Don't Buy A Telescope If You're New to Astronomy (AND WHY BINOCULARS ARE BETTER ;) 

what pair of binocs youre talking about

Sounds like you got a nice pair of German/Austrian roof prism binoculars for birding! They are on the expensive side for hand held astronomy. But if you already had them they are cool. Anyways you can use binoculars for other things, like bird watching or sporting events. In you live in a place with cloudy nights are a better initial investment.

I have the same telescope. Did you change the diagonal mirror? It never seems to hold fit in properly and the views look much better when I put the eyepiece directly into the telescope itself instead of the diagonal mirror. Also how does Jupiter look to you? From my 6 inch dob, you can see lots of detail but with the 102, it’s always too bright. Saturn and Mars on the other hand look perfect most of the time though

Did u get a pair yet ?

@@aaronocallaghan7726 still on the lookout for a good pair! i'm having a really hard time finding some, the stores here sell mostly weak hunting or birdwatching binoculars. i have my heart set on getting good ones and i don't want to settle.

@@ashleyl3699 still looking a year later or do you found a good pair yet?

@@DraslyThe1 i never found a GOOD pair but i got some regular celestron ones that i have been enjoying. i have a hard time finding the specific things i want but the moon, mars and jupiter, and the pleiades, and the orion nebula i can find reliably and are so cool to look at!

@@ashleyl3699 Good that you settle for a pair! When you first look up and begin, you are never gonna go back. Its fantastic beautiful to look at! Sad that most people cant see it without "technology" because we are filling earth with light pollution

You explained this even better than me ! Kudos

You're very welcome Alan. Thanks for watching.

Still using the Binos?

I've been salivating over the nice binos that Oberworks is selling. Currently I have a very nice set of Nikon 10x50 wide angles and they are very sharp and clear. If I go higher than 10x then I will definitely use a tripod. Loved this video!

no problem Sir! thanks for watching

Would you recommend it ??

You're very welcome Sir. Thanks for watching.

Cheers buddy :)

Thank you for your opinion.....I will consider buying Binoculars

$200 for a telescope or binos?

Sounds expensive

That's $800 -$1000 USD. For that money, you can get a computerized telescope that guides itself to the location, and has much more magnification and clarity.

Thanks for your kind words Michael. The smaller Bins I have here are the Helios Apollo 15 X 70mm. They're fantastic. You can buy them from first light optics UK. Highly recommended. You'll need a mount for them too. The Horizon tripod is excellent.

@@galacticireland735 thanks for the reply and the feedback, I appreciate the benefit of your experience. Your lucky to have Wicklow on your doorstep, my guess is you're a Dub, as are most of my family that live in and around the capital? I live near Birmingham so light pollution is a big problem.

I have subscribed to your channel and will work through your uploads. Most seem to assume some level of knowledge with reviews and such which adds to my confusion. Are you allowed to give an opinion on the celestron skymasters, they appear to be good for the money but I have heard mixed reviews, from people but can't tell if it's down to them being used to much higher quality and priced bins?

Nikon Action Extreme 10x50 is often recommended. If you want a roof prism binocular (the ones with the straight tubes) - you probably gotta spend more but I'm very happy with the Svbony 10x50 with ED glass. Quality control can be hit or miss on those but mine works great. So buy somewhere, where returns are easy.

Hi Sandra, In the US they are called Oberwork 15 x 70

@@galacticireland735 Oberwerk.

Some 10X50 porros by a quality maker.

@@ricardosoto5770 exactly.

Brand wise Im very happy with my Nikon Action Extremes. (I have tested the Nkon Aculons, Orion Scenix and Celestrons) The Nikon AEX seem to feel professional under 250 USD, they are worth the price. Higher Ip I puld go for a Chinese KUO BAE8, from Helios, Orion, Oberwerk, APM, Williams Optic, etc. in the 250 to 500 range or for a Fujinon FMTSX in the over 500 range.

Hi there. Yes the Aculons would be perfect starter binos. Really good quality glass and you will get hours of fun and wonder from them. Thanks for watching. Clear skies!

Hi again hope ur well would u recommend nikon aculon a211 10x50 or the 8x42 or what would u buy for around £200 cheers

Helios Apollo. They're called Oberwerk 15x70 in the US

The really large 25x100s are the APM ED binos

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Hi they are 15X magnification. Fixed. No zoom. Thanks ;)

it's olympus 4*80 dps 1, you can search on amazon. there re still stocks now

Here you go apologies www.apm-telescopes.net/en/binoculars-7

He said it was an Apollo

Can I ask what you could see with that magnification ?

What objects

@@aaronocallaghan7726 get ones at least with 12x that way you can see plenty of things, adramada galaxy , Jupiter , Saturn comets the moon of course. Make sure your objective is at least 32mm and up that's the lens sizes in the front. To me magnification is most important cause you can take your images and throw them in light room and boom, like the big bang. Even without post on them when your just naturally looking through them, it's incredible, just if you have trouble with stability when looking with 12x mag, just use a tripod.

I personally use x16 magnification and andramada looks beautiful with a 32mm front barrel or a 50. Like I said if people want to make the image they captures look like nasa photos just use light room and play with exposure, that will eliminate noise in your image, then play with sharpness, white balance, contrast, you'll be surprised how much the 2nd number really means. Now if you just want to observe at night naturally then yeah, objective size in the front is just as important as magnification. Either way it's crazy what you see in the night sky 16x your normal eye sight, that's what people forget when they just focus on the front end objective size.

Yes definitely, I have 16×32 and 10x50, I use 16x32 way more and with or without post things look beautiful 16x your normal vision that's incredible. In my opinion, magnification is most important if your going to edit, for a person that just wants t to go out and just look, yes the size matters in the front for live viewing quality, but even if you don't have any pair at least very minimal 32mm things still look great just not HD type quality, it's still wonderful cause it's 16x what your normal eye sees so your much much closer to that galaxy or star or moon or comet that's visible or any surprises out there, people use their cell phones and get some great stuff out there, I mean it's space the universe it's endless. I believe gal used I simple single scope that was at that time strictly for seeing far objects out in the ocean, all he did was point up one night and saw wonders, hunting rifles are clearer than what he used back then. Big or small objective lens, just have fun, either way your in for a hell of a ride. Oh I'm a professional photographer and cinematography and I know my stuff about seeing things at night with a DSLR and a full frame sensor doesn't capture as much light as a kids telescope😂 but thats wear camera settings and white balance and what aperture lenses your using, a completely different thing so anyone out there that thinks they need a 50mm objective, you dont, to see wonders, just make sure it's 32mm and up though 😂

The Helios Apollo series.

Thanks for watching . They just need to get the 'right' binoculars. I wonder how many of the newcomers are still practicing the wonderful gift of astronomy? I only ever set up the scope to image. The rest of the time the 25x100s still blow my mind. Quicker , faster and far more immersive in my opinion. Just my 2 cents.

If they are willing to pay for an 8" Dob, should def buy a Dob. You can't hold a binocular steady

I purchased the previous ED (FK-61) version and I can confirm they are already awesome for middle magnification (x30 to x100) on the Moon, deep sky objects and even planets. Nonetheless, if you intend to push far beyond x100, SD will be more useful indeed but of course more expensive.

@@c.guibbs1238 thanks. I am upgrading to APO 120 mm SD awaiting delivery

That is kind of a trap that some beginners fall into. There are good zoom binoculars but in totally different price level. Normal easily affordable binoculars should always have fixed magnification.