Telescope Buying Guide

McDonald asked:


My question is, if we were to build a gigantic telescope that could show us incredible detail on planets, would we actually be seeing what’s happening on the planet in real-time, or would we still see what’s happened several minutes ago because of the fact that light has to travel down to us to see anything. Thats supposing we could view, or record live views through the telescope eyepiece.

By the way, I know how expensive and difficult this would be, but if we in theory did make such a telescope, would we be viewing in real-time?

ralbh asked:


I have a “76mm star tracker 76″ telescope and 2 eye pieces 1 x 20mm lower power and 1 x 12mm high power..im a beginner and i want to see as much planets as i can.Please help me.

suzu asked:


which planets can i see without a telescope? when can i see them?
and is there any planet that could be clearly seen those days in a certain time?

Veronica asked:


I want to buy my boyfriend a telescope for his birthday. He is turning 25 on Feb 12 and he loves anything that has to do with space and earth. He is a beginner on telescopes, but i want to buy him a really cool one that is easy to use and at a reasonable price. A telescope that you can see the planets with would be nice, like Jupiters rings, and other cool things as well.

Veronica asked:


I want to buy my boyfriend a telescope for his birthday. He is turning 25 on Feb 12 and he loves anything that has to do with space and earth. He is a beginner on telescopes, but i want to buy him a really cool one that is easy to use and at a reasonable price. A telescope that you can see the planets with would be nice, like Saturns rings, and other cool things as well.

vinnie asked:


Hello how to build a good telescope to gaze the night sky.Would You please include the measurements of the tubes and RI of the lens and other measurements ?
Can i gaze cleary the planets ,nebula etc (at least the ones which are clear to view) with a home made poweful telescope
Thank You

kingsley_beu47 asked:


I am thinking of buying a telescope but I don’t have any idea what is best for a bigginer like me. Can we see the moon’s crater on that magnification? Can we see the other planets around us? I have only $200 budget on that project.

♪☻DeathNerdỀ۞Tæ asked:


I would like to buy a telescope but I don’t know what type there are that can see planets and stuff. i’m 15 so anything higher than 300 dollars is off limits.
thank you

Bma92 asked:


What is one way you could detect a thin ring around a distant gas giant if you couldn’t see the ring with a telescope?

Άγγελος asked:


I want to buy a telescope good enough to see planets and nebulas. I also want to take some photos if it’s possible (and cheap). What do you think I should buy?
The only sure thing is that it won’t sit in my closet because I am interested in astronomy. Unfortunately there isn’t an astronomy club here so … .
Is this telescope worth buying?

http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~category_id=astro-imaging_scopes/~pcategory=astro-imaging/~product_id=09974