Telescope

[s0lar]

I am looking to get my daughter a telescope she has a interest in stars etc. My budget as she is 5yrs is around R2K. Any suggestions on what I should look for or keep away from. Where the best place to buy would be etc.

TIA.

 

[Fuzzbox]

R2k is a waste of money. Rather spend more and get something decent.

 

[Krypty]

Check out the planetarium website, they are official distributors and I see they have
specials now on discontinued telescopes

http://www.planetarium.co.za/

Specials range from R770 - R1200

 

[mercurial]

shop.technopro.co.za

 

[flarkit]

We bought an Orion Goscope from Technopro, for R1,800. It's fine for peering at the moon and even Saturn on a clear night. But the tripod is horrifically terribly cheap and poorly made. A 1.5cm plastic bolt mounts the base to the legs and it stripped its thread after fewer than 10 uses. I'd rather avoid this unit

 

[plazma]

You should really consider getting the liddle miss a pair of binoculars instead of a 'scope.

Toddlers have very short attention spans...

 

[Kornhub]

What do you guys think of this one?

StarBlast 4.5EQ Reflector

http://www.planetarium.co.za/

 

[Dolby]

I saw the internation space station the fly past other night.

That's 350km up - would those cheap telescopes be able to the a shape on it?

 

[wrathex]

Hi, I have a budget of R6 000, to buy a telescope. ( well, on behalf of a friend)

I am an amateur and what would you recommend ?
Would you go for an electronic scope or what ?

I'm thinking something simplistic for local Milky way viewing and possibly for some local astro photography.

Please advise. thanks.

 

[B.K]

Have a look at this one

https://www.ormsdirect.co.za/binocu.../celestron-nexstar-4se-computerized-telescope

I'm thinking of getting myself the 6" version

 

[Dolby]

The ISS is about 350km in the sky - think a cheap lil telescope will see that nicely?

 

[B.K]

I don't know if a cheap telescope will do it.

Read through this site http://www.astrophoto.fr/

Here is the equipment he uses http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/info.html

He has some awesome pictures of ISS his last one was a sun transit during an eclipse.

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/eclipse110104_solar_transit_25.jpg

 

[Dolby]

... sounds expensive

I'll give a telescope a skip - but awesome photo!

 

[wrathex]

Thanks for the advise and pointers.

My friend has decided to buy a basic telescope in order to first get experienced and learn more about this hobby, he plans to use this basic telescope for a year or two and then to upgrade to a more advanced model. ( I think he made the right choice - he has no technical knowledge or sense lol)

http://www.sacamera.co.za/product/1013512/Celestron_Astromaster_130EQ/