to follow your passion. I agree that your new 8” Meade is the way to go. I was surprised with the poor quality of the explore scientific collapsible DOB. Would have never guessed that. Thanks again, Tsula.
Thank you. I'll take that as a compliment for sure.
Hi Tsula just caught up with your videos; I was shocked by your accident looking at the car it could have been so much worse and you were lucky; I hope you are OK now something like that can cause you to suffer psychologically. I reckon the Gods are looking after you and sent some more Aurora as a special treat! Take care your friends in the UK
Thank you, Mike. This year has been a mixed bag with that criminal stealing my astronomy equipment in March and then the car accident in July but then all those aurorae and the bolide and a STEVE! What a treat those were and you are right; I was lucky to walk away with very minor injuries. Thank you again.
Dobs get a lot of love online, then you get to a star party and it's 80% SCTs. Because they're lighter. And convenient, And automated.
My Dob is actually lighter than the SCT but it's just too long to go into my car. But of course everyone wants a goto at star party to show off their telescopes. No one wants to wait around for someone to locate objects.
I would also recommend taking a collimation tool of choice if taking a Dob.
Good point.
12-15” proper DOB (can get those for 60-70% price) and lightweight computer.
I've been planning to take my 14 Inch dobsonian to a Bortle 2 area....around 300 miles from me ... but still waiting until my friend will not have to work weekends + it has to be new moon or no moon that night + no clouds...so quite a lot happen in the same time...but fingers crossed..hopefully by the end of September I'll do it!
Thanks for all the recommendations!
That sounds like great fun. At the end of September comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will pass perihelion and possibly become naked eye visible in the early morning hours September 28. Either way you will see a lot with a 14" telescope! Have fun.
I'm off to southern France next week and taking my ED80. I'd take my Meade LX90 8inch too if i had room in the car.
Have a great trip! You don't have room for an 8" telescope? Imagine my car with that 10" monster in it.
I live under Bortle 6 skies and stargaze under such circumstances quite a lot as obviously living there I don't have much choice as I can't always get away and something is better than nothing!My nearest Bortle 4 is pretty close and I can get a train there and then the last one back at night but in mid Spring to the end of Summer it's no good as it's still light when the last train comes back!
There are so many hurtles to star gazing! But it sure makes you grateful when you do get that clear night out under dark skies and not too cold.
I recommend a Binocular Telescope with 100 or 120mm aperture (like the ones offered by Oberwerk or APM). Relatively easy to handle and very hard to beat in terms of visual experience under dark skies!
I thought about buying some big binoculars but the interpupillary distance was too great for my eyes and I would not be able to see through both eyepieces at the same time thus defeating the purpose of binoculars. But it is a good idea.
Tsula, when you demonstrated that your large solid-tube dobsonian does not leave enough room in the car for your camping supplies, it reminded me i have seen a modification to make the swivel base collapsible. There are several videos I have seen. This is fairly clear, at least with respect to the finished product
ua-cam.com/video/JEm-rOiqYuY/v-deo.html
That would help a lot but I still felt the solid tube took up too much room. I wish that all Dobs would come with collapsible bases. Thanks for the link.