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Good beginners telescope

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  • 08-11-2005 12:05pm
    #1
    RotalicaV
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    Looking for advice on buying a telescope..

    Anyone? :D

    Thanks


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    Seanie M
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    Apart from telling you to look back on previous posts on these boards ( :p ), try www.irishastronomy.org as well!


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    What budget ?

    If you can't afford a quality telescope then get a good pair of binoculars instead of a cheapo "toy" one. Lidl have one for about €70 every so often. And on occasion Lidl/Aldi do binoculars for about €20-30 - avoid the zoom ones, they did some Meade ones a while back which were well worth €20.

    Avoid anything that is sold on basis of it's magnification.


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    Orion
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    Seanie M wrote:
    Apart from telling you to look back on previous posts on these boards ( :p ), try www.irishastronomy.org as well!

    C'mon Seanie - post the direct links :p

    Here's a quick guide to buying a first scope.

    Here's a better one but it's a bit hard to read online - I'd print it out personally.

    And here's a thread I started back in March which contains some excellent advice.

    Three questions you need to ask yourself are:

    How much?
    What for?
    Will I use it?

    And then refer to the advice in the three links above.


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    BigCon
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    Is this one any good?
    http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys2/productnl_461.html


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    Orion
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    Simply put - no. Don't trust any scope that promises 250x magnification or anything like that. Lidl usually do a good one before Christmas as well for about the same price. I'll post here if I see it there.


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    Kersh
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    Especially if its an 'astrology' telescope...:rolleyes: ... dont go near it, it will dishearten you. Read the threads macros referred to, and see if ya still want one.


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    Seanie M
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    Macros42 wrote:
    C'mon Seanie - post the direct links :p

    Sorry Steve, guess I'm slipping a bit in the ole PR of IFAS! (though thats not my job anyway!) :D


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    albertw
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    Seanie M wrote:
    Sorry Steve, guess I'm slipping a bit in the ole PR of IFAS! (though thats not my job anyway!) :D

    That can be arranged you know :-)

    _________________
    Albert White BSc. FRAS
    Chair, Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies


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    Orion
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    albertw wrote:
    That can be arranged you know :-)

    _________________
    Albert White BSc. FRAS
    Chair, Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies

    hehehe - he walked into that one didn't he :D


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    Drag00n79
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    Lidl have one for €49.99 tomorrow (Sunday):
    • 262.5x astrology telescope
    • 114cm aluminium tripod with Alt-Azimuth mount
    • Objective lens 60mm
    • Focal length 700mm
    • 4 eyepieces: 4mm/9mm/12.5mm/20mm
    • 1.5 erecting eyepiece
    • Finderscope 6 x 25mm
    • Diagonal viewer
    • Screwdriver
    • Moon filter
    • Compass
    • Space map
    • Cybersky CD
    • Instruction manual
    • Carry case
    Picture here


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    Orion
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    Shamrok - that's the Aldi one that we're already talking about.


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    Is1ldur
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    I was in Aldi earlier and saw this. Is it any good as a first scope? Is the size reasonable?? Objective lens 60mm, Focal length 700mm, and will I get reasonable views of the moon or even planets??


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    Is1ldur
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    Forgot to note, Aldi also have some Zoom bino's 10-30*60, and Lidl are doing what look like a reasonable pair next Monday; http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051128.p.Binoculars


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Is1ldur wrote:
    Forgot to note, Aldi also have some Zoom bino's 10-30*60, and Lidl are doing what look like a reasonable pair next Monday; http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20051128.p.Binoculars
    The 60 Aldi binocs are €20 and have moving parts so you won't be getting stable optics. 60mm means I'd half think of making a spectrometer from them and ignoring the whole focusing thing.

    Hang on for the Lidl scopes , worth the wait if they get the same ones in again.

    Anyone know if the Lidl Binoculars are the rebadged meade ones ? - if so then a no brainer at €19.99


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    Is1ldur
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    Just saw these also on the UK Lidl site..

    http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home_ni.nsf/pages/c.o.20051128.p.Opera

    :D

    I can imagine arriving at an Astronomy Ireland get-together with them proclaiming to be a n00b...


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    Orion
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    Anyone know if the Lidl Binoculars are the rebadged meade ones ? - if so then a no brainer at €19.99

    They're Bresser's with Bak-4 prisms. Should be just as good.


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