@@rooftopastronomer2697 no no, it was great! I could see stars!! I tried looking at galaxies but the telescope fell apart. I forgot to put some motor oil in it. On the second attempt the eyepiece fell through the focuser, hit the secondary, and the secondary fell off of the spider, slid down and hit the primary mirror, which fell out the back of the tube and smashed into the pavement. The the base of the dob also collapsed. But I still saw the stars.
He gave that lecture almost 7 years back, but it's still one of the best astronomy videos I ever saw. Every detail in it was priceless and that man... I can truly feel his passion for astronomy.
2023 I agree with you, he knows his stuff and knows how to transmit his knowledge. I'm watching the video because I just ordered a similar model ( Orion 10012 Skyscanner) for my daughters. Were in Baja ( TJ ) and the Perseids meteor shower is this month. we had been using a pair of Steiner 10 * 50 binos to watch the sky and an old set of AN/pvs 7s. Have an awesome time watching the sky.
England is my city and you may realize the balls you believed in are just lights in the sky where no one can go and that stars spin in circle above stationary, leveled ground. You may also bring ships that have gone over the ‘Curved’ horizon, with my p 1000 😂😂😂 but, sure anyone can believe children’s fantasies, they can just never prove it 😂😂😂😂 so, keep on spinning and developing your imagination that’s created by others 😂 and don’t get emotional because earth is flat 😘
As an active amateur astronomer involved in a lot of outreach, I have had to do this very presentation a number of times. Its always educational to see how others approach the subject. I also want to mention that the Starblast telescope (And other similar telescopes by other manufacturers) you were primarily using for your talk is one of the best little telescopes out there. Great beginner's 'scope. But good enough that it will put even a high-end Nagler eyepiece to the test. I have one as my 'grab and go' telescope as well.
I like it a lot! He is a good speaker. I am planning to buy my first telescope and from this video I get a clearer idea on what thing that I should look at when I'm doing my window shopping. Thank you!!
Very informative. I belong to an astronomy club and we do public outreaches all the time. This is one of the questions I get asked most. We usually have an assortment of scopes so that I can explain the pros and cons of each. I also tell them that for starters, use binoculars, which most people already have and learn the sky.
For me I would like to get a telescope. I Have tremors. Binoculars and me cause the image to go everywhere. I tried to look at a planet. It was all over the place. I would like to join a club !
@@wayneklein2018 I have a small case of tremors as well. I purchased some Canon image stabilizer binoculars. They are a bit expensive, but boy do they make a difference.
I've got the extendable 'TELESCOPES WITHOUT BORDERS'. It's amazing for $200 and the profits go to this great organization. I can always enjoy about 5 of Jupiters moons and it's stripes. Can also see a little ring delineation in Saturn and maybe 2 of it's moons. The site scope is a bit tricky but you'll find how to finesse it after a little while.
He hit all the basic points that I used to give, when my astro-club did public outreach. Great job! My first REAL telescope was an 8" Celestron Starhopper (Dang, I wish I still had that scope)! That scope was the easiest to setup, by far. As the presenter stated, after awhile, you will start to feel the need to upgrade to a better scope. I had to sell that Starhopper to get my 10" Meade LX-50 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. This scope was a whole 2" bigger in diameter than the Starhopper, and had the ability to track objects, when put on an equatorial mount, such as a wedge. That scope stayed with me for awhile, until my back started giving me problems, and I could no longer lift it onto it's mount. So, I had to go back to an 8" scope, but stayed with the Schmidt-Cassegrain design. I was not too pleased to have to loose 2" of aperture, but I made sure that the new smaller scope had all the "Bells & Whistles" on it. That new scope was an 8" Meade LX-200 GPS. That scope lasted me forever (I still have it), along with a small 3" short-tube refractor. With the LX-200 alone, I did more stargazing than the previous two scopes combined!
He set aside (put away) longest refractor. 60/1000. For me instrument like this one with supercomat eyepiece (rare in production) is #1 for Jup. Saturn and Moon at 50X
Thank you Mr. Beatty! We had no idea where to start in buying a telescope and after watching your video, we decided on the Orion EZ table mount. You rock!!!
IMO, 8 inch newtonian with a long focal length is about all you should ever need, cheaper to just dive in and purchase it to start with rather than moving up the sizes. dobsonian mount for ease of use. Only need for anything else is if you want to get into astrophotography, then you need a quality refractor with a equatorial motorized tracking mount.
I half agree with this Professor.. this is where experience has advantage over education.. you can do fine with a $70 telescope if you know what you are doing (little ironic cause at the start of learning you typically start at the lower end ones)
Sadly, when the professor was putting the refractor scope in his car in the moonlight, someone yelled 'he has a gun' , a near by police officer shot him multiple times.
Celestron Starsense. Any of them. The Starsense model is a "Push to". Your phone attaches to the telescope with a special mount and a special app. It is freakin amazing for learning the sky and finding objects when you are new to astronomy. Last night, in less than 5 minutes, I looked at Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Andromeda Galaxy, and 2 other star clusters. The app gives you a list of everything in the sky at that exact time and day. Click what you want to see, and then move the telescope and follow the arrows on the screen of your phone.
i am a beginner but i want a telescope which can take me to other galaxies and nebulae.. not only nearby planets.. please suggest me the most budget telescope of the type
This is a good question. I think it's important to do a lot of personal research. To be frankly honest, you can easily get started with a not-so-popular brand, if it's a decent scope. For me, I started with a 114mm off-brand reflector with a 600mm focal length on an equatorial mount - no go-to features - just a basic analog, sidereal motor. It cost around $250 in 2010. Originally I used it for observation and later for basic astrophotography with a DSLR. Taking the time to learn how to polar align the mount, find and track stars, fine-tune focus, etc. was well worth the effort. There's also a lot to learn about stacking and processing images. So to answer the question, there are a number of scope/tripod packages available in that price range to get you started. If you think you want to do imaging, I'd suggest learning how an equatorial mount works. For the scope, find the biggest diameter reflector that fits your budget - perhaps between 114mm and 150mm (bigger diameter means more light gathering).
