Posts Tagged ‘telescope’

I am a beginner astronomer and I am very interested in space. I enjoy stargazing and wish to buy either a telescope or a camera for astrophotography. I am looking for a telescope/camera that is powerful enough to observe nearby planets clearly but with a maximum price of around 00.
Thanks!

I have always been interested in astronomy but don’t know where to start. I’m hesitant to invest any money yet, because I don’t want to but the wrong equipment and even if I had a telescope I wouldn’t know how to use it. Does any one have any suggestions?

Recently I have become interested in the idea of amateur astronomy. How much do I need to spend on a telescope to be able to see anything interesting? What kind of telescope do I need? What strength magnification do I need? How much do I need to spend?

I’m in 7th grade and I love astronomy. I got a telescope for Christmas and love using it. I read all the books i can about astronomy. I don’t learn about it in school. I teach it to myself. Is it a good thing to be interested in? Can i get a good job with it when I’m older?
I’m not an Asian work ant. Hahaha.

I’m planning on buying a 5mw green laser pointer to mount on my telescope. Is it illegal to use it at night, just pointing at the sky (not waving it around, obviously) or is it fine with the law? Must I have legal, signed documents to use for astronomy or must I be a scientist conducting an experiment?

All the TV shows about characters that live or come from space such as the transformers, the TV show V or various other animated spots have kids wondering something. That would be wondering to know where all these characters come from.

The answer is up in space from another galaxy. At least that is what they think. The younger they are the more they believe that Optimus Prime out there somewhere just waiting to come down and save the earth the earth from the decepticons. An imagination is a good thing to have.

How can you use this interest to get kids interested in the stars?

Get them a telescope. A telescope will allow them to see craters on the moon, distant stars, the rings around saturn and much more. Just be sure they do not use it to look into the neighbors house down the street.

While looking at the stars with your child, you can suggest that maybe the transformers are living in a crater in the moon. You can find the name of that crater and your child will probably never forget where it is or the name. You can ask questions while the child is looking through the telescope. You can ask where they think the decepticons live. When they pick out a place, that celestial body will be in their memory for a lifetime. It will give them something to tell their kids.

To further advance this interest in space you will need a good telescope. Do not go and buy a toy telescope from a toy store. They are just that, toys. They will not allow you to get the full experience of star gazing either.

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