Unboxing: OneSky 130 - Best Inexpensive Telescope 4K Video
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2016
- SPACE.com's Dave Brody sets-up this amazing tabletop Dobsonian. Nearly half your purchase price ($200) goes to support science education around the world (through the non-profit Astronomers Without Borders). Read Dave's full review: www.space.com/31231-best-inexp...
One People - One Sky!
Buy the OneSky 130 and support Astronomers Without Borders here:
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Video by @DavidSkyBrody & Jeremy Lips
Tanzania footage by Kai Staats - Розваги
Nobody told him there was one already set up behind him!
I laughed so hard when I read your comment about there being one set up behind him lolol.....I was thinking the same thing as I was watching the video. Then he thought he was so clever the way he was opening the box then he pulled out the smaller box with the eyepieces and drop them behind the table.... thanks for the hearty laugh to start my day!!
People always ask what the best scope is.... it's the one you use the most! If you don't have one.. it will be the one you get! I know... not really an answer but... stick with a reputable company and get something you can afford! I would have died to have had this scope when I first started out in astronomy 50 yrs ago! I had though one of those cheap japanese 60mm scopes from Sears. I STILL have that scope... sort of an heirloom lol It started me down a lifetime of enjoyment and fascination with the wonders of our universe! I wouldn't trade the little scope for anything! It was a seed that grew MUCH fruit! These 'cheap' scopes will do the same for many youngsters... all they need is a bit of encouragement! This scope can provide that!
Hey @tubedude54 will you recommend this scope? Is this the best i can get to start?
@@devanjotsra if you want to observe stars and planets you need a motor drive or you will get very frustrated the scope itself is pretty good optics but get a motorised equatorial mount or a Nxtstar SLT as a start
Thanks for the advice. :)
You don't need a motor drive at all. Not with any size telescope if you are only observing.
Pretty similar story here. 37years ago I looked through a telescope for the first time which was the main scope at Dunsink observatory. The following week I splurged all my savings on a 60mm 45× refractor scope. It was the start of something beautiful that developed over the years. My reality exploded from that point. 👍
David that was a great presentation and the view on the video, awesome sauce, very enjoyable, thanks
I got my Onesky today. Excited !
Just ordered mine :) thanks for the great review
I was originally going to attach this to one of the many moronic comments suggesting that this scope is overpriced in order to give some of the money to charity (aka forcing the customer to donate to charity in order to buy this scope) and not due to Celestron taking at least some of their profit out of it. I could explore the nature that a certain percentage of people have that cause them to immediately make nasty assumptions and comments based on zero evidence, but thankfully that is outside the scope of this post. The reality is that Celestron are taking the savings out of their own profit and as I did more research to further disprove those negative assumptions, I found that the reply was becoming too useful to the general viewer to be attached to a bad comment that will always be buried in hundreds of replies, and so I have detached this reply. It just needs some thumbs to be viewable to the general audience. 👍
- A somewhat comparable Celestron costs $80 more (Celestron 130eq) - Same company that makes the AWB OneSky!
- An exact match Skywatcher costs $10 more (Heritage 130) - From AWB: "Celestron and Skywatcher are owned by the same parent company. If we sold the OneSky in those countries, we would be competing with Celestron's sister company with an unfair advantage due to Celestron's support. (referring to Celestron reducing their cut on the OneSky) AKA IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE US, LOOK FOR THIS MODEL.
- A smaller Orion costs the same (Starblast 4.5)
- A somewhat comparable Meade costs $20 more (Meade Polaris 130) - This one looks like a really good deal if you want an eq mount instead of tabletop. It also comes with 3 eyepieces and a barlow lens. The OneSky comes with 2 eyepieces and no barlow lens, although I'm not sure how useful it's going to be to have both a 9mm and a 6.3mm to go along with a 26mm eyepiece. Not an ideal spread, but it's something I suppose.
- A very similar Zhumell costs the same (Zhumell z130) - If you don't want the collapsible tube design, this one is a good alternative.
- A somewhat comparable Apertura costs the same (Apertura 6" f/5) - It's a bit bigger and will be far more expensive if you don't already have a mount, but there are many people in the comments that are asking if the Onesky can do astrophotography. The OneSky is not intended for that. It's intended for visual astronomy. The Apertura has slightly better specs and is marketed as being an imaging telescope. You will be paying much more than $200 before getting there though unless you already have the extra equipment.