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 How about an Orion XT8? Is that good? Can you recommend me a good quality but not crazy priced telescope that I can use to see planets as far as Neptune and Saturn?
I like the concept to teaching your children at a appropriate age to admire the Stars. I remember my son at 10 years old said dad look it only cost $9.99 at the store, our job as parents are they giving the best tutelage life has to offer even though we're still a student in our own atmosphere. That would be a truly counter tuitive approach to see it any other way I love this video very educational I'm getting started
Hello! This was wonderful to watch and very informative. I'm having some trouble as the last person was about selecting a telescope to buy mainly to be used for astrophotography. At the moment I'm out almost every night with my 200mm lens on my canon, just trying to see what I can see with long exposures. But now that I've started I want so much more! Haha. My interest is mostly in the stars, I want to be able to capture as many as I can! But I also wouldn't mind seeing a planet now and then. So far I have had my eye on orions short tube refractor, or a celestron. But now I think I would love to have something like the pink $400 one you were talking about with the goto guide on it, only because I'm just starting out and I think that would be a great help. My budget is about $400 which I know is not a lot but I think is good for practice. So any suggestions at all would be so wonderful. I know you linked some short tubes below, but could you also point me in the direction of a goto Mount? Thank you so so much!
You can see planets pretty easy. I have an 8 inch basic Orion and you can see the rings of Saturn. If you're talking about seeing planets in other solar systems thats not going to happen.
Although I appreciate the information given here and I like how he was very practical in discussing the topic he didn’t actually give a way to navigate the various selling points that advertisers provide when selling a telescope - such as mirror size or focal ratios etc.
Then you want a pair of Military-grade rubber-armored binoculars with a STRAP around your neck to keep them from falling to the ground. Your "first telescope" doesn't HAVE to be a "telescope". Binoculars are a VERY good way to get to know the night sky. But if you are talking about the one the speaker has precariously hung one of its feet off the edge of his table, I think he did so intentionally to make room for the second scope he put on the table with it. In plain terms, that first one is described as an "Altazimuth-mounted Newtonian Reflector". It is probably a 4" mirror size, and could be a good choice for youngsters up to age 10 or 12, but bright young minds grow quickly, and can outgrow such an entry level scope after only a year or so. YMMV. Be sure to get something with 1-1/4" eyepieces, NOT .965". They will be more usable with the next scope when you upgrade.
I've been an amateur astronomer since 1967 when I discovered Patrick Moore's books and the Edmund Scientific catalog. What is the best first telescope? A pair of binoculars and a folding lawn chair! Buy a wide field 578 feet at 1000 yards 7 by 35mm pair made in Japan in the 1960's off of Ebay for around $30 shipped. Great for general use, birding and observing the sky! You will learn the constellations and probably 20 or 30 Messier objects that include clouds of gas called nebula, clusters of stars and galaxies far far away not to mention the entire Milky Way! Really, a pair of binoculars with a book on sky objects for binoculars is a great great start! Once you have seen everything in the book with binoculars using a regular 6" reflector or an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain will be a breeze!
unlike so many people aren't these days..whingy whining millennials that have no respect for anything or anyone...give them the 10 Commandments and a good beating!! LOL
I've wanted to own a telescope for as long as I can remember. I recently bought a (deliberately) cheap 900x60mm scope. The optics seem okay but the mount is terrible - the tiniest movement sends it way off, and setting the sighting scope accurately is almost impossible with any degree of accuracy. I've been down a TH-cam rabbit hole for a few hours now, and this video, even being 7 years old was useful. 7 years isn't a long time in terms of the age of the universe - Galileo managed to figure out how to image it 400 years ago. Thanks! TL;DR - should have bought a better beginner scope ;)
Flat earther and own a telescope. Yes, are stars , wondering stars( planets) ,sun and moon. Diferent things. Now if you belive that in 1969 they reach moon and all comes frome nothing ( big bang) , then you trully brainwashed hard.
@@1878reddevil Why are you so aggressive about flat earthers. If they are wrong then what has it done to you. Too many people have strong opinions on these subjects and for truth to be told too little knowledge.
@@bighands69 First of all - that's called a JOKE, not AGGRESSION. Can't you make the difference? Second of all - In order to have two strong opinions - the coin should have two different sides. In our case - it has been proven thousands of years ago, millions of times, that the Earth is round and rotating around the Sun. There is no other opinion in this case. The flat-earth nonsense must stop. It only requires little knowledge and understandings for one to realize the things he don't understand. But unfortunately "thinking and using common sense" is not the strongest side in the heads of those flat-earthers. And Third of all - Thousands of years exploration, countless proves, countless experiments, countless space missions, several governments funded and independent space agencies, all sort of scientists involved - and you are telling me that small group of uneducated people are right? Think again. And watch "Behind The Curve" documentary, starring some of the flat-gurus, you will enjoy it. Also you can read this article: creation.com/flat-earth-myth You might learn something. Have a great day.
@@1878reddevil I will be truthful to you very few people who mock flat earthers have the required knowledge to prove that the earth is spherical like in shape. Even though I have post doctoral research I still could not prove that the earth is Spherical like in shape.
I paid 70 dollars for a Meade 70mm refractor telescope a few years ago and it is pretty neat. I can see Saturn and Jupiter quite clearly (as well as the Moon of course) so I wouldn't say it was a bad purchase :)
"Telescopes do not have to be expensive" Yet here in my country. A single portable hobby telescope with a diameter of 3 inch is sold at $300. That's equivalent of having a cheap telescope!
