Telescopes

[johnboy1974]

Saw a telescope in tesco today reduced from 50 quid to 25 quid. I dont know much about them but this thing had 250 times magnification. Is this good for a telescope and would i be able to see mars and saturn with it.

[MrFug]

I had a 7" Newtonian reflector that I think was 500x magnification. Even with the best 'reasonably priced' telescopes Mars will be nothing more than a red dot. It is possible to see the rings of Saturn however. Good luck finding them!

[tshirtman]

It also depends on where you live, I bought a 262x reflector a few years back, I've still got it somewhere, but I live in a city and the light pollution makes it pretty difficult to see much, I did get a good view of the moon, but that's about all.

[fireblade1]

Saw a telescope in tesco today reduced from 50 quid to 25 quid. I dont know much about them but this thing had 250 times magnification. Is this good for a telescope and would i be able to see mars and saturn with it.

Allrite john. well you would see them but only a little bit.
If you did you may would have to spend a good couple of bob. Have got a link here that you may be inerested in my friend.

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Have found this to be a good site aswell.

Fireblade.

[johnboy1974]

Thanks guys i think i will give that tesco one a go for 25 bucks and start with the moon see how it goes. Theres some great apps on the iphone for stargazing so i will be checking those out too. Incidently i noticed that when you look at telescopes especially expensive ones they never tell you the magnification. I would have thought that would be the most important thing.

[fireblade1]

Thanks guys i think i will give that tesco one a go for 25 bucks and start with the moon see how it goes. Theres some great apps on the iphone for stargazing so i will be checking those out too. Incidently i noticed that when you look at telescopes especially expensive ones they never tell you the magnification. I would have thought that would be the most important thing.

Aye you find that aye. Have thort of that me self but to find out more you need to fone them and all that . Have fun john.

Fireblade.