Incredible telescope for under £100

I test out six telescopes which all cost less than £100 and discover that one of them is incredible! I am in fact so amazed with the performance of this telescope that I have no hesitation in declaring it a true nerd maker. The same basic telescope comes with many different badges and tripods of varying quality. I explain this on my website (link below).
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[@zrustamkulov]

you’re doing a great job of making amateur astronomy less gatekeepy. i appreciate your work

[@springbloom5940]

Parents are the gatekeepers and they're incompetent at it. The death knell of millions of tiny, potential nerds 'We will just get this cheap one, to see if you are even going to stick with it'. 15 years later, its $10 at a garage sale, still in the box. When I was shopping for a microscope for my nephew, I went to an optics shop and looked at some new budget scopes and then shocked the entire staff - I asked to see some used ones and some slides to view. I ended up getting a scuffed up 70s Boreal lab scope, like I used in highschool. Same price as the new 'budget' scope and handily outperformed it in every aspect but the paintjob.

[@alinaqirizvi1441]

@@springbloom5940 tbh they don't really know how good telescopes can be either otherwise they would be nerds too

[@bosnianlain]

astronomy was never gatekeepy, like just look up bro

[@sanketgamre]

I still remember the day, KZbin suggested me your one video and i ended up watching them all..haha.. you are awesome Astrobiscuit

[@alwayscensored6871]

Sometimes YT does good. Binge watched them all too. Learnt so much so far, getting an itch to get a scope.

[@scopex2749]

DITTO!! I first thought Astro Biscuit was some sort of delicacy sold in the shops like an intergalactic Ritz?

[@seansmith908]

Definitely some of the better produced videos out there. Wish he put them out a little more often. Great stuff!

[@shawnleverett6798]

Lol yup.same m here 🤣

[@bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132]

astrophotography only accounts for a fraction of nerds in out world also astrophysics just has so much stuff that it is a real headache to understand for many of us . . . even tough it's cool . it's still not worth it for many

[@HelenasAstrophotography]

Thank you so much for having me in the video Rory! It was so much fun 🤣

[@Riktenstein]

Haha. Great DnB moves!!

[@GhostOfAnubis09]

Cracking Collab you two!

[@DavesAstrophotography]

Twisting some funky shapes there! 🤣

[@briankotak403]

Oh my Helena! You really kicked his video quality up a notch! Too funny. Dr B from Manitoba, 🇨🇦

[@CuivTheLazyGeek]

Very fun cameo!

[@Vic-pz5oh]

Love the crocodile Dundee quote. "that's a shaving mirror. That's a telescope mirror. Fantastic 🍪

[@zaphus]

We're the real winners - a new Astrobiscuit video!

[@azom5577]

haha

[@igoreq4495]

IKR

[@nebulusadventures1047]

Took words out me mouth. Was looking y/d thinking it been awhile

[@tonyy452]

Absolutely. It's been way too long to wait.

[@spacemanschannel6380]

Rory please don't fall off the roof making these videos!!!

[@garyl5128]

Less than two minutes in and I can't pull myself away from the screen! There's an earthquake happening outside, but it will have to wait until I've finished watching.... Best content on the planet!

[@quadplay2591]

BBC quality as usual... I kept hoping that some day we will see you on the TV... Great work 👏

[@alzeNL]

BBC of old, terrible absence of this quality of production these days.

[@nadirteymurov1]

Dude, who is watching TV nowadays ?

[@pompeymonkey3271]

What's a TV?

[@red2]

Wasnt he on the gadget show.

[@-M0LE]

I don’t own a tv I love it Bbc doesn’t get any of my attention and they can’t brainwash me

[@wilteduk007]

You're enthusiasm is infectious. I was tired just watching you go up and down the ladder to your roof observatory. Brilliant video, thanks.

[@davidianmusic4869]

Found a junk store 60mm vixen era refractor for $9 Canadian. Popped in decent eyepiece, put on old tripod. Best Jupiter views ever, sharp belts, shadows, colours, more. Once on a solid mount they’re little wonder scopes.

[@Astrobiscuit]

good find

[@Rich-hy2ey]

One of them most revelatory things ever happened to me was swapping out a horrible old Huygens eyepiece on a 60mm refractor and replacing it with a Celestron ortho. Amazing.

