Do you agree with my choices in todays video? What Telescope would you recommend for under $100? Is buying a used Telescope a good idea? Let me know your answers below 👇🤩🌟 P.S I'll be Stargazing Live tonight!! ✨✨🔭🔭 Assuming the weather stays clear, I'll be showcasing what you can see in the night sky through your telescopes on what is set to be a nice and warm Cosmic night!🌚 Be sure to join me at 22:30 BST 😁
If you ever make a Best Telescope for under £200 ($250) then I recommend these 3 choices : - Orion StarBlast 102 - Meade Infinity 90 - SkyWatcher Heritage 130P (if you can get it at FirstLight Optics for around £190 then that's great)
Had a year of Astronomy in college. We took a trip to the Centerport Planetarium (NY) where they had a modest Observatory and I'll never forget seeing the rings of Saturn through a Pro level telescope
@emranismail Bought it for $500. Old StarFinder in decent condition. Had to take it on his word the mirror is good. Said it gives sharp views of Jupiter. Missing some spacers between mirror and cell and mirror needs a cleaning, so first light will have to wait. Hoping next weekend.
@@millenialfalcon8243 right now im at a 10inch skywatcher but i really want a 14/16 truss tube dob. I just wish they made them without the goto cause i just dont enjoy using it
@@millenialfalcon8243what would you recommend for a pretty good telescope. I like to buy it nice over buying it twice. I want a pretty good one and not just some cheap thing. I dont know where to look either
Just letting yall know… if you are a beginner I HIGHLY recommend getting something with an alt-az mount or dobsonian mount, as an eq mount would be very frustrating and a huge hobby killer. But great video Damon!
Just letting yall know… if you are a beginner I HIGHLY recommend getting something with an alt-az mount or dobsonian mount, as an eq mount would be very frustrating and a huge hobby killer.
It's hard to buy used scope as a beginner... I would love to see a video on how to properly evaluate a mirror, optic or? When we are at the seller's house on the daylight.
This. I’ve been using cheap binoculars to take pics of the moon and want to upgrade to a telescope but don’t know if I should buy used because what if it’s broken or dirty?
@@rorschach723 The best move you can do is find your local astronomy club. They will give you a lot of free and excellent advices and probably tell you where to search.
I started getting into astrophotography so i went out last night and i was taking pics of randon stars and i looked directly up and i seen the big dipper and its the the first thing throughout my space journy thanks to you
I can see Saturn's ring with my spotting scope which is $60 new. 25-75X 70, maybe even better than the binoculars? But I'm wondering about what my next upgrade should be.
I was lucky enough to pic up an orion skyquest xt6 for $125 at a yard sale and i also live in a very dark area to view the night sky and i can see the moon very clearly and up close as i got a lenses that can zoom but i am still new to this hobby and having a blast.
I like to take photographs of things I cannot see with a 6" telescope. So, I plate solve my to one of them and take a 30 second photo in hopes of spotting it. I then take at least an hour worth of exposures. So, my binoculars don't cut it.
Should be super early in the morning which means your window for observation will be very short. Yeah, binoculars would be your best bet. All the best!😁
Great advice, I myself use a 200mm Skywatcher Newtonian and 2x 102mm refractors for the moon and planets. Always use binoculairs as well, necessary tool to quick scan especially the condition of the sky. I also have the Bresser 127/1200mm refractor but I like the more compact 102mm, almost the same level of details, Skywatcher and Teleskop Service, not bad at all for the pricepoint. Advice from me: never buy expensive equipment if you are watching the night sky on monthly bases, just buy the scope between 300-700 and spend some money on better eyepieces, those things make a major difference. Barlow lenses, mehhh not great fan of them, takes away the crisp clearness of the image when watching visualy. Clear skyes everyone! ⭐⭐⭐
i managed to capture the Orion nebula with a £50/£60 25-75times60 spotting scope i am wanting a smart telescope but i dont get enough and can only afford bills and its difficult finding a job that i like here in the UK
To me it’s the astroMaster LT 60 it’s the best refractor and the mount is good and I can do astrophotography with it the first picture of nebula is of helix nebula in bortal 3 sky and with Barlow 2x I can see Jupiter colour band’s and moons and I saw with a high quality eye piece from Temu I saw the Saturn rings
You should try the sky watcher heritage 90 (the Maksutov) i bought it and i had a very pleasant surprise , ( it s a little more in the £350 range but it s a great telescope vor viewing the planets and the moon, you will get very sharp images( especially of Saturn’s rings
I haven't upgraded myself to any telescopes yet but I d9 have a pair of celestron skymaster binoculars the exact same ones at 4:34....they are fantastic for first time skywatchers before you go to telescopes.
you should try the meade polaris 114mm i have it and is so good, its not the cheapest but nor is it the most expensive and i would really like to see you use it as im currently struggling to get the orion nebula i think it might be due to pollution in my area tho 🙃
The larger telescopes of Meade's Infinity (90mm and 102mm) series are good too, they're both refractors so they're more crisp than potentially a 114 reflector
Just watch the images on UA-cam. Buying a telescope isn't worth it. You'll probably only use it a few times in a year. Have 2 telescope gathering dust.
