Well...I care about your PHD2 graph, it's freaking awesome Dylan!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Thx bud :)
@PafMedic
3 жыл бұрын
Im Just Learning What All This Is,lol
@VictorLima1
3 жыл бұрын
"The MOUNT knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation."
@deonbrewis8876
3 жыл бұрын
Love a good “The Missile Knows Where It Is” reference :)
@endless-sky2777
3 жыл бұрын
The only way I would get 0.23" total RMS with my current equip is if PHD2 was guiding on a dead pixel... ;-)
@gregmckay666
3 жыл бұрын
Haha! Me too!
@ianbirkett6542
3 жыл бұрын
That mount is sick! My profession is industrial maintenance where we have high precision encoders so I can relate to the expectation! Sweet videos, keep it up!!!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man :)
@viniciusceccon7755
3 жыл бұрын
holy crap Dylan, I never know what kind of fun I'm gonna have with your videos. Comedy and good information, this is what good content looks like. Keep it up!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks Vin!
@spamcan9208
3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how far our technology has come. Your "testing" photos look fantastic. Can't wait to see what this new mount will enable you do to when you really start to push your equipment. Have you set yourself a challenging goal yet?
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
At this point getting a single full night is a challenge !
@stew_redman
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the Bintel sponsorship. Their customer service goes above and beyond. Love those guys.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
It’s true !
@DSOImager
3 жыл бұрын
Wait! Stars are round? WTF! ... grats on your new mount. Expectations are high now ;)
@Theniccolo20slime
3 жыл бұрын
That last part of the video was a total flex and, as always, I loved it
@Taletad
3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome, i love the idea of the mount perfectly aligning and matching the earth’s rotation. I am also very jealous of : -your sky -your telescope -your mount -your gibson -your grand piano... Gibsons les paul are so pretty
@RaysAstrophotography
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear about your town restrictions and dark sky! Congratulations on the new mount. Seem like the right choice for me!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ray, it's incredible :)
@RaymondVolker
3 жыл бұрын
I love to see fellow Aussie's on YT. I haven't got a telescope, but love astronomy/astrophotography so I'll keep watching to get my fix a laugh at you're great humour. Thanks
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate :) 🍺
@dinomonaco2665
3 жыл бұрын
I said it before, & I’ll say it again . By far one of the most informative & entertaining Astro channels on this platform. Great job Dylan. Ps. Play some more kick a_ _ rock tunes. 🤓
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hehe thanks mate :)
@sPidX1
3 жыл бұрын
Never stop making video's! ☝🏻🤓🔭🌌
@breyen379
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! One of the big differences that I see between the guitar and mount is that the guitar gets direct feedback, i.e., string sound > microphone > encoder > tuning knob. As far as the mount goes, it uses the star alignment as a starting point and extrapolates all other points. I wonder if a plate solving algorithm can be used by integrating a small camera into the mount?
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting idea! And yes the guitar "encoder" idea isn't strictly right.. the stepper motors likely have no idea where they are but use the audio frequency for relative adjustments. Still, you're right it's an intelligence I'd love to see built into in a mount that can self align even without a telescope on it.
@birreboi
3 жыл бұрын
Very smart mount by the looks. Yeah, so can't wait to see some of your fully processed images using this new mount. Thanks for showing off! (uhmm, showing new mount that is).
@lilithgaither9603
3 жыл бұрын
PHD graphs are something I can watch all day. Until they are my own. That's when I have this awkward painful grimace with every little bump-up in tot RMS. Great explanation on encoders! Learned a lot.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hah that feeling when you've been watching the PHD guide graph for too long.
@lilithgaither9603
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanODonnell I believe that's called "pain"
@mtnhorn2619
3 жыл бұрын
Ahh, weather apps, and weather forecasters (i.e., predictors). What happened to the weather accomplishments of Back to the Future II? That was supposedly in 2015. I find that as soon as the "forecasters" go beyond "50% chance of", they get into trouble. At least at 50%, it either will or it won't. Enough said on weather. I love SKYWATCHER. I have a CGX-L for my 11" EdgeHD, and it has worked well for me. But when I purchased a Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro this past summer, I was blown away by the ease of s/u, and the absolute accuracy! I have spent multiple times with it in IDS sites (Death Valley NP, Great Basin NP) assisting park rangers with star parties. Always amazed at the accuracy of "go-to", and how ridiculously quiet the motors are. I can only imagine how much more fine the EQ8-R Pro must be. Please continue your review of your new mount. Most enjoyable, thank you.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Man on the moon but nobody can tell me if it’s going to be clear in an hour. 🤷🏽♂️
@martynh5410
3 жыл бұрын
We stole your weather. 6 clear nights in a row here in my backyard! Oh, and I was able to decode your excellent video, thanks!