[@Kruzhh]

I love how you're able to make the viewer care about a topic they might not've ever thought about! Love the vids!

[@markmoogalianprof]

Love your videos. It's interesting to see the differences between your videos and the ones done by other astrophotographers. There are others that I also follow but you really have your own style. Apart from being incredibly knowledgeable, you are often on the move, going to meet someone face to face or online and your videos are both educational and hilarious. I'm hooked!

[@AstroLaVista]

I can't help but grin with joy when watching an Astrobiscuit video, although I will say I think this was more of a best planetary scope for under £100 test, and I think the results would vary depending on the object viewed. One of the big problems with the Firstscope et al 76mm Dobs is that they're an f/4 scope supplied with Huygen's eyepieces designed in the 17th century for f15+ scopes. Pop a simple Plossl in front of the shaving mirror and things do improve a little. The Heritage 100p is much better but it's no planetary scope at 400mm focal length f/4. A long achromat will always win on Jupiter over a table top tiny Dob, but the mount is super important and the Dob's have the stability and ease of use for general astronomy. This is coming from someone who is historically mad about classic refractors so I'm not unduly biased towards the above.

[@Mrcloc]

The only problem is that it's not possible to collimate, and it's an f/4 spherical.

[@Mj-ux7sc]

That's true, but if you see a a Jupiter like that using a refractor, there are more chances that, you will be more hooked to astronomy. This was the way I started too, using a small refractor and seeing Saturn.

[@GalaxyArtMedia]

Hi mate recently tested like 12 nights this autumn a small refractor 40/400 vs heritage 100 and maksutov telescopes, the heritage 100 with a 2.25 Barlow it performed better than the small refractors, even the small maksutov, aperture really helped

[@Astronurd]

@@Mrcloc the secondary mirror can be collimated and the small primary mirror is fixed in the correct position

[@petset77]

I was going to mention eyepiece choices. Many of the cheap eyepieces that come with inexpensive scopes are total junk, and even those included with identical scopes are of varying quality. I'd say to compare optics of different telescopes, the exact piece should be used for every one being tested. When I just recently got a small "grab and go" scope to compliment the 4.5EQ and XT8 I already have, I chose to skip the Travel Scope 70 and 80 simply because of the horrible tripods. I chose a FirstScope because it's a table top Dob, and I already have a set of Plossls. It's easier and less costly to replace an eyepiece or three than purchasing a solid tripod and mount. (and the one I just bought is "Open Box New", never used, for $42 on ebay, including the $12 shipping.) ...I'm going to take my 4.5 EQ off it's shaky Orion base and put it on a sturdy tabletop Dob base.

[@User1dentification]

Finally a new Video it's been too long to enjoy a biscuit, an Astrobiscuit :)

[@justwondering1967]

My first scope was a Celestron 80 mm and it was cheap, but it gave me the most amazing views of the moon and planets. It is a wonderful scope.

[@RefreshingViews]

Another great video, thank you! As someone who started observing too long ago when all I could afford was a pair of tripod-mounted binos, I think it is fantastic to get a decent scope for ~£100.

[@astrotherapist]

What I like about you Rory is that you help make astrophotography affordable for those of us who aren't ;made of money. Thank you!

[@groundbasedspace5943]

Thank you for this. I've been looking for a starter telescope for my kids and I so this was a great help. Top job.

[@ZopcsakFeri]

Your videos are the all-time BEST when it comes to being a nerdy astronomer. And your musical repertoire just takes that onto a whole NEW LEVEL. I find your cinematography/editing the most creative out there I've seen so far. Thank you for being.

[@alex.petkevich]

I bought my first telescope used and under 100$ and it gives me so many emotions looking in the night sky! I share with friends and feel so thankful... It is so incredible!

[@IMF-Ryan]

I love your videos! They're always full of information and recommendations. Thank you.

[@Neanderthal75]

I also recommend the 70mm Astromaster refractor , it does very well on the planets. Some people wouldn't believe it can do planetary with a good mount of course, but pop a barlow 2X with a planetary camera and try your best with focusing and you can get some decent shots of the planets and the moon! I also 3d printed telescope clamps for it and screwed it on a vixen shoe mount , the original on it was contributing to the shaking and moving. I also got an older Meade 50mm narrow tube refractor - for free , someone wanted to throw it away - which was made in Japan in the 80s or 70s, the optics are fantastic on it. Just can't beat those Japanese stuff!