My advice a Meade ETX because as newbie you won't find much without a goto mount. The ETX-125 is really good for pin sharp views of planets and start clusters. The ETX-70/80 is probably the best travel scope you can get on a tiny budget.
warning: do not buy one if you believe the earth will end in 12 years, because you'll probably smash it when you find out you've been lied to all those years.
Yes, it was a poor analogy. A much better one might be, "You buy a really nice helmet for riding a Motorcycle. You can KEEP that nice helmet and continue to enjoy using it when you upgrade to a nicer Motorcycle."
Most people might want to stay away from reflectors. The mirrors need a lot of adjustment if you plan on transporting it on a regular basis. You don't have to worry about that with refractors.
Never ever leave a child unattended where they can take the telescope out during the day. Blindness can happen in less than one second by looking into the sun. Make sure that your children understand that they must never look at the Sun through their telescope. You can purchase a adapter that fits over the end of the telescope so they can View the sun with adult supervision.
Juan Pedro Mariano Actually, saying “Holiday morning” would be PC. Saying it’s called Christmas is not. Remember that politically correct people say Holiday morning “out of respect” to all of the non-Christians out there.
@@albertog8459 Nope, saying it's Christmas "out of respect for Christians because the holiday is theirs" IS PC. Christmas is not an original Christian tradition. It's a pagan celebration they adopted and now falsely claim to be theirs. Jesus wasn't born on the 25th of December.
NEVER, NEVER buy a telescope WITHOUT a battery powered motor drive. You will spend ALL of your observing time trying to keep the object in the field of view.
@@issac3100 there's a difference between a goto scope and an equatorial mount with a motor drive. The goto scope makes it a LOT easier to find stars. The motor drive makes it possible to keep the image stationary without constant adjustment. For wide angle visual astronomy, it's not too hard to find an object and hand it off to a kid, then for them to grab the knob and keep the image steady. For astrophotography/astroimaging, you're not going to get a single decent image without a motor drive.
David, I’ve had a 10” dobsonian for 25 years and never had a motor drive. Hunting for and the thrill of finding objects is part of the fun. It also teaches you the sky. Like the video says, it depends on what you are interested in.
@@issac3100 I'm telling you that because you wrote, "A motorized telescope is kind of cheating because It's the lazy way to find stars." which is quite simply incorrect. A telescope with a motor drive doesn't help you find stars. Finding stars on such a scope remains a completely manual process. A motor drive tracks the earth's rotation and that's all. You also wrote "the point of Astronomy you got to learn how to track them manually." which is also wrong, for different reasons. Manual tracking is completely irrelevant to most astronomers and somewhere between annoying and a deal breaker for many others (astrophotography). For visual astronomers with inexpensive dobsonians or alt-az mounts, manual tracking is somewhere between annoying and unobtrusive, but in no way is figuring out how to manually track "the point" of looking up at the stars.
I have my Orion Starblaster 4.5 eq sitting in my room that I got two years ago and have been wanting to point it at stuff for some time now (damn you school work). He said that eq mounts aren't always the best thing but I have been making good purpose of it from the times that I have tried it out. I've seen someone look at jupiter with this thing lol. I can't wait to learn how to track planets and clusters and point it correctly.
+Sean O'Brien I live in Rural US and it also has great night viewing with no light pollution. I love going up mountains and doing astronomy as the atmosphere is less dense.
I live in the north part of Canada, Im on the only street of my town where I can have Internet, and its on a mountain. The highest town of the province. Sadly I do not yet own a telescope =(
Hi..What telescope would you recommend to me .to see stars,planets,solar system....I'm a beginner suggest me a telescope between 180-130 us dollars... as good as possible.....
Adi J Joking right? With a decent telescope in his price range you can watch a ton of stars and even see some distant galaxies. Educate yourself before making a stupid ass comment like this.
@@kmr9347 it's the easiest design for beginners and only $203 on Amazon right now. It's far better than the Celestron of similar size and price. The table top base makes aiming simple and there's no setup, tripods or calibration to mess with.
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I don't often add comments on YT, but as a bright person, yet dim beginner, and someone illuminating my young children with the beauty of the sky at night, I was taken aback at the way you immediately chose to display a refractor telescope and instantly dismiss it (considering the wealth of great online advice on this subject). Like a badly chosen eyepiece, I have to disagree with you. I could buy an expensive / different telescope, but chose not to do so for the simple reason they had great fun looking through a neighbors refractor telescope. I deliberately bought the same one ($180) as they love looking at the moon and find new things to look at. They want to engage with me and be part of it. If they develop an interest, we will upgrade in time and in line with what they themselves start asking about and want to see. This doesn't mean refractor telescopes are junk. There's no profit in being deliberately dismissive in this manner. I measure profit in terms of engaging young children in the wonders of the places they will fly to when we parents are gone.
The way i see it, apocromatic refractors are really nice scopes, but the thing that hurts them the most is the fact that you need to shell out about $900 ~ $1700 for beautiful views. and tbh no new amateur astronomer is going to pay that amount for their first scope. dobs are among the best value with respectable views for their aperture sizes and this is why they are usually recommended
John Manthorpe An inexpensive refractor telescope is not going to render colors accurately. Galaxies nebulae and star clusters will be dim and blurry with a cheap refractor. The Dobsonian scope like he had on the table is a good choice.
@John Manthorpe It is his presentation and he has the right to choose what is in it. And I don't think that you or anyone else in their right mind honestly believes that dismissing a refractor over a reflector telescope is harmful to children.
In this glorious age of affordable 3d printers, my first telescope is one that I built myself! It's been sitting there finished for days, waiting for a clear night.
