What the 'Night Sky' REALLY looks like through a TELESCOPE!

Space is fake is one of the most common comments I see on deep sky images like these, which isn't that outlandish of a statement to make, especially in the era of AI images, because to see someone online claim that they captured a photo as magnificent as this, of an unimaginably large collection of hundreds of billions of suns, all from the comfort of their back garden, seems truly unbelievable. Surely there is absolutely nowhere on earth anyone is actually seeing this through their telescopes, because if there was, everyone would be talking about it all the time, and stargazing would be the goated, number one, undisputed hobby ever made. Well the truth is, we are not seeing this level of detail through our telescopes, our highly sensitive camera sensors are. Meanwhile, our eyes on the other hand, get views like this. Which although it is still quite spectacular, it's a whopping disappointment compared to the vibrant, jaw-dropping views we are shown on social media. As a result, people are often left disappointed by the hobby, which is a tragedy that not even the Greeks could have written. Because if you ask me, stargazing should be the greatest hobby of all time. So in today's video, I'm hoping to reset the narrative, and provide you with some well-needed context. I'm going to show you exactly what it is that you yourself can see, with just your naked eye, through a telescope. I'm Damon Scotting, and this is Astronomical. So in order to replicate these views, I'm going to need a fast telescope setup, and a capable camera that can mimic the human eye's view through a telescope. Which is precisely why I've picked the fastest telescope in the galaxy. Together alongside the QHY 585 Mark III colour camera, they produce views like this of the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. Now the field of view achieved with this setup, perfectly matches the one that you would achieve, when using a 30mm eyepiece on a 6-inch Dobsonian telescope, with a focal ratio of f5. So if this is what you've got, then here's exactly what you can expect to see, when looking at the Cigar Galaxy and Bode's Nebulae. I feel like I have to mention this every single time, but Bode's Nebulae is in actual fact also a galaxy. The pair of them appear very close alongside each other, making for excellent viewing in our night sky. Next up we have arguably the greatest wonder of our night sky, the Great Orion Nebula. Although in most images it appears much more vibrant, with shades of purple and pink, to our naked eye it seems to be a lot greyer. Which isn't as disappointing as it sounds, because you can still clearly identify that this is in fact a stellar nursery, the birthplace of thousands of new stars. Moving on now to the Horsehead and Flame Nebula, and we start to notice that objects are getting harder and harder to resolve. Try and ignore the antennae intruding from the bottom right, and the rapidly passing satellites and meteors, and focus on the very faint outlines of these nebulae. I'm hoping these side-by-side Hubble comparison images, help provide a bit more context to these images. Although I'm sure some of you may have even been able to discern, what each of them were without needing additional support. In fact I challenge you to guess what this deep sky object is, without any other context. I'll also tell you the answer at the very end of the video. In fact I think for the rest of the video, I'm just going to play all of the clips that I shot of our night sky. I'll also add some brief overlays of some high quality alternative shots, as well to provide some further context. But I want you to see how many you can name, just from the live telescope's view. There are about 20 for you to correctly guess. So best of luck, and make sure you're subscribed for more cool videos like this. So how many of them did you get right in total? Let me know in the comments down below, and which objects you want to see featured next time. I've attached links to all of the telescopes and cameras used in this video, in the description down below. If you do want to see more videos like this, then make sure you are subscribed. Thanks for watching, I'm Damon Scotting, and this was Astronomical.