While a couple of these are arguably a better deal depending on what you value, none of them costs less and that's the main point. It's not overpriced. If anything it's somewhat underpriced even ~10 years after it first came to market. Another common comment is speculation that it loses collimation every time you use it because the secondary mirror is on extendable tubes. I have one and...it doesn't. In fact mine was bought used and was already several years old. I don't get the impression that the guy ever attempted to collimate it, yet it was still spot on when I checked it.
It feels good being useful. Hopefully some of these mouthbreathers that you will see in the comments by sorting by new comments will discover this some day. I don't know where they come from or how they got here, but good lord. Take a deep breath, and do it through your nose this time.
I can't believe I waited through this entire video to not even get to see the stars through the telescope!
thx for the warning!
the title says unboxing.... why would you think you would ? ......
Visual astronomy and astrophotography are very different tasks. A telescope like this isn’t well suited for photography. And even if you did get decent images, it wouldn’t give users an accurate impression of what they would see visually.
He also doesn't show how to align the finder, or focus the telescope (it has no focusing knobs). This telescope uses a helical focuser, so most other videos on how to focus a telescope will not apply.
DJ Chesley thanks for the alert. Skipped the rest of the video because.
what do you think about the truck driver in Utah I believe, that built himself the largest personal telescope in the world. the damn primary mirror is 70 inches across, and the secondary is like 2 foot across and the thing stands 35 foot tall. he bought a old soviet spy satellite mirror, which had a small chip out of the edge which he silvered himself.
Very well described and animated video about unboxing and setting up.
I was waiting for him to use it
He was going to give it a try. Then he noticed that the eyepiece is on the top, which is too high to use while it is on the cart.
The irony is that Astronomers Without Borders, actually have borders with their shipping programms and ship only to the US.
*IRONY OVERLOAD*
Actually, it's the world has borders, not Astronomers Without Borders. AWB does its best to cross them, something that can be done through the sky when we're all observing the same things, but it can't eliminate them. This restriction is a requirement of the sponsor, Celestron, who has made the telescope available for AWB's fundraising at their actual cost, which is below wholesale. The telescope is also sold by SkyWatcher, Celestron's sister company, in other countries so they don't want AWB to compete with SkyWatcher at the lower price Celestron has made possible only for AWB. AWB doesn't claim to do fundraising without borders (most countries would not be good targets for fundraising anyway), nor to have the ability to eliminate all restrictions and limitations imposed by others. But AWB's fundraising programs do support AWB's worldwide astronomy programs that are accessible to everyone on the planet, including donated OneSky's that are sent to other countries as part of AWB's programs (recently schools in Puerto Rico and Nigeria). Everything else AWB sells for fundraising is available worldwide.
who do you call nigerians mazafaka
Not to mention Celestron outrageous pricing in Australia. Only buy used gear for this reason.
@Steven bullshit! It says right on the product page and also on the shopping cart as soon as you add it: Note: The OneSky can only be shipped within the United States.
I don't know about telescopes so I question the wide open space between the base and the mirror. Doesn't that cut down on contrast?
Awesome Commentary.. very well organized .. And a very good telescope..
Thanks for the demonstrations.
I enjoyed watching this. Hi from Denmark 🇩🇰
Is there a video on collimation of the scope? How often does this need to be done? Also, can it be linked to an app or a smartphone for pictures?
Awesome Unboxing!
That is an incredible price. I have always been told that you are wasting money if you buy a scope under six inches. Well this is close enough in my opinion. This scope is designed to be used. It’s compact forward thinking design comes with two useable oculars plus a star finder and a collimator. This is perfect for a grandfather or grandmother to introduce grandchildren to the wonders of the sky. On another note what other hobby can you say that your wife will let you stay out all night and not complain? I’m in!
i just got this and i love it, it is this simple to set up and i watched this again as i was setting it up :)
Does this come with a barrel shroud for light congested areas? If not, does a third-party make one?
Does the OneSky's base have the thread or whatever that all of the smaller tabletop Celestrons and Orions have to attach it to photo tripods? It's probably too big but whatever.
this is the best unboxing video ever made.
