Telescope for planet

[Jakef150]

My kids and I want one

We have no clue..

Look to spend 200.00

We would like to be able to see clear view of Venus, moon, Jupiter etc.. Not dot

Tips, advice will be great!
thanks

 

[al0ha]

my boss is part of the amateur astronomers association that meet weekly during the summer on the highline.....its kind of cool because they bring out their pro telescopes for the public to view planets. you should look into them.....im sure they can offer you great advice on purchasing telescopes!

 

[Jakef150]

Will look into that on long island...

But Can you please ask your boss for me please then pm me ?


Thanks
Jake

 

[al0ha]

sure thing. i know we keep a pretty hardcore telescope in the art studio but for $200 im not sure if you will be able to see more than dots. i'll pm u once i get some more information from him.

 

[prattreef]

Talk to Strgzr --Bobby, he is an avid amateur astronomy buff and former moderator on a big Astronomy forum and he lives on LI.

 

[Treef]

for 200 I don't think you will be able to get a scope that will show you the planets any bigger than the eraser of a pencil. Can still see some details in say Jupiter or Saturn; bands and rings, but they will be faint and take a while for your eyes to adjust to spotting them. The moon will be a good target, and if you get a solar filter you can look at the sun. But if you want to see the fainter things like smaller planets and nebula's and don't want to spend a lot of money def consider the astronomy club of ny as mentioned above, they have some powerful scopes you can use and sometimes have talks, lessons, etc, and you get to meet fellow astronomers.

I bought my scope from Orion, can check out their site for info on the 3 main types of scopes

 

[Jakef150]

yeah...that size of pencil eraser is fine with me

I ll looking around.....I found one , orion 90mm starmax...$179 not bad...I do have tripod.

http://www.telescope.com/Orion-Star...-Cassegrain-Telescope/p/9909.uts?keyword=90mm

Thanks
jake

 

[pmui]

do your homework before you buy one. The $200 will not get you a high power telescope. You can probally get a used one from someone, or check out http://www.telescope.com

-the 90mm you will be able to see the rings of saturn (it will be small), the details of the moon, and maybe a few constellations.

Peter.