*New Equipment!* Unboxing The Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED and The EQ6-R Mount
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Huge shout-out to the whole team at Sky-Watcher for setting me up with this wonderful equipment! It will all go to really good use and I am super excited to get out and photograph under Scotland’s dark skies.
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She has the spirit of happiness unboxing, like that of a child on Christmas gift. Looking ahead for her giggles.
@Colten Griffin you mean instascam :)
Love your excitement. It's like Christmas time or you won the lottery. Ok so you have had this great set up with scope and tripod for 2 years do you feel that you have learned a lot? Beautiful scope and big. I am a little nervous about polar aligning when I get my heq5 and William optics zenithstar 81 any tips for me on polar aligment? Thank you
Jesus Christ, this was the sweetest review ever! Totally adorable! Reminds me so very much of my beautiful daughter. I will probably buy a Esprit 120 ED to her. Well done and very nice review! So good to see that astronomy also interests girls/women. This made my day.
Nice to see you love Jesus as well
Congratulations on your new telescope, I'm sure you'll have many wonderful sleepless nights ahead. Amateur astronomy is a passion and I wish you clear skies.
Helena you have a wonderful mount and a very nice Esprit 120ED from Sky-Watcher. I wish you millions of light years travel with brilliant deep sky imagery. Clear Skies!
Helena. You produced a fantastic unboxing review that caught my attention. I'm getting back into astronomy for the sake of my two granddaughters; ages 5 and 4. You produced a clear and concise review which is indicative of having curiosity, desire, intelligence, and knowledge. All things needed to be good at anything to do with science; professional or amateur. The only thing I could do is to "like" and subscribe. I will have to go down a size or two for cost reasons being a pensioner.
New to your channel and just looking to see what happened with this scope? I dont see any other video where you use it or set it up etc. Did you purchase this scope or was it gifted/loaned to you by Sky-Watcher? Keep up the great work!
Very nice. You'll be able to do some great work with that set-up. I have the Esprit 100 and really enjoy it. A great performer. I have only recently begun my journey into widefield deep sky imaging after many years of using an SCT for planetary imaging. I've really enjoyed the difference.
The tripod legs box appears crunched/smashed a bit on the left. Hopefully, no damage.
Quality shipping!
Many congratulations, wonderful set up.
It's always exciting to get the new gear, isn't it. It's like a new way of opening one's eyes to the stars. Do you imagine, with the new harmonic drives coming out, you'll be sticking with the tried but true EQ6-R?
Congrats for your equipment! BUT: I'm surprised about your EQ6R Pro mount: it has a USB port!!!!?!?!?! WHAT??? REALLY??? First time I see it! What can you do with it? Can you connect and control the mount from a PC?
Clear sky!
Nice equipment Helena, can't wait to see what you start capturing.
Thank you Chuck! ⭐️🔭
Same set up as AstroBackyard! I’m jealous!
Congratulations I love it i just bought the same mount for my Scope I have a Astro Telescopes 150/900 f/5.9 Refractor it's a old one but Great deep space scope
That Scottish accent though.
Do a video showing what you can see with it! Really cool equipment
Congratulations Helena.. Hopefully you've had a chance to use it. I have the exact same setup for Astrophotography, including the Starlight Xpress 694. Thank you for being such a great role model for young people like yourself. You're the future!
Thats good to know. some people said with 120 scope and other items, weight comes to about 30 pounds which might be a little much for this mount for long exposure astrophotography. But good to know it works okay
Your lucky if the corrector came with the kit, as no extra. On the 150 and 100 i had to purchase the (standard) corrector as extra. In Australia they get the corrector but no eyepiece.
Ps, The thread holes on top of the clamp rings are UNC threaded not mm.
Happy clear sky's
I sold my 110mm triplet APO a few years ago, and if I ever got back into astronomy, I doubt I'd tolerate anything less. Once you experience the sharpness and lack of CA, anything else looks like purple fringe soup.
Nice piece of kit. Jealous as heck :).
Fingers crossed that the weather in Scotland will be in your favor.
#68th like 👍great unboxing and a pretty nice telescope too...I'm sure you will have many exciting stargazing nights with your new telescope ☺
Very nice telescope. I used to have a Astrophysics 130EDT bought in 1991 when I was 21 years old, now I am 49 with no telescope :(
❤️❤️❤️Thats Awesome,You Go Girl..Only Skywatcher I Have,Besides My Mount,Is The Evoguide50ed,And I Do Love That Glass,lol.We Have Newbies That Are Asking About Solar Viewing In Our Astro Group,We Just Told Him..Dont,He’s Not Ready
Really good unboxing. Congrats on a wonderful astro setup. That should serve you well for many years!
