The Astrocast
The Astrocast
Episode 64 - Let's Talk Astro (Gear!)
Welcome BAAACK to The Astrocast! Thanks for joining us this week! Sorry for the late release, but i've been packing for vacation! As such - i'll be gone for the next two weeks, but we'll be back come new moon with another new episode!
This week on the show, Roo talks to you about deciding to move away from ASIAIR for his home observatory, considerations for mini-pc's for running said observatory, as well as many new pieces of gear that he like's the look of! We also go over some of the MANY benefits of putting your ASIAIR in to station mode!
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Thank you so much for listening, and i'll look forward to being back soon, and talking with you all again! CLEAR SKIES!
-Roo
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Nine. Eight.
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You are listening to The Astrocast
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Oh! Oh.
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Two. Welcome back to the Astro cast.
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I'm your host, Roo
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Today is Friday,
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July 11th, 2025.
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So we are officially
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at the full moon of July.
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And if you ask me, you can go ahead
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and get the heck out of here.
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I'm actually,
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going on vacation this weekend, so I was,
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really, really, truly hoping
that somehow it would be new Moon.
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But you know how that goes.
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So anyway,
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thank you guys
so much for joining me this week.
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I know the episodes
coming out a little bit later than normal.
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But I am going on vacation
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next week and planned to take
just a couple of weeks off from the show.
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So I wanted to spread things out
as much as possible.
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Just so you're not waiting around saying,
where is roulette in two weeks?
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So that's kind of
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why we're releasing it
a little bit later than normal.
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So, I really, really enjoyed
last week's episode.
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I thought that was so fun. Definitely.
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My favorite part of the episode
was seeing everybody's photos.
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That's a member of the discord.
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I really, really enjoyed that.
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I think it kind of
took everybody by surprise a little bit.
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So, and, and as,
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good news,
one of our very, very long term,
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one of the first Patreon members
that we actually had, ASRock.
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He did reach out to me,
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because I've been a little bit
concerned about him
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because I hadn't
heard from him in so long.
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So glad to hear you're doing okay.
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So I hope everything,
turns out okay. And,
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we'll be waiting for you in the group
whenever you're, ready to return.
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So, Milky Way season.
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How's it going for you guys?
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Have you, been able to get your targets
that you were hoping to get this summer?
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I I'd say, you know, right now
is probably prime Milky
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Way season time just because of,
you know, walking outside right now,
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you can pretty much right
as it gets truly dark out.
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You got Cygnus up in prime position,
which is always a very good indicator,
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that the Milky Way is there.
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Now, if you're lucky enough
to live in a dark sky site
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with, you know, Bordeaux
for better at five or better,
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then you can just look up
and see the Milky Way.
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But for most of us, you know,
bottle six, seven, eight, nine, God.
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Nine's horrible.
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And that's what
we're we're approaching here in Charlotte.
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You can't see
the Milky Way from the yard.
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So having an indicator like Cygnus
is really the, the best thing to do.
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And as we've talked about on the show
many times before,
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one of my absolute
favorite things about astronomy
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is learning different constellations
and then watching them
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change position in the night sky
as the seasons change.
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So, you know, just next month it's
going to be August.
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And obviously we're still on the tail
end of Milky Way season at that point.
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And obviously still have a good
2 to 3 months,
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depending on how late you're going out.
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To still get photos of the Milky
Way, but, you know, just before dawn,
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starting in August, you'll be able to see
Orion start coming up.
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So the Pleiades is already up,
just before dawn.
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So if you happen to get up early
and check out Venus and the Pleiades,
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they're definitely.
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They're, waiting for you.
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So, you know, I always tell everyone,
make sure that you learn
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a new constellation in each
and every season when you get the chance.
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I am trying to start to remember
the individual
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star names within my favorite
constellations at this point.
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I think I've learned
most of the large ones
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that are,
you know, easily visible from my yard.
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It's always weird
because when I go somewhere
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that has like a really good view,
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like a dark sky site with a wide open
horizon on all ends,
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you really get, like,
such a different feel because, you know,
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you're you're so accustomed to your yard
or your area where you normally do
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your work and, when you get that wide
open view, it just man,
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it changes, changes your opinion
and the way you think and everything else.
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A lot of things that seem super low in
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my yard
are actually pretty reasonably high.
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If you don't have trees to contend with
that are all around you.
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So, you know,
something like row comes to mind for me.
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In my yard,
I, I really can't get row, from
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where I have my mount set up.
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It's just too low.
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We got trees there, you can see.
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And trees, behind the trees.
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But you wouldn't
be able to really get a good shot.
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So if I want to shoot row from my house,
what I have to do is basically grab
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my guy, my star adventure guy out
and take it out into the driveway.
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And then I'm backed up
far enough away from those trees to where
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I can actually,
you know, get a decent frame of row.
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Now, that being said,
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I don't often shoot it from my yard
just because being mortal seven.
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Don't get me wrong,
row is not necessarily a dim target,
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but if you really want to pick up
all of the, you know, beautiful
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reflection nebula and obviously
the emission nebula, within row,
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you really do
want a more dark sky location.
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So that's what I'm always craving.
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And, you know,
I've got what I call my ten year plan
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to get out of Charlotte
and get somewhere a lot darker.
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You know, it remains to be seen
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if that will happen,
but I surely hope it will, just because
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there's so much more to it,
than what I get here.
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And I talk to, you know, members
of our Patreon on a regular basis.
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And so many of you guys have just
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incredible views,
from where you set up on a normal basis.
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And I just,
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I really, really want that for myself
one day, and I hope to make that happen.
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I think the favorite place that
I have found in the state so far is Maine.
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I know we've talked about that before,
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but I know that,
you know Niko from Nebula Photos.
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He's up in the northeast.
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He told me when I interviewed him,
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back on God, episode 40 something.
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48 maybe.
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That he does have to contend
with a lot of clouds, but,
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you know, I'm imagining that can't be
that much different from Charlotte.
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We've had pretty much cloudy nights.
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Most of the, the summer so far.
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So definitely have a lot of that
to deal with here as well.
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So the advantage, though, being that,
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you know,
obviously I would have a much darker sky.
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You are a few degrees
higher north up there.
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So your southern targets like row
are going to be
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a little bit lower on the horizon
from that point of view.
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And that's something that obviously
I have to keep in mind as well.
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But you know, all things considered,
I would I would definitely trade off
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those couple of small disadvantages
for the huge advantage
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of being somewhere more rural
that has just significantly darker skies.
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And I do have, one small correction
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from last week,
that I forgot to mention, early on.
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But anyway,
when we were talking about the AV mount,
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incorrectly said that it does not have
peak or periodic error correction,
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and one of the members of the Patreon
that owns and Avi
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actually notify me that it does indeed
have periodic error correction.
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I guess I kind of has to, being,
astrophotography mount.
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I don't even know if you
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I suppose you could have one
without periodic error correction, but
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your results would definitely not be great
if that were the case, and you'd
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probably get results, more similar to,
like, a low end star tracker without it.
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So definitely something, worth having.
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And glad to see
that the aviatrix does indeed have that.
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I still stand behind my argument, though,
that I would recommend
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a Star Adventure GTI over an Avi
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for a new astrophotographer
any day of the week.
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Just because it's so much more user
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friendly and has so many more features
built right in,
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actually, I had to take my chem
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26 and my telescope off the pier last week
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because we got some really bad weather
that came through.
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We've been having some really heavy
thunderstorms coming through,
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quite often, most afternoons, in fact.
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I mean, that's not uncommon.
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For North Carolina in the summer,
we usually get a lot of thunderstorms
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pretty much every day.
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You'll get, you know,
a summer shower in the afternoon.
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But the,
the intensity is a little bit unique.
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I, we had hail the other day.
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I was thinking about it,
and I was like, man,
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I haven't seen hail,
and I don't know how long.
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Easily ten years.
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I don't think I've ever seen it since
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me and my wife have been together,
and we've been together since 2013.
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So quite a long time since I've seen hail.
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And that came down with just one of our,
you know, regular thunderstorms.
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So, if you don't know, make sure,
you know,
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if you have an observatory, pay attention.
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I would imagine all of us do.
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But, you know, for situations,
if you're in one like I am
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where you use,
you know, a tele gizmos cover.
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I'm actually I've started putting a tarp
on top of the tele
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gizmos cover as well,
just to be extra careful.
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I told you guys I was looking into,
putting a dehumidifier
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in along with, you know, the cover
just to keep moisture out.
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I ordered, a very small one,
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on Amazon that only holds 20oz of water.
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But unfortunately,
it was still too large to make work.
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I'm actually,
I'm thinking about designing my own.
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I think it wouldn't really be that hard
to design a very small dehumidifier.
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And I guess the
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the big difference would be is mine
would not really require a tank.
