I just started astronomy in the past year. I have purchased several of your SVBONY recommendations and have been very pleased. I enjoy your videos and the enthusiasm you have and the down to earth way you present the material. It would be nice to have more live chats but I understand that isn't always possible. Keep up the great work!.
Congratulations! Just seen your sponsorship announcement & guessed who it was before you said it! Have purchased from SV based on your reviews can’t think of a better ambassador! 👌
Great video. Congrats on your sponsorship. Gotta say though, kinda feels like I've been transported through the telescope to another universe where Ray Winston is a northerner and he's presenting The Sky At Night!
Svbony has great products at a lower price than competitors I have bought many of their products and especially love their 7-21mm zoom eyepiece which I use most of the time.
Well done!! I've shopped with SVbony, thanks to your past reviews. Great quality for the price!... I'll have to think of a SV chrissy prezzie for meself ASAP!
Congratulations 🎉 Jason, that's amazing and thoroughly deserved. I've bought lots Svbony items for my scope and followed all your informative and wonderful easy to follow videos for tips and advice. I always look forward to watching them. ❤
All the best Jason, a good honest bloke linked with a good honest company. I use many SV BONY products and I'm very happy with them. Wishing you good luck and clear sky's.
Congratulations on the sponsorship Jason! Anything Ive bought since starting astronomy is all down to you and has helped massively keep up the great work 🔭
j all the astro gear i have bought is svbony all on your words you are my goto man I just trust your word ......and you are good fun dont change your format brill
Jason, I've always enjoyed your information on all the products. You have never pushed to buy anything. You give your opinion and I have purchased some Svbony eyepieces and they all have been Great and very affordable. I also have some Televues and very expensive. Thanks for always giving us factual and an honest view on the products.
Thanks Jason, and congrats on the sponsorship. Excellent. Very good list of essentials! One I would mention, if not add to the red headlamp, is one I got from you years ago - the eye patch. I sketch at the eyepiece, at which time I need the red light. So I switch the eye patch from my non-observing eye to my observing eye to protect it, since even red light impacts dark adaptation. Same holds true for whenever I step away for any reason. And your point in mentioning it years ago - reducing the eye strain caused by keeping the other eye closed - really makes a difference as well, especially over time. Relaxed, rested eyes simply see better.
Your videos are always very useful, I am thinking of buying a zoom eyepiece as an upgrade to the eyepieces that came with my telescope. is this a good idea?
Hello. Zoom eyepieces are definitely an option if you are on a budget. Just avoid the cheap unbranded ones I use sv bonys (surprise surprise) and they are great for the money.
I love SVBony. High quality yet affordable. I have their 102mm ED, filters, eyepieces, 60mm finder, and 205 camera. You could do worse. Keep up the good work!
I like Svbony too. I use almost all the tools you mention except the collimator because I have a refractor. Red dot is so much better than the cheap finders. I haven't tried the more expensive eyepieces with bigger FOV but will do it. Thanks.
Good Video although I only partly agree with you on the finderscope. Although a red dot finderscope is much cheaper and a little easyer to use. I prefure a 9x50 finderscope as its better on fain objects in the light polluted skys I live under.
Hello, great video. I have a skywatcher 130 and I've really enjoyed looking at Saturn and Jupiter but I'd like to see some deeper sky objects. How easy is this to do with my basic setup? Do I just need a specific type of eye piece?
