M51 is also another excellent target just above Alkaid. Excellent video, please make this into a series. Constellation by constellation would be amazing.

Can't believe I've never questioned the bears long tail before lol Brilliant observation :D Great presenting and positive message Jason, you're making it look easy :)

I love this guy. He makes me enthusiastic about the trying as much as the succeeding.

As someone who is new to skywatching, I'm so glad I found your channel. Your method of explaining things is excellent. You take the mystery and anxiety out of this hobby.

I didn't realize there was so much to see around the Big Dipper. I definitely will check them out. You seem like a high school science teacher or a college professor. You are teaching us well. Thank you for a terrific videos.

Very informative! I can't believe we have free access to this level of knowledge. Great work Jason, as always!

i have watched this video several times and her i am back again. i love these "how to find" and "things to see" vids. they are great for us newbs.

I have watched this video so many times now lol - just need the skys to clear to bloomin go see what it has to offer! Thank you Jason keep doing what you do its a great channel!

Hi Jason, New to astronomy at 56 years old. Thankfully stumbled upon your channel, which is pitched just perfectly for beginners like me. Subbed immediately.

Supposed to finally have clear skies in 3 days. Can't wait to try out a couple of new eyepieces on these. Thx.

Jason do more, so helpful!

I’ve just seen my first two galaxies. Chuffed to bits thanks so much Jason. 6” dobs Bortel 5 but streetlights in my face. But you didn’t warn me I’d fall over looking overhead through the red dot finder! 😂

Great video Jason, thanks.

BEST channel to learn this wonderful Hobby!

Very cool. The same is also true of the Summer Triangle: Vega/Deneb/Altair. I joined the starwatching family only last year (moved from city lights to dark-skies country with a big backyard) and quickly saw the clusters and craziness proximate to/surrounding both Deneb and Altair was/is astonishing, and easily accessible with just a good pair of field glasses/binoculars. Vega's interesting too but not as crowded as Deneb/Altair. Last October, the first star scene I wigged out over were the pair of cat eyes very close to Vega, (Epsilon Lyrae actually two sets of binary stars). My entry-level Orion Starblast scope just arrived. Headed 5k' up into the mountains during dark of the moon next week to see the milky way ribbon. cheers.

Thanks again Jason for an informative video that assumes nothing about the viewer's knowledge. As you say, start out doing it right. Practice doesn't make perfect, it makes permanent. Oops! Meant this comment for your video on eyepiece cleaning! Senior moment...

Another fantastic video Jason!!

Hi Jason. The plough was my first constellation I found in the night sky and I've always seen it as a pot with a bent handle. It's so easy to photograph with dslr and smartphone these days. Now a bear in the sky and with a tail that's long so I think it's a different bear! Ursa major is a good name and Americans call it the big Dipper. It's one of those constellations it could be called a few more things and deep sky objects it got a few interesting sights. The owl is watching us and aliens could be looking at our milky way galaxy right this second. I found the plough in September 1988 when I asked my dad what's that group of stars and he said it's the plough. How did you get to know the plough? This constellation is one of those that you will always never tire looking at in the night sky and glad you did a video on this star group! Stay safe buddy and clear skies and keep an eye on the bear with the long tail!!!

this is fantastic and very helpful for ppl new to the hobby.

Brilliantly explained , i totally agree with the comment suggesting more of the same with other constellations . Thanks again Jason.

I think this is one of your best instructional videos.❤️

Great Videos Jason, 1. they are very informative and 2. happiness with which you present makes us happy, keep going 👍

Love when you post videos like this Jason. Lots of good information here

This was amazing. looking forward to more such short and crisp "astronomy lessons".

Never gave the tail a second thought. I hope this is going to be a series.

The Mizar double star was my very 1st astro object when I got my first "proper" telescope. A 6" Dob (now use a 12" )

Great info. Thank you.

looking forward to given these a go.Cheers

Hey, just wanted to let you know I'm noticing (and appreciating) a definite improvement in your videos. You're getting tighter and more focused, with less "dead space" between the interesting bits. As someone who also has a problem with brevity (which is the enemy of accuracy and completeness), I must say I'm quite impressed. :)

This was such a great and informative video! I've been searching for constellation fact files like this for so long, so I'm incredibly glad to have found your channel :) happy stargazing Jason!

Very informative and helpful video Jason, thank you.

Very nice review!

Thank you Jason for this very informative video that I’ve just seen for the first time. I wish I could save this one because I’m new hobby and I know this will be helpful when I can get outside to view.

Interesting video, thanks for sharing ! - subscribed.

Very informative guide to a famous group of stars...

Thank you so much. I love watching your videos. I'm new to astronomy and astrophotography. I'm using my celestron power seeker 114az with celestron adjustable 8-24zoom and a multi coat svbony 2x Barlow lens and a smartphone. Thanks for the help in all your videos. 😊

Great Informative Video Jason!! I could barely see m81 Galaxy from my skies through my 5 inch scope! Great mention of pinwheel galaxy and Owl Nebula! The Pinwheel is a Bit difficult to see from even from dark skies! Because it has a low surface brightness, the light is diffused and spread out! I would Galaxies Like M51 the whirlpool galaxy and Messier 106 in ursa major are Great galaxies to Observe on small telescopes and even binos! They are pretty bright! Good to see double stars mentioned!! Great Video mate! Have You Catched Any Of The Objects?? I haven't Yet!! I will Try bit with my 6 inch Scope Hopefully. Clear Skies mate!