Scott
‘The new telecope smell’. That’s one I hope to get familiar with. 😊
@Helena's Astrophotography >>> At about 02:46 in this video: The side of the box says *"DO NOT DROP!"*
If that was ME doing that unboxing: My _inner klutz_ would _start getting excited._
😊😊😊
I am waiting for my E6Q-R to arrive on Friday. I will be mounting my new Explore Scientific FCD100 ED127mm APO triplet to it. Great video.
free scope from Sky Watcher ? I need to start a you tube channel.......................DAMN !
it's great and contagious your passion keep on
Your climate is probably like mine here in the Pacific Northwest: Rainy season is late fall to late spring. This severely inhibits regular astronomy activies, but I'm waiting for clear skies this summer. I also got to move to a nicer place like Arizona with at least 300 days of clear skies, but my job currently has me "chained" to Seattle...
"Do you know that new telescope smell"? No. No I don't! Great video Helena, well done.
nice to see you having such a good time ! Also great equipment, but how did you afford such a kit ? what is it ? close to 5-7 thousand euro/pounds ?
I am just asking because I just had my 15 years old asking me if he could have it for his birthday ...
Great unboxing video and congratulations on the new telescope - clear skies!
Hey! How did you build your observatory and what at cost. I was thinking of building a small one but don’t know really where to start
Those boxes would have been opened faster than light could have traveled across the width of one of those strings in string theory if they had landed on my front door and my bedroom would have looked like a herd of wilderbeasts had just stampeded through.
love your new equipment. As someone on a limited budget now I am envious. Looking forward to new videos. 👍
Happy for you , amazing prodect , but , this had to be the longest reveal in history LOL
Excellent equipment. I am impressed to see how you assemble this set. You are a very strong girl 👍👍👍😃😃😃 .
gosh she got some muscles to lift all that gear, well done. Im looking at purchasing this scope.
I think the explore scientific fcd 100 carbon fiber tube for a bit lower price is better
You have an excellent setup. Happy telescoping.
Very excited for you! Trevor from Astrobackyard has the same set up and makes fantastic pictures, you will love this ota setup for sure!
Actually Trevor has the Esprit 100ED
How does the 120mm at f/7 compare to the 100mm that is f/5.5?
Very nice , i bet you cant wait for first light ( hm clouds) ok maybe in a few days .
Yeah, of course it is cloudy for the rest of the week!!
Wow, good for you, your going to love that setup, cheers
Who the fuck would thumbs down this video?
Really nice video . Would love to see that rig up and running
Scottish accents and telescopes.
Good times.
What is your job to buy a so expensive scope??
I like your enthusiasm. 🤓
You are my favorite person ever haha
Hi Helena. I love your videos and your happiness! I wish to have a telescope like yours, but right now I cannot afford it. I would like to upgrade my skywatcher dob 8 inch with something that allow me to do nice astrophotography with longer exposure. What do you advice to me as I'm a biginner/intermediate?
Greetings from Edinburgh
Thanks Helena, after seeing your EQ6R pro video I'm now a happy owner, might need to start gym as its a heavyweight, but thanks, doubt I would have taken the plunge without your recommendation, Lum, Essex
That was great review Helena, Ive just purchased a EQ6R Pro, only have a C5 to start with, but looking forward to the astrophotography challenge. Please keep up the vids, I look forward to your journey with the Esprit
You are so sweet! Reminds me on my daughter. Go on with that enthusiasm!
By the way: I use the same tripod. In the case youre backlash is to high for perfect guiding, there are ways ( and TH-cam videos) how to tighten the cords in the mount. This is what I had to do recently with a havy 1200 mm Newton and lots of gear on it. But you made the right decission to by, what you have. No more excuses because of inferior material! 😃
Good luck and stay interested. 😉👍
I have only just come upon your channel tonight. You have very impressive high end equipment, it will ultimately serve you well and it will be worth the money. When I was your age, I specially imported the very best made in the U.S.A. telescopes and equipment. This made it possible for me to take astrophotographs of exceptional quality, like yours and they were published in America. I also conducted star parties with thousands turning up to see the performance of the best equipment at the time. I'm sure you will be very successful and I will continue to follow your channel.
Daddy must really love his little girl LOL I could never afford that in my life , certainly not when I was your age ..