Hi new to telescopes just wondering what telescope you would use to do photography on jupiter and planets maybe some galaxys and what ever else gets seen with it star wise just got a astrnomical telescope but found out all mirrors were bad in it took it to someone to fix it and they said just buy another one and also the finder scope and the telescope were all upside down which it is starting to make me loose interest in it because everything is in the opposite direction i would love to persue this if anyone can help me looking at budget one so i can persue even after kids have grown up . Thanks any help would be greatly appreciated to what and how to get started.
Peace be to you sir! I teach a boys science class! I plan to purchase one! Thanks for the instructions!
LOL..I'm sure with the way the diagonal is placed, stars look like comets.
That starfinder works really well for what you get. They include it on the Astromaster 70AZ now in place of that piece of crap they had on it before.
Seeing the children so focused on what is being taught is such a joy to me.
Man oh man I wish inner city kids were this interested in learning about telescopes and the cosmos. We'd be turning out Neil Degrass Tysons all over the place!
Just inner city? I wish all American kids would display that kind of interest and willingness to learn about all fields of science and technology.
Lol. Good one.
You don't get to see stars living in the city. Need to be out in the middle of nowhere, so no wonder they are not interested
Is the truss shaky when observing ? Doesn’t look so stable
Because of the demo being done in overcast light, can't see details on scope.
Nice telescope, but where do I get these lovely Zak McKracken nose glasses?
Awesome! I had no idea there were affordable telescopes. Might have a new hobby.
Dave Brody; Half of the Incredible Brody-Lucas duo from SpaceRip!
Thanks Chris! Have you seen our (mostly 4K) MagellanTV documentary channel?: www.magellantv.com/video/kingdom-of-saturn-4k
How do you keep light polutition off the secondary mirror?
When I click upon the link to Buy the Onesky 130, I land upon a blank page which only says : 200 OK ! C'est quoi ca?
What is the price of it? Site didn't work for me...
What’s the viewing range of this scope? Without looking up all the technical Jazz is it better suited for NEO viewing or can any deeper sky objects be seen?
the stellar magnitude limit is 13.1 and the highest useful magnification is around 300x
U did not discuss balance of the tube for altitude adjustment
How did you keep it from moving parallel again?
One would only wish that all beginner's telescopes are like this scope. There are too many low cost telescopes (including sold by Celestron, Meade, etc...) which have a very flimsy equatorial mount which is useless. This one looks like a good purchase.
What was the multi-tool you were using?
hello, what is the size of the box?
Where can I buy this,and how much is it?
Can we connect a t-ring and attach a DSLR camera?
Is it possible to attached SLR camera to this telescope?
I love how you threw the eye peices on the hard ground.
Yeah. I failed! But they survived.
2:03 Ooops - There go the eyepieces.
LOL
I cringed at that as well! Glad the packaging protected the integral parts of the scope!
corisco tupi - I saw that too and I said, “WTF!”
lol
Been thinking about getting one
what i dont understand is this telescope offers only x26 and x65 magnification. While i heard the maximum reasonable magnification is mirrordiameterx2, in this can 130mmx2 should be x260. Can someone tell me which eyepieces i need to purchase to reach x260 with this telescope? I want to order them right together with the scope. I know magnification isnt all, but i want at least have the choice. heck, it doesnt even offer x130.
1. While 2xdiameter formula works for Refractor telescopes, I'm afraid that it is too optimistic for Reflector(newtonian) tubes. When people approach it more realistically, you'll usually find the max. magnification for those to be calculated as diameter x 1.5, this is mostly due to the fact that part of the main mirror is being obstructed by the secondary mirror, therefore not being used.
2. As for the choice of in-box magnifications... it all comes down to money, of course. Since it is a low focal/diameter ratio (f/5) telescope, it is considered "bright". The brighter the telescope, the higher quality eyepieces it requires for higher magnifications, because the eyepiece imperfections become more apparent. So to get a magnification of say, 160x, they'd need to add a super high quality 4mm EP that'd cost multiple times the price of the telescope itself.
Same goes for a Barlow lens, the ones included in telescope kits are usually the very very cheapest crap ones, and with a bright telescope its poor quality would be very visible.
