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Thus far my favorite astronomy YouTube video. Dude has real character. What say you, is it a small scope? For some reason it starts at about one minute into the video. So back it up to the beginning.

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Yup, small and portable, I had to mount my BigDog OTA with a chain fall rigged to the underside of my roll-off. So, to me this is portable.

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That was fun to watch, but I puckered up on the second mount/dismount.

Do these telescopes need frequent collimation like dobs when you swing them up and down like that?
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Well, if it is small why he needs to sheer brute force it? :lol:
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He is placing the scope vertically down, which makes it easy. My 150mm f/8 refractor is very easy to mount on my Skyview Pro eq mount, because I am placing it vertically down. There is a little struggle with my az mount, because I am attaching the scope horizontally to the side of the mount. My scope weighs about twenty pounds. If it was 10 pounds heavier a horizontal attachment would be a bit difficult.
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14" SCT OTS is about 50lb. A physically fit person can lift it, but mounting is a bit more complicated than just lifting. You need to lift it high andhold in place securely with one hand and use other to engage the locking bolts. Scopes get heavy much faster than dumbbells. :lol:

It is doable but not enjoyable. I bet the guys skipped a night or two, or three because he does not feel like heavy lifting with his "small" scope.
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Thanks for the laugh :)
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Refractordude wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:45 pm Thus far my favorite astronomy YouTube video. Dude has real character. What say you, is it
a small scope? For some reason it starts at about one minute into the video. So back it up to the beginning.


Hi, thx for the video. I got this model, yes, it's small and portable, got a lot of advantages and indispensable if you change the points of observation often
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I don't understand why the G11 shoe can't be adjusted wider so you can simply slide it in from the side or just plunk it down. Mine can be adjusted that way.

Also, with my 12" Newt I added a wooden stop to the dovetail so I can plunk it down on the G11 and it stops itself from sliding down, which is a huge advantage. While the guy says the weight is no big deal, without a stop it is IMHO.
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Yet another YT clown. :roll:

Seriously, I wonder if he's ever tripped with that thing. And sandals? That's a good way to get a broken toe if you drop that much weight. Beautiful scope though.
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Refractordude wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:45 pm Thus far my favorite astronomy YouTube video. Dude has real character. What say you, is it a small scope? For some reason it starts at about one minute into the video. So back it up to the beginning.
Bigzmey wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:54 am 14" SCT OTS is about 50lb. A physically fit person can lift it, but mounting is a bit more complicated than just lifting. ...
Celestron says that it weighs 46 lbs (26 kg) https://www.celestron.com/products/c14- ... ifications
And I agree that lifting it is one thing, placing it is another. You need to have control of the object, often with one hand. I borrowed a couple telescopes (Meade LX 200 classic 8-inch RCT and 10-inch SCT) from my local club and found them luggable, but not useful.

Just for the record, I stand 5-foot-8 (173 cm) and weigh 135 lbs (61 kg). This guy looks to be 5-foot-10 or 11 (about 178 cm) and maybe 175-180 lbs (80 kg). He has the square-cube law working for him.

That all being as it is, the C14 does have very attractive specifications.
Optical Design: Schmidt-Cassegrain
Aperture: 355.5mm (14")
Focal Length: 3910mm (154")
Focal Ratio: f/11

But at $5300 for the optical tube assembly (OTA), with one 40mm ocular ("eyepiece") and without tripod, it is not a beginner instrument at all. No doubt that for a serious amateur or a local college observatory (USA "community college" or small private 4-year), it has definite appeal.
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mikemarotta wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 1:05 pm
Refractordude wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:45 pm Thus far my favorite astronomy YouTube video. Dude has real character. What say you, is it a small scope? For some reason it starts at about one minute into the video. So back it up to the beginning.
Bigzmey wrote: Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:54 am 14" SCT OTS is about 50lb. A physically fit person can lift it, but mounting is a bit more complicated than just lifting. ...
Celestron says that it weighs 46 lbs (26 kg) https://www.celestron.com/products/c14- ... ifications
And I agree that lifting it is one thing, placing it is another. You need to have control of the object, often with one hand. I borrowed a couple telescopes (Meade LX 200 classic 8-inch RCT and 10-inch SCT) from my local club and found them luggable, but not useful.

Just for the record, I stand 5-foot-8 (173 cm) and weigh 135 lbs (61 kg). This guy looks to be 5-foot-10 or 11 (about 178 cm) and maybe 175-180 lbs (80 kg). He has the square-cube law working for him.

That all being as it is, the C14 does have very attractive specifications.
Optical Design: Schmidt-Cassegrain
Aperture: 355.5mm (14")
Focal Length: 3910mm (154")
Focal Ratio: f/11

But at $5300 for the optical tube assembly (OTA), with one 40mm ocular ("eyepiece") and without tripod, it is not a beginner instrument at all. No doubt that for a serious amateur or a local college observatory (USA "community college" or small private 4-year), it has definite appeal.
No argument there, should be a nice galaxy hunter, if mounted permanently.
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.

Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2382, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 255
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Bigzmey wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 6:05 pm No argument there, should be a nice galaxy hunter, if mounted permanently.
Well, the aperture would indicate that, but I was impressed with the f/11 focal ratio. I used an 8-inch and 10-inch on Mars and other small objects and the views were not 16 times better than from a 4-inch, but they were, indeed better. And the thing is that you can view the small ones with this better than pursuing the "faint fuzzies" with a small instrument.

All-in-all a nice telescope, but I think that we all agree that he oversells the portability.
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