Really decent price. AZ which is a bonus (eq pointless and fiddly on just an observational scope). Much better than crap you get in places like B&M with plastic optics.
Long focal length so will give decent views of moon, possibly jupiter too, and maybe smaller brighter clusters. Don't go expecting hubble style colour, any amateur telescope through the eyepiece will show grey smudges, the £2000+ scopes just show brighter grey smudges :wink:
Wonder what eyepieces it comes with
OPTICAL FEATURES
Eyepiece 1 4 mm
Eyepiece 2 12.5 mm
And further down
- 9 mm & 22 mm eyepieces
22mm will be useful, 9mm less so unless you get a crystal night with moon in full bloom. 4mm will be rubbish.
I'm guessing 9 and 22mm, seems to be standard with most scopes (its what came with my maksutov).
Thats the other benefit with long focal length scopes, you can get away with crap eye pieces or cheap plossls.
jonnypresley
23 Jan 178#5
Purchased thanks, looking forward to seeing lots of birds, particularly Tits, and Uranus.
furiousjammin to jonnypresley
23 Jan 176#15
I'll show you Myanus personally for £25 mate. £4 saving. It's what HUKD is all about.
jaydeeuk1 to MarkShopper
23 Jan 173#25
Only problem is you first start off looking at planets and the moon (and only Jupiter, Saturn and occasionally Mars offer anything to the naked eye). Then you'll be wanting to take photos of DSO, which means a tracking mount, a scope that doesn't give CA, and then all the filters, auto focuser, dew heaters, cooled cameras, reducers. And then you're broke.
All comments (59)
1on4
23 Jan 172#1
Hopefully this is decent. Just impulse purchased in the hope it'll do for my husband who asked for a telescope last night!
TiptreeJam
23 Jan 17#2
The Meade range has got some good reviews on Amazon.com. Probably cannot go wrong for the price.
toiletseatlicker to TiptreeJam
23 Jan 17#13
Had a quick word with him.....says can y take it back and get a Mercedes Benz instead? :smirk:
simont_space
23 Jan 171#3
Would this be ok for a bit of window spotting :wink:
pete_l to simont_space
23 Jan 173#7
Generally speaking, telescopes intended for astronomical use present an inverted image - since in space, there is no "up".
xenophon to simont_space
23 Jan 171#24
Why would you want to spot windows? Surely they are easy to spot anyway. :stuck_out_tongue:
jaydeeuk1
23 Jan 178#4
Really decent price. AZ which is a bonus (eq pointless and fiddly on just an observational scope). Much better than crap you get in places like B&M with plastic optics.
Long focal length so will give decent views of moon, possibly jupiter too, and maybe smaller brighter clusters. Don't go expecting hubble style colour, any amateur telescope through the eyepiece will show grey smudges, the £2000+ scopes just show brighter grey smudges :wink:
Wonder what eyepieces it comes with
OPTICAL FEATURES
Eyepiece 1 4 mm
Eyepiece 2 12.5 mm
And further down
- 9 mm & 22 mm eyepieces
22mm will be useful, 9mm less so unless you get a crystal night with moon in full bloom. 4mm will be rubbish.
I'm guessing 9 and 22mm, seems to be standard with most scopes (its what came with my maksutov).
Thats the other benefit with long focal length scopes, you can get away with crap eye pieces or cheap plossls.
jonnypresley
23 Jan 178#5
Purchased thanks, looking forward to seeing lots of birds, particularly Tits, and Uranus.
furiousjammin to jonnypresley
23 Jan 176#15
I'll show you Myanus personally for £25 mate. £4 saving. It's what HUKD is all about.
readingbrown99
23 Jan 17#6
Ordered, fancy giving it a go at this price
webby82
23 Jan 17#8
ordered for my boys birthday cheers
edsmithie
23 Jan 17#9
Unfortunately I bought a telescope on eBay two days before I saw this but I'm glad I've found a half decent deal to post finally!
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Long focal length so will give decent views of moon, possibly jupiter too, and maybe smaller brighter clusters. Don't go expecting hubble style colour, any amateur telescope through the eyepiece will show grey smudges, the £2000+ scopes just show brighter grey smudges :wink:
Wonder what eyepieces it comes with
OPTICAL FEATURES
Eyepiece 1 4 mm
Eyepiece 2 12.5 mm
And further down
- 9 mm & 22 mm eyepieces
22mm will be useful, 9mm less so unless you get a crystal night with moon in full bloom. 4mm will be rubbish.
I'm guessing 9 and 22mm, seems to be standard with most scopes (its what came with my maksutov).
Thats the other benefit with long focal length scopes, you can get away with crap eye pieces or cheap plossls.
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Had a quick word with him.....says can y take it back and get a Mercedes Benz instead? :smirk:
Long focal length so will give decent views of moon, possibly jupiter too, and maybe smaller brighter clusters. Don't go expecting hubble style colour, any amateur telescope through the eyepiece will show grey smudges, the £2000+ scopes just show brighter grey smudges :wink:
Wonder what eyepieces it comes with
OPTICAL FEATURES
Eyepiece 1 4 mm
Eyepiece 2 12.5 mm
And further down
- 9 mm & 22 mm eyepieces
22mm will be useful, 9mm less so unless you get a crystal night with moon in full bloom. 4mm will be rubbish.
I'm guessing 9 and 22mm, seems to be standard with most scopes (its what came with my maksutov).
Thats the other benefit with long focal length scopes, you can get away with crap eye pieces or cheap plossls.