$1K vs $10K Telescope

Astrophotography Telescope comparison!

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[martynh]

Well the scaling (image size) is totally different probably due to different focal length and/or camera image area. The $10k scope you used the Hubble Pallet to process versus standard colors for the $1k scope. Unfair comparison!!

[barthvapour]

Very misleading and disingenuous video. The majority of differences in the images are down to a different magnification (unrelated to scope cost) and entirely different image processing (also unrelated to scope cost). The more expensive scope probably has a wider aperture which enables clearer views of fainter objects and sharper images at higher mags, but you aren't comparing like with like here. You should be comparing the same object with the same magnification and image processing. The problem is that inexperienced beginners will believe this video.

[Blubb]

Let’s compare my iPhone 6 with the JWST.

[russellparr]

Come on, man. If you're gonna do it, do it apples to apples with similar focal lengths! :-)

[cdz]

I love you man, you have helped me learn so much about astrophotography, and I'm ready to take my next giant leap just a few months after starting this hobby

[indymustang]

That’s not all scope. The second one is shot in mono with filters. The first looks like it’s from a color cam or Ha filter.

[tenpiano]

I mean, the Orion Nebula looks like a greenish smudge in my basic $300 Dobsonian, so I would be pretty satisfied with the $1000 telescope 😂

[Kbla]

🤔. Rgb vs sho. You can't compare a plane to a car .
Many other factors to consider.

Always good context though.

[eyyyy]

Huh, why is one image red and the other green if they’re the same thing you’re picturing?

[steveengelmann]

Maybe you should use the same settings for zoom etc. To be able to compare the same picture from both telescopes

[MangoBucketHead]

Hi Trevor, this video is brilliant! I just had a question. Which telescopes would you recommend for a beginner going into deep sky astrophotography? Thanks.

[Joshsstro]

would have been a way better test if you used the same filters and processing, this isn’t really a fair comparison

[EmersonCarl-eq]

Long long ago a freind had this 15" reflector telescope he bought when he a kid. Edmund Scientific. Had it mounted on a huge equatorial mount of course. Probably paid $100's for the scope. Literally made of cardboard tube. Set it up to mount camera body. So we took pictures of the Moon. Bought all the gear to develop the film and print it on 8x12 glossy. The absolutely most awesome pics ever!! Super sharp pics of crater's inside of craters!!!

[planetinvader]

Well, make sure you process the images the same way as well

[photografr]

The price has nothing to do with it. What’s important are diameter, type, and focal length.

[riz_anime]

I don't have money to buy even 1k $ telescope, damn man I wish I had one telescope

[neosquid]

Can you do a $10, 000 refractor vs a $10, 000 SCT?

[zaindilzak]

The 10, 00k telescope had a more closer view of the object, while the 1k telescope got a smaller view.

[Lasastard]

As a fellow Esprit 150 owner, I agree that it is a maginifcent piece of kit. But it is important to keep in mind that you can take impressive images at basically any focal length. Comitting to something like a 6" refractor or 10" Newt (etc) really only happens after a lot of thought and experience - you really need to understand what you *need* it for. And it is not to take pretty pictures, but a specific kind of (very zoomed in) pretty picture ;) So no, it's not better, it just opens up different views and targets.

[Sonic_Egg]

a side-by-side comparison of the stacked images would be helpful to see. and some further info on the exposure times, stacking, filters, etc used for each image would also be helpful.

for the non-astronomer, they often think that those images are what you would see when looking through the telescope, unfortunately the reality is very different.