@randywicker4530
3 жыл бұрын
Nice getting the observatory and mount/telescope synced up. Enjoy.
@AndrewWhise
3 жыл бұрын
That red finish on the guitar is gorgeous.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty huh!
@jeffmarston8586
3 жыл бұрын
It will be really interesting to see how well, the new, big, mount performs. Good luck with it!
@sirmeowcelot
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video. nice to see you riding your new mount, and for sure encoders open the doorway to a new level of achievement. love from California.
@philkidd
3 жыл бұрын
This is great Dylan! Stoked for you man! Oh, and that guitar riff... 😍
@jimbundy8449
3 жыл бұрын
Great video Dylan! So ready for mine to arrive 🤪 Awesome numbers on the guiding 👍🏼 and of course the guitar playing 🤘🏻🎸Rock on!!!!
@ericvanhorn7986
3 жыл бұрын
Always put a smile on my face, man. Thanks again!
@JoesAstrophoto
3 жыл бұрын
Super jealous of your mount Dylan, who said mount envy isn’t a thing. Great explanation of encoders as well! I have an EQ6-R and after writing the PEC curve to the encoders, I’m getting about .6” so you’re about 3 times less error with your encoders. Great, now I have encoder envy lol
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
It's pretty nuts huh! expensive.. but one less thing to worry about.
@doubleehokie
3 жыл бұрын
"red like a wedding in GOT", yikes that's a looooooot of red haha
@elmikol2443
3 жыл бұрын
Okay! I'll say it!! Great PHD2 graph!!
@angusr7805
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, the random guitar solo halfway through is deluxe.
@ChucksAstrophotography
3 жыл бұрын
Now that guiding is impressive!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chuck! I’m shocked really.
@homecentral7570
3 жыл бұрын
Nice work! Cant wait for a detailed Polar Alignment on Synscan for us southern peeps!
@erinjones3148
3 жыл бұрын
Shoutout to the surprised lizard at 2:40
@mellowhippo
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely get the dev version of PHD and try out multi-star guiding. It was like it was made for encoder'd mounts. I found it improved guiding on my Mach2 significantly.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait!
@AstroSoundscape
3 жыл бұрын
So your PHD tracking value multiplied by 10 is mine 🤯. Seriously great looking setup Dylan and nice guitar especially that colour.
@LikeOnATree
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that great explanation of encoders!! Congrats on the new mount!!
@FR3EKELITE
3 жыл бұрын
I cant wait for your SynScan video, I have the HEQ5 Pro from skywatcher and it would be great to know all the things about it.
@klaussfreire
3 жыл бұрын
Haha... that new intro delay is a perfect description of the new equipment experience. My hat to you... if I wore a hat.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hah!
@jezrougan
3 жыл бұрын
Im glad you like the mount I sent you... The skywatcher allview mount has duel encoders.... I got mine first 🤪... but doubt mine is as spangly as yours...
@Wolfie6020
3 жыл бұрын
Drool!. Lucky bugger. I love that mount. Cool guitar too. Looking forward to more.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! If the clouds go away I might be too busy to spend any more money.
@robertbrowning4888
3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Dylan. Like you I own the CGX mount (own CGX-L too) and even with PhD2 multi-star guiding I can't keep it under 1". I am looking at purchasing this mount as well so that I can use my CPC-1100, so I look forward to your next videos on setup, etc. Keep 'em coming. Clear skies brother.
@roland775
3 жыл бұрын
I look forward to a video covering the polar alignment of the mount.
