capability and overall performance for a decently small profile. It is nowhere near as big as my C9.25 with an EQ mount, cameras, Hyperstar, yada yada yada, but it is still the largest of the smart telescopes out there. The Origin has wonderful optical quality, really good tech and super...
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Most good telescopes cost more than $300, and I'm thinking that you aren't even factoring in the eyepieces and other bits of equipment you might need. Add in a planisphere, a star chart, some books, a chair, and a container or 2 for all that astro stuff you will be looking at cl...
And generally, the telescopes sold at big box stores are the ones we call hobby killers. Plan on spending 400 or 500 dollars on a telescope that will be at least adequate, plus a few needed accessories. Those are a chair or stool with an adjustable height seat, a red LED flashlight ...
Help in identifying telescope - posted in Classic Telescopes: G’day, This is my first post and really don’t know anything about telescopes but I came across this interesting piece locally and was hoping to get some information on this scope. It has a p
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Page 159 of 206 - Vintage Telescope Finds - posted in Classic Telescopes: Rich, those look sweet. Chip is being a tease. Ha,ha,ha
Highest practical resolution for aperture size - posted in Smart Telescopes: I realize that multiple factors can contribute (seeing/altitude/quality of optics), but there has to be a limit as to what a given aperture can produce in terms of fine detail.
Page 202 of 207 - Vintage Telescope Finds - posted in Classic Telescopes: If others caught on to it being a 7, I dont even want to know what your final price was. There were 4 other bidders, so not very many really. It ended up being around $1700.
Now the two telescopes together though will not have any greater resolving power than a single aperture of the same size. If you used a binocular telescope of 10" and compared it to a 10" binocular, the binocular will not split doubles that are closer than the single telescope. The contr...