What can i really get with this kind of TELESCOPE. (Knowledge on telescope needed to answer).?
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Hi friends, I have very less knowledge regarding telescopes. But I really want to buy one. Just for fun. What i need is, i should be able to view both land and sky .(Zoom) ...show more
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Well, ..., that scope is really nothing more than a toy and you'd be wasting your money if you bought it. Planets will appear as tiny dots in it and the 4 largest moons of Jupiter as even tinier dots. Over all your experience would be quite disappointing. I suggest that you do 1 or 2 things: 1) Save your money until you can afford a better scope. You can purchase an Orion XT6 dobsonian scopefor about $300 USD. See: http://www.telescope.com/Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes-with-Free-Shipping/Orion-SkyQuest-XT6-Classic-Dobsonian-Telescope/pc/1/c/12/sc/398/p/102004.uts?refineByCategoryId=398 2) Buy a decent pair of 10x50 porro prism BAK4 glass binoculars for about $70.00 USD from Orion. See below: http://www.telescope.com/Binoculars/Astronomy-Binoculars/Orion-10x50-E-Series-Waterproof-Astronomy-Binoculars/pc/-1/c/5/sc/72/p/103020.uts
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First of all, you should never purchase a telescope that is advertised on the basis of magnification. That is a dead giveaway that the telescope is junk. With regards to this one, there is simply no way for a 60mm telescope to deliver 175x magnification. A more practical limit for those optics would be 120x, but, and this is a big qualifier, that shaky tripod won't ever allow you to use that level of magnification either. If I were to venture a guess, I'd say you might get 60x out of it. The moon would almost, but not quite fill the eyepiece. The planets would be small and not particularly interesting. Bottom line here: save your money until you can afford a real telescope.
Bob
How about investing in this book first - http://www.telescope.com/Accessories/Books/NightWatch-Astronomy-Book-4th-Edition/pc/-1/c/3/sc/42/p/51521.uts It is a great introductory guide to the hobby and has a nice chapter on equipment selection. As with the others, save up your money for a little while longer and get a decent scope.
Nyx
I wouldn't necessarily sneeze my nose at a 60mm refractor if it is good quality. However, I doubt that this is one. Celestron has some high quality model lines, but, alas, they also have some toystore quality lines. Even a really good 60mm scope has a resolution limit of 120X beyond which there is no more detail being captured. By using short focal length eyepieces or teleconverters the magnification can be pumped up to make a magnified blur. Good quality scopes don't try packaging in empty magnification, and when a kit does that it is not because it is better, it is because they want to sucker customers with the high numbers. As others have pointed out, bigger is generally better in use. Of course smaller is easier to grab and head outside. A decent quality 60mm like this http://www.telescope.com/Orion-Observer-60mm-Altazimuth-Refractor-Telescope/p/102294.uts should be capable of showing the disk of Jupiter with equatorial bands, rings of Saturn, phases of Venus, and lunar craters. At its closest approaches the disk of Mars will be small but visible.
thankyoumaskedman
If you are willing to buy that telescope, then wait just a bit, put some more money aside, and buy something that is at least 80 mm in diameter. Then, purchase a separate sturdy tripod for it. I have a 250-mm telescope which is heavy and takes time to set up. When I just want to observe for pleasure, I got a smaller 80-mm Sky-Watcher (SK 80/400 EQ/TA); it comes with a tabletop tripod (completely useless, even on a tabletop), so I bought a separate photographer tripod. Together, I paid just under 300 dollars for 80-mm scope and sturdy tripod. The whole thing is light (8 pounds, compared to 60 pounds for the big one) and sets up in less than 5 minutes (compared to 30 minutes for the other one). Of course, whenever I want to do some casual observation for my own pleasure (or to show the Moon to some guest), I whip out the 80-mm telescope. I still use the big one... but only if I want to observer more seriously and for longer periods. The first quality of a telescope is to gather light. Let's say you are young and your pupils (in the eyes) still open up to 10 mm in total darkness. The corresponding area tells you how much light your eyes will let in. This determines what is the faintest object you can see. A telescope with an aperture of 60 mm, will let in (60/10)^2 = 36 times more light than what your eye can normally see. A telescope with an aperture of 80 mm, (80/10)^2 = 64 times. Almost double the amount of light for a few dollars more. The ability to separate details (what we call resolution) depends on the diameter. The ability to see details (e.g., small craters on the Moon) will be 80/60 = 1.33 = 33% better in the 80 mm telescope than in the 60 mm telescope. That is a lot of improvement for a few dollars more. The SK also has knobs to slowly turn the telescope as you follow an object (it is still manual, but a wormgear tracker is still a LOT smoother than pushing the telescope in the right direction... which is what you would have to do with the 60-mm in your image). The SK comes with a prism that puts a 90-degree angle in the light path; it is annoying at first because you keep going the wrong way, but your brain quickly gets used to it. disadvantage of prism: you get a mirror image (inverted left-right). advantage: a LOT LESS neck pain, and also your eyes are not pointing towards the Sun when you do Solar observations (I got a proper Baade full-aperture solar filter made - special-order - for the 80-mm and it was around 60 dollars). With the 60-mm in your image, I would never try solar observations... even with a Baade filter (as soon as your eye moves away from the eyepiece, you are looking directly at the Sun).
Raymond
You can see the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter. The phases of Venus. Mountains on the moon. Some double stars. Beyond that, not much. For however much that costs, I would buy binoculars instead.
Lodar of the Hill People
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