Getting Started in Amateur Astronomy - for COMPLETE BEGINNERS. Telescopes? Books? Binos? Part 1

Welcome to the channel! I hope you find the information in the video useful. Amazon affiliate links: Orion Starblast Telescope Zhumell Z114 Telescope (same as the Orion Starblast) Orion Skyline XT6 Telescope (new version as of 2022) Orion Skyline XT8 Telescope (new version as of 2022) Sky-Watcher 6” Dobsonian Telescope Sky-Watcher 8” Dobsonian Telescope TeleVue 24mm Panoptic (my favorite ” eyepiece) TeleVue 13mm Nagler Type 6 eyepiece TeleVue 7mm Nagler Type 6 eyepiece TeleVue Everbrite ” Diagonal TeleVue 2X Barlow (Much better than the cheap throwaway barlows found in cheap scopes) Heated gloves Heated vest Small planisphere Large planisphere The Cambridge Star Atlas The Stars: A New Way To See Them Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Star Atlas The 21st Century Atlas of the Moon Turn Left at Orion (good beginner’s book about finding stuff) My tiny 8X21 binoculars are here A decent pair of 7X35 binoculars A decent pair of 7X50 binoculars The Orion 8X42 binoculars are here Camera used for filming Camera I’m using for 4K video and some B-Roll The lens I use for filming (80% of the time) The lenses used for filming the rest of the time (17-40 f/4 and 24-70 f/4) and My tripod My ballhead The softboxes I use Wireless mic: Dual transmitter wireless mic for interviews My astrophotography book contains advice on telescopes observing, and taking pictures (based on my award-winning Dartmouth thesis, June 2020) 255 pages, 258 color images: Top Three Recommended Beginner’s Telescope Video: Top Beginner’s Astronomy Books: For Complete Beginners, Part 1: For Complete Beginners, Part 2: Hundreds of other telescope reviews on my web site at: