Actual Astronomy - Affordable Wide Field with Brian Ventrudo

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com

Episode 483!

Today we have a returning Special Guest, though it’s been a  while.

Dr. Brian Ventrudo is author the Cosmic Pursuits web page and a contributing editor for S&T. He has a Ph.D in Laser Spectroscopy and helped measure the fingerprints of the molecules found in interstellar space and planetary atmosphere. 

In an email Brian mentioned the TV NP127 being a dream scope…which is remaining just a dream for the time being. But why is the NP 127 such a fantastic design?

- Fast, flat field, reasonably portable etc.

- What have you configured on the cheap? 120mm, mount eyepieces etc.

- Wide field eyepieces and the TS Flat2? Field curvature.

- My love from 80mm f5 to apo to giant achromats.

- 80% or more of my observing is not the 5 objects that show color, Moon, M, V, J, S

- Binoculars, budget 80mm/102mm ED refractors, lower-cost eyepieces, mounts and so forth.

- Wide Field Objects to Observe: Multiple objects in the same field, whether it’s just the Moon and a planet in binoculars or the Sword of Orion in winter or the Lagoon & Trifid regions and star clouds of summer, Kemble’s Cascade and NGC 1502.

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