We Try STARFRONT: $149 Remote Observatories Under Bortle 1 Skies!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- More info on Starfront on the official website: starfront.space/
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Hi Guys, I met you out at Starfront while I was dropping off my telescope with my two daughters... such a great place and videos like this will only help Bray meet his goal of world domination of remote observatories
Yes I remember, it was super nice meeting you!! Hopefully you're also getting some awesome data from there!
I am so grateful I found Star Front. When they talk about hosting small telescopes, I can tell you my Seestar S50 just got installed last week! What a difference in imaging results from my Bortle 8 to this super dark skies of Star Front. Their tech support team is outstanding. Now I can control my Seestar from my couch without having to drive for hours to a dark place. Totally worth it for me.
😎 this remote imaging industry is getting more interesting. 🎉
Do i send my crap gear to uganda or texas? Tough choice :)
11:50 forgot to use flats and background extraction? talking about flats, will the observatory chuck on a flat panel when needed ?
It's really the Netflix of remote Observatories. It is going to completely shake the industry.
Isnt it right in the Tornado Alley? I mean the location is great but in case of a Tornado (lets hope not), is the equipment save with an insurance or do you have a risk of loosing it? I know Texas is huge and the chance of a Tornado Hit is pretty small, but never say never.
great job on this...i was just there 5 days ago and did my drop off (from Phoenix), looking forward to getting first light soon.
How do you create calibration frames remotely? or did you create a selection of master calibration frames of different durations before you installed your equipment? Will you be in France for the start of the Olympics? good luck with the move, best wishes from Rob in Ireland.
maybe a stupid question but how do you capture a image 48 hours? Does it take pictures during the day as well? Or just every night with a total of 48 hours? I am confused as a beginner
$149 starting point is so good
Is there a place to buy this Galactic Hunter t-shirt?
Do you use a rotator ? Or it’s just such a wide field you can crop in ?
Thanks so much for the information!
Moving to France! Also, Great post
Man, if you can make it work with a Seestar at Starfront, sign me up!
Great Video!
9:40 looks like you guys need a boilermaker to make some better piers, maybe a bend knee pill
about $50 aud a week in bortle 1, not a bad price
Bienvenue en France !
incredible
How to focus the guidescope?
How do you do calibration frames?
Either you use a motorized cover / flat panel, or use skyflats. They can put a cover on your scope and you can take dark frames and use them for a very long time.
How much did rdo charge?
Are you going to keep this site after the move ?
Yes
Bortle-1? I'm not sure about that.
Looks like bortle 2 to me but still really good price point. I’m definitely thinking about putting my rig in there
Even most Bortle 1 sites aren't often Bortle 1, and its an overall poor measurement of sky quality either way. During prime Milky Way season the Milky Way itself could make the sky a bright Bortle 3, for example, and airglow has a similar though typically lesser effect
Meh, for imaging there’s not even such a huge difference from B4 on down
I've been to a Bortle 1 site before (near Tonopah, NV) and visually, this was exactly the same. Bortle scale is a tricky thing to measure though, it can vary a lot but when I was there, it did look like B1.
Do not hang up on bortle numbers,is the seen what important!you can be on bortle one with horrible seen and you still can do jack shit LOL especially with large aperture telescopes.
I guess your setup is not 149.
149 is the price per month to have the gear at that place.
@@matej.mlakar correct, but not for the setup he installed.
@@mpk2707 I dont think it was ment to be 149 setup to begin with? Just the rent of for this place compared to other places
@@matej.mlakar If you check the prices on the homepage there is a price based on swing diameter. 32", 48" and 58". Respect to Bray for the pricing, making remote Observatory available for most of us. Now we just have to buy some extremely expensive equipment to put inside the obsy.
Not worth it
Can you explain why not?
Would be totally worth it for me. I just need to get better at managing a remote setup
@@southbronxny5727 It makes the hobby ass. Unless you are of course there, but if you are on home far away from those its pointless, you miss the point and passion of the hobby. Also its not even your telescope or own stuff, your basically using someone elses stuff
I'm all set up with my Seestar at Star Front and it is totally worth it! I love it.