It was given to her from Skywatcher for free
Fun to look back through your older videos like this. You’ve apparently always been a fireball. This was well done and you’ve only gotten better. Onto first light.
Great scope and mount!
What's your day job? I need to make that kind of money too!
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no shit ...
Skywatcher gave her them for free
Cannot decide between a Skywatcher and William Optics.
SW all the way
Great video and I am sure that you will have a great time viewing and learning about your awesome scope!! Clear skies young lady and welcome to the club and hope you continue your passion for years to come.....
Great unboxing and love your enthusiasm....best of luck.
за такую балалайку у нас люди пропадали
First time I’ve seen an unboxing that weighs more than the unboxer! Seriously though - this is exactly the same setup I am planning to order.
😳....how mutch?...😬😬😬😛😛😛😜
That is a monster !
Some dream about winning the lottery, my lottery would be this material. This’s totally astrophotography materials porn
Damn, that is huge.
WOW. No wonder it was wet. What a fabulous telescope and review. That telescope is a monster!
Hey Helena! Thx again for the great vid last year. Question: how well has the whole setup tracked on that eq6-r this past year and how much weight/gear do you have on it? Best of luck in 2021!!
i can reccomend Kielder peoples star party and the week after the serious astronomers party at kielder campsite check out the kielder campsite web site
Well Done, Wish you many Clear Sky Nights. Cheers 🔭🇦🇺🏴
Brilliant scope
I'm sure you will look great in an ESO tshirt 😉.
There’s nothing so exciting as new telescope day. Very nice rig.
Very nice video!!
My cat would be over the moon if I received so many boxes.
我来自中国，你可能看不懂我的文字，好在有谷歌翻译来帮助我们交流。
我有个EQ6R，但logo上并没有写Pro的字样，而且刻度环是银色的，跟你的有什么区别呢？
whats it like im thinking of getting one and whats the eq6r mount like
Wow. you lifted the mount head by yourself. that is no easy feat
Diese Esprit Apos sind sehr gute Refraktoren und haben eine sehr gute Abbildung.Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu diesen Teleskop.Die EQ 6.R macht die Sache Bombensicher.
Nice Scope Helena! Congratulations!! Looks great!
Thank you Ray! Can’t wait to get out with it ⭐️🔭
great video / review, can't believe how chilled you are, me, I would have been ripping the plastic bags apart, just to see what was in them ! m now negotiating with SWMBO to purchase this mount too, good luck , look forward to more from you, clear skies, Lum. Essex
Great feeling opening new boxes! I just started astrophotography in February 2020, and my 2 daughters helped me open everything up when it arrived! I don't know who was more excited, them or me! I really need to make some videos, only posted some of my images on my website and telescopius website. Clear skies!
Your's has a USB port on it too. No fair! Well, in all fairness I got mine in February of 2019. As for the scope, someone in a AP discussion group recommended it (Esprit ED100) and I'm very close to ordering it. Just doing some final research, giving other options a chance before I proceed.
Good luck with ordering!! You won’t regret it ;)
I have this scope and it was a real game changer for me! Excellent bit of kit.
Super AWESOME!! I watch the whole video! I wanna buy one like that! But I’m not enough space to keep it..🙈
I like Synscan. I have it on my Atlas EQ mount and my Orion go -to 12 inch dob. And that is an incredible scope!
Great video!! very useful..🙂
Great unboxing! I have the EQ6R-pro. Great mount. But I'm still in need of the 120ED. So this was fun to watch.
Subbed!
It looks pretty hope you capture more beautiful images, keep growing....Clear skies
Que buenos videos
nice telescope. i hope you will have a lot of fun with it
Excellent OTA.
Im interested in that OTA, but some sellers have with Field flattener that is included in price and others sellers say that are not included, and i need to purchase also the FF.
If is not included, why Skywatcher in his web say that FF is included with OTA?
Who lies?
The Esprit 120 doesn’t come with the FF in the box but they kindly provided it separately for me!
Ok, I'm buying EQ6R Pro...
Show!
Well that is frickin' cool....
I am stuck between this scope or the SkyWatcher S11620 Traditional Dobsonian 10-Inch, I want to get into astrophotography. what do you recommend?
I haven’t had enough experience with the Esprit yet to be able to recommend it. However, I would thoroughly recommend the 10” for an amateur astrophotographer. However, it depends what you’d like to get in to. I feel like jumping straight to an Esprit for deep sky before having experience with another scope is risky but it’s up to you! Hope this helps ⭐️
Wonderful review, you should make followup vids
Wow!!! The perfect equipment 🤩👌🏻