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We have a number of catagories of videos to help you get to
know and use MyTelescope.com:
IntroductionHere are some videos that will introduce you to MyTelescope.com and show you a few projects that can be done with our telescopes:
What Can I Do at MyTelescope.com?: Our telescopes can be used for many different projects; this video briefly shows a number of possibilities: imaging the International Space Station, taking pictures of Jupiter, lunar shots, viewing deep sky objects in gray scale and in color, and seeing comets. (2:37 minutes:seconds).
Project VideosThere are many projects you can do at MyTelescope.com; below are a few videos on a few of the things that can be done:
Perseids Meteor Shower 2009 - The Day After shows how to capture a meteor in the spotting camera (2:34 minutes:seconds).
Comet Lulin was passing by in Feb 2009 and provided an oportunity to show how to navigate the night sky using the spotting scope, locate the comet and image it using the primary camera (3:21 minutes:seconds).
Apollo 11 and 17 Moon Landing Sites: explore the moon and find the locations where Apollo missions visited (4:04 minutes:seconds).
The International Space Station can be seen in both the spotting and primary cameras if you know where and when to look (4:31 minutes:seconds).
M27 Color Image Composition: this video demonstrates how to create a color image of Messier 27 using the filter wheel and the Color Image Composer tool (4:08 minutes:seconds).
Getting Started VideosThese videos walk you through the steps of getting started with MyTelescope:
Step 1: Purchasing Credits - this is easy enough that it doesn't need a video: simply visit the Purchasing Credits page, select a package and click the "Pay with Paypal" button.
Step 2: Booking a telescope (3:25 minutes:seconds).
Step 3: Controlling a Telescope using the Live Control applet (8:51 minutes:seconds).
Some Finer Points...Here are some videos that will help you make the best use of your telescope time:
Locating Objects In addition to using the sky map to find objects, you can search for objects by name or you can enter the "right ascension" (RA) and declination (Dec) directly (1:43 minutes:seconds).
How to Refine the Focus (4:20 minutes:seconds).
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