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I mean, it would have to have
a very small tank just for,
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you know, catching the drops of water
that come off of the, the metal plate.
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But it
would mainly just have a drain hose on it
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because I would want to drain the water,
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you know, far away from my pier,
obviously,
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which is what I was trying to do
with the dehumidifier that I purchased.
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But it was just too large
to really make work properly.
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So I ended up returning that I.
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I'm going to start
thinking about that, though.
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I think if you get like a, piezo
electric cooler, I believe they're called.
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That's what's generally used.
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Kind of like what we use for our,
cameras is the same type of technology
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that's used, for a dehumidifier,
basically,
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you know,
drawers, the, moisture out of the air
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and has it condense on that metal plate,
by being cooler than the air around it.
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And then that drops into a reservoir
of some sort and then drains out.
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I don't see any reason why you couldn't
just order the individual parts,
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and then maybe 3D print
something that would fit on your own bar.
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Telescope bar.
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Vixen dovetail bar.
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That is, it's just a it's an idea.
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I've been kicking around in my head
a little bit.
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If anyone has any similar thoughts
for advice like that
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out there,
please feel free to email me at ru.
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Ask your cast at gmail.com.
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I didn't see anything like that
when I went searching on astrophotography,
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websites.
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Thinking surely somebody
selling something to you a fire, but no.
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So maybe it's an untapped market.
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I'm definitely going to look into it
and see what I can come up with.
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And, I'll certainly keep you guys
posted on anything that comes of that
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in other, AP news,
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the AC air, it looks like it's
finally past its big, pain points
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that it's been having over the last,
you know, month or two
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ever since they released the big software
update.
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And people were having a lot of issues
with their guiding.
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There were, problems with Meridian flips
or they were happening too early.
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And obviously that can be disastrous.
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Depending on, you know,
what the scenario is.
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But, they did release a beta for it
a little over a week ago,
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and I think I mentioned it on
last week's show, and it looks like that
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has basically passed all the tests,
and they now have the update available.
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It's, AC air version 2.4.1,
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and it's available on the App Store
and the, Android Play Store.
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So if you haven't updated your AC air yet,
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I would highly recommend that you do that
next time that it pops up, because,
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you know, if you're on that prior version
that hasn't been patched yet,
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you could run into some real trouble
without it.
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And honestly,
that kind of brings me to my next topic.
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With with everything
that's been going on with the ACA.
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And I'm a big fan of Zwo, I know that
there's a lot of mixed feelings out there
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about them, for a whole multitude of
different reasons that I won't get into.
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But, you know, generally speaking,
I like the ASI air.
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It's a great device. It simplifies things.
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Makes it super easy
to set up in the field.
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You know, if you're making a trip out
to dark sky sites on a regular basis.
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But I always said
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that if I ever had a permanent observatory
or I could set up
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all the time, that I would
certainly be going back to Nina.
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And I've been thinking about that
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over the last few weeks,
and I think this whole debacle,
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with the last software update
that was released,
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has kind of gone ahead and convinced me,
to go ahead and move forward with that.
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So, you know that
that means a few different things.
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The first thing it means is
if I'm going to have a computer outside
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full time that I can't just have,
you know, a tele gizmos cover.
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I mean, I probably could,
but I don't think it would last as long.
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Not nearly
as long as it would compared to, like,
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an actual enclosure
for the telescope in the year.
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And if I really want to set up
a computer out there,
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I really need to get a small building
around the telescope.
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So I'm starting to, really frame out
the ideas for how I'm going to do that.
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I have decided I'm going to go with a,
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you know, like a micro observatory build,
if you will.
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What I'd really like to do
is just essentially build a big box
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that covers the telescope
and then have, weather sealing, right
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where the pier ends
and the mount part of the scope,
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if you will, starts
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and then have it on hinges
where I can literally just lift that up,
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unpack the scope,
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and then start imaging on
if I do good weather stripping around it.
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I don't see any reason that wouldn't work
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as long as I have good hinges and support.
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For the framing.
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There's a lot of different ways
that I could go about doing that.
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And, I'm certainly looking into
to a lot of them.
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And the other thing,
that I'm looking into in that regard is
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what type of PC I would like to use,
because there's obviously
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a lot of different
options that you can go with.
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If you're,
you know, planning on doing a Nina set up.
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When I originally started
astrophotography, I used my,
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my big gaming laptop,
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and I would just bring that everywhere
with me and a couple of high powered
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USB adapter USB hubs, that is,
so I could plug everything in.
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And that worked fine,
but that would not be ideal.
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For the type of setup that I'm building.
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I really think a, like
a nook style computer or like a micro PC,
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if you will, is probably going to be
the route that I go.
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And I started looking into these, and,
you know, the first place I looked
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obviously was Amazon and they're very,
very affordable these days.
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For, you know, a micro PC,
you can get them anywhere from
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$130 up to, you know, depending
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on what you want to do, $1,000 or more.
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Obviously, I think I'll probably end up
falling somewhere in the middle.
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There are a lot of Intel builds
that use like 12th and 13th
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generation Intel processors,
the atom style, low power processors.
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And that seems to be,
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very much the most popular style,
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that's out there for these,
you know, micro PCs.
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And the other thing that you notice
very quickly
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is that a lot of them
have an extremely similar form factor,
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along with extremely similar,
ports on them, like most of them have,
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you know, three, maybe four, Usb-a
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ports, two of which are USB 3.0.
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So, you know, they're using some type of,
you know, very small motherboard.
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And they're probably all using,
you know, the same kind of motherboard,
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I would imagine.
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And, or you tend to see a little bit
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higher end is with the Ryzen Mini pieces.
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So they cost a little bit more at
the entry level, than the Intel ones do.
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But, for that
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little bit more that you spend, you
definitely get a lot more connectivity.
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So like looking at,
just one of the first ones that came up,
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it's a Ryzen seven, 5700
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U, which is,
you know, the mobile processor for Ryzen,
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with 16 gigs of Ddr4
Ram and a 512 gigabyte SSD,
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which, you know, for
our purposes, is more than enough,
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than you'll ever need for,
you know, doing something like neener,
00;19;05;11 - 00;19;08;22
you know, any other software
that you would want to run on this PC?
00;19;09;01 - 00;19;13;15
And I think the the really big advantage,
in my opinion,
00;19;13;24 - 00;19;17;10
is that you get a lot more, USB ports.
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So just looking at this, Ryzen seven
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PC that I've got pulled up, it's $250.
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So, you know, about $100
more than most of the entry level
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Intel ones, but it has, six Usb-a ports,
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and then it also has a Type-C port.
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So just a lot more connectivity.
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You know, if you've got things like,
obviously a guide camera,
00;19;44;02 - 00;19;48;09
electronic autofocus or,
if you're running do heaters
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that are USB power,
like I unfortunately have,
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then that could obviously
save you a lot of time.
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Now, you could also add on something
like an SV Boni power box.
00;20;00;05 - 00;20;02;27
For your dedicated 12 volt power.
00;20;02;27 - 00;20;07;19
So like if you have proper 12 volt
do heaters and then obviously your mount
00;20;07;27 - 00;20;11;29
and anything else, camera power
that might be running on 12 volt,
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you obviously still have to have a way
to power those items.
00;20;16;13 - 00;20;20;03
And so something like an SSB
only power box can be an excellent,
00;20;20;03 - 00;20;23;07
excellent way to go as well
if you don't want to have, you know,
00;20;23;07 - 00;20;27;10
just a bunch of power bricks
plugged up to everything, obviously.
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So one thing, that you definitely,
definitely need to keep an eye out for
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is that some of these systems are fanless
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and, you know, in the right setting,
a fanless PC can be wonderful.
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So, like, if you are running it,
maybe as, like a home theater PC,
00;20;46;08 - 00;20;49;24
on your entertainment stand,
and you want it to be quiet so it doesn't,
00;20;49;24 - 00;20;55;04
you know, interfere with your on a TV
watching experience or you want to put it,
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then a fanless PC makes sense
because it's indoors in a cold environs.
00;21;00;18 - 00;21;05;00
And, but in our situation,
if you're going to have it
00;21;05;00 - 00;21;10;05
in an observatory or it's outdoors,
pretty much 24 seven,
00;21;10;14 - 00;21;14;02
though you might have insulation
in your observatory, hopefully
00;21;14;02 - 00;21;17;15
at a minimum, you've got a, you know,
waterproof situation where you can
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keep the rain out and most of the moisture
by running a couple of fans.
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You're definitely going to want to have
a fan, like an actual cooler on that PC.
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And I would think for the majority
of these, you know, the built in fans
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should be good.
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You know, it's not a very powerful
processor, that we're talking about here.
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And it's doing pretty simple stuff.
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All things considered.
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But if you didn't have that cooling,
then you're you're just waiting for
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disaster to strike, because chances are
your silicon is going to melt
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at some point.
