How to Buy a Telescope : Telescope Buying Guide: Low Cost Options

[Dorisequador]

I just want and extreamly clear picture of the moon.

[Raul1Silva]

What was the $200 one called? I might get that one...

[TheNamdev]

i am from india and am planning to buy a low cost telescope for a star gaze,for a kind of hobby sort of thing.

so can you please suggest me a telescope that suits the work

[inferno1708]

Greetings to fans of astronomy, from Russia! Tell, and you use telescopes of the Russian manufacturers (ТАЛ, or private designers)

[asvusa]

side burb...classic.

[BionicleStudios347]

can you get telescopes with cameras built in ?

[Zygotepro]

"clap clap"............. SATURN

[AlekInc]

The only thing expert village has helped me with. :)

[4plae]

with "go to" systems you really dont have to know any star names to get started, after setting the mount up correctly pointed to north leveled just start align process and slew to one of the first stars in the 2 star alignment process and it will be the brightest star in the general direction of your finder scope. thats how i was able to align without knowing the stars before hand.

[fab1968]

Great video, my compliments!!!

[marcuelcajon]

Very helpful Thanks.

[7SwitzerlandAustria7]

you remind me of rocky

[kenclicker]

I have an 8" celestron shmdt-cass that came with a small finderscope with the red sighting dot. Would a bigger finder scope be easy to sight and to stay in position (the switch is alittle hard to turn on and even this can get it out of alignment)?

thank you!

[myrdale]

I've found most of Expert Villages videos to be marginal at best, but this series on amature astronomy has been excellent. Well done and thankyou!!

[Antardrews]

what is the difference betwen the short tube or long tube telescopes. im a beginner and want to buy a telescope to see the moon and other planets like venus, mars, jupiter and saturn. Will a short tube like the one from the ''Orion ShortTube 80-A Refractor Telescope'' be good for me?

someone answer please

[phaunger]

Awesome burp at 1:46.

[monkeyboy4746]

I believe the ED refractor is a model from William Optics.

[Evyanaf]

Your videos are great! thanks!

[RAP511]

Does anyone know the model names of the last two telescopes he talked about?

[sensoryhouse]

Awesome video....just one problem.....he acts as if we know the make and model already. He doesn't give us the names of any of the products. WTF, how are we supposed to go buy these if we have no idea what they are called.

Buy the way the one under $200 is Orion StarBlast 4.5 Astro. I want one.

[NuwKiru]

Well you could see that there was an old model of Celestron NexStar if I'm right.. (I haven't become acquainted with the old models..) Then there is an Meade Lightbridge, the 10" Dobsonian, and the little go to is a Meade too. I'm not sure about the model but it's Meade..

[Spraycando]

It's an ETX.

[Spraycando]

90 mm catadioptric on a go-to mount. I had one they're crap. Aperture is too small for faint objects and the secondary mirror causes a loss of contrast, which is what you want for the planets. Not a good all round 'scope. Plus the tripod supplied raises the 'scope by about 10 inches only. No good for serious viewing. Put it on a camera tripod and it shakes allover the place. Can't get a steady view. Any telescope is only as good as the mount its on.

[Morbidous]

1:46 wtf!! haha....anyway,very useful video,thanx!

[rastamaniakTHC]

whtats the wtf about??? the size of that reflector??? phee....i've got 16:...thats a 10"..

[chuananrock]

is the lightbridge 8inch a gd apperture?

[rastamaniakTHC]

yeah, but deppends what you want to see...its good when you have very dark sky(30miles from city) and you want to see DS...

[Spraycando]

I get your drift mate. GoTo systems are good. But what happens when you got 2 foot of snow, you're out at 10PM and your hands are cold. Give me a 16" Dob or equatorial anytime :)

[Dividend]

"clap, clap" SATURN. I wish the Celestron at the planetarium I work at was that easy. The clutch in the tracking base apparently wore out from so much use.

[y08y]

Nice video, well done.