The BEST TELESCOPE for Beginners!

Picking one up from FB marketplace tomorrow, I am so excited!

Hi,
I just found your channel last night and guess what ❓I'm hooked LOL... As a kid I watched all the appolo missions and Elon Musk rocket booster the other day WOW ❗❗SO I'VE always wanted to get a telescope (I had one as a kid) so I have not allowed myself to get one because as crazy as it sounds I know I would get HOOKED but now that I've seen your video I think I'm ready to pull the trigger. So I really like your presentation on this telescope so do you still strongly recommend this one and what's the best outlet to buy telescopes ❓once again I appreciate all that your doing and keep it up 👍

I just got mine today and still trying to figure out how to really use it.

I appreciate your presentation. Good information, enthusiasm, and your genuine love of the hobby seems to come through.

Im still new to astronomy. Im a nerd when it comes to space and astrophysics but Im an amateur when it comes to using a telescope. I started my journey with a small 50mm refractor and i remember how cool the moon was. I used that telescope for many years and i still have it. About 2 years ago I got an Apertura AD8 8" Dob and im still getting blown away with the stuff im seeing. I have no experience with electronic tracking and only a little bit of image stacking. I know a dobsonian isnt really the best for astrophotography. But even just getting a camera adapter and starhopping to different objects in space is one of the most satisfying and relaxing experiences. I live in the suburbs so there is some light pollution but once i went to the middle of nowhere and saw Bode's galaxy and it was awesome seeing something thats about 12 million light years away.

I still remember my first time looking through a telescope. I was sharing a huge house with another twelve people and I found a refractor telescope lying on one of the living rooms. One of the guys said it was his, but has never used it. I couldn't believe it. So I took it, run upstairs and mounted it on the balcony. It didn't have the little tube to search, so I had to point it like if it was a rifle without sights, just aligning the length of the tube with the objective I had chosen, the brightest in the sky at that moment. And there it was, Jupiter in all it's glory, some tiny withe dots on both sides, and I could swear I was grasping the different bands,but with the chromatic aberration it was hard to tell. Boy I was excited!! Next, to the second brightest I could see from the balcony, and Bingo! Neptune!! With it's rings!!! I can't tell you how happy I was.
It's curious but there's people that, maybe because they do not understand the scale of the solar system and the universe, or maybe they're just a bit dead inside, but of twelve people that were there, just four decided that could be worth the effort to rise their ass from the couch and take a look, from those four just one of them was struck by the fact of watching planets with his own eyes, the other two reacted like if they were astrononers tired of seeing it everyday and went back to the couch, unmoved. The other guy and me spent a couple of hours that night looking through it. It was painful cause the tripod wasn't much stable and the mount wasn't equatorial, so you had to be adjusting it every minute and had to kneel to look through it but man what experience.
Now I would love to buy this one, but have no space were I'm living now, and the thing is bulky.

When you are on high magnification it's harder to follow the objects than with an equatorial mount?

I wish I could afford it haha

Looking to get a 6in dobsonian sky watcher for my second telescope thank you for this video

If look really far u can c urine anus. Ignorance is bliss, not.

Yoooo we just bought our soon to be 11 year old this exact one last night from HighPoint. His birthday is about a month away and will be hard to contain it.

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My AD8 is on its way, and I couldn't be more excited. Thank you for this great, thorough walkthrough and for your obvious love for the science and art.

I pulled the trigger and the timing chain broke in my car the next day! So I went to chat. can we postpone this and I was meet with CONGRAGULATION we hope you dark skies forever. I said no you don't get it I don't have a car! It's been sent but you can return it. Like heck I will! SO you still want it, Duh! Yes! but this is bad time. You can make payments, Me. Have you seen my credit? Read above with a comic view but it's all true. I was shocked you accepted
payment. Any who dark skies everyone

you really are making me want to get this. is this still your recommendation for beginner?

I remember the first time seeing those beautiful washed stripes on Jupiter with my naked eye. And I just said to myself “holy shit, that’s real..”

That is all I can think. That thing is real. And I’m looking at it.

Astronomy is amazing

Can you take pictures with it

I wouldn't recommend such an expensive unit for someone new, for actual telescopes the 200-300 USD range is more than enough to get a good experience.
Now if you are a rich beginner just grab the biggest thing you can get since money is no object to you anyway.

How do these compare to the Skywatcher P200?

Hi Trevor, this is an older video, so I’m not sure you still get notifications when someone comments and thus not sure you’ll see this. I am retired at 64 and currently looking for my first telescope. Based on recommendations from you and my other favorite source, Ed Ting, I’m strongly considering a used Zhumell Z8. I do have a question though. We live outside Austin,TX, and although we have good dark skies (I think Bortle 4 more or less), the ground on our property is a bit uneven, so it may be a bit challenging getting the base stable and level. How important is it that the base be level, and do you have any suggestions for how to help stability? I thought of building a small platform with adjustable feet, but would appreciate your input.

