100% worth it. If you have astrophotography gear like I did, sell it and get NV. Now I view those “photo only” objects in real time. I bought a used Gen3+ unit for only 2k.

ever since my friend let me borrow his PVS 14, and I added a hydrogen alpha filter to it, it is and still is an amazing experience to use night vision to scan the milky way

You sold me on Night vision with your prior videos on it . I also ended up with the Hubble 12 inch because of your Hubble review. I really like the 12 but it took some modding to make it really sweet.

Great video! Now i need a telescope.

Thanks for the video, interesting comparison.

Nice job Richard (and your Wife). 😂😊CS & GB!

Man almost forgot about night vision. Moving from a bortle 6 to bortle 1 next week and never have seen a night sky that dark with any optics. Had to cancel my Hubble 12” to make the move but seeing your 6” refractor think my 6” reflector will do. My place visibly is low with redwoods and gonna be moving around a lot anyway for a 12”

Night vision is an interesting option, however the 'real scenery feel' and color afforded in the 16" cannot be discounted.

I liked your presentation with funny touch of BIG sky Light OFF/ON trick :P

Looking into the TV Night Vision for my TV85 refractor. I’m mainly a visual user with all TV EP’s. I’m older and portability is key. 16” Dob would be sweet, but too much work. I’m in Palm Springs area and we’re a bortle7/8, frick’n horrible with poor seeing.. most of time. So, I drive a bit to dark sky’s, best is 4, maybe 3 east of Joshua tree National park. That’s just Desert. So, will do more research on the night vision. Cool video! Thank You

Thanks for vid

Like your new living room.

Now I'm wondering have I done the right thing.ordered a 16 dob.going from a 10"my biggest refractor is a cheap 5" acromat

Great video my friend. It’s been awhile since I have posted on your channel.

Do you only use NV with the 55mm or so you use other powers as well?

Really interesting, thanks a lot. I’m here after trying my sub $€£100 discount store (Lidl) ‘image intensifier’ on summer twilight Jupiter. It has really coarse resolution and a 50mm lens but I was amazed to see how well it brought up the moons even hand held. It was miles better than an image stabilised 12x36 bino. Anyway thanks again, I’ll look for more and sub’.

Great video! How about the improvement in magnitude using te device with the big dob? What do you think of the resolution usingthe device? It looks to be negatvely impacted to some extent, at least with your camera images. The globular shown was a good example. The star images aren't exactly pinpoints. I don't know if that was partly because of seeing. Woould there be good resolution on the trapesium? Like good definition ofthe D and E stars? I know exactly what you are saying conerning the big dob and a filter on the veil. Just astounding, and maybe because of the excellent contrast, compared to the device?

Nothing compares to night vision!!

Thru nightvision do you see color in objects? or do the views always look monochrome or green?

For Night Vision setup such as yours would you use a filter like the Tele Vue Bandmate