Deep-Sky Objects Through a Telescope. Expectation and Reality

Nothing is more beautiful than universe.

Expectation: $$$$$ Reality: ¢

Astrophotography vs visual observing you should say.

It's still breathtaking to see a nebula or star cluster through a telescope, even though it isn't as detailed and colorful as the photos taken by the Hubble space telescope. I jump from happiness when I look at a faint cloud, knowing I'm seeing another world, another masterpiece from the universe itself.

Amazing how we can see objects millions of miles away with a Telescope but we cant see Mount Everest from every place on Earth.... You get that Flat Earthers ???

I live in a small town in finland where the street lights are turned off after midnight. The andromeda galaxy (M31) is visible right above my house around this time of the year.

Video title should be: "Home user's $300 telescope vs $300M Hubble telescope".

Did you just compare hubble telescope with your telescope ???

I have been an amateur astronomer for many, many years. I enjoy showing others the wonders of the heavens almost as much as I enjoy observing myself. But everyone I give a tour of the sky to gets the same lecture about expectations..."This is NOT the Hubble Space Telescope". But I still find most people enjoy it very much. Why? Because of the realization that you are seeing these things with your own eyes. They are right there. All you have to do is look. It's even more impressive when you get the realization of just what you are looking at. I show people Andromeda and their faces really light up when you explain to them that they are looking at an object that contains 1 trillion stars. You just don't get the same experience looking at photos.

I've been interested in the universe since as far back as I can remember. I'm now 27 and I just purchased my first telescope. It arrives tomorrow; I'm so excited!!!! Lol

this video lowered my expectations dramatically as a new astronomer and then when i saw Jupiter with 5 of it's moons, and Saturn I realized this hobby is a rewarding experience of research and patience. If you want to take amazing pictures you need to spend lots of money but you can see incredible things with a telescope in your back yard.

The first time I saw M42 was through a pair of binoculars. It was dim, blotchy, and in black and white....that being said it always feels so much better to look at an object with your own eyes than via someone else's photographs.

I have a relative who leaves in the countryside, I went a year ago to visit her and it was the first time I saw the sky without light pollution, it was beautiful.

If you want to get closer to "Expectation" here what you need to do is: #1 get a motorized EQ mount (my very basic one was about $300 + $150 for motors, $800 to $1200 are better, and $1600 things start getting decent) #2 get a decent camera with an intervalometer (mine, Sony A7II, was about $1000 but you can get good dedicated one for $500) - MUST shoot RAW #3 get a decent quality 50mm - 70mm - 80mm APO refractor for starters -- remember that bigger isn't always better -- you'll need and want a RANGE of focal lengths to best capture different objects -- at the low-end you start with the BIG things like the Orion Nebula, the Moon, etc... and then you work your way down... if you start with the $1600 mount it will last you a LONG time of getting more expensive optics... if you start small like I did then you'll have to upgrade the mount sooner. #3 learn how to very carefully polar align your setup #4 get into very dark and clear skies #5 take a LOT of 30 second long exposures at 800 to 3200 (like 30 to 100's) #6 learn how to use "image stacking" software like Registax / DeepSkyStacker / GIMP + G'MIC / etc Then you take your 30 exposures and you stack them and you get something pretty amazing if you did everything well. Eventually you'll want to add a guide scope for better tracking -- you'll need to match that to whatever mount you have. I can't use it on my cheap mount so I'm more limited and need to upgrade. If you really want to bump it up a notch, expect to spend $1500 on mount (like EQ6-R Pro, $1500 on optics triplet or quad APO refractor maybe at 80mm or 102mm, $500 on autoguiding scope and camera using PHD2 software, $200+ on filters, power tanks ($200-$600)... I'd stay expect to spend a good $6000 for an Intermediate astrophotography rig. And it goes up rapidly from there.

Hubble telescope vs Potato telescope 👌

When you got Telescope from your birthday.

This is what happens when you spend $20 on a telescope

Well, as a serious amateur astronomer for over fifty years I applaud the intent of this video. That is, what you can see thru an amateur telescope is not nearly what long-exposure photos and Hubble images reveal. That said, The "reality" images shown here somewhat understate what a 4" aperture scope can reveal from any modestly dark site. Also - most amateur telescopes these days are generally in the 6, 8, or 10 inch aperture - much more powerful than a 100mm (4inch) scope described here. But don't expect to see real color in M42 without a 20 inch or so scope. Our eyes just don't detect color (especially red) at these low light levels.

1. Darker skies 2. Bigger aperture 3. Comfortable observing chair