Hi Jason, I'm considering the SVbony brand and I want your thoughts on this first. Will a $60 2x barlow with 4 elements make a noticable difference over the $20 2x barlow with 2 elements? Here's the rest of the story if you have time... I started learning the constellations last spring and drug out my old 114mm / 900mm Newtonian telescope I bought in the mid 80s only to reach its limits "again" within a couple of viewings this fall. Maybe my phone or tv heard me grumbling but the next thing I know your videos on how to upgrade old telescopes popped up. So first off thanks for making all the videos. You've inspired me to upgrade the .965 focuser and my only H20mm lens to the 1.25 focuser and get new plossl lens. I went all in and ordered a 1.25 focuser and a 40mm, 25mm, 17mm, and 10mm plossl multi coated lens with the darkened edges. Now the new focuser is going to be much better but it's not a OEM replacement part. So, I will have to disassemble the telescope and make a few modifications to the tube so it will accept the larger focuser, plus not to damage the reflectors, plus they should probably be given a good cleaning while I can really get at them. But after watching more of your videos I learned about collimation, and decided I will have to do that when I reassemble it. So I found the SVbony $20 collimation tool online, and it so happened that I need to spend an extra $20 to get free shipping. So I began thinking about adding a 2x barlow. Which makes perfect sense because I listened to your advice when picking my new lens, they won't duplicate magnifications and by adding a 2x barlow, I will get a 20mm, 12.5mm, 8.5mm, and 5mm added to the arsenal. So that's is plan A. Plan B, if it doesn't work out and I destroy my telescope, I will go for a used 6" or 8" 1200mm reflector . So the optics are for the long haul. But if the 4 element barlow is not going to make a noticeable difference on my 4.5" maybe I will be better to put the $40 toward a 90 degree finder scope. But if it is an improvement for larger telescopes in the 6" to 8" doing both isn't out of the question now. I just don't want to spend money for no good reason. My hope is to see some color in the planets and nearby nebulas instead of white fuzzy blobs. I know this comment got a little wordy but I wanted you know how your videos got me motivated. Again thanks all the information. Randy
Paid stellarium is very usefully because it has the possibility of load in your telescope and eyepieces and do a vertical or horizontal mirror of the image to see the same as the telescope and know where you must move from a reference star. Very useful to find objects in the sky like dso. It only cost about 3 dollars.
Thats Awesome Jason,I Was Looking At Their 2”Dielectric Diagonals,Have You Used One?..And Im Not Collimating,lol.Hence Why I Dont Own A Newt,lol.I Use Sky Safari Pro,Due To That What I Use To Run My Mounts..Great Video Jason Thank You,And Congratulations❤️🙏🏻✨🔭Clear Skies
Thoughts on a few of these items: Barlow - Not necessary with Maksutov-Cassegrains Moon Filter - Use one eye on the moon and the other for DSOs to preserve dark adaptation in one eye Red Dot Finder - In light polluted skies is only useful on bright targets like the Moon and Planets while a good finder scope will pull in stars invisible to the eye
I have got a 35mm kellner from skywatcher, and it has coma at the edges but my telescope is f6 and it was my first 2 inch eyepiece and it gives still good views the coma isn't so strong because i wanted to fit all of the plejades in one fov because it wasn't possible with my 25mm super plossl and the kellner has a nice 56⁰ of fov and if you want to know what telescope I have it is an 8 inch dobsonian and I live in austria so the seeing is very stable and at 14 years old I can see things other people can't, sadly I live in bortle 7 but still I have seen some cool objects like m51 but only once it wasn't easy to see
Why does my telescope photo of Mars appear to have rings? 80mm 900mm refractor with yellow filter and 22mm Sybony eyepiece. Using a Galaxy s23 ultra. 🤔
Congrats on the Svbony sponsorship, Jason! Best wishes to you on this new partnership.
Thank you my friend.
@smalloptics753 I just bought another Svbony item- the dialetric star diagonal you reviewed about a year ago. 🙂
I just started astronomy in the past year. I have purchased several of your SVBONY recommendations and have been very pleased. I enjoy your videos and the enthusiasm you have and the down to earth way you present the material. It would be nice to have more live chats but I understand that isn't always possible. Keep up the great work!.
Thank you Tim. Very much appreciated . I do intend to do more live's/chats in the near future so stay tuned my friend.
Do Svbony make cloud dispersers? I'd be interested!
Thank you Glen . Very much appreciated. LOL! I'm waiting for the cloud filter to be developed.
Congratulations! Just seen your sponsorship announcement & guessed who it was before you said it! Have purchased from SV based on your reviews can’t think of a better ambassador! 👌
Congratulations with the sponsor, I'm always happy to see good things happen to people who deserve them! Best of luck!
Great video. Congrats on your sponsorship. Gotta say though, kinda feels like I've been transported through the telescope to another universe where Ray Winston is a northerner and he's presenting The Sky At Night!
Svbony has great products at a lower price than competitors I have bought many of their products and especially love their 7-21mm zoom eyepiece which I use most of the time.
Well done!! I've shopped with SVbony, thanks to your past reviews. Great quality for the price!... I'll have to think of a SV chrissy prezzie for meself ASAP!
