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re: buy a microscope or a telescope?
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:56 pm to MountainTiger
Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:56 pm to MountainTiger
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About all you'd be able to see with a $100 telescope is the moon.
This, with mine I can see Jupiter's Galilean moons, the separation between saturn and it's rings, titan, and the red strips on jupiter if I get it focused just right on a good night. That's about it. and the occasional comet.
To be able to see that it's gonna cost ya around 600. I'm sure you can see a lot more with a cheaper microscope. Not to mention you can look at stuff during the day and it doesn't take you 20 minutes to setup.
I did see Saturn pass behind the moon once though, must admit that was bad arse.
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Posted on 11/4/14 at 5:57 pm to chinhoyang
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Good telescopes are expensive. Without a good one, they are pretty worthless.
A modest dobsonian is great for a beginner.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:00 pm to Btrtigerfan
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A modest dobsonian is great for a beginner.
No point in spending that much if it doesn't track.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:03 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
$300-400 will get you an awesome telescope. Not so sure a about $120. Although you might find a decent used one for that. I'm sure plenty people but them and use them a couple times then stick it in the attic.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 6:05 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
I had both microscope and telescope when I was a kid...niether was particularly expensive...
I can say that I absolutely liked (and still like) the telescope a lot more than the microscope...
I can say that I absolutely liked (and still like) the telescope a lot more than the microscope...
Posted on 11/4/14 at 7:15 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
Telescope is the obvious answer, when I was a surveyor I would set a total station up at night. It was 32 power, I could see moons around a planet, not sure which one. I wish I had a decent telescope
Posted on 11/4/14 at 7:34 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
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I want to buy one of these. I want to spend like $100-$120.
As others have said, that's a waste of money. Anything under a few thousand will not reward the expense.
Something north of $5K or so will get you hooked though.
Posted on 11/4/14 at 7:37 pm to whichyalnoaboutseven
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I want to buy one of these.
Why ?
Posted on 11/4/14 at 7:48 pm to CptBengal
I really want a microscope.
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