Yesterday I read that this friday the moon will be blood red. And only occur in 7 years. And yesterday I peeked out the window and saw the moon already a bit red-ish. Found it so interesting and thought it would be awesome to see this from really close. And today I orderd a Celestron probably similar in the video. Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow and test it so I can use it on friday. Think I got my self a new hobby :D
3:36 nobody told the AP crowd that. Sure they get better as you go up but you can absolutely do good work with a sub 500 scope although you shouldn't go under about 150 at the lowest unless you are building one. The more important part is a mount, if that is bad then you will have a bad time no matter what.
HSL Reflector Telescope,76mm Aperture 700mm Focal Length Astronomy Reflector Telescopes (35X-875X) for Adults and Kids-with 3 Eyepieces,5X Barlow Lens,Moon Filter and Smartphone Adapter Is this a good one to buy ?
I don't know why I got excited when he said he will give away a telescope when I'm not even there.
I think that is orion starblast 4.5
@@nurphurecarnium is it good?
ikr T_T
@@nurphurecarnium Yep, I have the same exact telescope.
Me to
anyone else worrying about that foot being off the end of the table? lol
Me. hehe.:D
lol didnt notice until u said something about it
I was suffering from anxiety the whole video
me
OMG that WAS the prize!
"Telescopes do not have to be expensive in order to be good"
That is some of the best advice I've ever heard.
you get what you pay for
Unless they are 70 bucks lol
@@cocowens1 what bro I bought a 15 dollar telescope that said it had 900x magnification! I could see the stars!
@@bennybooboobear3940 well it didn't show you galaxies did it? I know the frustration.
@@rooftopastronomer2697 no no, it was great! I could see stars!! I tried looking at galaxies but the telescope fell apart. I forgot to put some motor oil in it. On the second attempt the eyepiece fell through the focuser, hit the secondary, and the secondary fell off of the spider, slid down and hit the primary mirror, which fell out the back of the tube and smashed into the pavement. The the base of the dob also collapsed. But I still saw the stars.
After 3 hours looking for information about the topic, this is the most useful I found. Thanks for uploading it.
Can you recommend me an telescope?
Budget 300$
spptify roshan skywatcher Dobsbonian telescopes are the best for deep sky objects for their price
@@dizzytongues8143 thanks
This was the first video I’ve ever seen on telescope purchases, jealous?
@@jchen1023 a lot
He gave that lecture almost 7 years back, but it's still one of the best astronomy videos I ever saw. Every detail in it was priceless and that man... I can truly feel his passion for astronomy.
I don't hear anything about astrology...
Duncan Taylor
sorry I meant astronomy
Only yanking your chain my friend.
2023 I agree with you, he knows his stuff and knows how to transmit his knowledge. I'm watching the video because I just ordered a similar model ( Orion 10012 Skyscanner) for my daughters. Were in Baja ( TJ ) and the Perseids meteor shower is this month. we had been using a pair of Steiner 10 * 50 binos to watch the sky and an old set of AN/pvs 7s. Have an awesome time watching the sky.
warning: do not buy one if you're a flat earther, you might realize that space exists and we're living on a planet!
mind blowing truth.
England is my city they will say it's cgi. Seriously I've had this conversation. There is no convincing this level of ignorance.
@Hyperborean Arms
- what they do or don't deny is irrelevant. You can't have conversations with stupid.
OMG that was really clever and funny!
England is my city and you may realize the balls you believed in are just lights in the sky where no one can go and that stars spin in circle above stationary, leveled ground. You may also bring ships that have gone over the ‘Curved’ horizon, with my p 1000 😂😂😂 but, sure anyone can believe children’s fantasies, they can just never prove it 😂😂😂😂 so, keep on spinning and developing your imagination that’s created by others 😂 and don’t get emotional because earth is flat 😘
When you talked about the number of telescopes you have, I was reminded of the number of guitars a guitarist has and it made perfect sense to me.
Or guns. Or fishing rods. Just the way it goes.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 true
tony69em Amen, brother!
I finally counted and I currently own 19 guitars if you include my Bass guitars
Exactly!
Enjoyed this, this guy can talk in a way that keeps you interested and listening🙂
No BS! found everything I needed to know in this video.
As every teacher should be but some of them ar dumb and dont know how to interact with other people
He teaches at HARVARD. I'd sure hope so!
I was so worried that he was going to drop that telescope off the edge of the table.
Same =P
Oh my god, it bothers me as hell.
Jason Rust same :P
Jason Rust Same feeling brah
Michael If I was there, I would get up out of my seat, walk up to the front, and gently place it properly on the table....
Glad I watched this video...
I was about to make a very expensive mistake
Obi Wan Kenobi When you have to choose a telescope, feel the Force 😂
You should have taken the high ground
As an active amateur astronomer involved in a lot of outreach, I have had to do this very presentation a number of times. Its always educational to see how others approach the subject. I also want to mention that the Starblast telescope (And other similar telescopes by other manufacturers) you were primarily using for your talk is one of the best little telescopes out there. Great beginner's 'scope. But good enough that it will put even a high-end Nagler eyepiece to the test. I have one as my 'grab and go' telescope as well.
I like it a lot! He is a good speaker. I am planning to buy my first telescope and from this video I get a clearer idea on what thing that I should look at when I'm doing my window shopping. Thank you!!
Do you get it?
This is a fantastic short lecture!
Very informative. I belong to an astronomy club and we do public outreaches all the time. This is one of the questions I get asked most. We usually have an assortment of scopes so that I can explain the pros and cons of each. I also tell them that for starters, use binoculars, which most people already have and learn the sky.
For me I would like to get a telescope. I Have tremors. Binoculars and me cause the image to go everywhere. I tried to look at a planet. It was all over the place. I would like to join a club !
@@wayneklein2018 I have a small case of tremors as well. I purchased some Canon image stabilizer binoculars. They are a bit expensive, but boy do they make a difference.
How much for the Hubble?
A good choice but you might want to save up for the James Webb.
fine, if you wanna go the cheap way. people these days, always settling for less.
