Will be pretty rubbish. At 40x Jupiter and Saturn will still look like a dot, doesn't say aperture. Bundled eye pieces probably naff too, but if it sparks an interest then it might be worth it.

The only starter scopes which aren't junk are these
http://www.firstlightoptics.com/beginner-telescopes.html

Only good enough for curtain twitchers. Bought 10.

Also http://www.halfords.com/kids-zone/toys-games/indoor-toys/guinness-world-records-construction-challenge

cheers ordered.

Great find op :smiley:

None anywhere on Merseyside

I managed to order both items, avail in three stores Southampton

Good deal, but hardley any stock to "CnC" or "delivery"

No stock near me....

great find! my girl put this on her list. Unfortunately not available near me :disappointed:

Some stock near me, South Manchester,,,,,little drive to Burnley, 20 mins but its a nice drive.
Think the saving will pay for my fuel making it effectively full price.

Is it any good for the basic stuff like looking at the moon?

I guess for £5 you can't complain but does anyone know how good this telescope is? I'd imagine its going to be "moon only"?

I think its this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OE6TQZQ?keywords=telescope&qid=1450356089&ref_=sr_1_5&sr=8-5

Will be pretty rubbish. At 40x Jupiter and Saturn will still look like a dot, doesn't say aperture. Bundled eye pieces probably naff too, but if it sparks an interest then it might be worth it.

The only starter scopes which aren't junk are these
http://www.firstlightoptics.com/beginner-telescopes.html

Nearest stock to me is 77 miles away for the telescope. heat added for good price though

In stock nearest me -DN15 postcode
Barnsley
Huntingdon
Harrow 128 miles from me
So not much stock..

No stock near Guildford or in B'ham. Wild goose chase.

Managed to find one...son will be happy

Not available to collect, not available to deliver.
Oh well, hot find anyway.

for £5 it might help children find that Man on the moon :laughing:

Only good enough for curtain twitchers. Bought 10.

Nothing in London

In that case all the best. Play with your telescope carefully!

Plenty in stock in Scotland...... on the other side of the "broken" Bridge :smiley::smiley:
People from Kingdom of Fife - go for it! :smiley::smiley:

Have the reservation code for the Rochdale. Anyone interested?

fgs, its a 12.99 telescope reduced to a fiver!!! I think people realise what they are getting.. Its a stocking filler for kids..

Sounds like a fab deal, no one is expecting it to be wonderful if it's only a fiver. Not available for me tho, and no delivery. Rated hot though!

Nearest
Trowbridge 100miles
Carmarthen & Isle of Wight

Whatttttttt none in Bali wtf I could have made a holiday of it if they had stock in Bali

Nearest stores to Birmingham for collection:
Trowbridge 78 miles
Carmarthen 110 miles
Poole 116 miles
Good luck!

I can see a lot of restraining orders being handed out in the new year...

Funny, this thing is probably better than what Galileo had. It's difficult, it might be a good toy for a kid to play at being astronomer and foster an interest. On the other hand, it might be so terrible that it'll turn them off forever. Your call.

if you find one good luck!! one of my children really wants a telescope but want to buy her a good one, so told her if she's really serious about wanting one, then we might next Xmas. (birthday just 3 weeks after Xmas... so not buying her one this time ) It will then give me time to look at prices and seeing what is good for the money

The concern with this is that you can't just consider the magnification. It is going to have a tiny aperture, so it won't let much light in (and hence objects like planets will appear dim) and the design of it will allow for all sorts of optical aberrations. Even my expensive Refractor needs a special filter in order for the moon to stop looking purple! My experience with cheap telescopes like this is that they are toys and do more harm than good for children looking to engage with the night sky.

My advice would be to save your money and arrange to visit your local astronomy club who can let you use their equipment, guided, and you'll learn a lot more and see a lot better - not just the moon and planets but star clusters, nebulae and galaxies too.

Agree with other comments, save a fiver. You'll see the moon OK, but if a moth flies within 10 yards of it it'll wobble like crazy. It will be in the bin or you'll be flogging it on a car boot within a couple of months.

nearest available is 100 miles from Manchester. Good spot but good luck finding one.

Honestly don't bother, got one for my daughter last year as she was doing about space at school, massive disappointment!

I wouldn't take one for free, simply a waster of material to make one.

Nearest one is 393 miles away, might nip down tonight :wink:

workington got them, 95 miles away for me , bit to far.

I like this telescope, and I like this telescope too

I like gin.
Not bad for spying on creepy old men as they spy back at you I suppose

Would I be able to look at Uranus with this?

none left anywhere

My nearest one - Workington 162.14 miles

I thought there wasn't any more stock near me, then i realised i was looking into the wrong end and there was some quite close :smile:

Where from?

good deal but no longer available. heat given but missed this deal :disappointed:

Not available, as above

I had something like this when I was a kid. Bought by my parents. Can't say it really made anything look much better although you could see a vast amount of stars & hazy comets not quite bright enough for the human eye if you were patient enough to move the scope around the sky. Good for the moon but then being the nearest object (240k miles) you'd expect to see what you already can, just in sharper detail.

yeah I had a cheap telescope from jessops the other year, very painful to use - literally, and metaphorically lol. Couldn't see a thing in it, couldn't even get it to focus on the moon properly. I think you'd be able to make a better one yourself with a pair of broken spectacles and a pringes can. Hey that's not a bad idea!

thanks mate

You'll thank me one day :wink:

got it. waste of money.

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