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If you're getting up to,
you know, over 100 degrees,
00;21;51;08 - 00;21;54;21
like we are here in the,
Carolinas on a pretty regular basis.
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So, I think after I get
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the actual, small shed building,
observatory, whatever you want to call it
00;22;02;29 - 00;22;06;05
built, I will likely go with one of these
mini pieces.
00;22;06;06 - 00;22;11;10
I actually have, a couple of old Dell
OptiPlex notes
00;22;11;10 - 00;22;15;19
lying around still, but
they're getting pretty up there in age.
00;22;15;28 - 00;22;18;24
And while I don't doubt
that they could probably do the job,
00;22;18;24 - 00;22;23;06
I would much rather have something
a little bit more modern and reliable.
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And, honestly, for the price on these,
like like I say, 250 for a 16 gig,
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one with, half a terabyte of storage,
you really can't go wrong with that.
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They also have,
Wi-Fi six built into them,
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which is a very, very good
and very recent standard for Wi-Fi.
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You know, it's going to be a
00;22;43;20 - 00;22;47;22
lot more reliable,
than the ACA is for Wi-Fi.
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Now, I will tell you,
I want to mention this because
00;22;51;27 - 00;22;55;20
one of the members in our discord
mentioned it a few days ago.
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They said that they had been using Direct
Connect mode on their AC air,
00;23;01;24 - 00;23;06;04
for the longest time,
and that they finally set it up in station
00;23;06;04 - 00;23;07;29
mode while they're at home,
00;23;07;29 - 00;23;10;29
and that it's made
all the difference in the world to them.
00;23;10;29 - 00;23;14;06
And I think it's been a while
since I've mentioned it on the shows.
00;23;14;06 - 00;23;18;25
I want to mention it to you
put your AC ears in station mode,
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and what that means is your AC air,
instead of you connecting directly to it
00;23;23;17 - 00;23;27;12
from your phone over Wi-Fi,
it will connect to your home
00;23;27;12 - 00;23;32;12
router over Wi-Fi, and then your phone
or tablet connects to the router.
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And that is how they talk.
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And ultimately it just gives you a much,
much more solid connection.
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In fact, for myself,
what I've done is I have the main router,
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for our household and the living room
kind of in a central area of the house.
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But then I ran a cat
six wire under the house,
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and all the way back to our attached
garage and inside the attached garage,
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I have set up a secondary router
with a different side
00;24;03;25 - 00;24;06;12
called Roos Observatory.
00;24;06;12 - 00;24;10;15
And it is solely there,
as you would guess, for the observatory.
00;24;10;15 - 00;24;13;20
So it's only used for like the AC air
or computers
00;24;13;20 - 00;24;17;07
that are going to be connecting
for the purposes of astrophotography.
00;24;18;06 - 00;24;19;04
Now, not
00;24;19;04 - 00;24;22;04
only does that give you
a more solid connection,
00;24;22;06 - 00;24;25;12
whenever you're, you know, trying to,
00;24;25;12 - 00;24;29;13
set up a plan, for example, in your air
or view photos that are coming in,
00;24;29;28 - 00;24;33;29
but it also gives you
another hugely, added benefit,
00;24;34;14 - 00;24;39;24
and that if you connect to that router
from your home PC,
00;24;39;25 - 00;24;43;29
whether it be, you know, like a desktop
PC or a laptop, you can then
00;24;44;13 - 00;24;49;17
open up your File Explorer, do
backslash, backslash, AC er,
00;24;49;26 - 00;24;54;01
press enter and it'll pop up and ask you
for the username and password.
00;24;54;11 - 00;24;56;27
And that's generally going to be admin.
00;24;56;27 - 00;25;00;23
And then whatever you set the password
as on your here
00;25;00;28 - 00;25;04;20
I think by default it's 12345678
if I remember correctly.
00;25;05;01 - 00;25;09;08
But once you do that
you can actually through your file
00;25;09;08 - 00;25;14;08
Explorer get all your files,
directly from the ACR.
00;25;14;08 - 00;25;20;18
So like for example, whenever
I am doing an imaging session overnight,
00;25;21;02 - 00;25;26;16
before I would go out the next morning,
you know, go grab the USB stick.
00;25;26;21 - 00;25;31;07
God forbid I had, you know,
saved everything to internal storage
00;25;31;07 - 00;25;33;06
because then I had to go in
and manually copy
00;25;33;06 - 00;25;36;28
everything over to the USB stick,
and they've updated it on the easier.
00;25;36;28 - 00;25;38;21
So you don't got to do it
one photo at a time.
00;25;38;21 - 00;25;39;23
But I remember when you
00;25;39;23 - 00;25;43;04
did have to do it one photo at a time,
which was really bad.
00;25;43;16 - 00;25;46;29
But anyway, instead of having to deal
with all that and grab the USB stick, both
00;25;46;29 - 00;25;50;22
that I can plug it into my computer
and then copy all the files over.
00;25;50;22 - 00;25;53;22
Instead,
I can just wake up in the morning,
00;25;54;01 - 00;25;58;17
walk over to my computer,
log directly on to the AC air,
00;25;58;17 - 00;26;03;02
click on either USB or eMMC storage,
whichever I save to
00;26;03;02 - 00;26;06;20
because it'll give you the options,
for the different storage mediums.
00;26;06;27 - 00;26;09;29
If you've got a micro SD card in there,
you can access that.
00;26;10;10 - 00;26;14;02
If you've decided to save your USB
thumb drive, you can access that.
00;26;14;02 - 00;26;17;02
Or if you're using the internal storage,
you can access that.
00;26;17;14 - 00;26;21;15
Another big benefit is
if you've been using,
00;26;21;20 - 00;26;27;29
a USB stick like I did, for,
you know, the vast majority of your work,
00;26;28;05 - 00;26;32;27
you can actually free up one of your USB
ports, because if you think about it,
00;26;32;27 - 00;26;37;10
if you, clear that internal memory
and you only, you know,
00;26;37;26 - 00;26;42;19
save what you're actually actively working
on, on the issuer's internal storage,
00;26;42;28 - 00;26;45;23
then there's no need to have,
a thumb drive
00;26;45;23 - 00;26;49;01
plugged into one of your very valuable
four USB ports.
00;26;49;01 - 00;26;50;24
So just something to think about.
00;26;50;24 - 00;26;53;24
There's a lot of benefits
to going to station mode.
00;26;54;05 - 00;26;57;18
And really the only reason not to is
because you don't
00;26;57;18 - 00;26;59;15
want to take five minutes to figure out.
00;26;59;15 - 00;27;00;20
And that's all it really takes.
00;27;00;20 - 00;27;03;00
It's,
you know, a couple minutes of tinkering.
00;27;03;00 - 00;27;06;16
And once you've done that and you're
connected to it, it's good to go.
00;27;06;22 - 00;27;11;18
I'll say every time I boot up my rig now,
it connects directly to that router.
00;27;11;25 - 00;27;14;06
And just, you know, I pull up my iPhone,
00;27;14;06 - 00;27;18;01
connect to the Rous Observatory
network, and, you know, Bob's your uncle.
00;27;18;01 - 00;27;20;06
So it really is a great thing.
00;27;20;06 - 00;27;23;14
And if you haven't done it yet,
I would highly recommend that you do.
00;27;24;06 - 00;27;28;13
If you've got if you guys have any photos
of your observatories and your setups
00;27;28;13 - 00;27;32;07
with how you have your computers set up,
please send them to me because I.
00;27;32;12 - 00;27;36;20
I love to take inspiration
from other people, other people's builds.
00;27;36;29 - 00;27;40;07
And I don't get down,
to the observatory,
00;27;40;15 - 00;27;43;17
for the Charlotte Astronomers Club
as often as I would like to.
00;27;43;17 - 00;27;44;19
So I don't get,
00;27;44;19 - 00;27;48;18
you know, tor other people's observatories
as much as I would really like to.
00;27;48;18 - 00;27;54;05
So if you've got a unique or cool idea
or just want to share your setup with me,
00;27;54;05 - 00;27;59;05
please feel free to, you know, email me
a photo ru Astro Kasei gmail.com.
00;27;59;05 - 00;28;02;24
Or you can obviously tag me
online, follow us on the Facebook page.
00;28;03;00 - 00;28;06;09
And I always, we'll make sure
to link to that in the show notes.
00;28;06;09 - 00;28;11;00
So, a few other things
I wanted to talk about.
00;28;11;00 - 00;28;12;10
We haven't talked about any
00;28;12;10 - 00;28;16;18
new gear in a little while,
and I was, checking through.
00;28;16;18 - 00;28;18;09
And there's a couple of things
00;28;18;09 - 00;28;21;12
that they aren't super new,
but I think they're worth discussing.
00;28;21;20 - 00;28;23;16
One of them's newer than the other.