Thank you!

I just bought this telescope - thank you for explaining it so easily!

It's not been a long time since I saw saturns rings for the first time and me and my father were very happy ❤
My father and i talked about it the whole night about how it was like a ring 😂

Love this review — think I'n going to pull the trigger and get it :)

i don’t understand why anyone would call that video fake. I mean, you could take some binoculars and see detail on the moon depending on the brand

Thanks to your blog, my AD10 arrived today....

Forgot to add.. it's my 1st telescope, and Im completely new to this hobby.

Im getting a dobsonian telescope

My first telescope was a Orion. It was a simple and really old one. It originally belonged to my grandpa and now it’s mine. The first experience I had with it was with my dad and we both saw the moon at a zoom for the first time. Then we got some good lenses for it and we saw several planets including Saturn and it’s rings and Jupiter but it was grayscale and the spot wasn’t visible. All in all an amazing experience. Now I’m looking for a nice 8 inch Dobsonian for Christmas.

I just got one of these. The assembly instructions are unusually clear/understandable.

Love the photo of you two

I am getting one in spring

I am going to use your link and order this telescope this weekend. I've been using a 90 mm refractor for quite some time and get decent views of Saturn and Jupiter, but I've been putting off taking that extra step for far too long. This was an awesome video, I love this telescope. If there are any of the extras I should get let me know, otherwise I'm going to get what it comes with. My itchy finger wants to get the 10 inch but I'm trying to talk myself out of it

This or Celestron 8se? Can't decide

I was expecting to see some images at the end of your video bro.

This video should you call product placement

How well does it work with a lot of light pollution

The Dob is the gateway drug into astronomy.

I'm a complete beginner . Should I buy low budget telescopes temporarily (under 10,000 INR) , or should I buy decent ( 20,000-30,000 INR ) now only ?

Do you have a recommendation for a lighter telescope for beginners? I am disabled so this looks like it would be too heavy and I can’t sit on the ground or bend over like that for long. Thanks!

I remember seeing the Andromeda Galaxy for the first time in 2018 with an old Meade ETX 125 I dug up I accidentally came across the Galaxy when manually aligning it because the Autostar system was busted best mistake of my life it wasn’t like what you’d see with photos from Hubble or Amateur Astronomers like you Astrobiscuit or ChucksAstrophotography it was a grey fuzzy blob it wasn’t amazing but it was there I’ll never forget it

I recently bought a stellalyra 8 inch dob as my first scope.I used a 20mm eyepiece and decided to look at what I thought was a bright star.I couldn’t believe my eyes as it was Jupiter and four moons.I could even see the bands.I will never forget my first time using my dobsonian!

Hey, just ordered my first real scope. would you recommend a Barlow for this AD8? 2" version if so? they were sold out of Apertura ones so I ordered without.m Thanks for the great video.

I would add that it comes with a Crayford style dual speed focuser; important for visual viewing.

Pleaseee help me!! I wnat to buy telescope a good telescope to see deep sky objects,moons ,Saturn ,galaxies,but it should be portable as I want. To import,suggest a good telescope

I remember looking at Jupiter and Saturn for the first time through a telescope. It was a 70 mm refractor and it showed me and my family the bands of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. We all went "WOW!" when peeking through the eyepiece. It was (and still is) an incredible feeling. Then I got a 130 mm tabletop dobsonian, which taught me to navigate the night sky and showed me quite a lot, and now, this past weekend, I got an Apertura AD8. I got to use it for the first time on Saturday night. Wow, just wow! Incredible views. I completely understand your excitement, Trevor. I've been a long-time fan of your channel and your astrophotography work. Thanks for sharing this video. Clear skies!

I just assembled my Orion XT-8” Dobsonian telescope this week and had some amazing experiences. I live in Southern California about 50 miles east of Los Angeles. While looking at the moon in the western sky just after sunrise I had a passenger jetliner out of LAX or John Wayne airport fly right thru my eyepiece and perfectly across the moon diagonally south to north as it ascended into the morning sky. I pulled back from the eyepiece in complete surprise and watched it continue to climb for a bit. What a wonderful treat. Thank you for sharing your presentation with us. It was well done. Newly subscribed from Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Take care.

as a child i was amazed with the moon than shortly after i slowly expanded to other areas of space. always a new experience.

the Orion Nebula is the very first object I found when I was gifted a 3" table top telescope nearly 40 years ago... I didn't even know what it was as I was simply hopping around and found it by accident... took me a week to discover what it was that I had found...I just today ordered my AD8 and simply cannot wait for it to arrive so that my very first viewing with it will be the Orion Nebula... seems a fitting tribute...🌌🌠

Is this the equivalent of the stellalyra f5 we have in the uk? It looks exactly the same

@Astrobackyard is it possible to mount a camera on that?