Orion GiantView BT-100 Binocular Telescope Overview - They're HUGE!

[@mlethbridge76]

Glad to see you back Dave! I can honestly say I've never seen some of the things you showed off in this vid, very interesting!!

[@keystothecosmos7527]

Thanks Mike!

[@dicarlon1]

Hopefully clear skies ahead!

[@richardrojas6306]

I purchased the Orion BT100 (45deg) and you can see all objects. On the 45 deg you might have to wait until the objects drops then the 45 deg will see it just fine. Or you may pick up the object on the rise. They do a very good job. Fix on the object and if you need photos, remove one eyepiece, drop in your ZWO camera and shoot away. You can peek at the object your shooting with the opposite eyepiece. Clear skys

[@MacM545]

I bought a Skywatcher Evolux 82ed APO. It'd be interesting to see what difference the sub-$600 scope has in term of detail in comparison to the binoculars. I also got a Meade LX90 8-inch years ago. The moon is incredible using the Meade, but it cost a bit more than the binoculars you've mentioned when bought in new condition. I don't think that binoviewers will give the same amount of brightness that binoculars will, given that for binoviewers, the light to each eye is only about fifty percent that of each eyepiece for the binoculars. The main benefit of using a long focal length is the ability to get high magnification while using an eyepiece of large field of view.

[@JudeRoger]

nice video 👌

[@jc4evur661]

Having used bino's for years, you really need large bino's that have the 45 degree prisms to get any kind of comfortable viewing of overhead stars. Otherwise, it'll be a pain in the neck....literally.

[@anata5127]

This scope is 2K. It doesn’t come even close to Oberwerk 100XL-ED, which is 2,650 now.

[@FrothGiant]

Wow now orion makes you pay for the case ,

[@keystothecosmos7527]

Yup... And it ain't cheap!

[@thesteammachine1282]

@@keystothecosmos7527 That ufork mount you are using is from Ts optics, correct ? Looking at it, do you think it will support a 120mm bino ? Im trying to find info but search only tells me that the wight space inside is 295mm . Any idea if that is true ? Cheers !