[@anonymonachos7163]

I have the astromaster 70mm as well. it was given to me as a package deal when I bought an ETX 90 from a guy, which is an amazing small maksutov. the astromaster needs a good mount. but wow ! very sharp moon and planets. stunning really. these can be bought used for less than 50 bucks

[@luisfcastillong]

There is not a better feeling than enjoying one of Astrobiscuit videos with a cup of coffee. Also, getting the notification of a new video never fails to lift a smile. Definitely the best (and most underrated) KZbin channel out there.

[@rickybojangles162]

Yessssss love a new astrobiscuit video. 👌🏻 Always happy!

[@Riktenstein]

Great name.

[@shamrockisland]

Just the type of helpful content needed... More like this. Glad you're back

[@sleepdeep305]

Yes! Very excited for this one!

[@TheSpacePlaceYT]

My first official telescope was the Celestron 70MM travel scope. I thought I had to make the focus as big as possible to see things. I knew so little about astronomy at the time. Now, I know how to work it perfectly and found out that the mount I used to use was the primary issue with the telescope's capabilities. Exactly one year ago (because today is my birthday) I got a Gysker 90mm telescope. It's an amazing scope and I highly recommend it, because the EQ mounted 90mms are cheap and aren't worth your time.

[@spamcan9208]

The tripod makes a HUGE difference. It's why I returned the celestron telescope last Christmas. I couldn't track the sky easily and everything was shaky.

[@neilcampbell4833]

What about nebula and galaxies?

[@jimtekkit]

Can confirm, I bought a Celestron 70mm travel scope for my sister to use for astronomy. To put it into perspective, I have seen the same tripod (Brateck Universal Camera Tripod) for sale at a large retailer for AU$6 (US$4). Even at THAT price they are still sitting on the shelf, and it's not even on clearance! I bought a Vivitar VPT-3662 62" tripod as an upgrade for AU$50 and it's so much better it's not even funny. Can't recommend the travel scope anymore though. The price was hiked up by almost 40% since 2021 and it's not worth that much. You can get a great pair of 7x50 binoculars for the same price.

[@flyingwhiteindian]

@@jimtekkit Hi can you recommend a good starting scope kit to buy in Oz for around $500. i would like the 11 and 5 year old to maybe have an interest too. Thanks Again

[@jimtekkit]

@@flyingwhiteindian Sky-Watcher Heritage 130p Dobsonian is best value for a starter scope. I have one and it's easily my favourite within that price range, it does everything very well. Also got a Celestron StarSense 80AZ refractor but it's overpriced for what you get.

[@normenseifert8109]

Amazing Video, thx for sharing. Unbelieveable what you get out of that starter package. Impressive👍

[@Pixiesfairiedust]

This is probably the single most entertaining review videos Ive watched! Subscribed

[@astrostufftomtrubridge7915]

Watching this reminds me of the Prinz Astral 500 Dixons scope my bruv bought me many moons ago, Amazingly I still have one with its well made EQ mount, counter weight and slow motion drives, but now have an adapter for better eyepieces !! The 60mm objective lens was pretty good for late 70s, my mates and I used to hang with some beer in my mums back garden just to get a glimpse of Jupiter, the moon etc, I was indeed a nerd, even now near 60 I'm still a nerd and love to get my rig out to image, the fascination never goes away, in fact I've just bought a pole master cos my knees are giving up 😂😂.. You go careful on that blasted roof of yours, nice vid👍..

[@martynh5410]

I’m thinking the Orion SkyScanner 100mm reflector. $139 in USA. About £100 pounds.

[@backgammonbacon]

Thats sold as the Sky-Watcher Heritage-100P and costs £120. Includes VAT and extra costs due to consumer protection laws. £120 isn't less than £100. Unfortunately it looks like thats what the scope in the bottom left is...typical of mr biscuit and his magic pricing he always seems to be able to buy equipment at crazy low prices. Top left looks like "home made" using magic lense no one can really buy. Covid turning the market upside down and prices skyrocketing seems to have passed Mr Biscuit by. He certainly hasn't updated the prices on his website. "Out of stock due 15-20 working days" on all major retailers lol!

[@umkwon]

I think the F70076 can be a good choice?

