Telescope Basics 1 (of 6): Top three telescope types explained

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1. What is best for looking at planets, stars, and objects that are closer to earth and will provide the best resolution & contrast?
   
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2. Excellent... Thank you.
3. This really helped me understand how a reflector and refractor telescope works for my physics test tomorrow! Thank you! Fingers crossed I do well!!
4. THUMBS UP!
5. Love it! Thank you!
6. Hello sir...what would be batter to have between celestron 80 mm (f-900) & meade 102mm (f-600) for both view celestial & terrestrial. I'm also puzzled with both brands and puzzled also because meade 102 has bigger aperture then celestron 80mm but celestron 80mm has some more magnification then meade 102. is it possible to raise magnification of meade 102 ??...Actually I got this name 'MEADE' firstly while celestron, orion like names everyone knows. waiting for u with thanks.
7. David Fuller looks alot like Ranger Rick from YouTube channel "NaturalNews," or whatever his name is, the two are nearly a splitting images of each other. =)
8. Catadioptrics: Pro: Good light grasp, Con: Greatest light loss... I'm confused
9. +eyesonthesky i was wondering if the central obstruction would have any effects on the image focusing like would this make what you see blurred ? and if yes what is the best telescope for a detailed view with no blur in it i know this would not be possible but i appreciate any help you can provide
10. What's a good telescope for Astrophotography? Nothing too special, just normal moon/planetary or if possible bright galaxies/nebulaes pictures. I already have a DSLR and if I am not wrong I need T-ring and T-adapters to connect it to a telescope, right? Which telescope will suit this purpose the most?
11. Hi David,
    
    Watched all your videos as intro.
    
    Thanks for the star chart and resources online. I am must starting out using a Celestron 15 X 70 set of binoculars. I am in Brooksville, FL which I believe is about 28 degrees north. Still having tough time seeing Andromeda but may be just training my eye. Tried using lines from Cassiopeia, etc.
    
    Last night, Feb 11 I was out at just after sunset. Tried Stellarium and a few resources to find out an answer before emailing. In my East and West sky just after the sun dropped down I saw objects one on top of the other on both the East and West horizons. Are these the planets since we are near the Ecliptic? Any help is appreciated.
    
    
    
    
    Tom Cannon
    
    Brooksville, FL​
12. Hey I'm thinking about buying a new telescope, and I have these two options:
    A 70mm refractor (f=900mm), that comes with 4, 10 and 25mm eyepieces and a 3x barlow
    
    And a 150mm reflector (f=1200mm), that comes with 10 and 25mm eyepieces.
    
    I think both of these have good prices, but wich one is better to see things like star clusters & nebulae?
13. Refractors, particularly APOs, are undoubtedly the most expensive per inch of aperture. Not Cats.
14. Great videos!
15. i work with David in urban Astronomy and I must say...he has raised the bar and now the standard for all astro vids.
    
    Don't ever stop man....!
16. I got a telescope as a gift & I'm going crazy...I can't see anything when I look up: (
17. this is really great, and helpful, but i think it would be even better if you visually showed what the type of optical differences the telescopes had... for example--if there is less light, does that mean it's dimmer? if so, show me what that might look like
18. Just now getting back to my lost love... astronomy... I am lown away by the quality of Eyes In The Sky episodes... but I refuse to think this is a non-professional production. The first episode I found explained in detail and pragmatic terms "the equatorial mount"; that was about two weeks ago, now I finally bought my scope (still putting it together) and using Mr. Fuller's videos to guide and prep me... need to catch the collimation episode.
    
    The point is: we (fledgelings) can be very thankful to have this guy host the web site and put these videos together. He obviously prepares, and cares deeply a out the quality of his products... which we benefit from... anyway enough brown-nosing. Awesome, cery educational. Thank You.
    
19. hi there, wondering if you could let me know what you think of this telescope - Carson RP-300, 114mm aperture, equatorial mount: http://www.amazon.com/45-100x114mm-Newtonian-Reflector-Telescope-RP-300/dp/B004P1ITMG/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1422655796&sr=1-5&keywords=carson+telescope  
    also http://www.carson.com/telescopes/red-planet-series/1222-rp-300                                    
    thanks very much!                       
20. Great videos! Really helped me out