It is not a good telescope for high magnifications because such a tiny focal length EP is very uncomfortable to look through, and for cheaper, or really just affordable ones the image quality would be very poor. That's why you'll find that people recommend to not use with it EPs "shorter" than 7-9mm. If you want a little more, perhaps it'd be better to buy some quality Barlow lens, though you'd need to do some research on an astronomy forum of some kind to see what's the best bang for buck.
But 260x? Forget it.
@@praptaku Shouldn't this not matter since the only objects you're going to want to zoom in on that much will be very bright ones such as the moon or planets and so whatever light gathering lost by the secondary mirror obstruction will be rendered moot? The max magnification is mainly going to be dictated by atmospheric conditions, not telescope type.
Great unboxing and good descriptive review of this telescope. Thanks.
Awesome video! I’ll start with the 25mm
Can you make a solar filter to fit the OneSky?
You can make one to fit any scope just be very careful in storage dont damage the film in any way . Make one from cardboard and solar film sheet
what can we view with this telescope?
04av6 moon Jupiter Saturn mercury Venus Jupiter's moons
Is the mirror parabolic or spherical?
Jenham's Astro: Parabolic mirror. I got to star test one this summer, at a local star party. The telescope optical quality was good. At 130X, Saturn and M13 (a globular star cluster) were both nicely resolved and aesthetically beautiful-! The eyepieces used were Sirius Plössl eyepieces (and Barlow lens) purchased from Orion Telescopes, which is local to Silicon Valley.
wheres they adjustable focuser? how do you focus it?, so celestron went cheap on this one too!. yep buy it for twice what its worth, thats celestrons typical mode of operation.
it has a helical focuser. not fancy but gets the job done. try to bother to look up the prices of comparable scopes before saying moronic things. the only one i know of is the heritage 130 which is the same thing except more expensive because of conversion rates or the celestron 130 which is also more expensive and doesn't donate any of the price tag. whether that matters to you or not is irrelevant by the way. i will say the celestron 130eq is an attractive alternative if you want an eq mount and not a tabletop model.
Please kindly inform me where I find this telescope to buy over the internet??
google is a great place to start. or use the link provided by the maker of the video.
Your link to purchase one says "200 OK" on a blank page...
burt panzer Try this-shop.astronomerswithoutborders.org/products/awb-onesky-reflector-telescope
How does this sucker compare to the Orion 130mm? Like starblast, starseeker or spaceprobe? They are all the same as far as I can tell right? Except the mount?
@Greg Moonen Excellent, thank you. In fact I will not exclusively focus on Celestron, I'll just find the parabolic 150mm that I think fits my needs. That being said, I do need a very good mount/tripod, I heard that most are flimsy, but one in particular from Celestron is very good, or that is included with a Celestron scope, but man I can't remember what it was now. So, what are good 150mm Celestron scopes?
@Greg Moonen it's pretty expensive but if it really takes away all the work and lets you enjoy the sky I don't see why I shouldn't consider it. So, is it really as simple as taking it out, letting it acclimatize or whatnot, and typing in the location you want to see after finding specific stars? How is the tube though, as good as any other 6" long tube?
Fast and ensambled it . Thanks.
How to get this T-scope
Can I connect DSLR camera to this telescope?
My telescope was waiting for me at my front door after coming back from watching the #conjunction on December 21.
Looks decent enough but I do wish it had a different mount than Dobsonian. I like my Dob on the 70 mm reflector but I want a bigger one to take with me to darker skies, which means a protective case and a tripod so I can set it up wherever I can find a nice place. I mean, it's a good price and even though it's only 130mm, for the price (as mentioned), that's not bad at all.
nice unboxing tip
How long does it typically take to collimate?
5min depends if you have done it but its real easy to do!
Your buy link isn't working?
Your link does not work
I find it awesome that this low-priced of a telescope comes with a collimating eyepiece. I really don't get why any Dob or Newt is sold without one!
To make more money off of you by having to buy a Cheshire or Laser Collimator, of course...
it comes with one because its junk and wont stay in alignment.
@@TheSighphiguy Really and where do you get that shite from ? its based on a nexstar SLT which is a very good entry level scope
Honestly they are very easy to make
So you spend more money buying one from the manufacturer. It's the American way.
Can you strap a nice CCD on this?
Two things that bother me. First, that you had to use a tool to put the finder on it. The second, no mention if there's any optional attachments for connecting a digital camera or a computer to it. Other than that it seems to be a nice model for beginners.