[@martynh5410]

@@backgammonbacon Yeah pricing and delivery have gone crazy lately, Last year I purchased a Celestron Evo 8 with StarSense. Ordered in July and I think it arrived in October. Delivery seems to be an issue for a lot of scopes and accessories. I waited Months for some extra eyepieces too.

[@TammyHo-ke3dw]

British sterling is most valuable currency in world 😵‍💫

[@jonathanr2830]

Truly a good one! Very informative and entertaining to watch. Thank you!

[@beng8749]

Thanks so much for all you do for this amazing community bro

[@ruurdbouman9792]

Dude! You made me buy my first telescope! Thanks for the awesome and helpfull videos.

[@azzajohno6228]

That was brilliant!! Turn up the volume and dance to the tunes of Riktenstein's D'n'B, as the celestron 60mm refractor did very well for a budget scope! Biscuit man didn't put up with any of Bunny's attitude in this one lol! Great video! 😃👍

[@imezhax9117]

thank you very much I've been looking to buy a telescope for so long but looking at the reviews they didn't inspire much but seeing all of them tested that's really nice

[@jonathanjames9184]

So glad I found your channel! Thanks for making great content! :)

[@maddawg5350]

Lessgooo!! The biscuit has blessed us with a new video! :D

[@joachimprz]

I'm really excited to see something new from you

[@Geronimo939]

Love you Astro! Ordering the celestron you recommended as my first scope!!❤

[@melissasmidt222]

Thank you for all your time, effort and truth telling. You've got a watchable and likable disposition.

[@GalaxyArtMedia]

I think The Heritage 100/400 is the best scope from all the bunch, the 100 aperture makes the difference, and i think it can beat the smaller 60 mm refactors on Lunar and Planetary captures using a decent Barlow lens, and having the same seeing conditions. and not having chromatic aberrations, is suitable also for deep sky astrophotography. Also If you do not test the telescopes in the same time on planetary captures is hard to get a reliable result, especially if the seeing conditions changes rapidly

[@Ror0009]

But he didn’t say Jupiter was the best in that one

[@dr7246]

Your videos seem to pop up when I’m having a shit week, and, hence, manage to boost my mood. Thanks!

[@fmjkevlar]

Not often then.

[@patrickl9930]

Love it! For Premieres you ought to set it to count down for ~3 days, perhaps with an embedded teaser. Seems it premiered with no wait time, could boost initial viewer numbers :)

[@lidellaleice7571]

Man, I just discovered your channel and I can only say I am completely enthralled by your way of presenting things

[@TheChocloate]

The celestron FirstScope telescope was the first telescope I ever got back when I was 8 years old. Its the main reason I got so invested in space. Those cheap telescopes really are a gateway drug lol.

[@alexgill4327]

Looking Forward to this Rory.

[@Hobbes22]

Astrobiscuit needs to have a spot on Sky at night on BBC with this sort of information. Brilliant and informative.

[@mk5_gti_280]

I always evaded those long and thin scopes but seeing this amazes me

[@MauleSean]

Two minutes in, where did you get that cap? Great video, really enjoy what you do for the rest of us! I get up every morning at 5am and take my dog for a walk. I see the night and morning sky as it appears through the year, and the phases of the moon as it rises earlier every day. And to watch the planets do their laps around the sun over the course of years is amazing. Your vids add to those experiences. Great work!

[@AurumGermany]

As always, a great video. But the real winner for me was this really great cheap telescope. For the price, you can't beat it.

[@antiquarianshed9210]

Excellent. Great fun watching your videos. And good advice too. keep going!

[@alphaastro3068]

Love ur videos man . Missed ur videos welcome back

[@drrach1]

Holy effing crap!!! He’s back!!!

[@finnishfatman]

I'm already a nerd, but gonna be buying that Celestron just to see if I can improve my nerdiness even further! 👍

[@rdavies1305]

It makes my weekends when these little pearls drop, always a pleasure , always appreciated!!!!!

[@Haywain]

Would just like to say thankyou. Found your channel when running a search for Telescopes and Astronomy. I've always loved taking pictures of the moon, and wanted to expand a little. Your videos on budget buys have stopped me from jumping in feet first, and making a mistake with the first purchase. Once I get used to everything, I will hopefully have even better moon shots, and then move out further from there.