Do you agree with my choices in todays video?
What Telescope would you recommend for under $100?
Is buying a used Telescope a good idea?
Let me know your answers below 👇🤩🌟
P.S I'll be Stargazing Live tonight!! ✨✨🔭🔭
Assuming the weather stays clear, I'll be showcasing what you can see in the night sky through your telescopes on what is set to be a nice and warm Cosmic night!🌚
Be sure to join me at 22:30 BST 😁
I will be there. Trust me xd
I was the one who donated one dollar last stream
If you ever make a Best Telescope for under £200 ($250) then I recommend these 3 choices :
- Orion StarBlast 102
- Meade Infinity 90
- SkyWatcher Heritage 130P (if you can get it at FirstLight Optics for around £190 then that's great)
Pls what you Can see with Celestron nexstar 127 mm
@@axonase A lot
Had a year of Astronomy in college. We took a trip to the Centerport Planetarium (NY) where they had a modest Observatory and I'll never forget seeing the rings of Saturn through a Pro level telescope
I love used scopes. I've scored $1000 scopes with $220 eyepiece kits for $250. Going to look at a 16in Meade Dob for $600 later today.
Lucky you, light bridge or star finder?
@emranismail Bought it for $500. Old StarFinder in decent condition. Had to take it on his word the mirror is good. Said it gives sharp views of Jupiter. Missing some spacers between mirror and cell and mirror needs a cleaning, so first light will have to wait. Hoping next weekend.
@@millenialfalcon8243 right now im at a 10inch skywatcher but i really want a 14/16 truss tube dob. I just wish they made them without the goto cause i just dont enjoy using it
@@millenialfalcon8243what would you recommend for a pretty good telescope. I like to buy it nice over buying it twice. I want a pretty good one and not just some cheap thing. I dont know where to look either
@@millenialfalcon8243 That'a a bargain, but how it ends up doing? Is it good?
Excellent Video ! I still have my 3" Newtonian I bought from Edmond Scientific in 1960 for $29.95 ! Thanks for encouraging the Hobby !
Just letting yall know… if you are a beginner I HIGHLY recommend getting something with an alt-az mount or dobsonian mount, as an eq mount would be very frustrating and a huge hobby killer. But great video Damon!
Just adjust the eq mount to be on the 90° mark of latitude and you got yourself an alt az mount
Would you think the Explore Scientific Dobsonian 10" Truss Tube Telescope Black from Costco is a good pick?
@@r12flops yup! Only thing is because of its size, it will not be easy to travel with.
Just letting yall know… if you are a beginner I HIGHLY recommend getting something with an alt-az mount or dobsonian mount, as an eq mount would be very frustrating and a huge hobby killer.
Oh really
Nah man. EQ mount wasn’t that hard for me to learn. EQ was my first mount.
Good advice about the binoculars. I love my fancy scope but rarely use it because it takes so long to set up.
It's hard to buy used scope as a beginner...
I would love to see a video on how to properly evaluate a mirror, optic or? When we are at the seller's house on the daylight.
This. I’ve been using cheap binoculars to take pics of the moon and want to upgrade to a telescope but don’t know if I should buy used because what if it’s broken or dirty?
@@rorschach723 The best move you can do is find your local astronomy club. They will give you a lot of free and excellent advices and probably tell you where to search.
Dollar? Are you in the US then?
I started getting into astrophotography so i went out last night and i was taking pics of randon stars and i looked directly up and i seen the big dipper and its the the first thing throughout my space journy thanks to you
Ngl these videos are fire. It does help a lot of people who are tight on money.
0:44 IPL Sound 🇮🇳 ❤
Yeah lol
Editing on this channel was always on TOP and surprise me many times, love it.
Thank you, that's very kind! 😊
Absolutely, astro binoculars are a great way to start. I have several telescopes, but I still enjoy using my Celestron binos.
Bought an 8" donsonian used as a first scope, having a blast so far.
