EffBee Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I'm looking for a telescope to give as a gift, that has the ability to work off coordinates (don't know if I have the terminology right) and find specific stars. Maybe I'm dreaming, but is such a thing available for about $100? Link to comment
Patallaire Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 There's an App for that!! Link to comment
Danny caddyshack Noonan Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Found a cheap one several years ago that would find and then track to earth rotation. $180ish at Costco. It sucked. Using a box of final eye pieces my brother had, it was better. You get what you pay for when it comes to astronomy. Sort of like motorcycles! Link to comment
Antimatter Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I looked at getting a telescope a while back, and decided not to. The upshot was that anything that yielded a really good view of different celestial objects was expensive and would take a fair amount of know-how to set up properly. Instead, I found my local astronomy club which has several telescopes that can be borrowed, and even has a plot of land with a warming hut if you want to go do some 'hard core' observing. I'd look into that first, which would give the prospective gift recipient a chance to see if they like astronomy, and would be willing to commit time to learn and money to the hobby in the future. Also, I do a lot of back yard viewing with a basic bird-watching spotting scope and some binoculars. I used the spotting scope to project images of the recent eclipse on to some white board, which worked really well right up to the totality. Link to comment
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