[@AstroLaVista]

Can't wait! I reckon the Heritage 100p will win this, or maybe the vintage Towa/topic refractor looking thing top left?

[@vaibhavmugulavalli3366]

Everything other than that skywatcher on a yoke mount is a good beginner scope

[@peterwoolliams1283]

Heritage reflector for sure…. Long refractors on thin tripods…. Nope!!

[@spydamann1244]

For my first scope I actually got an XT8I Intelliscape. Beautiful equipment. Definitely not less than $100 however lol

[@HockeyHomeBrewski]

Always high quality and super interesting! Thanks again

[@nigelhumphreysfsuk2833]

Fantastic video as always Glad to see you back on KZbin

[@chinocracy]

Here in the Philippines, I got a Svbony 70mm scope that's probably exactly like the Celestron travelscope. Available only online though for the equivalent of 45 quid. Of the known brands, only Celestron sells on the shelves through a specialty store. The Firstscope is available, while the next would probably be the Powerseeker 60 AZ for 79 quid and the 70 AZ for 107 quid. Not that many choices in a not-so-nerdy country.

[@rodenreyes6320]

I chanced upon an old Vixen 70 f/10 in a surplus store...it was very,very good..belts of Jupiter are clean as in CLEAN.I should have bought the other scope it was with,a Kenko ,same specs...also $50.

Great video! Cheers from Brazil! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@shoope208]

Oi só do brasil

[@Dwayne_Green]

yes! Another astrobiscuit! Love every one of these videos, though I feel like I haven't seen Ricktenstein in a while!

[@user-yd1zl1tv8x]

Nice video. Love your sincerity and enthusiasm!

[@aaronchristopher7983]

What was the first telescope you recommended that sold really well but is now about £125? Id also be interested in that one too

[@spacemanschannel6380]

I have one of these long thinny Japanese-made 60/600 refractor from the Eighties. I dusted it off during last year's lockdown, added a modern USB camera and boom I became a astro-nerd. Now I have this huge Skywatcher Newtonian reflector and spend all my nights out in the freezing cold making nerdy images. 😀

[@Ancientreapers]

There's nothing like a Newtonian.

[@dnjdhhyyrygtubcgcfct]

Do you upload them to your channel?

[@maskell165]

Drum and bass and telescopes.. Never thought I would hear the two in the same sentence haha! Love it! Love the content also! Thank you.

[@A-view-from-above]

Amazing video's, looking to start out but at a budget and this has been very informative. Thanks

[@masterofkings_dj5517]

I’m surprised there were no clouds having all of those scopes out

[@RogueA.I.]

I got my first scope in ‘86. It was good enough for me to see moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. It was truly a religious experience.

[@FindingGreenOS]

My hubby got me a 40 quid scope for xmas this year. It's still thrilling to see the little speck of Jupiter with Ganymede and Callisto even if they are faint dots. Your videos have me so so so excited to upgrade sometime next year! But for now loving my very very basic setup.

[@5davi524]

Your channel is thee best find on KZbin I have come across in a long time. Thank you thank you thank you

[@DavidMFChapman]

I’ve never seen a Celestron FirstScope that I have liked. The main problem is the spherical f/4 mirror, which is a non-starter. I have also inspected some in stores that obviously have the secondary improperly installed. I’m wondering if you checked the collimation of the other mini-newtonians before testing them, or if you used them right out of the box.

[@STho205]

Celestron is a shadow of it's former self, when they built high end scopes in California. In the budget line they are just a China brand name drop now. I have some very old Celestron scopes and they are brilliant. A newtonian analog and a NexStar SE computer motor mount. Comparing them to new ones is like seeing through cataracts.

[@Ghost_III.]

i get scared when u climb the ladder to the roof with a telescope in your hand, im afraid your gonna fall

[@UpcomingJedi]

Not to worry guvner. He wood just fall onto the next roof. Chep scope, so much light pollution....no wonder nothing looks good.

[@kurtridnour1435]

I had to watch this twice. I was hungry for another Astrobiscuit video. Bravo!!

[@fabiancurto6484]

Life is much easier with astronomy 🔭 and mega nerds like you. You are awesome and funny. Thank you 🙏🏻!