Omg, you got the sponsorship!!
That's awesome! I have a ton of SVBony eyepieces because of your recommendations on their products.
Congratulations 🎉 Jason, that's amazing and thoroughly deserved. I've bought lots Svbony items for my scope and followed all your informative and wonderful easy to follow videos for tips and advice.
I always look forward to watching them. ❤
All the best Jason, a good honest bloke linked with a good honest company. I use many SV BONY products and I'm very happy with them. Wishing you good luck and clear sky's.
Congratulations Jason, I learned so much from your YT video about telescope. Keep up the good work
Congratulations on the sponsorship Jason! Anything Ive bought since starting astronomy is all down to you and has helped massively keep up the great work 🔭
Thank you my friend and that's great to hear.
j all the astro gear i have bought is svbony all on your words you are my goto man I just trust your word ......and you are good fun dont change your format brill
Jason, I've always enjoyed your information on all the products. You have never pushed to buy anything. You give your opinion and I have purchased some Svbony eyepieces and they all have been Great and very affordable. I also have some Televues and very expensive. Thanks for always giving us factual and an honest view on the products.
Thank you for your kind words my friend and thank you for watching
Thanks Jason, and congrats on the sponsorship. Excellent. Very good list of essentials! One I would mention, if not add to the red headlamp, is one I got from you years ago - the eye patch. I sketch at the eyepiece, at which time I need the red light. So I switch the eye patch from my non-observing eye to my observing eye to protect it, since even red light impacts dark adaptation. Same holds true for whenever I step away for any reason. And your point in mentioning it years ago - reducing the eye strain caused by keeping the other eye closed - really makes a difference as well, especially over time. Relaxed, rested eyes simply see better.
Thank you my friend.. Yes the old eye patch trick is simple but effective.
Nice, thank you.
Your videos are always very useful, I am thinking of buying a zoom eyepiece as an upgrade to the eyepieces that came with my telescope. is this a good idea?
Hello. Zoom eyepieces are definitely an option if you are on a budget. Just avoid the cheap unbranded ones I use sv bonys (surprise surprise) and they are great for the money.
I would title, 7 things you don't need if you are paying a mortgage xD. Very happy for you sir!
Thank you for the video and your channel. Beginner astronomer here. Do you have a recommendation for a finder scope? What magnification is best?
Great video Jason. Congrats on the sponsorship.
Thank you Ian.
Now watching. Keep it up mate.
Thanks for watching... Will do pal
Good video
I love SVBony. High quality yet affordable. I have their 102mm ED, filters, eyepieces, 60mm finder, and 205 camera. You could do worse. Keep up the good work!
SVBONY needs to expand on the 2” eyepiece lineup.
I like Svbony too. I use almost all the tools you mention except the collimator because I have a refractor. Red dot is so much better than the cheap finders. I haven't tried the more expensive eyepieces with bigger FOV but will do it. Thanks.
Good Video although I only partly agree with you on the finderscope. Although a red dot finderscope is much cheaper and a little easyer to use. I prefure a 9x50 finderscope as its better on fain objects in the light polluted skys I live under.
28K…! Congrats.
Hello, great video. I have a skywatcher 130 and I've really enjoyed looking at Saturn and Jupiter but I'd like to see some deeper sky objects. How easy is this to do with my basic setup? Do I just need a specific type of eye piece?
Hi Jason,
I'm considering the SVbony brand and I want your thoughts on this first. Will a $60 2x barlow with 4 elements make a noticable difference over the $20 2x barlow with 2 elements?
Here's the rest of the story if you have time...
I started learning the constellations last spring and drug out my old 114mm / 900mm Newtonian telescope I bought in the mid 80s only to reach its limits "again" within a couple of viewings this fall. Maybe my phone or tv heard me grumbling but the next thing I know your videos on how to upgrade old telescopes popped up.
So first off thanks for making all the videos. You've inspired me to upgrade the .965 focuser and my only H20mm lens to the 1.25 focuser and get new plossl lens. I went all in and ordered a 1.25 focuser and a 40mm, 25mm, 17mm, and 10mm plossl multi coated lens with the darkened edges.
