<p>The <a href="http://astronomy.tools/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">astronomy.tools</a> is a great site for visual and imaging &quot;expectations&quot;.</p>

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2020-07-12T16:53:06.750Z
2020-07-13T07:55:18.440Z
2020-07-13T07:55:18.440Z
Hammy
<p>Not a website, but <a href="https://stellarium.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stellarium</a> allows to show the view through different telescopes / different eye pieces or the view area of different sensors or through binoculars.</p>
<p>It comes with a selection of fairly usual eye pieces, telescopes and sensors and barlow lenses (if any), but you can always <a href="http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Oculars_plugin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">add your own choice</a> to each of these categories so that you can also preview exactly of what you want to compare, if you know exactly what to compare.</p>

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2020-07-11T21:12:53.700Z
2020-07-11T21:12:53.700Z
planetmaker
<p>On <a href="http://www.deepsky-archive.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Deep Sky Archive</a> you can browse different views of the same object with different instruments and magnification; here you won't find any planet.</p>
<p>As of 2020 Deep Sky Archive no longer collects user observation, but it is available <a href="https://www.taivaanvahti.fi/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Taivaanvahti observation database</a>.
On this latest observation database you can search for Category &quot;Solar System&quot;, 'saturn' on &quot;Free text search&quot; and browse the images, looking for those taken with a telescope (many of the photos are captured by smartphone).
For each observation, under &quot;Technical information&quot; section, you can read the instrument used to take that image.</p>

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2020-12-21T23:40:16.230Z
I think it is not link-only (considering the question).
peterh
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2020-12-21T21:45:16.207Z
2020-12-22T11:32:20.290Z
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Danilo Schembri
<p>Deep sky watch has an article that covers this</p>
<p><a href="http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/what-can-i-see-through-telescope.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/what-can-i-see-through-telescope.html</a></p>
<p>It includes sample image of what can be seen in, for example, a medium telescope (150mm objective) with 180x magnification <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/4vjTd.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4vjTd.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2020-07-11T18:16:27.270Z
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James K
<p>I'm trying to buy a beginners telescope. I have a Celestron TravelScope, but would like something better. When I look at other models, many users have posted images from their viewfinders. Is there a site that collates all of these, to give an idea of what I can expect from a given scope (e.g. is Mars just a red dot, can I make out Saturn's rings, what's the detail on the moon like, etc)?</p>

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Is there a website that shows equivalent views through different telescopes?
tomh
# Is there a website that shows equivalent views through different telescopes?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-11)

I'm trying to buy a beginners telescope. I have a Celestron TravelScope, but would like something better. When I look at other models, many users have posted images from their viewfinders. Is there a site that collates all of these, to give an idea of what I can expect from a given scope (e.g. is Mars just a red dot, can I make out Saturn's rings, what's the detail on the moon like, etc)?

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2020-07-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Deep sky watch has an article that covers this

<http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/what-can-i-see-through-telescope.html>

It includes sample image of what can be seen in, for example, a medium telescope (150mm objective) with 180x magnification [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/4vjTd.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/4vjTd.png)


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-07-12. Score: 4

The [astronomy.tools](http://astronomy.tools/) is a great site for visual and imaging "expectations".


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-07-11. Score: 3

Not a website, but [Stellarium](https://stellarium.org) allows to show the view through different telescopes / different eye pieces or the view area of different sensors or through binoculars.

It comes with a selection of fairly usual eye pieces, telescopes and sensors and barlow lenses (if any), but you can always [add your own choice](http://stellarium.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Oculars_plugin) to each of these categories so that you can also preview exactly of what you want to compare, if you know exactly what to compare.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-12-21. Score: 3

On [Deep Sky Archive](http://www.deepsky-archive.com/) you can browse different views of the same object with different instruments and magnification; here you won't find any planet.

As of 2020 Deep Sky Archive no longer collects user observation, but it is available [Taivaanvahti observation database](https://www.taivaanvahti.fi/).
On this latest observation database you can search for Category "Solar System", 'saturn' on "Free text search" and browse the images, looking for those taken with a telescope (many of the photos are captured by smartphone).
For each observation, under "Technical information" section, you can read the instrument used to take that image.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: I think it is not link-only (considering the question).  

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