[@BlueTrane2028]

Cheap scopes I've found in real life: Original Celestron NexStar 4GT - $29.99 at a thrift shop Orion Skywatcher 90EQ (they call it the AstroView now) - $29.99 at the same thrift shop a few months later Orion XT4.5 - $50.00 off Facebook Marketplace 11/9/2021. Celestron Star Hopper 8" Dobsonian - $100 in 2017 after the Eclipse off Craigslist. Mirrors were dirty, turned out fantastic. Stupidly sold it but bought an identical one for $200 last month, came with nicer finders, the difference in those accessories alone nearly made up the price difference. Celestron branded 80mm f/5 achromat... I've bought two of these on EQ1 equatorial tripods, they averaged to $50 each. One I passed along to a friend, the other now has a vixen dovetail and gets used for terrestrial spotting and solar mostly. Orion XT6 Dobsonian - $100 off Craigslist. Someone was using it for outreach, had written "free" as the price of looking through the scope all over it, people were offended thinking he was trying to make $100 off a freebie telescope. Joke's on them, I resold it for $250 after a thorough cleaning... I'm an 8" f/6 kind of guy for midsize scopes. Orion Starblast 4.5, a 114mm version of the tiny Dobs from this video. $100 off Facebook Marketplace. This one will use an eyepiece as short as 4mm in focal length to pull in Cassini Division and surface details on Jupiter. This unseated the 80mm f/5 in my inventory. Skywatcher 250p flextube Dobsonian - $100 and included a Meade 5000 82 degree 8.8mm eyepiece, which is worth more than the asking straight off the top. Honorable mentions: I paid $150 (which is just slightly over the 100 pounds in conversion) for a vintage Celestron 90mm f/11 Maksutov, on an equatorial tripod mount. I really like this telescope but don't use it much since putting the Starblast on rings. I've bought SEVERAL other 6-8" Dobsonians for $200 and less. My Skywatcher 300p flextube Dobsonian was sub $500 used. My Meade LX200GPS was essentially $500 out of pocket, and that cost is mostly on the battery pack, carry bag and a replacement handset. Bought it as an estate clean out and sold off everything else to basicaly break even. The list goes on. I cruise used listings all the time and buy scopes that need a little refurbishment to be perfect, and then sell them if I already have something that fills that role, or keep if I don't. I don't generally sell anything that I wouldn't personally use, and to back that up every used scope I sell gets at least one session under the stars so I can give direct information to that buyer to know what they are to expect. If there's an eyepiece of higher quality beyond a stock Kellner or Plossl, I generally keep it or resell separately... this practice eventually left me with a complete 82* field of view eyepiece set from 4.7 to 30mm in focal length, mostly Explore Scientific with a Meade or two tossed in. Oh, and the most used astronomy item in my inventory is the adjustable height chair (Starbound brand I believe) that was $75 used. About $100 less than retail. The 60mm AstroMaster is a scope that I'd never pay anything close to $134 for (the current exchange to 100 pounds).

[@knight2255]

Have you ever had the figure on your 8"s touched up? I had an old Celestron 8" F4.5 refigured by Swayze and wow what a difference!

[@benzanetti2814]

Great video! So, you used a 6mm eyepiece. That's basically the max magnification for that scope I think. But did you use a filter to avoid the bright ball I see with my scope? Also, did you need to remove the 90 degree reflector, or was it a straight throught view to avoid the distortion from that component? Would love the tips as I desperately want to improve my viewing.

[@liamros3562]

Wondering exactly the same thing ... how he can view Jupiter so big with the stripes and colors with this scope. I have the same scope and jupiter is a tiny bright white circular spot, I can see 3 satellites, but I can't see the stripy texture of Jupiter at all. Now I'm using a basic 10mm Plossl EP. I don't know what kind of eyepiece I don't think it's the one that comes with the scope. Or maybe you're right, he's not using a diagonal and maybe he's using a filter ...like you I really would like to know.

[@XoXo475]

I too need to know!! I’m close yo getting this scope! Hellllp

[@stuartrobson5265]

Another awesome video...some brilliant reviews and information on budget scopes...big thumbs up from me 👍

[@Astrobiscuit]

cheers stu

[@tylernabors5021]

You are absolutely amazing, all your videos are wonderfully, playfully, and professionally edited and it clearly shows. Thanks for all the great information, looking forward to all the future videos! Much love from the US!

