What is the best type of telescope to get if I live in a high rise apartment?
Robert A asked:
I have a killer view from my apartment on the 30th floor. I want to purchase a telescope or maybe a spotting scope (I don’t even know the difference) to view the lake, city, etc from my apartment. What type of scope should I get? How powerful will I need? Any advice is appreciated thank you!
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I have a killer view from my apartment on the 30th floor. I want to purchase a telescope or maybe a spotting scope (I don’t even know the difference) to view the lake, city, etc from my apartment. What type of scope should I get? How powerful will I need? Any advice is appreciated thank you!
June 26th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Well, you’ve asked this in the astronomy section, which is not exactly the right spot for this.
However, you do *not* want an astronomy telescope for your stated purposes. Most telescopes used for astronomy will invert the image (unless you buy a diagonal for your eyepiece). Plus they will be more money than you want to spend for this purpose.
I’d say a spotting scope would work fine, but I’d consider a good pair of binoculars first.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
yup: either binoculars or a spotting scope. your best bet is to talk to a telescope or sporting good store and see what they suggest. looking through a couple of candidates will tell you far more than this forum ever could.
astronomical telescopes show everything upside down. this doesn’t matter when looking at saturn, but it does matter when looking at trees and things.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:47 am
One with a camera attachment you pervert!