GVSolo ,Im Almost.But Not 100% Sure This Doesnt Have A Computerized Mount,From What Im Seeing,..I Would Never Compare This With The Nextar 6SE Which Is What I Have,If I Were Going To Go With a Beginner Scope I Would Advise Celestron’s Power Seeker,Has a Better Focal Length,and That Red Dot Finder..Junk..Junk..Junk..The Star Finder Pro Is The Way To Go There.
PafMedic it must be exhausting to type all those capital letters.
Any telescope that takes standard eyepieces can have a digital camera attached - it just needs the adapter to fit your particular camera. The issues here are two though. First it does not have a drive to track the earths rotation and is also difficult to add an aftermarket one since it isn't an equatorial mount. Secondly the extensible tube does not look very sturdy and would probably not take the weight of an SLR and also there doesn't seem to be a way to counterbalance its weight.
How can I buy it from Nepal?
Your link is broken...
Nice, just when I said that I want a telescope
any chance to get this here in europe?
+Ivan Stroganov I believe it depends upon the country. The OneSky is sold as the SkyWatcher Heritage 130 in certain nations. It's exactly the same Celestron "Baby Dob" scope. But if you buy a SkyWatcher, you won't be supporting Astronomers Without Borders with your purchase.
+VideoFromSpace yeah, I'd like to get one to germany and if possible still support them
"The Lights in the Sky Are Stars"
some of that light is reflected light from the ground
How can I get it. ..???
Why did you buy two..?
Can a DSLR be attached to it?
How do you get this in India?
I wish I could do my DOB like that.
Refractor is so much easier to use, instant setup, no collimation, better mount, easier to photograph with cellphone from. But, anything that gets kids interested is good.
can one mount a camera on it?
you could but wouldnt be able to take any decent pictures of stars or planets
Thanks
Celestron 👍👍👍
Very cool
STORE LINK NOT WORKING
can you put a camera on it?
i am not sure if the camera it too heavy it can put the telescope off alignment because the thruss and focuser are not very rigid
Is this scopes mirror spherical or parabolic.. If it's spherical it's ability to resolve fine details will be hopeless. As this is a short focal length scope, the primary mirror has to be slightly parabolic. This is achieved in the final stages of the polishing procedure.
Magnifique telescope ☺😊😀
UPS finally dropped mine off today. too bad it's going to rain tonight.
8:20 I certainly have not led a sheltered existence, but in all my 53 years, I'm sure this is the first time I've heard the word "equilibrate" used in anger. :)
Sounds nice...but where do you find one?
+Anondlynn store.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=4&zenid=kr3u939l59ohatntti395ovju7
Link you provided says 200 OK. That’s it.
Good idea.
Too bad it does not come with a shroud because in high moisture environments you may get mist or dew on the secondary mirror.
Wait not for sale anymore?
shop.astronomerswithoutborders.org/collections/frontpage/products/awb-onesky-reflector-telescope
Note: The OneSky can only be shipped within the United States. That's on the shopping cart page.
It seems a nice day for Un-Boxing.
I don't really wanna look at the sky. I just wanna look at a city that's 24miles away, do does this let me look horizontally?
The view will be upside down. If you would want to do terrestrial viewing, I would recommend using a refractor. In a refractor, the view will be reversed, but the view will be right side up. Reflectors are mainly used for viewing the night sky.
wait, in the back round you have one already set up
+Matthew Adams Good observing!
+VideoFromSpace What'd you do with them after the video?
+VideoFromSpace hahahah, he used a OneSky 130 to observe he has already one OneSky 130 unpacked... omg... hehe, its joke.
I WANT ONE OF THIS!!!!
+VideoFromSpace Where is it manufactured?
"Made in China"?
+GreenJelloHell China Synta factory, like most Celestrons and Orions.
What a nice program/idea. And what a shame that our own USA children aren't taught these things. Instead, they are saddled down with Common Core math, Hundreds of required federal tests so the States can get budget funding (although property owners are still paying school taxes), and hours of endless homework - so that by 10th or 11th grade they are dropping out of school. But it's nice there are so, so, so many programs to help the children of other countries.
good video
Is this the original voice actor from SpaceRip?
It me...
Brilliant! Bravo, well done, I'm ordering mine. Thank you so much for such a well conceived educational science project.