00;28;23;16 - 00;28;25;27
And then another thing is
just kind of unique.
00;28;25;27 - 00;28;27;09
Anyway, let me let me get into one.
00;28;27;09 - 00;28;33;07
So reflectors are obviously,
great for astrophotography.
00;28;33;07 - 00;28;36;06
I think obviously they're the most popular
00;28;36;14 - 00;28;40;01
and they're definitely
what I would recommend to anyone.
00;28;40;11 - 00;28;44;20
New to astrophotography
is going to be a small refractor telescope
00;28;44;21 - 00;28;46;25
because it's the easiest to learn on.
00;28;46;25 - 00;28;48;25
It's the easiest, to control.
00;28;48;25 - 00;28;50;26
You don't really have to worry
about collimation.
00;28;50;26 - 00;28;54;28
And just overall, it's going to give you
the best chance for success
00;28;55;05 - 00;28;58;16
when you have so many other things
that you're having to learn about.
00;28;58;27 - 00;29;01;28
It just removes some of the,
the more obvious
00;29;01;28 - 00;29;04;28
pain points
that, beginners tend to run into.
00;29;05;17 - 00;29;08;26
Now, that being said, there are also,
00;29;09;10 - 00;29;13;03
some, you know, larger
refractor telescopes out there.
00;29;13;03 - 00;29;17;28
And what I've been really
shocked by in recent years is
00;29;19;01 - 00;29;19;26
how much
00;29;19;26 - 00;29;23;26
scope you can
get, for such a small amount of money.
00;29;23;26 - 00;29;27;26
And obviously that depends on
what company you go to.
00;29;28;10 - 00;29;32;12
A company like William Optics
is obviously going to charge
00;29;32;12 - 00;29;36;12
a premium over someone like SP Boni,
which is trying to give you as much,
00;29;36;20 - 00;29;38;18
you know, gear
as you can get for your buck.
00;29;38;18 - 00;29;42;28
And they're not necessarily going to be
top high end everything on every piece.
00;29;42;28 - 00;29;44;27
But then again, neither is William Optics.
00;29;44;27 - 00;29;47;26
If you wanted to top high end on
everything, you'd probably go
00;29;47;26 - 00;29;49;19
for something like a Takahashi.
00;29;49;19 - 00;29;55;17
But that being said, I was looking
at a couple of factors in particular.
00;29;55;27 - 00;30;00;26
So the Redcat series from William Optics
has been
00;30;00;26 - 00;30;06;07
just hugely popular, over the last,
you know, five years or so.
00;30;06;07 - 00;30;10;04
And really,
it's kind of spawned its own category
00;30;10;13 - 00;30;14;09
of small refractor
that all the other companies are still,
00;30;14;09 - 00;30;17;09
you know, catching up
to, Asghar included.
00;30;17;14 - 00;30;21;10
I personally own the, the SKA 55,
00;30;21;12 - 00;30;25;23
quintuple refractor,
and I absolutely love that telescope.
00;30;26;05 - 00;30;28;25
I can't recommend it
enough, especially for the
00;30;28;25 - 00;30;31;25
the price
where you can get it for like 800 USD.
00;30;32;02 - 00;30;33;14
It's just a great scope.
00;30;33;14 - 00;30;36;07
But they recently came out
00;30;36;07 - 00;30;40;06
with a, significantly larger, Redcat.
00;30;40;06 - 00;30;41;19
So, you know,
00;30;41;19 - 00;30;45;19
the original Redcat came out,
I believe it was either the 71 or the 61.
00;30;45;19 - 00;30;48;21
And then they came out with the Redcat 51.
00;30;48;29 - 00;30;52;19
And now, you know,
instead of getting smaller and smaller,
00;30;52;19 - 00;30;55;19
which has been the trend over
the last couple of years,
00;30;55;25 - 00;31;00;15
it looks like they're going
with a significantly larger Redcat.
00;31;00;15 - 00;31;06;24
So the Redcat 91 is the one that I have
actually, been eyeballing here.
00;31;06;24 - 00;31;11;03
And it is, you know, a little bit
more premium and cost,
00;31;11;10 - 00;31;14;10
than the other scope
that we'll talk about here shortly.
00;31;14;10 - 00;31;17;23
But it is again, very, very well-made.
00;31;18;00 - 00;31;23;09
And it's just, it's
an awesome apo, refractor.
00;31;23;16 - 00;31;26;02
And it does
have the, the pet swirl design,
00;31;26;02 - 00;31;28;07
so you don't have to worry
about getting a feel.
00;31;28;07 - 00;31;30;12
Flattener reducer.
00;31;30;12 - 00;31;34;25
Five elements of glass,
two of which are super easy.
00;31;34;25 - 00;31;38;00
So you're going to get a really,
really nice,
00;31;38;00 - 00;31;41;10
chromatic, aberration free, image.
00;31;41;23 - 00;31;45;16
And I love the the speed of the scope
00;31;45;16 - 00;31;49;11
at f 4.8,
I really feel like that's, a great.
00;31;49;11 - 00;31;51;06
It's actually 4.9, I apologize.
00;31;51;06 - 00;31;53;13
It's a really nice, sweet spot.
00;31;53;13 - 00;31;57;19
For being fast at gathering light,
but not so fast
00;31;57;19 - 00;32;02;19
that you're kind of running into
the issues, with, things like curvature
00;32;02;19 - 00;32;04;14
and not getting around stars
00;32;04;14 - 00;32;07;27
in the corners that you can get with,
you know, ultra fast setups.
00;32;09;08 - 00;32;12;21
So, yeah, it's like, say 91 millimeter
objective lens.
00;32;12;21 - 00;32;17;11
So, you know, pretty significantly larger
than your typical 80 millimeter AP.
00;32;17;11 - 00;32;19;00
So like my SV bunny.
00;32;19;00 - 00;32;22;00
SV five 5080 Eddie.
00;32;22;01 - 00;32;26;21
And coming in at around $2,800.
00;32;26;21 - 00;32;30;27
So not a cheap scope by any means,
00;32;30;27 - 00;32;34;28
but you really do get a lot for your money
with this one.
00;32;34;28 - 00;32;40;05
And I can't wait, to start seeing
some of the reviews come in for this gear.
00;32;40;05 - 00;32;42;04
I was, you know, reading about it.
00;32;42;04 - 00;32;47;22
It's got the, internal focus design that,
William Optics is very well known for.
00;32;48;02 - 00;32;51;18
It kind of comes with all the basics
that you would expect from a William
00;32;51;18 - 00;32;55;11
Optic scope, including a nice rail on top
that can work as a handle.
00;32;55;18 - 00;33;00;16
And then it's got the super cool, built
in, focuser.
00;33;00;16 - 00;33;02;27
The, Dan, why is the name escaping me?
00;33;02;27 - 00;33;04;20
Baton of mask?
00;33;04;20 - 00;33;07;04
The one that looks like,
you know, kitty cat ears.
00;33;08;07 - 00;33;10;08
So it's it's really nice.
00;33;10;08 - 00;33;12;17
And it at about $2,800,
00;33;12;17 - 00;33;16;14
it's a little pricey,
but they're including, something with it
00;33;16;14 - 00;33;21;01
that is actually on my list of things,
that I wanted to talk about as well today,
00;33;21;13 - 00;33;26;02
which is a, free pair
of what they're calling the cat's eyes.
00;33;26;02 - 00;33;27;13
Binoculars.
00;33;27;13 - 00;33;32;17
Now, I've been a big fan of this style
of binocular for a long time.
00;33;32;29 - 00;33;37;11
And these are two x by 42 millimeter
objective lenses.
00;33;37;20 - 00;33;40;14
So two x obviously is not
00;33;40;14 - 00;33;44;11
a huge amount of zoom,
for a pair of binoculars.
00;33;44;11 - 00;33;46;07
But that's not the idea.
00;33;46;07 - 00;33;50;28
The idea is to give you an incredibly,
00;33;51;03 - 00;33;54;03
you know, beautiful, easy to see,
00;33;54;09 - 00;33;56;29
wide field view of the night sky.
00;33;56;29 - 00;34;00;09
So if you bring a pair of these to a dark
00;34;00;09 - 00;34;04;03
sky site, and I have tried some because,
00;34;04;03 - 00;34;07;14
Rick, friend of the show,
who's been on the show a couple of times,
00;34;07;25 - 00;34;11;14
he actually owns a pair,
not the Red cats, but a different brand.
00;34;11;27 - 00;34;15;20
And looking through them
is just incredible.
