The Unistellar eVscope 

I have had my eVscope for over a year as I was one of the beta testers. There were a couple things in this video I cringed at a little. I would hesitate to say that the image quality of only a few minutes is as good as something an astrophotographer can do with multiple hours of integration time. I really wouldn't say that this is good for astrophotographers or anyone even remotely interested in astrophotography either. That being said, I do love my eVscope. It is a fantastic grab and go device. I can set it up in less than five minutes and be looking at deep sky objects. Setting up my other telescopes on EQ mounts and my dob take me at least 20-30 minutes and then I still have to do a polar alignment (for EQ) and a star alignment. It wasn't mentioned in the video, but the eVscope is a great tool for public outreach as well. You can show people what is really out there. Unless you have extremely dark skies and a huge aperture scope, the average person will never be able to see nebula with any sort of significant detail. With the eVscope you not only get those details, but you also get the true color of those objects. On top of all this, you have a scope that can connect to a network and be used for citizen science projects.

So if one component breaks does it become an expensive paperweight? It's still way too expensive for a beginner

Fun video. I like your enthusiasm. I got my evscope because I was no longer having fun using my 10 dob and DSLR setup. It was painful to setup, shoot, and stack (DSS). I'm now having a great time!

You guys are producing awesome videos, and yes the EVscope is super easy to use!

Mines on they way. I can't wait to give it a whirl. This video was super informative. Great job.

What is the sence of an eyepiece if the Photons from the nebula don‘t directly hit your eye? It’s just a weird way of looking at processed images.

I have bought my Astrophotography Setup a while ago. To much time to setup. The concept of the evscope is absolutely great. Open the backpack, and make good lookingbimages of deep sky objects. Love it and buy it. Your review has answered my questions about the evscope. Thank you.

OK, I was able to Google many of the terms mentioned but was unable to learn what stacking is. It sounds like taking many photos and digitally placing them on top of each other and somehow improving the photo. I'm looking for a decent telescope and this looks good but pricey.

Also not mentioned is how evscope networks it’s users in citizen science projects to make it a fun learning tool and aid researchers.

It looks interesting and and great for beginners but is it just me or do the images look blurry? Just wondering what an actually final image would look like compared to a stacked image taken with a traditional dedicated DSO camera

Thanks for the nice video. My eVscope is arriving soon, and sounds like just what I'm looking for. Not interested in the hassle of professional astrophotography. Just looks like something fun and interesting to do with the family. I'm more into the history of astronomy than the craft itself, but one of the kids may be an astronomer some day.

Did she just say that the evscope creates a better image in 1 minute than a real astrophotography setup can create in 2 hours?! OPT ought to be ashamed for publishing such drivel!

Why use the eyepiece when you are looking at a screen? I find that the interesting about a telescope is looking through the glass/mirror and getting the wow effect.

excellent Review Of EvScope. It's Definitely Good For Visual Astronomy !!!

Wow... now I want one of these! Great video OPT

How can it stack hours worth of light in few minutes? It breaks Physics. Unless they are playing back recorded images

What's the point of watching it on the telescopes lcd? I can just Google it on the phone...

If one wants to get into serious astrophotography, then I wonder would he/she would ever buy an evscope. How does evscope compare with a radian raptor/redcat or equivalent imaging scopes?

Is the app android and iOs based

$3000 for a scope that you have to collimate, manually focus, cant actually LOOK through, flimsy tripod, no filters, almost no control over the sensor, zero expandability, etc.

Hi ..Nice review. I wanted to know how is the experience while looking through the eyepiece? Does it feel very 'digital' I.e. looking at a screen or it gives a reasonable experience of looking through a normal eyepiece. I want to buy this but it is bugging me that the feel of eyepiece might not be very natural. I am more into visual astronomy rather than astrophotography

CRISP

So, this just hit the market in the UK via First Light Optics (FLO) who are arguably the biggest astronomy retailer in the UK and one of the biggest in Europe. Takahashi Well, this is exactly what this product video is doing haha, it’s comparing it to give perspective. Takahashi are generally in their own league and sure, the accessories to get the Tak will set you back closer to the £5 - £6K mark. Those who are looking at a sleek all-in-one unit, that is essentially a rich folks toy (and some small outreach groups toy), will happily go and drop £3200 on something if they’re told Takahashi are THE BEST and highest end. People buy into names and prestige when it gets into the higher price range of things. I mentioned further down as a reply to someone that the problem is that this product is going for mass market convenience, when astrophotography and astronomy as a whole isn’t mass market. This probably should have been pushed towards the outreach crowd. The niche hobby that astronomy is, can be quite elitist and has some snobbery behind it, the other end is also the bang for buck people want. This is literally the opposite of that. This could also have the opposite effect of being a hobby killer for some with the expectation that they will get images they see online, no matter if it’s not marketed that way. When they realise they need a big EQ mount and the rest.. it’ll put them off and stick this in the spare room. ZWO changed the whole industry when they started pushing out stupid value for money parts and mass market cameras. That’s EXACTLY what the astronomy community wants and needs. To make astronomy mass market, you need to lower the overall price vs one big lump sum price and education ultimately is the way forward. With all of this said, I do applaud the innovation, engineering and design that has gone into this to make it a single package. That is much more effort than just bolting things together and we should give credit where it’s due - these things drive progress forward and force innovation in other astronomy companies and ultimately the technology often makes it way into other markets you don’t expect to see it in.

can you see Jupiter rings with this telescope?

This is the future of telescopes (especially with light pollution not going away). I hope to see more advances in electronic eyepieces like the one on evscope, but where i could use it in existing scopes. Stacking made easy.

The "Apple" of scope brands ?

You can't even view Jupiter through it!

Dope stuff guys!!

Its a neat concept where the camera is live stacking the target and building up the image in the "eyepiece" for viewing. However it is total nonsense to suggest that a 2 minute image of M27 is better than 5 hours integration time with standard astrophotography gear. That is a total misrepresentation of the product. No way will 2 mins integration time be better than 5 hours ! I have achieved far better results on M27 with 30 mins integration time than your M27 image in the video. Again its a neat concept but please stop exaggerating about its capabilities.

Ok,if this telescope can make image of galaxy which is million miles away,why image of the moon is like on mobile phone? ?

If they sell per 300€ i will buy 1.

I think the telescope has real potential, but beginners aren't going to drop $5 Grand especially with the economy going south. Your market is probably schools, library's, clubs etc. have more $ to spend and can impress more people / event. Also, for future productions, I would find a different on-cam guy. This one is "over the top" selling and that is a turn off. (and I mean turn the damn thing off he is too in my face) Being a good on cam communicator takes skill and coaching. I think the girl hit the right level of on cam communication. (been in broadcast for 35 years on cam and directing) BTW:

Alguien habla español para que tradusca todo el video

1000 bucks worth of hardware for over 3k? Lol

The dumbell looks worse than a single sub

Canyonerooo...

Booo!!!... It's like watching telemarketing!!!. I mean sure they paid them to say what they say!

ehh just a nexstar 5se with an ASI224MC.

It's a nice $400 toy, but for $3K I'd rather get a proper instrument that'll last for 20yrs and my kids won't get bored with after 10 minutes.

Total rubbish, you can get a better telescope for $200-. I have 7 telescopes and more than 40 years observing experience