@russellmm
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Dylan. Thanks for answering the encoder/guiding question I had in the comments from your last in more detail here! One thing I always found interesting was you were always using your hand controller on your last mount. From the day I got into AP/bought my Orion Mount (Aug 2020) I have not used the hand controller once, nor do I even know how to use it :). I learned via ASCOM and that's all I have ever known.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Yeh the Celestron one forces you to run through a boot sequence in the hand controller before you connect to ascom - via the hand controller. I think they’ve recently changed this up a bit but attaching straight to ascom after power up is how it should be :)
@77BlackKnight
3 жыл бұрын
Legendary guidning. I just discoverd mulitstar guiding in PHD2 and it performed 30% bettet on my CGX. Around 0,8 arc second from my balcony in Stockholm. Great video and Cheers mate. 🍻
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Nice! I’m looking forward to multi star guiding !
@77BlackKnight
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanODonnell its in still in dev 4 on PHD2 page but works great.
@lukomatico
3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful mount Dylan, buy once, cry once, and then enjoy for years to come! (congrats on the Gibson too by the way!)
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Hellridermetal
3 жыл бұрын
beautifull Gibson Man!!! Keep on rocking in the astroword!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
thanks..I love it so much!
@wesleydonnelly2141
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dylan! I finally now know what a damn encoder is!! lol. I always wondered what the adverts meant when stating a mount had "special encoders" lol. Educational as well as entertaining! Perfect! Thanks mate! Wes, Liverpool, UK.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Me too. To be honest even the manuals and marketing don’t really spell it out for you!
@EODHammer
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent Smithers! A Gibson Les Paul Rh! That's a killer mount Dylan. One day, One day...............
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hehe thnx man
@andyleather3014
3 жыл бұрын
I used to use renshaw encoders on ffei plate setters. Basically your correct it shines a light on a diffusion pattern on a strip and from the it knows where it is. Clever huh?
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@sjgonline
3 жыл бұрын
Nice! I have a CEM60, could have gone with the encoder one, never saw the use.. after your video, a bit of regret settled in. Looking forward to ultra long exposures! Clear skies
@derekregan6926
3 жыл бұрын
Don't think they use the reimshaw ones... there's a few software glitches associated with them, both on the 60 and the 120... I use a standard 60 myself, awesome mount... are the encoders worth the extra money?? I'm not sure.. The eq8 r does look a serious bit of kit, up there with the mesu price range, so you pay your money and you take your choice
@DavesAstrophotography
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you will produce some amazing results with that setup!
@HollomanUFOLanding
2 жыл бұрын
See the little reptile (lizard?) in there at 2:40
@AstroQuest1
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid. Congrats on the mount. I did the polar alignment using the Synscan method a few times with my Atlas Pro and it worked great. However, since I am in the Northern Hemisphere I just use the polar scope and Polaris as it is quickest method. Cheers
@enbi1352
3 жыл бұрын
yup.. encoders are Absolutely necessary for precise movements. I have them installed on the Ions Implanters of the company I work with. On the optical type is important to set the right distance between the optical readers and the scale. I have been using a credit card for that :D
@AstroLaVista
3 жыл бұрын
Astronomy and guitars, the perfect symbiosis!
@GalacticHunter
3 жыл бұрын
Wow I had no idea your house was under a Bortle 2 sky, that's so awesome 😳
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Heh you can imagine why I don’t do portable astronomy ! 🍻
@afryhover
3 жыл бұрын
Congrats on the new mount Dylan! I've been trying to get my club's observatory to sell our two CGE-Pro mounts and get an EQ8R-Pro
@ryanmichaelhaley
2 жыл бұрын
Self tuning Gibson less Paul, come on man, come on, I’ve never even dreamed of such a beautiful thing, and here you are playing it. Jelly jelly jelly jelly jelly
@lucasmaguire7625
3 жыл бұрын
Love the new Skywatcher Les Pole
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Slew and Soul.
@jreichle59
3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a great mount.
@MrFingolfin
3 жыл бұрын
To alll Astrobackyard's followers... you should be here, he is not that handsome but he plays the guitar and has spiders in the garden 😋 You are the best Dylan!
@hbmike47
3 жыл бұрын
He also has lizards in his observatory dome. Good one there mate!
@StarlancerAstro
3 жыл бұрын
Well guess I got a good one, my new CEM70 was doing .3 to .5, how great of a feeling it was to not toss a single sub, nirvana!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
yes... it's quite unfamiliar to me to keep the entire run!