00;34;15;20 - 00;34;20;21
I mean, it really is cool because
when you check out something like Orion,
00;34;21;08 - 00;34;24;27
instantly, like,
so many more stars come into view
00;34;25;08 - 00;34;30;00
and you just get such a clear, large image
00;34;30;06 - 00;34;33;13
of each constellation individually
00;34;33;13 - 00;34;38;23
so they can reveal a lot more
than what you can see with your naked eye
00;34;39;00 - 00;34;42;17
while not zooming in so much to where,
you know shaky
00;34;42;18 - 00;34;46;10
hands become a problem like they do
with a lot of the larger binoculars.
00;34;46;22 - 00;34;50;11
Early on I bought a, pair of Celestron
00;34;50;11 - 00;34;54;09
binoculars, that I think are like
ten x or something like that.
00;34;54;14 - 00;34;56;24
They're pretty large binoculars.
00;34;56;24 - 00;35;01;12
But they're not so large that they came
with a, tripod adapter.
00;35;01;22 - 00;35;04;21
And I just I don't use them all that much
00;35;04;21 - 00;35;07;22
just because I don't have
the steadiest of hands.
00;35;07;29 - 00;35;08;24
And unless I'm, like,
00;35;08;24 - 00;35;13;01
leaning against something, it's
not a super comfortable, thing to do.
00;35;13;12 - 00;35;16;06
But with a pair of two x binoculars,
00;35;16;06 - 00;35;19;06
man, they're like, like theater, opera
glasses.
00;35;19;06 - 00;35;22;06
That's really what they kind of remind you
of when you look at them.
00;35;22;17 - 00;35;25;17
They've got diopter adjustment,
so you can, you know,
00;35;25;28 - 00;35;30;12
make, for people that have different,
you know, spaced eyes,
00;35;30;12 - 00;35;33;12
obviously you can adjust for that,
which is very nice.
00;35;33;19 - 00;35;37;17
And you can actually attach
filters to them also, which is super cool.
00;35;37;26 - 00;35;41;23
Now, one of the, complaints
that I do have with these
00;35;41;23 - 00;35;47;19
is that they've got a really weird, size
for the filters.
00;35;47;19 - 00;35;51;00
So it's M 44.5.
00;35;51;00 - 00;35;53;21
So why they're not just like M 48?
00;35;53;21 - 00;35;57;22
I don't know, they could have like, maybe
built in a step up ring or something,
00;35;57;22 - 00;36;01;12
but I suppose that didn't work out
with with what they were doing.
00;36;02;26 - 00;36;04;23
You know, what are you going to do?
00;36;04;23 - 00;36;09;27
But I will say, I found a file online
00;36;09;27 - 00;36;14;22
that's a, 3D print file
that'll let you go from 44.5 to M 48,
00;36;15;00 - 00;36;19;13
which is a, you know, much more,
standard size adapter.
00;36;19;13 - 00;36;20;22
And 48 is.
00;36;20;22 - 00;36;24;17
So if you wanted to do something
like put on ultra high contrast filters
00;36;24;25 - 00;36;29;08
or heck, even, you know, attach,
you know, like a like, stream filter
00;36;29;08 - 00;36;31;27
or something, you could absolutely do that
with a pair of these.
00;36;31;27 - 00;36;33;24
So just something to think about.
00;36;33;24 - 00;36;40;06
I really dig they're like,
I say they're free with the William Optics
00;36;40;06 - 00;36;45;15
91, but, you know, free is is relative
because it's a $2,800 telescope.
00;36;45;15 - 00;36;48;18
But on their own, they're going for $168.
00;36;49;02 - 00;36;52;03
And that's pretty competitive
with what I've seen.
00;36;52;03 - 00;36;55;13
As far as other companies
that sell similar
00;36;55;13 - 00;36;59;04
binoculars, I think Orion sells a pair.
00;36;59;04 - 00;37;00;15
And then there's another company out there
00;37;00;15 - 00;37;02;04
that sells,
and I haven't looked in a little while,
00;37;02;04 - 00;37;04;17
but it's similar in price
to the other ones.
00;37;04;17 - 00;37;06;18
And being that they're William Optics,
00;37;06;18 - 00;37;10;09
you can pretty much be sure that
they're going to be, pretty nice quality.
00;37;10;09 - 00;37;15;13
But I guess I'll wait and see until,
you know, all the reviews come in on them.
00;37;15;13 - 00;37;19;21
But I definitely would love
to get my hands on a pair of these
00;37;19;21 - 00;37;21;13
just because I'm a sucker.
00;37;21;13 - 00;37;23;12
For super wide field stuff.
00;37;23;12 - 00;37;28;09
And you can't get much more wide field,
than two x binoculars.
00;37;28;24 - 00;37;33;10
I'll, I'll also include the link
to that 3D print file in the show notes.
00;37;33;10 - 00;37;36;08
So if any of you guys actually end up
with a pair of these,
00;37;36;08 - 00;37;40;23
and you do want to be able to attach
filters, and you have a 3D printer,
00;37;40;23 - 00;37;44;20
you can 3D print these
and just another reminder, guys,
00;37;44;20 - 00;37;48;25
3D printer is
one of the best things that you can own.
00;37;48;25 - 00;37;52;08
If you are an astronomy
or astrophotography enthusiast,
00;37;52;17 - 00;37;56;11
because there really are
just a ton of different things
00;37;56;11 - 00;37;59;18
that you can print,
even if you just go to thing averse.com
00;37;59;25 - 00;38;02;25
and search for astronomy
or astrophotography,
00;38;02;25 - 00;38;07;02
you will instantly see that
there are just a ton of very useful,
00;38;07;09 - 00;38;11;01
you know, bits and bobs that you will find
that you can print yourself at home.
00;38;11;11 - 00;38;15;09
I've printed laser mounts,
I printed vixen rails, I printed
00;38;15;10 - 00;38;18;28
handles, I printed entire,
00;38;20;04 - 00;38;23;21
setups for like a rokinon 135 lens.
00;38;23;21 - 00;38;26;26
So you can actually put it on the mount,
the rings, that is.
00;38;26;26 - 00;38;28;19
Sorry, the word was escaping me.
00;38;28;19 - 00;38;31;23
But yeah, there's just a lot
that you can do with the 3D printer
00;38;31;23 - 00;38;34;02
when it comes to astronomy
and astrophotography.
00;38;34;02 - 00;38;37;02
So that's another thing to consider.
00;38;37;02 - 00;38;40;14
Now, the other end of the,
00;38;40;14 - 00;38;44;28
the large refractor,
is going to be the more budget side.
00;38;45;07 - 00;38;48;21
And obviously for me, my heart
00;38;48;21 - 00;38;52;26
absolutely belongs to SV Boni
when it goes to budget telescopes.
00;38;52;26 - 00;38;56;22
And they really are doing something
special over there.
00;38;56;22 - 00;39;01;25
So for being the quote unquote budget
brand, they really have up their game
00;39;01;25 - 00;39;06;09
over the last couple of years
and very, very high quality stuff.
00;39;06;09 - 00;39;10;17
And I will say, you know, my A.D.D.,
I've owned it for like over
00;39;10;17 - 00;39;13;29
four years
now, and it's still like brand new.
00;39;13;29 - 00;39;16;04
I mean, that thing is held together
very well.
00;39;16;04 - 00;39;20;01
And from everything
I've seen, the quality of their stuff
00;39;20;01 - 00;39;21;12
just keeps getting better.
00;39;21;12 - 00;39;27;27
So the one that I want to talk about
is their, 122 millimeter fs7,
00;39;28;07 - 00;39;30;11
triplet scope.
00;39;30;11 - 00;39;35;06
So these generally retail
for about 16 to $1700 U.S.
00;39;35;18 - 00;39;39;04
They actually have a kit right now
for 1700 on their website,
00;39;39;04 - 00;39;44;00
and it includes the, reducer, which is,
which is really important to have for this
00;39;44;00 - 00;39;46;13
if you're going to be using it
for astrophotography.
00;39;46;13 - 00;39;51;00
It'll take it from F7 down to F 5.6.
00;39;51;21 - 00;39;54;27
And it also includes a handlebar
for the top of it,
00;39;54;27 - 00;39;58;17
which is really nice to have,
and then a do heater, and then a case
00;39;58;17 - 00;40;02;06
that you'll never, ever use,
because it's just, a soft case.
00;40;02;06 - 00;40;05;06
I don't know, maybe you'll use it
for traveling occasionally, but
00;40;05;06 - 00;40;08;00
I wouldn't really expect it
to protect your gear against
00;40;08;00 - 00;40;11;12
anything but just make it easier
to, to carry it around.
00;40;11;12 - 00;40;16;13
But what I like about this scope
so much, obviously outside of the,
00;40;16;13 - 00;40;20;11
the cost of it,
which is just extremely reasonable,
00;40;20;13 - 00;40;27;15
for such a large telescope at 122mm,
the focal length
00;40;27;23 - 00;40;33;09
it gets you to 854mm of focal
length without the reducer.
