telescope

[r.bartlett]

Well peeping Tom in me has finally got the better of me. Under the dubious pretext of my 6 yr old wanting a telescope for Christmas I need to source a reasonable one. I don't want to anything more than to gaze longingly at the odd Moon or even Uranus (lets get them out of the way now

So for <£50 what's a decent scope?

Cheers

Richard

 

[breezer]

 

[libby lou lou]

 

[tim west]

you'll be hard pushed to even find a cheap and nasty Tasco for that price i'm afraid.

 

[imamartian]

is that a libby Lou Lou Roll Holder?

 

[libby lou lou]

Why do some people feel uncomfortable with the truth?

 

[imamartian]

i'm not uncomfortable.... i feel a sense of relief !

 

[libby lou lou]

i'm not uncomfortable.... i feel a sense of relief !

Why?

 

[imamartian]

i'm not uncomfortable.... i feel a sense of relief !

Why?

that the truth is out !

 

[libby lou lou]

 

[breezer]

you'll be hard pushed to even find a cheap and nasty Tasco for that price i'm afraid.

buy 2 of these

 

[tim west]

I think the Junior in the title says it all breezer

 

[r.bartlett]

Fifty quid for a toilet roll seems a tad excessive

I see this places isn't littered with Patrick Moore type experts but I thank you all none the less.

However a special thanks to Breezer

Cheers

Richard

 

[tim west]

Fifty quid for a toilet roll seems a tad excessive

I see this places isn't littered with Patrick Moore type experts but I thank you all none the less.

However a special thanks to Breezer

Cheers

Richard

Be careful not to be enticed by the cheaper makes as the image quality will suffer, with the cheaper makes the manufacturers make a great deal about magnification and the such like but then compromise on the sharpness of the image, what you end up with is blobs of light instead of spots for stars and planets equally suffer for instance with a decent scope you should be able to see the rings of saturn or distinguish the red spot of jupiter instead with the wrong scope all you'll see is an indistinguishable blob.
Best advice i can say is to visit some astronomical websites to get a better idea of the minimum spec you should be looking for that's within your price range.

You will find its not all about the magnification or gadgetry (avoid the auto tracking devices they are poor).

One quick test to see what you should expect out of a scope quality wise is to look at the sky through a decent set of binoculars, you'll be surprised at what you can see compared to the naked eye, first time i was shocked at just how many stars are up there and what you dont see with the naked eye is the blanket of stars covering as far as you can see it's certainly an eye opener

 

[sooey]

I agree with Tim, if you're lad is interested in astronomy the worst thing you could do is buy him a cheap telescope. He'll see nothing but shaky blobs and will be put off for life. Get him a good one, then he can see steady blobs.