@andrewbrunson8382
3 жыл бұрын
Noice. Thanks for the vid I was on the fence about encoders. Glad I shelled out the extra cash for the encoder on the Ioptron I ordered. Says .25" on the listing. Hopefully it lives up to the promises 🤞
@damienf4581
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Dylan - really looking forward to seeing images from your new setup! Be interested to see what targets you'll be going after what all that focal length. Cheers
@williamgorham7339
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t care about other people’s guiding graphs 📊 but you liked mine on Twitter lol 😂. Everyone loves a good guiding graph!
@jamesneagle1330
3 жыл бұрын
Underrated channel.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Thx man :)
@jimmythechicken4802
3 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! Keep it up man, can't get enough of your content :)
@astrodad656
3 жыл бұрын
Spotted 2:45 .....roaming lizard [lower right hand corner].
@augusto3645
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, Dylan! Personally I really enjoy these scientific insights behind things and, if I may suggest, you could make a video of Pluto AP with its motion in the background stars. Also some cool photometry or spectroscopy. All of that in a such funny and interesting way that only you know how to make it on YT. Cheers mate!
@DavesAstrophotography
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, and was watching your shutter opening....damn mine gets about a foot up and just skips on the chain, think the shim is too narrow behind the gear. Put additional washers in the roof rollers, and lubed all the surfaces with silicon spray, but still did it. Ran out of time to get things finished before I headed back to work for another 10 weeks.... Guess I'll be tweaking again next time home, still got the rotation kit to fit as well.
@techydude
3 жыл бұрын
missed opportunity to remake the Tom Cruise Risky Business scene 🤣
@Dasman5624
11 ай бұрын
Usually the comment is i can control my telescope from inside and out of the cold. Us Australians - so i can control my telescope from the toilet 😂😂😂
@AlaskanAstro
3 жыл бұрын
That's a beautiful guiding graph.
@tombutts919
3 жыл бұрын
Damn! Look at that guiding...*drool*
@mikebenengtouncry3613
3 жыл бұрын
everyone be saying theyre first, but no one saying theyre second. so im second ;) also nice mount, im jealous
@CheapHomeTech
3 жыл бұрын
You think that because though it appears your post went smoothly in reality it is queued while the ai decides to post, shadow ban, or just plain toss your comment to the stars.
@carlobeirnes
3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic stuff Dylan first name should be Bob with those guitar skills. 😂😂👍👍👍
@mikemoralesKartRacer
3 жыл бұрын
Good vids man wish I had some of that equipment
@jamalcarlos9780
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to be so off topic but does someone know a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb lost my login password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me
@doriancrosby6850
3 жыл бұрын
@Jamal Carlos Instablaster =)
@jamalcarlos9780
3 жыл бұрын
@Dorian Crosby Thanks for your reply. I found the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now. Takes quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@jamalcarlos9780
3 жыл бұрын
@Dorian Crosby it worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thanks so much you really help me out!
@doriancrosby6850
3 жыл бұрын
@Jamal Carlos happy to help xD
@leonronan7239
3 жыл бұрын
Did you get the Gibson to explain encoders......now thats dedication 👏.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
That’s what I’m telling myself ;)
@peterlaubscher3989
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your excellent videos. Really looking forward to your presentation on using Synscan for polar alignment, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. I use an EQ 5 and find it difficult to see Octans through the Polar alignment scope, even thought the skies to the South of me are dark.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Coming soon :)
@billlong7146
3 жыл бұрын
Here is the real version of what encoders are: 1. They are not magic. 2. They come in two flavors, for our usage. Incremental and Absolute. 3. Incremental encoders are cheaper, have a much slower rate of correction, and are better than nothing at all. 4. Absolute encoders have a much faster rate of correction, are very expensive, yet provide the best performance gain. Their correction is unmatched. 5. Encoders on the RA axis will eliminate Periodic Error (to certain degrees. Absolute = gone. Incremental = severely reduced, but not functionally eliminated). 6. Encoders on the DEC axis will eliminate backlash. Again Absolute encoders will completely eliminate it, and incremental (not on this EQ8Rh-Pro mount, it does not have a DEC encoder) will make it better, but not functionally eliminate it. 7. The EQ8Rh-Pro uses a cheap incremental encoder that will better than not having anything, but is not as precise as we need (see the iOptron -EC models that failed, this is the same solution). TL:DR; Dylan paid nowhere near retail for this mount, and any of you watching this should NEVER pay SkyWatcher Mach 2 money for an incredibly inferior instrument.