00;40;34;09 - 00;40;38;06
If you add the reducer on your at 683mm,
00;40;39;04 - 00;40;44;13
but, you know, if you take an 854
millimeter focal length telescope
00;40;45;04 - 00;40;51;03
and then you put something like an ASI
585 macpro on it, which is a really small
00;40;51;03 - 00;40;55;24
sensor, therefore giving you
an effective, longer field of view.
00;40;56;10 - 00;41;00;26
You're really like at a telescope
that can take you from wide field
00;41;00;26 - 00;41;05;19
nebula season darn near
end to galaxy season with just one scope,
00;41;05;19 - 00;41;08;20
because, you know,
you're getting such a long
00;41;09;08 - 00;41;14;03
focal length at that point, particularly
if you wanted to be crazy like I am
00;41;14;03 - 00;41;19;11
occasionally and just take off the,
the, reducer and go for the extra length
00;41;19;11 - 00;41;24;15
with a flattener,
you know, having that really long
00;41;24;15 - 00;41;28;22
focal length along with a smaller crop
sensor is going to,
00;41;28;22 - 00;41;32;24
you know, give you the ability
to start looking at some planetary nebula
00;41;33;03 - 00;41;38;00
and some smaller galaxies that otherwise
you wouldn't touch with something like,
00;41;38;00 - 00;41;41;16
you know, 440 millimeter telescope
00;41;41;16 - 00;41;45;17
with a 2600 on it because it would just
be, you know, way too wide.
00;41;45;17 - 00;41;47;07
You wouldn't be able to see it.
00;41;47;07 - 00;41;51;15
Or if you wanted to get, like,
a much, much closer up view of something
00;41;51;15 - 00;41;55;27
like the Eagle Nebula, to really get in
and check out those pillars.
00;41;56;06 - 00;41;59;03
That is an excellent way to do it.
00;41;59;03 - 00;42;05;00
So, I mean, for me,
this one's kind of high on the list
00;42;05;00 - 00;42;11;00
for potential next telescopes,
because, you know, for for me, ultimately,
00;42;11;00 - 00;42;15;04
I really want to get something next year
that I can use for Galaxy season.
00;42;16;05 - 00;42;18;26
So, you
know, obviously, I know that this isn't,
00;42;18;26 - 00;42;23;28
you know, 2000mm focal length or more like
you would get from something like a,
00;42;25;04 - 00;42;27;05
you know, large Schmidt Cassegrain,
00;42;27;05 - 00;42;30;13
to really, truly
get close to those galaxies.
00;42;30;13 - 00;42;34;07
But, it does get you a lot closer,
and it gets you there
00;42;34;07 - 00;42;37;07
in a form factor
that's just super easy to use.
00;42;37;07 - 00;42;39;26
You know, if you've got a mount
that can handle the weight.
00;42;39;26 - 00;42;42;18
It's not really that much different,
00;42;42;18 - 00;42;46;18
from what you would do,
with a smaller refractor.
00;42;46;18 - 00;42;51;29
So I don't know if you would
necessarily need an off axis guider
00;42;51;29 - 00;42;56;23
at that focal length, but you're
definitely approaching that area,
00;42;56;23 - 00;42;59;23
which isn't a bad thing
by any means, just different.
00;43;00;18 - 00;43;01;25
And I think that would be
00;43;01;25 - 00;43;05;14
really good experience for you
if you've never used an off access guider.
00;43;05;21 - 00;43;11;01
To get you using one without,
you know, having the extreme focal lengths
00;43;11;01 - 00;43;14;18
that you see on something like a Schmidt
Cassegrain, where they become,
00;43;14;18 - 00;43;17;24
you know, a little bit more finicky
to deal with and what have you.
00;43;17;24 - 00;43;20;14
So definitely a cool telescope. Love.
00;43;20;14 - 00;43;23;08
So you've only been a big fan of them
for a long time.
00;43;23;08 - 00;43;26;11
And just thought I would,
mention it to you guys.
00;43;26;11 - 00;43;30;07
Since I've been, you know,
looking for telescopes for next year's
00;43;30;07 - 00;43;35;27
Galaxy season as I continue
to work on building out, the observatory.
00;43;35;27 - 00;43;41;16
So the last one, that I wanted to
mention is very,
00;43;41;16 - 00;43;45;17
very different from the, refractor
that we've been talking about.
00;43;46;00 - 00;43;51;14
And it's kind of a, I don't know,
like a second or third iteration,
00;43;51;14 - 00;43;56;01
I guess technically a second
generation, but, it comes from aperture.
00;43;56;01 - 00;44;00;29
And if you're familiar with aperture,
they do a lot of really,
00;44;00;29 - 00;44;04;24
really, unique stuff
in the astrophotography field.
00;44;05;11 - 00;44;09;05
They're kind of known for that,
for making, you know, unique items
00;44;09;05 - 00;44;13;03
that are a little bit different
from what you will see otherwise.
00;44;14;09 - 00;44;15;21
And last year they
00;44;15;21 - 00;44;19;21
came out with the,
the six inch carbon star
00;44;20;01 - 00;44;23;21
imaging Newtonian,
which is, which is an awesome scope.
00;44;23;21 - 00;44;25;20
I absolutely loved it.
00;44;25;20 - 00;44;28;02
I got to see one.
00;44;28;02 - 00;44;29;05
Don't own one.
00;44;29;05 - 00;44;31;28
Haven't actually owned
an imaging Newtonian yet.
00;44;31;28 - 00;44;35;04
I do own a, Celestron Newtonian scope.
00;44;35;13 - 00;44;38;13
For a visual,
that was my first telescope I ever got.
00;44;38;19 - 00;44;40;21
And that is a really cool scope.
00;44;40;21 - 00;44;45;01
And nuts are just they're neat in their
own right for a lot of different reasons,
00;44;45;01 - 00;44;49;24
but they they've come a long way,
in recent years and where,
00;44;50;06 - 00;44;53;05
you know, Newtonian used to be
you would have to
00;44;54;05 - 00;44;58;07
really work quite hard,
to build one out to where it would be,
00;44;58;18 - 00;45;01;20
you know,
even usable with astrophotography.
00;45;02;06 - 00;45;06;20
Now they're really making them solely
with the goal of being,
00;45;06;27 - 00;45;10;22
you know, for imaging as opposed to
something that's just a, you know,
00;45;10;22 - 00;45;13;18
light bucket on the mount. For visual.
00;45;13;18 - 00;45;16;18
And what's cool about this
00;45;16;18 - 00;45;21;22
is it's giving you a very,
very fast aperture
00;45;21;22 - 00;45;26;07
compared to what you would see
with most refractor telescopes.
00;45;26;24 - 00;45;31;11
And it's it's also great
because where the, the six inch version
00;45;31;11 - 00;45;37;25
really shined with micro 4/3 cameras
like the, you know, the 294 MK Pro that
00;45;37;25 - 00;45;41;06
I have, the 2600
00;45;41;14 - 00;45;44;24
is, is where the eight inch version
is going to work best.
00;45;44;24 - 00;45;50;17
So I know a lot of people have 2600s MK
and Pros out there.
00;45;50;27 - 00;45;53;00
And you know there's a good reason for it.
00;45;53;00 - 00;45;57;20
They are incredible cameras I would say
probably the pretty much the gold standard
00;45;57;20 - 00;46;01;12
for your enthusiast astrophotographer
these days until you get into
00;46;01;12 - 00;46;04;20
like the really expensive
full frame and medium format stuff.
00;46;05;05 - 00;46;09;18
But for the vast majority of people
with an Aps-c size sensor,
00;46;09;26 - 00;46;12;26
this is going to be an incredible scope
to use.
00;46;12;26 - 00;46;17;20
And since it's F4, you're going to be able
to get, you know, just a lot more data
00;46;17;20 - 00;46;22;22
in a much, much quicker period of time,
particularly if you're using something,
00;46;23;01 - 00;46;25;29
like narrowband or quad band filters,
00;46;25;29 - 00;46;29;12
broadband filters,
even like I love to do,
00;46;30;03 - 00;46;32;23
and often talk about, and I just think
00;46;32;23 - 00;46;35;23
it's really cool because not only is it
00;46;36;00 - 00;46;40;11
eight inches in aperture,
but because they use so much carbon fiber.
00;46;40;11 - 00;46;44;23
And the construction of this telescope,
it only weighs 15 pounds,
00;46;44;23 - 00;46;48;25
which is just nuts when you think about,
you know, like what an eight inch
00;46;48;25 - 00;46;53;18
new used to weigh, especially,
like the non carbon versions,
00;46;53;18 - 00;46;58;23
like someone like me with a chem 26,
we couldn't even consider an eight inch
00;46;58;23 - 00;47;04;13
nuke before, but at 15 pounds it's
absolutely worth taking a look at now.