Imagine settling for a james webb when you could be stargazing through the eye of sauron
This video will be always needed by the upcoming generations. I am watching it in Dec 2020....
I have the AWB onesky (the one under the table with the extendable truss rods). Awesome telescope for the price! Highly recommended!
I like looking for knowledge and actually finding it.
I've got the extendable 'TELESCOPES WITHOUT BORDERS'. It's amazing for $200 and the profits go to this great organization. I can always enjoy about 5 of Jupiters moons and it's stripes. Can also see a little ring delineation in Saturn and maybe 2 of it's moons. The site scope is a bit tricky but you'll find how to finesse it after a little while.
Great video, still holds up 8 years later!
He hit all the basic points that I used to give, when my astro-club did public outreach. Great job!
My first REAL telescope was an 8" Celestron Starhopper (Dang, I wish I still had that scope)! That scope was the easiest to setup, by far. As the presenter stated, after awhile, you will start to feel the need to upgrade to a better scope. I had to sell that Starhopper to get my 10" Meade LX-50 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. This scope was a whole 2" bigger in diameter than the Starhopper, and had the ability to track objects, when put on an equatorial mount, such as a wedge. That scope stayed with me for awhile, until my back started giving me problems, and I could no longer lift it onto it's mount. So, I had to go back to an 8" scope, but stayed with the Schmidt-Cassegrain design. I was not too pleased to have to loose 2" of aperture, but I made sure that the new smaller scope had all the "Bells & Whistles" on it. That new scope was an 8" Meade LX-200 GPS. That scope lasted me forever (I still have it), along with a small 3" short-tube refractor. With the LX-200 alone, I did more stargazing than the previous two scopes combined!
thanks, now I just gotta save a year of salaries and get one like yours :D lol
Let your tie defines your profession.
Fantastic presentation, exactly what I was looking for, simple to the point information.
My kids love the telescope. We have that Celestron 127 with the nice tripod. 👍 my son looks forward to nighttime everyday.
This was exactly the video I needed to start with. Thank you for the info.
He set aside (put away) longest refractor. 60/1000. For me instrument like this one with supercomat eyepiece (rare in production) is #1 for Jup. Saturn and Moon at 50X
Thank you Mr. Beatty! We had no idea where to start in buying a telescope and after watching your video, we decided on the Orion EZ table mount. You rock!!!
@@merrillgeorge1838 we didn't get it yet! It's coming in mid October so I'll let you know then :)
So the telescope is pretty good. I recommend getting a shorty barlow attachment.
IMO, 8 inch newtonian with a long focal length is about all you should ever need, cheaper to just dive in and purchase it to start with rather than moving up the sizes. dobsonian mount for ease of use. Only need for anything else is if you want to get into astrophotography, then you need a quality refractor with a equatorial motorized tracking mount.
Very nice I have a 40 year old Celestron C8 and it has given many hours of enjoyment. Keep up the good work.
Watching in 2020 ?
I half agree with this Professor.. this is where experience has advantage over education.. you can do fine with a $70 telescope if you know what you are doing (little ironic cause at the start of learning you typically start at the lower end ones)
Such an interesting, informative teacher!
Sadly, when the professor was putting the refractor scope in his car in the moonlight, someone yelled 'he has a gun' , a near by police officer shot him multiple times.
well he has a tie with phases of moon
Celestron Starsense. Any of them. The Starsense model is a "Push to". Your phone attaches to the telescope with a special mount and a special app. It is freakin amazing for learning the sky and finding objects when you are new to astronomy. Last night, in less than 5 minutes, I looked at Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Andromeda Galaxy, and 2 other star clusters. The app gives you a list of everything in the sky at that exact time and day. Click what you want to see, and then move the telescope and follow the arrows on the screen of your phone.
i am a beginner but i want a telescope which can take me to other galaxies and nebulae.. not only nearby planets.. please suggest me the most budget telescope of the type
Excellent presentation and in ~10mins. There are similar videos out there that take 20-30 mins and contain half the information. Thank you.
what brand and type of telescope in the $300 range would you recommend for mounting a SLR camera on?
This is a good question. I think it's important to do a lot of personal research. To be frankly honest, you can easily get started with a not-so-popular brand, if it's a decent scope. For me, I started with a 114mm off-brand reflector with a 600mm focal length on an equatorial mount - no go-to features - just a basic analog, sidereal motor. It cost around $250 in 2010. Originally I used it for observation and later for basic astrophotography with a DSLR. Taking the time to learn how to polar align the mount, find and track stars, fine-tune focus, etc. was well worth the effort. There's also a lot to learn about stacking and processing images.
So to answer the question, there are a number of scope/tripod packages available in that price range to get you started. If you think you want to do imaging, I'd suggest learning how an equatorial mount works. For the scope, find the biggest diameter reflector that fits your budget - perhaps between 114mm and 150mm (bigger diameter means more light gathering).
@@richardw2977 Prosto i bez komplikacji.
@@richardw2977 Simple and without complications
Thank you! This educational video re-taught me about telescope and assist me with choose one for a birthday gift.
Which one did you end up getting
why didnt he give us links to where to buy them or like their names on screen😭
or even just the BRAND and MODEL of what he was showing... of course this WAS 7 years ago
He's not selling anything. Get a Newtonian for a few hundred bucks.
The one they were giving away is the Orion StarBlast 4.5 Astro tabletop telescope. It was my first choice before this video. I think this cemented it.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 How about an Orion XT8? Is that good? Can you recommend me a good quality but not crazy priced telescope that I can use to see planets as far as Neptune and Saturn?
