Pear Tree Telescope - Deep Sky Videos @DeepSkyVideos

Uploaded July 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Astrophotographer Nik Szymanek shows us his telescope in the affectionately-named Pear Tree Observatory. Also answers a few questions about how it works and tips for beginners. Nik's website is: ccdland.net

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Videos by Brady Haran

This film edited by Stephen Slater

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$Why are stars spiky? - Deep Sky Videos Why do photos of stars often have spiky, pointy bits of them? These are called diffraction spikes and some people even add them artificially! Here are explained by Professor Mike Merrifield (University of Nottingham) and Nik Szmanek (astrophotographer). Mike tweets at https://twitter.com/ProfMike_M Some image credits: Philip Perkins: www.astrocruise.com/ Nik Szymanek: http://ccdland.net Fred Espenak: http://astropixels.com Deep Sky Videos website: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/DeepSkyVideos Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeepSkyVideos Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/68847473@N02/ More about the astronomers in our videos: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html Videos by Brady Haran A run-down of Bradys channels: http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/here-are-my-channels.html$

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