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Great shirt dude

The 30 seconds of music in the intro is critical to your channel's success. I suggest keeping it.

Bogdan if you would have to choose for visual observations only (not astrophotography) between the SW Evostar 90/900 mm achromat and the Svbony 80 ED, which one would you pick ? Which one do you think has overall a better optical performance ?

Use a proper camera mate this format is shit to watch

Very nice. I'm just starting out as well. I have the askar 103 apo, heq5, asi 533, 120 guide scope. And having a lot of fun with it. I am having trouble with the processing part, though.

I definitely enjoyed the video and also the imaging session. Next time, we will rake pictures from your backyard 👍👍

Great video and great capture! I've got the same mount with OnStep as well. What improved my guiding was using a guide scope and an SV305 Pro guide camera. Now, I can easily get 300-second (5-minute) exposures.

I can see M81 even with a small 70/700 mm achromat from a bortel 6 city. Its one of the brightest galaxies on the night sky.

And nice landscape view!))

The typical off the shelf newtonian reflector in the F/6 to F/4 have a central obstruction of between 20 and 25% of the primary mirror area, as opposed to SCT's which range from 30% to 40%. Newtonians are often significantly better in central obstruction than an equivalent sized SCT, even fast newtonians at f/3.45 to f/2.8 enjoy a central obstruction smaller than some SCT's.

Thanks, Damion. I need near-zenith views, you helped me a lot.

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Please I dont want an ocular with big text "China" on it just stupid it would be another thing if it stood "Japan" on it

you mispoke. Red dot and telrads do not use a laser. They have a low power LED. Otherwide, your description and suggestions are excellent.

SLOW, fast, I need to review about all of it after, as few years off and a lot more money..

Humans have always been interested in observing the sky and invented the telescope for this purpose, whether the telescopes are installed on satellites or the telescopes that are fixed on the ground. Thank you for your good information.

Can such a set be installed in the Bresser EQ-MON2?

Hi what about the TeleVue Ethos, ES 100° and the ES 9mm 120° eypieces. Also the Takahashi TOE for planets. Could you please mention these ultra premium eyepieces as well on you next review. Thank you

Thank you your for your review. I find there is a disturbing push by telescope manufactures for astrophotography using very small telescopes. I personally I cannot see why one would want to go down that path as there is a plethora of photos already on the web far better than I could do even if I had an unlimited budget. The beauty is seeing the object in the dark skies though the telescope eyepiece is something that a photo just cannot produce and this can only happen with a light bucket, having enough light to produce some color in the objects. From my experience unless they just wanting to view the most prominent planets, anything under 10 inch is going to be most disappointing for most people and 10 inch is just marginal as nebulae are just starting to show their beauty. It is a pity that you didn’t review some of the larger scopes and describe the pleasing views one can get compared t to a 100mm refactor.

Thanks for your thorough review of the Askar 71F. I have purchased one and was very surprised with it's overall performance and the quality of the pictures I have taken with it. I currently have on order the 0.75 Reducer that will widen the field of view so am looking forward to seeing how that further affects the performance and quality of the images.

Bogdan now that you have the Svbony 102 ED, do you still use the Skywatcher Evostar 90/900 mm achromat ? Will you keep the Evostar 90/900 mm ? How big would you say is difference in optical quality and performance between the Svbony 102 ED and the Evostar 90/900 mm achromat? Thank you!

Appreciate the video. Can review mounts with a focus on mounts that would be good for both visual and astrophotography? Maybe do multiple price points.

Thanks man i don't really comment on videos but this one really helped me understand filters way more than some threads i've read online!

I'm 65 and had never heard the term, "collimate" until today. Someone gave me a Criterion RV6 that had been sitting in a storage shed behind their home for a couple of decades. I'm sort of new to this so I need to do a lot of catching up. This video helped tremendously and I just ordered my first telescope collimator! Thank you very much. :)

I have got this eyepiece, but one thing you have not mentioned is extremely short back focus this eyepiece needs to focus at infinity, in some of my scopes it can not focus at all (I have two pieces for binoviewer and both work the same, so it is by design). Another issue for those who plan to use it for solar observing is the eye cup design. It is not really blocking light coming from the back causing the image to have very annoying artifacts and lack of contrast. For daylight usage there is a need for additional shield to block side light. Apart from that I consider this eyepiece worth the money.

Hi Bogdan, first of all, thank you for a great content you provide. You always say you're mostly a visual observer. I'm wondering what are your main targets for visual observation? To me it seems if you don't go the astrophotography route you end up having planets, maybe some nebulas and double stars... and that seems to be it?

Thanks Bogdan . . . . You have entered legendary status!

The 82° line from Stellarvue is, in my opinion, excellent and cost 100 dollars per eyepiece. I'm not sure if you've ever reviewed them but I imagine you would like them

Because Orion is sadly out of business in 2024, I’m assuming that’s why my StarBlast didn’t make the list. 🤣

Bună ziua, am cumpărat un telescop Bresser Refractor 2 Goto 127 /1200 și are un ocular de 26 mm plossl . Am probat ieri prima dată, se vede foarte frumos și clar ,am putut observa Jupiter, dar nu sa putut vedea mai mare și mai clar . Poate mă ajutați dumnevoastră cu o sugestie și îmi scrieți ce fel de oculare să cumpăr să observ mult mai aproape planetele și galaxiile. Vă mulțumim frumos!

