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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,
00;18;05;14 - 00;18;08;21
you know, three, maybe four, Usb-a
00;18;08;21 - 00;18;11;27
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
00;18;25;14 - 00;18;30;05
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
00;18;49;01 - 00;18;52;02
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.
00;19;17;28 - 00;19;20;15
So just looking at this, Ryzen seven
00;19;20;15 - 00;19;23;26
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
00;19;27;26 - 00;19;33;22
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.
00;19;40;07 - 00;19;44;02
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
00;19;48;09 - 00;19;51;09
that are USB power,
like I unfortunately have,
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then that could obviously
save you a lot of time.
00;19;54;12 - 00;19;59;09
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,
00;20;12;06 - 00;20;16;04
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.
00;20;27;10 - 00;20;33;04
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.
00;20;41;12 - 00;20;46;01
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,
00;20;55;17 - 00;21;00;13
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.
00;21;38;15 - 00;21;40;07
All things considered.
00;21;40;07 - 00;21;43;23
But if you didn't have that cooling,
then you're you're just waiting for
00;21;43;23 - 00;21;47;28
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,
00;22;28;28 - 00;22;33;24
one with, half a terabyte of storage,
you really can't go wrong with that.
00;22;33;24 - 00;22;36;28
They also have,
Wi-Fi six built into them,
00;22;37;03 - 00;22;41;05
which is a very, very good
and very recent standard for Wi-Fi.
00;22;42;16 - 00;22;43;20
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.
00;22;47;22 - 00;22;51;21
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,
00;23;19;00 - 00;23;23;17
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.
00;23;32;12 - 00;23;34;09
And that is how they talk.
00;23;34;09 - 00;23;38;08
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,
00;23;45;02 - 00;23;49;12
for our household and the living room
kind of in a central area of the house.
00;23;49;25 - 00;23;53;14
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.
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Oh, come on.
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0000000.
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Oh. They start.
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Are listening to one. Yes.
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