I like the concept to teaching your children at a appropriate age to admire the Stars. I remember my son at 10 years old said dad look it only cost $9.99 at the store, our job as parents are they giving the best tutelage life has to offer even though we're still a student in our own atmosphere. That would be a truly counter tuitive approach to see it any other way I love this video very educational I'm getting started
Hello! This was wonderful to watch and very informative. I'm having some trouble as the last person was about selecting a telescope to buy mainly to be used for astrophotography. At the moment I'm out almost every night with my 200mm lens on my canon, just trying to see what I can see with long exposures. But now that I've started I want so much more! Haha. My interest is mostly in the stars, I want to be able to capture as many as I can! But I also wouldn't mind seeing a planet now and then. So far I have had my eye on orions short tube refractor, or a celestron. But now I think I would love to have something like the pink $400 one you were talking about with the goto guide on it, only because I'm just starting out and I think that would be a great help. My budget is about $400 which I know is not a lot but I think is good for practice. So any suggestions at all would be so wonderful. I know you linked some short tubes below, but could you also point me in the direction of a goto Mount? Thank you so so much!
You can see planets pretty easy. I have an 8 inch basic Orion and you can see the rings of Saturn. If you're talking about seeing planets in other solar systems thats not going to happen.
Although I appreciate the information given here and I like how he was very practical in discussing the topic he didn’t actually give a way to navigate the various selling points that advertisers provide when selling a telescope - such as mirror size or focal ratios etc.
How come he dosent say the models or not even the brand, I want the one that could fall from the table at any moment.
Probably this:
eu.telescope.com/Telescopes/Telescopes/Beginner-Telescopes/Orion-StarBlast-45-Astro-Reflector-Telescope/rc/488/pc/-1/c/488/sc/508/p/103630.uts
For people that dont pay close attention to the video. The camera literally zooms in to show the brand of small telescope on the edge
Then you want a pair of Military-grade rubber-armored binoculars with a STRAP around your neck to keep them from falling to the ground. Your "first telescope" doesn't HAVE to be a "telescope". Binoculars are a VERY good way to get to know the night sky. But if you are talking about the one the speaker has precariously hung one of its feet off the edge of his table, I think he did so intentionally to make room for the second scope he put on the table with it. In plain terms, that first one is described as an "Altazimuth-mounted Newtonian Reflector". It is probably a 4" mirror size, and could be a good choice for youngsters up to age 10 or 12, but bright young minds grow quickly, and can outgrow such an entry level scope after only a year or so. YMMV. Be sure to get something with 1-1/4" eyepieces, NOT .965". They will be more usable with the next scope when you upgrade.
I've been an amateur astronomer since 1967 when I discovered Patrick Moore's books and the Edmund Scientific catalog. What is the best first telescope? A pair of binoculars and a folding lawn chair! Buy a wide field 578 feet at 1000 yards 7 by 35mm pair made in Japan in the 1960's off of Ebay for around $30 shipped. Great for general use, birding and observing the sky! You will learn the constellations and probably 20 or 30 Messier objects that include clouds of gas called nebula, clusters of stars and galaxies far far away not to mention the entire Milky Way! Really, a pair of binoculars with a book on sky objects for binoculars is a great great start! Once you have seen everything in the book with binoculars using a regular 6" reflector or an 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain will be a breeze!
2:38
I hate it when people put the bottom of their shoes on a chair that others will later sit on...
You were supposed to pay attention to the lecture lol
Same but then I was bought up with manners.
unlike so many people aren't these days..whingy whining millennials that have no respect for anything or anyone...give them the 10 Commandments and a good beating!! LOL
ARE YOU MUSLIM
+TigerShark Are you a Pineville escapee?
Very useful information! Thanks for sharing! I was looking for these tips since long!🙂
I wish I can afford any of these🥺
You can afford everything you want in life!
@@sparksfly2557 hehehe hopefully
Same here... Me n my younger brother are planning to sell some stuffs that we are gonna buy online on low prices lol...
Marcy
Spoken like a true philosopher.......or cult leader, take your pick.
Ethical Memeing, so did it work out?
I've wanted to own a telescope for as long as I can remember. I recently bought a (deliberately) cheap 900x60mm scope. The optics seem okay but the mount is terrible - the tiniest movement sends it way off, and setting the sighting scope accurately is almost impossible with any degree of accuracy. I've been down a TH-cam rabbit hole for a few hours now, and this video, even being 7 years old was useful. 7 years isn't a long time in terms of the age of the universe - Galileo managed to figure out how to image it 400 years ago. Thanks! TL;DR - should have bought a better beginner scope ;)
200 flat-earthers are too poor to afford a telescope, so they just disliked this video.
Flat earther and own a telescope. Yes, are stars , wondering stars( planets) ,sun and moon. Diferent things. Now if you belive that in 1969 they reach moon and all comes frome nothing ( big bang) , then you trully brainwashed hard.
@@vasme973
What are you talking about, medieval man?
@@1878reddevil
Why are you so aggressive about flat earthers. If they are wrong then what has it done to you. Too many people have strong opinions on these subjects and for truth to be told too little knowledge.
@@bighands69
First of all - that's called a JOKE, not AGGRESSION. Can't you make the difference?
Second of all - In order to have two strong opinions - the coin should have two different sides. In our case - it has been proven thousands of years ago, millions of times, that the Earth is round and rotating around the Sun.
There is no other opinion in this case.
The flat-earth nonsense must stop. It only requires little knowledge and understandings for one to realize the things he don't understand. But unfortunately "thinking and using common sense" is not the strongest side in the heads of those flat-earthers.
And Third of all - Thousands of years exploration, countless proves, countless experiments, countless space missions, several governments funded and independent space agencies, all sort of scientists involved - and you are telling me that small group of uneducated people are right? Think again.
And watch "Behind The Curve" documentary, starring some of the flat-gurus, you will enjoy it.
Also you can read this article: creation.com/flat-earth-myth
You might learn something.
Have a great day.
@@1878reddevil
I will be truthful to you very few people who mock flat earthers have the required knowledge to prove that the earth is spherical like in shape.