00;47;05;06 - 00;47;09;15
And it's giving you,
you know, that very, very wide field,
00;47;09;17 - 00;47;14;28
that you like to see, for imaging,
you know, the vast majority of Nebula
00;47;15;05 - 00;47;19;21
and what have you that we tend to work
with think it's like an 800 millimeter.
00;47;19;21 - 00;47;22;22
So, you know, a little bit longer
than what you would get with, like,
00;47;22;22 - 00;47;27;27
a Redcat, 51, 61, 71
or even something like my Oscar.
00;47;28;20 - 00;47;32;15
But again, you can
you can swap things out a little bit.
00;47;32;15 - 00;47;35;27
I know that they sell like a,
coma corrector that comes with it,
00;47;35;27 - 00;47;38;27
but there's also a reducer
that you can get.
00;47;38;29 - 00;47;42;02
So, you know, depending
on which direction you want to go.
00;47;42;02 - 00;47;44;21
And obviously that focal length
can change a little bit.
00;47;44;21 - 00;47;48;26
And if you're using the Aps-c size sensor,
you're going to get that obviously
00;47;48;26 - 00;47;53;12
wider field of view than you would with
something like a five, eight five or A294.
00;47;53;12 - 00;47;55;09
So, I really like it.
00;47;55;09 - 00;47;58;09
I've watched a couple of reviews on it.
00;47;58;11 - 00;48;01;05
I don't know if it's the scope for me,
00;48;01;05 - 00;48;05;05
just because it wouldn't
really get me that far away
00;48;05;05 - 00;48;10;03
from what I already have with my 7088,
in terms of focal length.
00;48;10;16 - 00;48;13;08
And for me, what I'm really looking for
is something with a,
00;48;13;08 - 00;48;16;28
a much longer focal length
for my next telescope.
00;48;16;28 - 00;48;20;09
But if you are someone who's looking,
00;48;20;19 - 00;48;24;13
for a large aperture scope
that's able to,
00;48;24;13 - 00;48;28;08
you know, really drill into things
like the Horsehead and Flame Nebula,
00;48;28;08 - 00;48;31;17
they use that one on
pretty much all the, ad space.
00;48;31;17 - 00;48;35;11
Or if you want to, like, you know,
get close in on the rosette or really,
00;48;35;18 - 00;48;40;11
dig into the core of Orion and, you know,
just those really beautiful, large
00;48;40;11 - 00;48;43;19
ish nebulas, then this is something
00;48;43;19 - 00;48;46;29
that you should, you know, absolutely
consider checking out.
00;48;46;29 - 00;48;51;15
And I hope that they sell enough of these
where aperture keeps making
00;48;51;24 - 00;48;56;04
different types of imaging nudes,
because I love for there to be competition
00;48;56;13 - 00;49;00;10
and just innovation in general
for different types of telescope
00;49;00;12 - 00;49;04;19
that are out there, because we don't want
it to be where it's just all refractor.
00;49;04;19 - 00;49;10;07
Zoey, we want to have like, you know,
Razzies and Schmidts and, you know, nudes
00;49;10;07 - 00;49;14;04
and all the different types that give us
all of these different options,
00;49;14;14 - 00;49;18;15
to explore the galaxy, you know,
whichever way we choose to do so.
00;49;19;16 - 00;49;22;01
So, guys,
just so you know, I am going to be gone
00;49;22;01 - 00;49;25;01
for just a couple of weeks
going on summer vacation.
00;49;25;03 - 00;49;26;15
Won't be too long.
00;49;26;15 - 00;49;29;14
I should be back
before the end of this month.
00;49;29;17 - 00;49;35;00
So my goal is to actually release
the next episode around the 29th of July.
00;49;35;08 - 00;49;38;05
So that week, you know, either
Tuesday or Wednesday, which is what
00;49;38;05 - 00;49;42;24
we usually try to aim for, but I will be
gone, you know, for a couple of weeks.
00;49;42;24 - 00;49;44;14
So hang in there with me.
00;49;44;14 - 00;49;49;13
If you are a member on the discord,
you will certainly hear from me there,
00;49;49;13 - 00;49;53;02
because I'll be sharing photos,
from my trip.
00;49;53;15 - 00;49;58;06
I'm actually going down to Florida
with my, wife and in-laws.
00;49;58;18 - 00;50;00;13
Very, very much looking forward to it.
00;50;00;13 - 00;50;03;03
We've got a condo
that's right on the beach.
00;50;03;03 - 00;50;04;24
Like, literally open the door.
00;50;04;24 - 00;50;06;06
There's the ocean.
00;50;06;06 - 00;50;08;06
So that's going to be incredible.
00;50;08;06 - 00;50;10;16
We got a lot of different places
to visit over there.
00;50;10;16 - 00;50;11;28
I think I talked about it last week.
00;50;11;28 - 00;50;14;04
I'm gonna check out all the NASA stuff.
00;50;14;04 - 00;50;15;00
Obviously.
00;50;15;00 - 00;50;16;22
I'm going to go to Springfield, USA.
00;50;16;22 - 00;50;18;23
We're going to Harry Potter world.
00;50;18;23 - 00;50;19;28
Very much looking forward to it.
00;50;19;28 - 00;50;23;02
The best part, though, for me
is just being able to disconnect
00;50;23;02 - 00;50;26;02
for a little while because I am
00;50;26;15 - 00;50;29;23
just hyper connected in my lifestyle.
00;50;29;25 - 00;50;33;09
Due to the job that I have
and the type of person that I am.
00;50;33;22 - 00;50;38;11
And it's going to be so nice to not have
to look at my phone for a little bit.
00;50;38;22 - 00;50;41;09
And that's what I think
I'm looking forward to the most.
00;50;41;09 - 00;50;45;21
And even though I'm going down,
when it's full moon,
00;50;46;02 - 00;50;49;26
and therefore I'm probably
not going to bring like, a star tracker,
00;50;50;00 - 00;50;53;29
I don't know, I might bring the movie
shoot movie just in case the bug itches
00;50;53;29 - 00;50;57;04
me one night and I want to,
you know, pull it out and play around.
00;50;57;17 - 00;51;00;20
But I am planning on
00;51;00;20 - 00;51;03;20
doing a lot of photography
while I'm down there.
00;51;03;22 - 00;51;09;16
There are so many awesome places to do
photography down on the coast in Florida.
00;51;09;16 - 00;51;12;16
And there's a lot of wildlife, refuges.
00;51;12;24 - 00;51;15;25
Refuges. Am I saying that right?
00;51;16;03 - 00;51;19;04
I don't know, a lot of beautiful wildlife
habitats,
00;51;19;06 - 00;51;22;23
to photograph birds and, alligators.
00;51;22;23 - 00;51;25;27
I have never actually seen
an alligator in the wild.
00;51;25;27 - 00;51;29;07
I've seen seen them in captivity,
but I've never seen one in the wild.
00;51;29;07 - 00;51;32;14
And I would love
to get a photo of one of those.
00;51;32;24 - 00;51;36;05
So if I come back with one arm,
you'll know why.
00;51;36;15 - 00;51;38;14
But I will do my best
to keep my distance.
00;51;38;14 - 00;51;42;07
I actually found this really cool area
that's just about
00;51;42;09 - 00;51;45;21
40 minutes from Satellite Beach,
which is where I'm going to be staying.
00;51;46;01 - 00;51;50;03
And it's like this, crazy trail
00;51;50;03 - 00;51;55;02
that goes, like, through this marsh area,
and you're basically just on this road
00;51;55;02 - 00;51;58;28
that has water on both sides of it,
and it's about seven miles long.
00;51;59;08 - 00;52;01;27
Takes about an hour to drive, apparently.
00;52;01;27 - 00;52;07;00
And, it looks like it's going to be just
an incredible place, for photography.
00;52;07;08 - 00;52;11;09
I hope that I get to, photograph some new
species of birds while I'm down there.
00;52;11;09 - 00;52;13;13
You guys know I'm an avid birder.
00;52;13;13 - 00;52;16;01
And obviously going down
there is going to,
00;52;16;01 - 00;52;20;02
you know, tend to get a lot
different species than where I am now.
00;52;20;06 - 00;52;22;26
Maybe, maybe,
maybe I'll see something like flamingos.
00;52;22;26 - 00;52;23;28
I think they're down there.
00;52;23;28 - 00;52;27;25
I saw a bald eagle last time I was down
when I was there in February, and,
00;52;27;25 - 00;52;31;29
got some incredible shots of that along
with the babies that were in the nest.
00;52;31;29 - 00;52;34;01
So that's going to be really cool.
00;52;34;01 - 00;52;37;28
But I will be, thinking about you guys,
while I'm away.
00;52;38;18 - 00;52;43;28
If you would like to, support the show
and join us in the members only discord,
00;52;44;10 - 00;52;48;00
you can do that
by going to Patreon.com forward,
00;52;48;00 - 00;52;52;19
slash the Astro cast,
and we would absolutely love to have you.