Now the new focuser is going to be much better but it's not a OEM replacement part. So, I will have to disassemble the telescope and make a few modifications to the tube so it will accept the larger focuser, plus not to damage the reflectors, plus they should probably be given a good cleaning while I can really get at them. But after watching more of your videos I learned about collimation, and decided I will have to do that when I reassemble it. So I found the SVbony $20 collimation tool online, and it so happened that I need to spend an extra $20 to get free shipping. So I began thinking about adding a 2x barlow. Which makes perfect sense because I listened to your advice when picking my new lens, they won't duplicate magnifications and by adding a 2x barlow, I will get a 20mm, 12.5mm, 8.5mm, and 5mm added to the arsenal.
So that's is plan A.
Plan B, if it doesn't work out and I destroy my telescope, I will go for a used 6" or 8" 1200mm reflector . So the optics are for the long haul. But if the 4 element barlow is not going to make a noticeable difference on my 4.5" maybe I will be better to put the $40 toward a 90 degree finder scope. But if it is an improvement for larger telescopes in the 6" to 8" doing both isn't out of the question now. I just don't want to spend money for no good reason. My hope is to see some color in the planets and nearby nebulas instead of white fuzzy blobs.
I know this comment got a little wordy but I wanted you know how your videos got me motivated.
Again thanks all the information.
Randy
im of 16 and i am doing astrophotography using equlitrelal rtescope ur vids really helps me so much ty for everything you shared with us ❤
@thestudyexplanation7052 Hello there! That's great to hear, my friend, and you are more than welcome.
Paid stellarium is very usefully because it has the possibility of load in your telescope and eyepieces and do a vertical or horizontal mirror of the image to see the same as the telescope and know where you must move from a reference star. Very useful to find objects in the sky like dso. It only cost about 3 dollars.
I have the SVBony variable polarizing filter so I can dial in the perfect light and contrast of the moon when capturing photos
Hello tony. Yes variable polar filters are great, should have mentioned them in the video.. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Enrico Salvatore Rizzo..." get the money "
Thats Awesome Jason,I Was Looking At Their 2”Dielectric Diagonals,Have You Used One?..And Im Not Collimating,lol.Hence Why I Dont Own A Newt,lol.I Use Sky Safari Pro,Due To That What I Use To Run My Mounts..Great Video Jason Thank You,And Congratulations❤️🙏🏻✨🔭Clear Skies
Gracias
De nada Mi amigo
Fortunately, I have most of these things.
Nice... but you forgot cloud bustin' cannon! Welcome to blighty.
LOL! Still waiting for a cloud filter to be developed😜
Thoughts on a few of these items:
Barlow - Not necessary with Maksutov-Cassegrains
Moon Filter - Use one eye on the moon and the other for DSOs to preserve dark adaptation in one eye
Red Dot Finder - In light polluted skies is only useful on bright targets like the Moon and Planets while a good finder scope will pull in stars invisible to the eye
Hello, from Portugal, any tips to see Jupiter's bands?
I am new in this world of astronomy and all i can see is a big ball of light and 3 or 4 moons.
Svbony: Everything astronomical except the price.
Indeed! Thanks for watching my friend.
Neat.
Ive always said it, youre a very deserving fella. Congrats! Any sign of a LIVE STREAM!!!! soon? come catch up with the lads n lassies mate :)
@NewbFixer Thank you, my friend, and yes, very soon, stay tuned.
@@smalloptics753 Amazing buddy thank you.
I have got a 35mm kellner from skywatcher, and it has coma at the edges but my telescope is f6 and it was my first 2 inch eyepiece and it gives still good views the coma isn't so strong because i wanted to fit all of the plejades in one fov because it wasn't possible with my 25mm super plossl and the kellner has a nice 56⁰ of fov and if you want to know what telescope I have it is an 8 inch dobsonian and I live in austria so the seeing is very stable and at 14 years old I can see things other people can't, sadly I live in bortle 7 but still I have seen some cool objects like m51 but only once it wasn't easy to see
Sounds like you have some nice equipment there. Keep enjoying the night sky and thank you for watching my friend.
😎
Thanks for watching.
Why does my telescope photo of Mars appear to have rings? 80mm 900mm refractor with yellow filter and 22mm Sybony eyepiece. Using a Galaxy s23 ultra. 🤔
Functionality of stellarium
On android is a poor cousin of the PC version