Thank you, helped immensely

Vidéo intéressante comme toujours avec des sous titres en français vue de la Normandie. Très divertissant et instructif, c'est vraiment un plaisir de vous suivre. Merci.

Fyi...Buck is an informal reference to $1 that may trace its origins to the American colonial period when deerskins (buckskins) were commonly traded for goods. So it's more of a slang word.

Gonna need a cloud removal guide my friend. :/

Great video Bogdan, do you know if the sv503 102mm can achieve focus with the APM 30 UFF? I heard it can't achieve focus with some 2" eyepieces. Thanks again.

BRESSER Messier 12" Dobson Telescope a large 305 mm parabolic primary mirror, 2.5" HEX focuser and very lightweight telescope tube ?

Thanks Bogdan, great recommendations! I have the sv503 102ED which is awesome and a good C5 that holds its own against the sv503. I agree with your top picks too though the $2000 category is a hard call. The C9.25 is a bit of a do it all scope by being relatively portable in spite of its fairly big aperture. I have a 16” dob and globular clusters are just amazing in it!

Insanely expensive

How you keep your hands steady like that

Most of the stars were egg shaped right to the center of the image. They weren't round as you have pointed out. That may be something to do with the mount's guiding or flexture and not the optics though.

A non-sponsored plug for the SvBony 102mm. Awesome scope. Great optics and build quality. I replaced my 40 yo Meade 8" SCT with it. Missing the long FL a little, but so much smaller, easier to use, and more suited for wide field photography. Just my 2 cents...

I did purchase an Askar 120 APO a couple months ago. I mounted it on a ZWO AM5N. Sadly, I haven't' yet taken it out because of getting all the associated accessories collected and mounted. As of today, I now have all of them but it's completely overcast and probably will be until, maybe, Sunday. Fingers crossed.

Hello Bogdan, for around 250 euro, between the Skywatcher Evostar 90/900 mm and a 130/650 mm dobsonian, which one has a better optical performance and overall image quality through the eyepiece (not astrophotography) on the Moon, planets and DSO ? Thank you!

Yeah, well at the moment (being someone who ❤'s scopes) have a collection of telescopes, spotting/field scopes and binoculars. Currently I have the Celestron 90 mm SLT Mak, 127 mm SLT Mak, Sky-Watcher 127 mm Sky Max Mak (side mounted), Sky-Watcher ST 80, Sky-Watcher 90 mm Evo Star to name but a few primarily upgraded with WO and Baader light trains. The humble ST80 (less than £150) has upgraded focuser, RDF, tube rings, 60 mm guide scope converted to a right angled finder with illuminated cross hair EP and a golden laser pointer (not practical for outside astronomy in the dead of winter as the golden laser doesn't work below a certain temperature (I might try a dew band on it)) however my green laser works a treat at low temps. I think that little project bumped the ST80 from about £135 to beyond £1000 (hey, I love my ST80). The SLT 127 has a complete Baader light train from visual back (Click lock) to prism diagonal with micro focuser to a Hyperion MK IV zoom EP and a RACI illuminated finder. All is mounted on the Vixen Porta ii mount on upgraded AL130 tripod (Hal 130 is next). Given all that I have spent on scopes and binos over the last 2-3 yrs if I could go back and do it all again then I would just have saved all that cash and invested in the ultimate telescope (a Takahashi). I say ultimate because I don't relish the thought of going on a 20 yr waiting list for an Astro Physics. Taks can come up on eBay often enough but AP's are like hen's teeth 😂 Edit. I forgot to mention my Sky-Watcher 130p Heritage Newtonian. Did you know you can remove the dovetail rail and mount it with 130 tube rings for better rotation and positioning of the EP. Another amazing discovery of this is that the 2 forward screw holes that mount that dovetail can now be used to perfectly fit a Sky-Watcher or Astro Essentials finder shoe. The hole spacing is exact. So a finder scope or laser pointer can be mounted at that point without having to drill any extra holes in the tube for mounting like I have seen with this scope on some Google images 👍 The Heritage 130p is another Newt that looks awesome on the Vixen Porta ii.

Great recommendations 😊 I treated myself to the Altair planeta 101 ☺️ I had my eye on it for a while and I wanted it at the introductory price so I had to take the plunge ☺️it’s like the TS 102 you had on your list, it’s amazing and it has the removable tube section so I can attach the binoviewers ☺️☺️. As an idea for a Christmas video let’s hear what’s on your wish list eyepieces mounts Ota’s. I’m thinking about a heated jacket 😂😂but if this cloud doesn’t clear soon I may have to buy a dust cover for my telescope 😂😂 wishing you all the best ..Peter

Very interesting video. Bogdan if possible and if you find it interesting for the channel of course, please make a video with cheap beginner telescopes that you would recommend, at under 300 euro.

I’m getting this!

Excellent video. Among other telescopes I own the Svbony 102/714 mm ED and I’m really pleased with it. The sharpness, contrast and overall image quality on the the Moon and planets is very high even at 200x magnification. The dual speed focuser it also very nice. And it’s very lightweight at just 4.0 kg, that’s why I use it very often. Svbony sells it with 460 to 540 $ depending on the period of the year, which is an excellent price considering that other companies sell this version for around 750 $.