00;52;52;27 - 00;52;59;04
I want to give a big shout out to our
newest member, Leonardo down in Tasmania.
00;52;59;04 - 00;53;01;22
Thank you so much, for joining.
00;53;01;22 - 00;53;06;18
I think you're our first member
in the southern hemisphere officially.
00;53;07;01 - 00;53;10;03
So really, really cool
to have somebody down there.
00;53;10;03 - 00;53;13;24
I hope you'll be,
sharing some of your data with us one day.
00;53;13;24 - 00;53;17;08
Once you get your,
come to grips with everything.
00;53;17;08 - 00;53;21;19
He's he's, new to astrophotography
and still learning, though
00;53;21;24 - 00;53;26;03
he looks to be doing an excellent job
so far, with what we've talked about.
00;53;26;12 - 00;53;29;28
And, I've definitely enjoyed,
speaking with you over these last few
00;53;29;28 - 00;53;32;29
days, Leo, and look forward
to doing a lot more of that.
00;53;32;29 - 00;53;36;06
So, like I say, if you guys
want to join us there, please do.
00;53;36;06 - 00;53;37;15
We would love to have you.
00;53;37;15 - 00;53;39;24
We've got a growing community in there.
00;53;39;24 - 00;53;42;05
Dozens of people are always talking
about something.
00;53;42;05 - 00;53;44;18
We're always sharing
data. We're always sharing photos.
00;53;44;18 - 00;53;48;14
So, there's a there's even events
that we're talking about doing. I'm
00;53;48;14 - 00;53;53;16
going to be meeting, one of the members
while I'm down in Florida next week.
00;53;53;18 - 00;53;58;06
I won't get into specifics, but I'm very,
very much looking forward to that.
00;53;58;20 - 00;54;01;22
So please feel free to join us
over there.
00;54;02;01 - 00;54;06;13
We got levels as low as a dollar a month,
so I'm not doing it to get rich.
00;54;06;13 - 00;54;08;18
I just am trying to build the community.
00;54;08;18 - 00;54;11;28
And I think we are doing a excellent,
excellent job of that.
00;54;11;28 - 00;54;15;21
So, as far as recommendations
00;54;15;21 - 00;54;19;28
go this week, I've got a, a really cool
one for you.
00;54;20;06 - 00;54;26;05
I have been listening to a new book
and I am very much enjoying it.
00;54;26;05 - 00;54;26;20
It's funny,
00;54;26;20 - 00;54;30;15
because this book had been recommended
to me so many times in the past,
00;54;30;24 - 00;54;34;16
and I saw it pop up on my audible
recommended list so many times.
00;54;34;23 - 00;54;36;26
And you know how, like when someone
00;54;36;26 - 00;54;40;10
recommends something to you, like,
over and over and over again
00;54;40;10 - 00;54;41;17
and you're just like,
I don't even want to.
00;54;41;17 - 00;54;42;17
I don't even want to hear it now.
00;54;42;17 - 00;54;45;09
I don't want to watch it
just because everybody loves it.
00;54;45;09 - 00;54;50;11
Usually when that happens, I'll end up
eventually giving in and watching,
00;54;50;21 - 00;54;54;02
and I'm I'm man enough to admit
that I'm usually dead wrong.
00;54;54;02 - 00;54;57;10
And I should have listened to or watched
or whatever it was they were telling me
00;54;57;10 - 00;55;00;11
a long time ago,
because there is a reason for it.
00;55;00;23 - 00;55;02;00
And this is no different.
00;55;02;00 - 00;55;06;01
So, the book in question
and I'm, just to be clear,
00;55;06;01 - 00;55;10;04
I'm listening to the audible version
as I often times do.
00;55;10;14 - 00;55;13;14
It's called We Are Legion.
00;55;13;26 - 00;55;17;15
We are Bob, and it is awesome.
00;55;17;15 - 00;55;20;15
I won't spoil too much, but
00;55;20;17 - 00;55;23;12
if you're a tech enthusiast,
00;55;23;12 - 00;55;28;24
a space enthusiast, and even in some parts
and astronomy enthusiast,
00;55;29;06 - 00;55;32;22
you will very much love this story.
00;55;33;19 - 00;55;37;11
I'm kind of shocked that I didn't,
check it out earlier.
00;55;37;13 - 00;55;42;14
And I'm glad to say that there are
it looks like other books and the series,
00;55;42;14 - 00;55;45;25
and one of my friends actually messaged me
the other day and said
00;55;45;25 - 00;55;50;14
that they're making a movie out of it,
so that sounds really awesome.
00;55;51;07 - 00;55;54;22
I don't know how it'll work,
and I won't give any spoilers away,
00;55;54;22 - 00;55;57;29
but it's going to be interesting to see
how they make a movie out of this one,
00;55;57;29 - 00;56;01;16
just because of the type of character
the main character is.
00;56;01;16 - 00;56;04;27
But I suppose,
if anyone can do it, Hollywood
00;56;04;27 - 00;56;08;06
can because they make movies
out of literally everything these days.
00;56;08;06 - 00;56;10;29
But this is a phenomenal story.
00;56;10;29 - 00;56;12;24
Like I say, it's it's on audible.
00;56;12;24 - 00;56;17;21
The audiobook version, it says only from
audible, but I don't know what that means.
00;56;19;03 - 00;56;22;08
And the narrator does a phenomenal job.
00;56;22;08 - 00;56;24;22
I think it might be the same. Narrator.
00;56;24;22 - 00;56;26;23
That did Project Hail Mary,
00;56;26;23 - 00;56;29;26
which is a recommendation
that I gave a long time ago on the show.
00;56;30;09 - 00;56;33;19
If you haven't checked out
Project Hail Mary, by the way, that one's
00;56;33;19 - 00;56;37;29
also being made into a movie,
which I'm super excited about.
00;56;38;12 - 00;56;43;00
And I'll, I'll finally mention,
I believe tomorrow on the 12th,
00;56;43;16 - 00;56;47;20
the adaptation of Stephen King's
The Institute
00;56;48;06 - 00;56;51;07
is going to be coming out on MGM plus.
00;56;51;07 - 00;56;54;06
Yeah. Who knew MGM had a plus?
00;56;54;12 - 00;56;59;26
It seems like cable again now that we have
to pay for all these different services.
00;57;00;12 - 00;57;04;09
I do know if you've got Prime
Video, it's an add on for
00;57;04;09 - 00;57;08;20
like $5 a month or something,
but they give you a seven day free trial.
00;57;08;20 - 00;57;11;23
So my plan is to get that seven day
00;57;11;23 - 00;57;15;18
free trial, watch all of the institute
and then cancel it.
00;57;16;10 - 00;57;18;22
Because I, I just don't need
another streaming service.
00;57;18;22 - 00;57;22;27
But I definitely want to check it out
because I really, really enjoyed the book.
00;57;22;29 - 00;57;27;05
For the Institute,
it's a pretty unique premise, and,
00;57;27;05 - 00;57;30;18
I really loved it,
and I'm sure you would too.
00;57;30;18 - 00;57;34;00
So I guess that's kind of a three
and one recommendation for this week.
00;57;34;08 - 00;57;36;04
One of the old ones to the new one.
00;57;36;04 - 00;57;39;07
So definitely, definitely check those out.
00;57;39;19 - 00;57;42;19
I think that's about it, guys.
00;57;42;19 - 00;57;45;27
I, I was trying to think
if I had anything else to mention to you,
00;57;46;02 - 00;57;49;11
I hope some of you got your solar graphs,
set up.
00;57;49;11 - 00;57;52;11
I'm, ashamed to say
I haven't set mine up yet.
00;57;52;18 - 00;57;54;26
I even got the paper,
but I just haven't had a chance to do it.
00;57;54;26 - 00;57;57;27
I'm probably going to do it
when I get back from Florida, next week.
00;57;57;27 - 00;58;01;27
So hopefully I'll be able to update you
on the next episode and,
00;58;01;27 - 00;58;03;18
tell you how that goes.
00;58;03;18 - 00;58;07;19
So that is going, to do it for this week.
00;58;07;19 - 00;58;10;29
You have been listening
to the Astro cast.
00;58;11;11 - 00;58;16;15
I'm your host, drew,
and as always, clear Sky, it's.
00;58;24;14 - 00;58;31;15
Oh. Oh.
00;58;36;05 - 00;58;39;29
Oh, come on.
00;58;42;13 - 00;58;58;06
0000000.
00;59;27;28 - 00;59;30;07
Oh. They start.
00;59;30;07 - 00;59;34;23
Hey! Minus ten 9876.
00;59;38;23 - 00;59;41;23
Are listening to one. Yes.
00;59;41;29 - 00;59;59;04
Yeah. Oh!
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Oh. 000. Oh.