Even though I have post doctoral research I still could not prove that the earth is Spherical like in shape.
This is a very informational video. Thanks for the knowledge.
I'm saving for an Orion XT8 plus :D
I'm saving too but for an Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ on amazon :p
If I were you I would save up for an intelliscope, or GoTo version as aligning the EZ Finder ll is hard to align
Chargon, I'm looking at that one too. Try Ebay. This one seems like a great scope for the money
jack002tuber i bought the 130eq instead. Worth the price for sure! Collimation is pain in the *ss tho.
I've been reading a lot about collimination. Good luck! I'm still looking.
I paid 70 dollars for a Meade 70mm refractor telescope a few years ago and it is pretty neat. I can see Saturn and Jupiter quite clearly (as well as the Moon of course) so I wouldn't say it was a bad purchase :)
"Telescopes do not have to be expensive"
Yet here in my country. A single portable hobby telescope with a diameter of 3 inch is sold at $300. That's equivalent of having a cheap telescope!
i feel your pain, i also bought a 60/700 back in 1999 at around the same price
I found a used Skywatcher 90mm mak OTA for £60 at a Cash Generator store, which is a real bargain. I'm currently accessorising it now.
Foxtrot November I
Thank you for this informative and helpful introduction to telescopes!
1:20 the guys in the bottom right cant even see bc of that lady lol
Lol
My advice a Meade ETX because as newbie you won't find much without a goto mount. The ETX-125 is really good for pin sharp views of planets and start clusters. The ETX-70/80 is probably the best travel scope you can get on a tiny budget.
warning: do not buy one if you believe the earth will end in 12 years, because you'll probably smash it when you find out you've been lied to all those years.
Why would you smash your telescope if the world doesn't end in 12 years?
well he did say they are bulletproof. I was waiting for it to fall to see if his statement holds
But what if you are a Flat Earther.... shouldn't those demon tubes be destroyed?
The Dollar Guy xD
The flat earthers would just say the moon looks round because of the dome atmosphere bending the image. They are impossible lol
The Dollar Guy 😂😂😂😂😂😂
no shove them up their asses
@Hyperborean Arms
- nice trolling!
Very informative video on telescope, thanks
The tires analogy was horrendous, since unlike lenses, *tires wear out*! Otherwise an excellent and super helpful video.
Yes, it was a poor analogy. A much better one might be, "You buy a really nice helmet for riding a Motorcycle. You can KEEP that nice helmet and continue to enjoy using it when you upgrade to a nicer Motorcycle."
Most people might want to stay away from reflectors. The mirrors need a lot of adjustment if you plan on transporting
it on a regular basis. You don't have to worry about that with refractors.
so who won the telescope?
@Keven W lool
He was actually alone in the room. The audience was CGI!
Never ever leave a child unattended where they can take the telescope out during the day. Blindness can happen in less than one second by looking into the sun. Make sure that your children understand that they must never look at the Sun through their telescope. You can purchase a adapter that fits over the end of the telescope so they can View the sun with adult supervision.
You kept my attention until you said, Holiday Morning.'. It's Christmas!
Stop being so PC
Juan Pedro Mariano Actually, saying “Holiday morning” would be PC. Saying it’s called Christmas is not. Remember that politically correct people say Holiday morning “out of respect” to all of the non-Christians out there.
@@albertog8459 Nope, saying it's Christmas "out of respect for Christians because the holiday is theirs" IS PC.
Christmas is not an original Christian tradition. It's a pagan celebration they adopted and now falsely claim to be theirs. Jesus wasn't born on the 25th of December.
@@I.amthatrealJuan
Nonsense. The holiday is Christmas. Unless you're celebrating Festivus, like an idiot.
Great tips here, thanks for posting!
NEVER, NEVER buy a telescope WITHOUT a battery powered motor drive. You will spend ALL of your observing time trying to keep the object in the field of view.
@@issac3100 there's a difference between a goto scope and an equatorial mount with a motor drive. The goto scope makes it a LOT easier to find stars. The motor drive makes it possible to keep the image stationary without constant adjustment. For wide angle visual astronomy, it's not too hard to find an object and hand it off to a kid, then for them to grab the knob and keep the image steady. For astrophotography/astroimaging, you're not going to get a single decent image without a motor drive.
David, I’ve had a 10” dobsonian for 25 years and never had a motor drive. Hunting for and the thrill of finding objects is part of the fun. It also teaches you the sky. Like the video says, it depends on what you are interested in.
@@issac3100 I'm telling you that because you wrote, "A motorized telescope is kind of cheating because It's the lazy way to find stars." which is quite simply incorrect. A telescope with a motor drive doesn't help you find stars. Finding stars on such a scope remains a completely manual process. A motor drive tracks the earth's rotation and that's all. You also wrote "the point of Astronomy you got to learn how to track them manually." which is also wrong, for different reasons. Manual tracking is completely irrelevant to most astronomers and somewhere between annoying and a deal breaker for many others (astrophotography). For visual astronomers with inexpensive dobsonians or alt-az mounts, manual tracking is somewhere between annoying and unobtrusive, but in no way is figuring out how to manually track "the point" of looking up at the stars.
@@issac3100 your recent comment doesn't include anything incorrect. Yay! Time to move on.
@@issac3100 No it's not. It's a good way of keeping interest while learning about the stars.
Very informative.. looking forward to getting into this hobby with my family.
why am I so in to this at 6 in the morning
Same for me yesterday, watched till 6 am about space ':D
girl same
@ Nasha Hill: you're into it at that hour because you have a brain. Your welcome.😉
Kevin W: I aint droppin' my drawers for anybody to look at my anus or do anything else unless they're a Proctologist!
lmao me 2
Very helpful presentation. Thank you.
Or just invest in a super good trampoline.
An excellent and very relevant lecture
What scope is good to see the Saturn rings?