@Stu_Whittaker_Photography
3 жыл бұрын
hahaha you almost killed me, your bank balance is so far in the red it looks like a wedding out of game of thrones, i was having a drink and i bloody choked on it haha🤣🤣
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
🩸 🗡 💵
@MrBrendanpdx
3 жыл бұрын
That delay got me. I banged my head to nothing.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hehe
@N4GW
3 жыл бұрын
Great review. That mount is on my wishlist
@trev354
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Dylan, Entertaining and informative as usual, Including some LOL moments well done and thanks :-)
@James-gd7tk
3 жыл бұрын
Well that's one way of fixing the wobbly star issue.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Haha yes. It’s very .. solved.
@CmdrEsteban
3 жыл бұрын
Encoders for electric guitars, lol. John Hammond might have said “I bring the astronomer, you bring the rock star”.
@BozCoding
3 жыл бұрын
Polar alignment video would be awesome :)
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Watch this space :)
@keeplookingup911
3 жыл бұрын
Time line: 2:38, a lizard was spotted in your observatory 🦎 Astronomy with wildlife 🐒
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hehe seriously I miss all these animals in my vids most of the time. You'd be forgiven for thinking I live in the jungle.
@PafMedic
3 жыл бұрын
I Have The Dark Skies,Bortle 3-4,I Need The Clouds To Go Away,3.5 Months,And Maybe 10 Days Inbetween AllThat,Wanted To Do Some Luna Viewing This Morning,All Around The Horizon Is Socked In,You and Your Family Have a Great Day,Be Safe,and God Bless❤️🙏🏼🔭✨🌏
@billlong7146
3 жыл бұрын
Dylan if you want to see a dual axis encoder mount in action, I am online and imaging right now on the Mach 2. Let me know.
@alanhat26
3 жыл бұрын
Nice one man thanks for sharing
@HockeyHomeBrewski
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Awesome and cool to learn about encoders.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@HockeyHomeBrewski
3 жыл бұрын
You’d make one hell of a professor. Congrats on the photo in Australian Sky and Telescope, too. I’m in the USA but saw it on my Kindle when I was flipping through a couple of days ago. I’ll buy my gear from High Point Scientific since they’re a supporter. Anyway, thanks again - your KZitems are kind of a highlight for me - like getting your National Geographic in the mail feeling. I know I’ll either have a good laugh, learn something or both.
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
@@HockeyHomeBrewski Thanks mate .. I like my sponsors and not just because of the sponsorship, but when I get good comments from people that let me know they are a good choice. Tell them hi for me :) Are you talking about this months AS&T? I've been in it before but not for ages now. I haven't seen this months edition yet.
@HockeyHomeBrewski
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, page 61
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Off to the newsagent... THANKS!
@elmikol2443
3 жыл бұрын
Nice guitar and playing Dylan!
@johnadastra1754
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! This looks like a great mount! I thought you were BSing about the guiding at first, or cherry picking some good data. I wonder if the mount compensates for atmospheric refraction as the target gets closer to the horizon...
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
I imagine ill still need to guide that out!
@TheAngryAstronomer
3 жыл бұрын
If my crude calculator punching is right that's like a little over 500 notches per arc second!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty amazing !
@astrodad656
3 жыл бұрын
That is a special mount that I want.
@StargazerFS128
3 жыл бұрын
This was as interesting as the mating ritual of the sea anemone, encoders suck. You're awesome Dylan!!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Hehe honestly I'm surprised so many people are watching a video about encoders. I've got plenty of other inane topics to cover in this hobby :)
@radishx
3 жыл бұрын
Byron bay observatory in the house!
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Woop woop!
@radishx
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanODonnell that’s a hella nice graph. Now you have an excuse to get a bigger telescope XD
@lmu6airy
3 жыл бұрын
would love to see a review on that ZWO focuser and how you achieve focus on the edge scopes .. something ive been struggling with :(
@DylanODonnell
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I struggle with it too. The sgp autofocus fails half the time but the focusser itself seems to be doing everything it’s told fine. Need to nail it first .)
@lmu6airy
3 жыл бұрын
@@DylanODonnell im using nina and struggled a bit, but thats mainly do to my bortle 9 so what i do now is keep autofocus on 8 second subs when doing L .. the real problem is doing NB with 3nm filters (oh and step size is 35)
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