[@robertkeable1627]

Excellent information. Although as a drum n bass loving nerd, one feels like a Venn diagram outlying placement opportunity. Be well and stay safe.

[@Astrobiscuit]

yeh we all luv a bit of drum and bass really...

[@robertkeable1627]

@@Astrobiscuit try a bit of Suad it will make you smile. Man's a one man mobile club. Ahoooy!

[@deanmoncaster]

I listen to it while watching the stars. Will that blow something up?

[@paulwanjama7977]

@@Astrobiscuit buy for me a nice old 6inch dobsonian like Edmund scientific

[@paulwanjama7977]

I'd like to join astronomy in a serious way

[@charimuvilla8693]

I'm very surprised the astromaster outperformed the 10cm dob. It is known that reflectors are worse than same-aperture refractors because of the middle obstruction and it is also known that longer scopes create less errors but that's a huge aparture difference we are talking about here. Was the dob acclimated and collimated perfectly? Consider me shocked lol.

[@MountainAdventures1]

My guess is that the cheap eyepieces included with all of the dobs are to blame, but indeed collimation and cooldown need to be considered as well. Should have easily outperformed the reflectors. I used a

[@Astronurd]

@@MountainAdventures1 I agree with you. This wasn’t a proper test whatsoever

[@robertsonsid]

@@Astronurd The challenge was less then 100 quid so an eyepiece upgrade would have exceeded the amount. Of course switching to better tripods was cheating!

[@fonzy4724]

I'm so glad you still do these videos for lower budget stuff, my telescope has sat in my room for 3 years never used it in case I'm dissapointed and will never try it again.

[@rsramanujam]

I have one of these f3.7 Newtonians and a Plossl improves them so much as someone else said in a comment I can’t locate. It works like a charm on wide field star clusters - used mine exclusively on the Coathanger for days! Having said that Mr. Biscuit has saved the day and for that, we are grateful

[@michaelhaardt5988]

The comparison is fair: Which entry level scope will show what _unmodified_? A traditional slow FH design is pretty forgiving in terms of adjustment, although it is possible to screw up even that, but chances are it will be great on planets out of the box. Fast FH designs are great widefield scopes, but suck on planets. A super fast newton is a hell to adjust and fails as expected without very precise collimation, independent of the mirror, plus it really needs an open mirror cell. Now if you become a nerd and revise these scopes, most will show more (the spherical mirror being the exception), but first need to get infected by the astro virus.

[@paulmckeown5672]

Not another telescope I'll need to buy!

[@paulmckeown5672]

thankfully I had bought his previous favourite so I don't think I need to buy a new sub £100 one. Great video Rory

[@morrster62]

dude love your videos man

[@milosbudincevic715]

Love ya! Great content!

[@OlleMattsson]

noob question for the alpha nerds: were those newtonians collimated and does that have any effect on image quality? Asking because i'm researching for my own first scope =)

[@Astrofrank]

The manufacturer will collimate them and transport will change that. If the mirrors are adjustable and the primary has a centre mark, new collimation is a matter of a few minutes when using a laser collimator.

[@MichaelAChang]

I have an 80mm long tube Celestron that I bought 20 years ago which never saw much use - this video has motivated me to pull it out of my closet. Subscribed!

[@galaxyguy92]

Your videos are the best! Subscribed :) Can't wait for the next one!

[@gazza9839]

Another top video ! Keep me coming Rory 👍🏻

[@YdnarLah37]

Thanks. this made my weekend. I hope the next video comes soon.

[@MsAdam09]

Great video as always. I'm surprised you don't have more subs

[@astronomynotebook]

I like your videos…because they are practical and applicable for everyone no matter what their budget….well done.❤️😊🔭

[@Tony-Elliott]

Another great video thanks for the information

[@sebastianharvey257]

Great video, I was looking for a telescope for under £100, and all of the scopes you reviewed I have looked at but was not sure what the best of the lot was. Now I know!!...

[@justinmoorhead2632]

What a great video and advice! Thanks

[@markattardo]

Surprised by your results....thank for lugging all that to the roof👍👍

[@PracticalJohn]

Not sure why this was in my feed but so glad it was. What a brilliantly filmed, edited and presented video. Fascinating! Cheers.

[@Astrobiscuit]

thx for watching... yt must be pushing it which is nice