I think like a basic one could see it
You only need about 60x magnification to see saturns rings pretty clearly
70mm diameter upwards. I'd recommend 90mm and about 1 m focal length. You're gonna get some real nice views of Saturn with that.
hummmm.. another one
A telescope
I have my Orion Starblaster 4.5 eq sitting in my room that I got two years ago and have been wanting to point it at stuff for some time now (damn you school work). He said that eq mounts aren't always the best thing but I have been making good purpose of it from the times that I have tried it out. I've seen someone look at jupiter with this thing lol. I can't wait to learn how to track planets and clusters and point it correctly.
ik this comment was 4 years ago, but i just wanna ask how you felt about the starblaster? I'm thinking of ordering one
Yay living in New Zealand, there's fuck all light pollution :)
+Sean O'Brien
I live in Rural US and it also has great night viewing with no light pollution. I love going up mountains and doing astronomy as the atmosphere is less dense.
I live in the north part of Canada, Im on the only street of my town where I can have Internet, and its on a mountain. The highest town of the province.
Sadly I do not yet own a telescope =(
yay kiwis!
Get one and don't be sad.
Really good advice. Thank you!
Telescope Hoarder^
:P
What is the name of pink one
Good chap. Thanks for all the tips.
Hi..What telescope would you recommend to me .to see stars,planets,solar system....I'm a beginner suggest me a telescope between 180-130 us dollars... as good as possible.....
Have you looked at Celestron reflectors? They seem like a good value
Adi J Joking right? With a decent telescope in his price range you can watch a ton of stars and even see some distant galaxies. Educate yourself before making a stupid ass comment like this.
Thank you for your reply. Nice one!
Adi J I just bought Celestron PowerSeeker 50 AZ and it's awesome.
Harshvardhan Singh what can you see with it ??
I own the same teal Orion 10015 4.5" reflector. It's an extremely durable, easy to use awesome scope.
@@kmr9347 it's the easiest design for beginners and only $203 on Amazon right now. It's far better than the Celestron of similar size and price. The table top base makes aiming simple and there's no setup, tripods or calibration to mess with.
“There very bulletproof l”
Why do we need bulletproof telescopes😂
because too many idiots that believe in nonsense and conspiracy theories have guns.
DrRussPhd conspiriacy doesn’t mean true dumbass
Because we live in the United States?! 😔
Love that moon phase necktie
dislikes by flat earthers -_-
Thank you so much for your easy guidance! 😁
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How much?
I have a telescope for 60 dollars an I can see Saturn and Jupiter just fine
Hahah, Nice I don't Have telescope, But i wanna buy one. 🙂🙂
I’m watching this to buy one, and realize this video uploaded 9 years ago 😅
I don't often add comments on YT, but as a bright person, yet dim beginner, and someone illuminating my young children with the beauty of the sky at night, I was taken aback at the way you immediately chose to display a refractor telescope and instantly dismiss it (considering the wealth of great online advice on this subject).
Like a badly chosen eyepiece, I have to disagree with you.
I could buy an expensive / different telescope, but chose not to do so for the simple reason they had great fun looking through a neighbors refractor telescope. I deliberately bought the same one ($180) as they love looking at the moon and find new things to look at. They want to engage with me and be part of it.
If they develop an interest, we will upgrade in time and in line with what they themselves start asking about and want to see. This doesn't mean refractor telescopes are junk.
There's no profit in being deliberately dismissive in this manner. I measure profit in terms of engaging young children in the wonders of the places they will fly to when we parents are gone.
The way i see it, apocromatic refractors are really nice scopes, but the thing that hurts them the most is the fact that you need to shell out about $900 ~ $1700 for beautiful views. and tbh no new amateur astronomer is going to pay that amount for their first scope. dobs are among the best value with respectable views for their aperture sizes and this is why they are usually recommended
John Manthorpe An inexpensive refractor telescope is not going to render colors accurately. Galaxies nebulae and star clusters will be dim and blurry with a cheap refractor. The Dobsonian scope like he had on the table is a good choice.
Fairly decent refractors can give you pleasing views as well, and sharp images. There will be some chromatic aberration, though.
You can find many cheaper, good quality refractors.
@John Manthorpe It is his presentation and he has the right to choose what is in it. And I don't think that you or anyone else in their right mind honestly believes that dismissing a refractor over a reflector telescope is harmful to children.
In this glorious age of affordable 3d printers, my first telescope is one that I built myself! It's been sitting there finished for days, waiting for a clear night.
Yesterday I read that this friday the moon will be blood red. And only occur in 7 years. And yesterday I peeked out the window and saw the moon already a bit red-ish. Found it so interesting and thought it would be awesome to see this from really close. And today I orderd a Celestron probably similar in the video. Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow and test it so I can use it on friday. Think I got my self a new hobby :D
3:36 nobody told the AP crowd that. Sure they get better as you go up but you can absolutely do good work with a sub 500 scope although you shouldn't go under about 150 at the lowest unless you are building one. The more important part is a mount, if that is bad then you will have a bad time no matter what.
Great introduction explaining basics. I think I'm better able to make a first purchase now.
Very good presentation. Thank you. 👏🏻👏🏻
I actually have the one on the rightmost, it is very nice. It is very powerful though.
Well stated facts, thanks for the video.
Thank you very informative and well explained
It depends on the bedroom window you want to see into.
(most telescopes end up just being used for this...)
Great presentation! Good info. Thanks.
Stellina and eVscope are the best!
I have celestron astromaster 70az and it is good for beginners and it cost me 14,300
HSL Reflector Telescope,76mm Aperture 700mm Focal Length Astronomy Reflector Telescopes (35X-875X) for Adults and Kids-with 3 Eyepieces,5X Barlow Lens,Moon Filter and Smartphone Adapter
Is this a good one to buy ?