Having a good Astronomy experience requires you to have an instrument that gathers as much light as possible. Astronomy is already done in such poor light conditions that you need as powerful a light gathering device as possible. To gather more light you need a larger objective lens. This is commonly referred to as aperture. Larger aperture means a greater capacity to see more in the night sky, viewing deeper sky objects.

Telescopes always have a bigger capacity for increased aperture. Binoculars may be more portable but they sacrifice on aperture and as a result you will not be able to see as much on a pair of binoculars. Telescopes on the other hand can come in sizes as large as 300mm compared to binoculars that are around 100mm.It is without doubt that you will see more in the night sky with a a telescope compared to a pair of binoculars.

Telescopes are able to magnify objects much more than a pair of binoculars, improving the viewing experience of objects such as planets in the night sky. Astronomy binoculars tend to have fixed magnifications of around 20x zoom. A lower zoom means that they have a wider field of view and are not able to zoom in closer for detailed views of planets such as the moon.Telescopes on the other hand can have magnifications over 100x. This equates to an enhanced viewing experience. Additionally telescopes can also have lower magnifications just by swapping around eyepieces. This flexibility of having different magnifications make telescopes ideal for astronomy.

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