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Looking for a telescope
Djinn
#1 Posted : Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:07:43 PM
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...for a pre-teen interested in star gazing. he already has a microscope and now needs to look further...

any ideas? nothing too high tech - enough to see the craters on the moon and perhaps make out Venus during that time of the year.

Any tips appreciated.


harrydre
#2 Posted : Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:16:40 AM
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a guy you will need some deeep pockets to have a good genuine telescope.
i.am.back!!!!
mukiha
#3 Posted : Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:47:13 PM
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Read tip number 3 here: http://www.astronomy-edu...n.com/index.php?page=178
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
mukiha
#4 Posted : Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:53:52 PM
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This is also a very useful resource: http://www.skyandtelescope.com

You will find a helpful sky-chart that shows all the heavenly bodies visible by naked eye from anywhere on earth at any time +/- 500 years from today.

It's a good starting point before you buy the telescope
Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
Djinn
#5 Posted : Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:07:02 PM
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@mukiha thanks - point #3 made sense...and lead me to #4 - I have a pair of WWII binoculars (from my late Grandfather) and I think we'll start with that - esp in the next week or so when the next full moon is due and hoping its not cloudy or rainy on those nights.
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