Telescopes

[Marc]

Anyone on here an expert on them? having watched The Sky At Night alot recently I find myself getting the bug back for star gazing (loved it when I was a kid). Done abit of online window shopping and there seems to be some fairly decent ones around the £100 mark...so need some advice, ta muchly

 

[Papa Lazarou]

You won't get one worth using for £100... I beleive the guidance is that for that amount you're better off with a decent pair of binoculars.

I've got a 5 or 6 year old version of this:

Meade LX90

But they come in at well over 1k.

Papa

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Having said that, there appear to be some usable models for around £100, so I take that back.

http://www.sussex-astronomy-centre.co.uk/best_sellers.htm

 

[vegster]

Good old Sussex Astronomy...... Worthing is the centre of the known Universe !

 

[tedebear]

Wow - £1k!! £100 is even better but Arthur has asked for a good one for christmas as he has a little £20 national geographic one. We've love to get him one, and a globe and Lego Clone Turbo Tank, but we won't be able to eat between now and then to afford all that!

 

[Marc]

Having said that, there appear to be some usable models for around £100, so I take that back.

http://www.sussex-astronomy-centre.co.uk/best_sellers.htm

cheers Papa, yeah the websites I've been too have some fairly decent little ones for £100ish. I cant and wont spend more than £150 should I decide to get one, got my eye on this from Jessops, probably shit for all I know but its only £89!

# Configuration: Newtonian Reflector
# 1100mm Focal length
# 102mm objective diameter

Jessops Astronomical Telescope 1100-102 - Jessops

 

[Paskman]

Aldi have still got these in stock - a good beginner scope I would think:
http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_15999.htm?WT.mc_id=2010-10-22-11-19

I have also got a Meade - paid a bit less than a grand though.

 

[Marc]

Aldi?! blimey....cheers though

 

[biggles]

i would not by a telescope from aldi , you are far better off going to an astronomy shop and getting some proper advice

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Cheapskate. Get one of these in your back garden and do it properly

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project is designing the first of the next generation of giant optical/infrared telescopes. Planned for first light in the next decade, TMT will image the first galaxies, the birth of stars and advance the search for exosolar planets. With a diameter of 30 meters, TMT will collect 9 times more light than the current largest terrestrial telescopes (the Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea), 144 times as much light as the Hubble Space Telescope and will use adaptive optics to sweep away the disturbances of the Earth's atmosphere.

 

[Questions]

I must admit to enjoying a wander round our neighbourhood with a pair of binoculars on a nice dark night.

 

[Stat Brother]

Bloody light pollution.
I love staring up when away, but it seems a bit pointless here on the overcrowded Sussex coast.

 

[biggles]

I must admit to enjoying a wander round our neighbourhood with a pair of binoculars on a nice dark night.

have you ever spotted a globular cluster?

 

[vegster]

I must admit to enjoying a wander round our neighbourhood with a pair of binoculars on a nice dark night.

And, if you bring the dog, it stops you being beaten to a pulp.

 

[Questions]

have you ever spotted a globular cluster?

Not since I used that cream.

 

[Marc]

Bloody light pollution.
I love staring up when away, but it seems a bit pointless here on the overcrowded Sussex coast.

yeah I'd pop up the downs to get Above the light or delve further inland to somewhere darker.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

yeah I'd pop up the downs to get Above the light or delve further inland to somewhere darker.

Is that a euphemism for something I would rather not care to think about?

 

[Marc]

well.....may aswell take in some dogging action whilst star gazing

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Cheapskate. Get one of these in your back garden and do it properly

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project is designing the first of the next generation of giant optical/infrared telescopes. Planned for first light in the next decade, TMT will image the first galaxies, the birth of stars and advance the search for exosolar planets. With a diameter of 30 meters, TMT will collect 9 times more light than the current largest terrestrial telescopes (the Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea), 144 times as much light as the Hubble Space Telescope and will use adaptive optics to sweep away the disturbances of the Earth's atmosphere.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Cheapskate. Get one of these in your back garden and do it properly

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project is designing the first of the next generation of giant optical/infrared telescopes. Planned for first light in the next decade, TMT will image the first galaxies, the birth of stars and advance the search for exosolar planets. With a diameter of 30 meters, TMT will collect 9 times more light than the current largest terrestrial telescopes (the Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea), 144 times as much light as the Hubble Space Telescope and will use adaptive optics to sweep away the disturbances of the Earth's atmosphere.

Ohh, might get one of those for the garden.

Always fancied getting a decent telescope - I reckon I could spend many hours just looking at the moon. Lovely stuff.