What’s the best telescope for seeing far away objects?
Jacob asked:
I’m really interested in astronomy, and want a good telescope to see objects that are very far away from me.
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I’m really interested in astronomy, and want a good telescope to see objects that are very far away from me.
July 30th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
o thts easy u get the kind of telescope tht ALL TELESCOPES DO
August 2nd, 2009 at 4:34 am
hubble space scope. or google earth.
August 3rd, 2009 at 5:29 am
Newtonian.
Refractors aren’t really good.
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
go to google to find out or look around
August 6th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I just bought the astrocan and it works really really well. This place has a good selection and prices.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:01 am
A reflecting telescope that is at least 100x magnification
August 11th, 2009 at 2:05 am
Well, everything in the sky is pretty far away from us, by Earth standards. But to see the farthest objects, aperture is the key: the larger the telescope’s aperture, the farther you’ll be able to see.
The farthest object i’ve seen myself is the quasar 3C273, which is 3 billion light years away. I saw it in my 10-inch Newtonian reflector. It looked like a very faint 12th magnitude star.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:45 am
There is no best telescope. It really depends on what you want to concentrate on. If it’s Planets then a Refracting Telescope. If it’s diffuse Deep Sky Objects then a Newtonian. For an ‘all round’ performance you might want a hybrid like a Cassegrain.
August 15th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
A real LOOOOONG telescope.
The further it reaches the closer it will be to far away objects.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:06 am
All other things being equal, the telescope with the largest aperture collects the most light, making it easier to see faint objects.
Of course, that comes with trade-offs. Large aperture scopes are harder to tote around, for example.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
They have sooo many I can’t imagine picking just one. It would depend completely on your budget and desires. Some are just basic and some are so complex they’ll cook breakfast in bed while they’re vacuuming.