One of My Favorite Telescopes - Explore Scientific AR152

This is a video I made a while back for Explore Scientific touching on the highlights of one of my favorite telescopes. This is their AR152, a 6-inch achromatic refractor telescope. I hope you enjoy it. While the AR152 isn't necessarily a top performer in every category, it is extremely versatile. It does an admirable job with most tasks while still being rather affordable (as far as large telescopes go), offering a tremendous value to an astronomer of any skill level. This serves as somewhat of an intro for me into longer-format videos. I hope to be publishing these more often! Here are some affiliate links (Agena Astro) to the other gear discussed in the video: ZWO ASI183MM Pro Camera: https://bit.ly/3SjUL00 ZWO ASI174MM Camera: https://bit.ly/3Sh1hV5 ZWO EFW 8-position Filter Wheel: https://bit.ly/478kJYo Daystar Quark Chromosphere Solar Filter: https://bit.ly/3LMHjgO Daystar Quark Calcium-H Solar Filter: https://bit.ly/45UZVTf Baader AstroSolar FIlter Film: https://bit.ly/46RlqFJ Televue Powermate 5x: https://bit.ly/3sbNt3A Televue Powermate 2.5x: https://bit.ly/49bV9ng Celestron Zoom 8-24mm Eyepiece: https://bit.ly/3QBA7qG Explore Scientific 2" 24mm 82deg Eyepiece: https://bit.ly/46LjHSm You can find my work on a variety of other social media platforms. Find my pics on Instagram:   / thevastreaches   Find more info on my website: https://www.thevastreaches.com/ Cheers and clear skies! -Jason 00:00 Intro 00:30 An Astrophotographer 01:07 A Hobby 02:24 A Telescope - AR152 04:23 Solar 05:53 Deep Sky 07:00 The Kit 09:24 Planetary Photography 11:21 Outro