5:59 Now this is cool editing
Thank you Damon!! It was very helpful for me
Glad it helped! 😁
Nice video. Your content is better than any channel with a million subs👍
I can see Saturn's ring with my spotting scope which is $60 new. 25-75X 70, maybe even better than the binoculars? But I'm wondering about what my next upgrade should be.
As always so informative Damian. Thank you
Thank you for your work❤
What affordable telescope would you recommend for both planets and deep sky viewing?
I was lucky enough to pic up an orion skyquest xt6 for $125 at a yard sale and i also live in a very dark area to view the night sky and i can see the moon very clearly and up close as i got a lenses that can zoom but i am still new to this hobby and having a blast.
Is a telescope bought in dollars better than one bought in pounds? Asking for a curious brit. 🙄
I like to take photographs of things I cannot see with a 6" telescope. So, I plate solve my to one of them and take a 30 second photo in hopes of spotting it. I then take at least an hour worth of exposures.
So, my binoculars don't cut it.
man love your content btw people in india appreciate ur content
I think you can easily make a 8 inch Dobsonian (atleast in India) for a 100 dollars
June 3rd, there’s supposed to be 6 planets inline. My young sons would like to see them.
Should I still opt for powerful binoculars ?
Should be super early in the morning which means your window for observation will be very short. Yeah, binoculars would be your best bet. All the best!😁
Amazing. My dream is to look at a borttle 0 night sky
can we get a video of objects you can observe through binoculars please :)
What telescope would you recommend for a budget of £500 i mainly want it to look at jupiter and its moons more than anything else
I've just posted a new video that tackles exactly this 😁
I scored an 8inch Orion xt8 dob for 150 dorra second hand,
Great advice, I myself use a 200mm Skywatcher Newtonian and 2x 102mm refractors for the moon and planets. Always use binoculairs as well, necessary tool to quick scan especially the condition of the sky. I also have the Bresser 127/1200mm refractor but I like the more compact 102mm, almost the same level of details, Skywatcher and Teleskop Service, not bad at all for the pricepoint. Advice from me: never buy expensive equipment if you are watching the night sky on monthly bases, just buy the scope between 300-700 and spend some money on better eyepieces, those things make a major difference. Barlow lenses, mehhh not great fan of them, takes away the crisp clearness of the image when watching visualy. Clear skyes everyone! ⭐⭐⭐
Pls i want see celestron nexstar 127mm there
i managed to capture the Orion nebula with a £50/£60 25-75times60 spotting scope i am wanting a smart telescope but i dont get enough and can only afford bills and its difficult finding a job that i like here in the UK
That's sad.
@@Theicons62524 womp
Ive got the skywatcher 150.. very capable
To me it’s the astroMaster LT 60 it’s the best refractor and the mount is good and I can do astrophotography with it the first picture of nebula is of helix nebula in bortal 3 sky and with Barlow 2x I can see Jupiter colour band’s and moons and I saw with a high quality eye piece from Temu I saw the Saturn rings
You should try the sky watcher heritage 90 (the Maksutov) i bought it and i had a very pleasant surprise , ( it s a little more in the £350 range but it s a great telescope vor viewing the planets and the moon, you will get very sharp images( especially of Saturn’s rings
Great vid Damon.
Are my ears ringing or everyone heard IPL theme at 0:49 ??
😂😂😂
sadly for me hte orion has gone and i wont see it until next fall
New vid dropped 😱
I haven't upgraded myself to any telescopes yet but I d9 have a pair of celestron skymaster binoculars the exact same ones at 4:34....they are fantastic for first time skywatchers before you go to telescopes.
you should try the meade polaris 114mm i have it and is so good, its not the cheapest but nor is it the most expensive and i would really like to see you use it as im currently struggling to get the orion nebula i think it might be due to pollution in my area tho 🙃
The larger telescopes of Meade's Infinity (90mm and 102mm) series are good too, they're both refractors so they're more crisp than potentially a 114 reflector
@@hunter133official yeah probably i think i just have to buy an actual camera for me to take good pictures
@@YuNg_Productions pretty decent. Like Damon said, buy second hand equipment.
@@hunter133official yee i am gonna buy a second hand cam
@@hunter133official tnx for the advice i appreciate it 🥺
Isn't that a refractor?
Refractors are the ones with glass lenses. Reflectors are the ones with mirrors.
6:03 That's what she said
Love you from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤
$? You don't do Sterling up north then?
2/3rds of my audience are from the US and India. The dollar is universal and, therefore, more understandable. 😁👍🏻
Just watch the images on UA-cam. Buying a telescope isn't worth it. You'll probably only use it a few times in a year. Have 2 telescope gathering dust.
:o
So I look once, twice and than it gets boring
Why are you talking in dollars when you're English? do Yanks impress you?