Wow thanks you should do this with more constellations

Great video, thanks for the info very helpful

This was a good video! More simple videos like this please, it gives me a project for a dark night

Thanks! Great tips.

Very good tutorial, mate!

Excellent video!

Nice.

great information Jason, they sure do come up with some weird names for the stars 🔭 👍

1 reason I heard for the tail is that when Zues cast Callisto into the sky, he swung her by the tail, which stretched it. Callist having been turned into a bear previously by Hera

Awesome vid Jason! Like other comments, I really do see improvement. Something you could do is show the simplified animated way to find the target, (with the moving line and such) and then show a real life picture from like stellarium or the real world. Love your vids mate!!

Good video Jason very helpful 👍 will have a go and find them (if the weather ever gets better🙄)I'm not going to lie I haven't had much success in finding deep sky stuff so far, but with ur expert advice surely I can't fail 🤷‍♂️🤣

Hi, love this kind of vid. Hope it's a series :) Really great way to discover all these objects. Piece-meal per constelation. What kind of magnification would be required to see e.g Pinwheel galaxy?

My god. I have followed astronomy since 1965 and I've never even questioned about the Tail on the Great Bear- starting with the ladybird book of the night sky, a couple of years later going on to Patrick Moore's observers book of astronomy and not even questioning it!

My friend , can u make a video on how to attach a small refractor telescope on top of a big reflector telescope ...?

Cheers, just waiting for some clear sky's now, 👍

Thanks for your chanel, Jason! Maybe worth a video how to prepaire an observation night - how to chose the objects. As a beginner I feel sometimes lost what objects are worth to pick for a successful observation.

Thanks! I put M81 & M82 on my list! I didn't know they are so easy to find. I have only a small 102 mm refractor, so maybe I can see them!

Nice one Jason enjoyed that ,is the pinwheel galaxy visible in a 6 inch scope just curious as you left that out ? 👍

my first constelation was Orion

2 weeks since I bought my 8" Dob, and not a clear night since. Your videos are just about scratching the itch while I wait, patiently checking the forecast every day 😕

Sorry got that mixed up I meant whirlpool galaxy 😁

A nebula filter is never bad for observing those faint planetary Nebulae, even in a smaller scope. As for m81 m82, those one should be able to get with a small telescope. They are quite bright.

Hi, Jason 😊🤝😊 You are doing great with OKyeing 😀 Well done!👌 Nice tutorial, but you forgot about small little thing. Just small as the Sun ☀️😅 To see all those deep sky objects you must wait until a Sun is going down under the horizon at least for 16-17 degree 🌌🌅⬇️ In this month it happen usually after 23:00 and continue till 1:30...2:00 🕚🙃🕑 Otherwise you just can't see anything even with 6-8" telescope. Or galaxy's will be very-very weak and very hard to see it with your eyes 🔭😜 Only digital camera can see something with this sun pollution 📷🌌 Have a nice night. Clear skies! 😃👍

You didn't drop anything , YOU DIDN'T DROP ANYTHING ! what sort of video is this ? ...LOL , very nice Jason ,

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The Plough = Father Christmas' sleigh and reindeer.

The big dipper and the little dipper we call them in Canada

I don't care about the plough, I live in Australia. I took pictures of the milky way with my Nikon D5300 7 years ago, and have been wanting a telescope ever since. I finally ordered and received a Celestron 130SLT from an ebay vendor in the UK, not because he was the cheapest (he wasn't), but because he answered my questions promplty and politely. Now you must explain to me the gods of astrophotography. I got the scope on Thursday, about midday. The sky was clear. It took me a few hours to assemble it, and find that the hand control had changed from the RS232 previously advertised to a USB mini B. OK, so I couldn't control via computer, but I could still align and use the handset, right? Wrong. By the time I'd aligned the spotter, clouds had rolled in, and no stars were visible. And, according to various sites, will stay with me for at least the next three days. Please tell me how I offended these astrophysical gods, and what I must do to atone.

2:57 Alcor shoult be above Mizar in the picture, not below. Declination Mizar: +54° 55′ 31.3″ , declination Alcor: +54° 59′ 16.7″

Hello Jason, of course dark skies = dark skies. However, do you per chance have a rough suggestion as to the Bortle value to view these? If we were looking from the average 5 say, would these be visible, or would you need even darker skies, 4 or even a rare 3 for the average hobbyist?

From a bortle 6 city, with a 4 inch FPL51 F7 refractor I simply wasn't able to see M101. Bode's galaxy, M82, M106, M94, M63, M51 are all visible but M101 simply isn't.

Hey Jason, I'm just wondering why you didn't mention m108 and m109? M108 is right next to the owl nebula, and m109 is right next to Phecda.

You look a bit like Bob Mortimer lol

Sloth bears have tails

I would get a hernia carrying that scope outside.

The problem with old style Street lights they wasted their light by shining upwards, now, they have updated the lights so now the light shines downwards more....... Still no help as these are very bright. Need someone with a air rifle or a good aim with a catapult........ Asking for a friend