Telescope Buying Guide

John S asked:


When is the best time to see planets in late August (20-30th) whilst using a telescope. I live in Southern Scotland, so thanks in advance.

Ry P asked:


I was watching “Home Alone 3″ and I saw the scene where he turns off the neighbor’s television with the remote and a mini telescope. Is this possible?

lobo from 71 asked:


you can buy time to use the hubble telescope but federal law bands the use to study the moon unless you are santioned by the military..why? maybe it is part of a cover up..like there are no landing sites to study, because it never happened?

water_skipper asked:


How does a telescope work different from a camera lense? I’m specifically wondering about magnification. With a camera lense, a longer lense means higher magnification so to get really high magnification it needs a really long lense. With a telescope they just change the eyepiece to get higher magnification and don’t change the length of the telescope.. How is it telescopes can change magnification like that and camera lenses can’t? I asked this question under physics already and didn’t get any decent answers.

water_skipper asked:


How does a telescope work different from a camera lense? I’m specifically wondering about magnification. With a camera lense, a longer lense means higher magnification so to get really high magnification it needs a really long lense. With a telescope they just change the eyepiece to get higher magnification and don’t change the length of the telescope.. How is it telescopes can change magnification like that and camera lenses can’t?

the.jays asked:


I’m unsure if I will like it….

Telescope owners: Do you enjoy it?

kea asked:


gather information about the hubble space telescope.

what celestial bodies did this telescope picture so far?

jason122506 asked:


Say if I spent around £250 on a telescope, what sort of things would I be able to see? How much detail? Would it be worth it?

mini_stocker asked:


I am aware that Galileo did not invent the telescope, but what improvements did he make to it?
Also who/what/when was the telescope invented?

Eirik N asked:


The eyepiece in my telescope is all blurry. I’ve tried to look at distant land with the 20 MM but i see only blur, even if I try to focus it…
Whats wrong?