Astronomy & Telescopes : How to Use a Telescope With Setting Circles

[acerza89]

is that a toy?



[percepto7]

Great video, finally I understand hoy to use the setting circles of my equatorial mount. I thought something was wrong with my mount because the RA circle was always pointing strange coordinates, until I saw that you can/must adjust it every session of observation by aligning it with a known object. Muchas Gracias!

[robz797]

it is huge and so is he

[ledzeppelin4892000]

I have a question, how would you locate 0h right ascension from your location? Say you were dropped in the middle of nowhere and had to navigate your way using the CCS, how would you know where 0h RA is at? Would a compass help?

[relativityprinciple]

I'm sorry I'm not listening to you... i am more disturbed and looking at the telescope behind. Why not make another video and just showcase that huge thing, :o)

[relativityprinciple]

Wow, that telescope is a huge thing....

[relativityprinciple]

Wow, that telescope is a huge thing....

[maximkt]

Great job!

Finally starting to get my head around this.

Thanks!

[mcfalberg]

Really helped me get a better idea of Sidereal Time and how to measure it. Thank you.

[yourm0mlikesme]

wow this is useless.

[microflex22]

The cutest astronomer I've ever seen!

[scottohscott]

What the heck is that telescope behind him? It's huge!

[scottohscott]

I wish he'd do another vid and just show us that telescope... tell us what it is.

[GetMeThere1]

Two hints:

1) Waving your hand in the general direction of the scope doesn't serve to point anything out to viewers.

2) The volume of the last half of each of your sentences is about one TENTH the volume of the first half. I simply can't even hear the last two or three words of each sentence.

[Gufberg]

True, the general non-helping waving annoyed me.

[alfingido]

I'm glad he wasnt my science teacher at school! I still need to go read a book to see what this is all about!!!!!

[jaspertodd]

What about setting your telescope to Poloris?Isnt that pretty important in order to begin useing your setting circles?I just ask cause iam am new to all this and am just learning.

[FerretProductionz]

I think it is I am new at this stuff too just bought a cassegrain telescope