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buy a microscope or a telescope?
Posted on 11/4/14 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 11/4/14 at 4:59 pm
I want to buy one of these. I want to spend like $100-$120. Do you guys think i should buy a mirco scope or a telescope?
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Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:00 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
$100 on a telescope will be a COMPLETE waste of money, better off with binoculars, so microscope.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:00 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
If you live in the city, telescope. You could people watch.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:00 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
Micro
you can look at anything under that thing and see cool stuff.
Telescope need outside the city, know constellations etc. etc. etc.
you can look at anything under that thing and see cool stuff.
Telescope need outside the city, know constellations etc. etc. etc.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:03 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
Good telescopes are expensive. Without a good one, they are pretty worthless.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:07 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
Dude, no real input, but thanks for the gift advice for my nephews and niece. We are going microscopes for Christmas. 
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:11 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
I absolutely loved having a microscope growing up. I kept buying more and more kits of slides to look at different stuff. Went to the State Science Fair in 7th grade for a project on making various crystals... some you could only see with the microscope.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:13 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
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microscope
All day long. So many more things to explore with a microscope.
This post was edited on 11/4/14 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:15 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
Bunch if nerds up in dis bit
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:19 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
Unless you're willing to drop around 600, go microscope.
My meade etx90 telescope is cool, but it's kinda bottom end for a decent telescope.
My meade etx90 telescope is cool, but it's kinda bottom end for a decent telescope.
This post was edited on 11/4/14 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:27 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
you can see nudes with telescope.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:29 pm to NATidefan
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Unless you're willing to drop around 600, go microscope.
Good microscopes start at about a grand. The one i use for my micro-photography is nearly 5k.
telescopes are cheaper by far.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:35 pm to CptBengal
Good telescopes start at about a grand. The one i use for my astro-photography is nearly 5k.
microscopes are cheaper by far.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:36 pm to TheGasMan
I dont use telescopes, just commenting that the cheapo microscopes you see are likely just as bad as the cheapo telescopes.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:37 pm to CptBengal
I figured. Anything decent in both fields is a money bucket for sure.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:42 pm to SouthOfSouth
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Good telescopes are expensive. Without a good one, they are pretty worthless.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:43 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
Well if you get a microscope, you will finally be able to see your penis, so you should get that.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:47 pm to Indfanfromcol
This would be for looking at stuff when I'm bored. Not science. Well I guess that's still science but yall get the idea.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:52 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
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This would be for looking at stuff when I'm bored. Not science.
About all you'd be able to see with a $100 telescope is the moon.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:52 pm to chinhoyang
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quote: Good telescopes are expensive. Without a good one, they are pretty worthless.
I have an 80$ telescope and I can easily spot the moons around Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, Mars, and I had a great view of the lunar eclipse a few weeks back.
Sure a 5k dollar computerized scope will be much clearer but if you're interested in the night sky, it doesn't take much. I do agree though that you would probably be better off with a decent pair of binoculars.
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