how long will these be on sale? also, are these of good quality?
Those are OK telescopes. You can do a lot with them, if you're really enthusiastic.
For beginners, "astronomical binoculars" on a camera tripod might be more generally useful, and cheaper.
Checkout your local astronomy club. Telescopes are like yachts: bigger is better, and it's better to have a friend who owns one, than to own one yourself.
vixen telescopes I have a Light Pollution Problem?
Hi, I just got a Vixen Space Eye 70mm telescope, Nikon 7x50 Action Binoculars, and a whole bunch of magazines and books on Astronomy, but I have a problem. I live in an area with lots of street lights, so all I can really see is the Moon. I'm only a Sophomore in high school. I've arranged so that I can go somewhere without light pollution one day per week. Is there anything I can see besides the Moon on the other 6 days?
Thanks!
I live in Sacramento, California in an urban setting. I can leave the area only once a week, and I need to know what I can do during the other 6 days WHILE I'M IN THE URBAN SETTING with LOTS of streetlights.
Urban astronomy is tough. Sometimes you can put up a screen between you and the offending light source. You can also wait until businesses shut down for the night (usually after midnight). If the weather isn't to hot at night, put a large towel over your head while you are looking through the eyepiece (yes, you'll look silly, but it works).
Something that I do is use an eye-patch (pirate astronomy). You cover your observing eye with the patch when your not looking through the eyepiece - which helps keep you night vision. Lift the patch when go to observe.
What you don't want to hear, but is sage advice - is get a larger telescope. Your binoculars are only 30% smaller than your telescope. See if you can upgrade to at least a 6" dobsonian mount, or even an 8", if possible.
Getting hooked up with a club helps you to shorten the learning curve that comes with the hobby. The club can act as a mentor to newcomers like yourself. You learn all the little tricks of visual observing, what equipment works best, go out with other folks to star parties and try out equipment and so on.
Good luck, and remember - when you're an adult, you get to buy your own toys and live just about anywhere you want. So learn the basic in town and then move out into the country, if at all possible.
Telescope Cases What would you see if you glued a two-way mirror to a regular mirror?
I guess what I'm really talking about here is this: you have one regular mirror, and one two-way mirror (a reflective side, and a side that you can see through) like police use. What would you see if you attached the two mirror's reflecting sides to each other (as close as possible) in such a way that each mirror was reflecting the image of the other mirror. Basically, mirrors everything. And then, since one is a two-way mirror, you were able to look into the "system" to see what the reflection of the reflection, etc. to infinity looked like? Furthermore, if it made an endless tunnel, wouldn't the infinity of what you were able to see be limited to the distance the human eye is able to see? If this is true, wouldn't you be able to set the mirror system up in front of a high-powered telescope and see light years into space? And if that's the case, haven't you kinda created a new dimension of space-time? Have fun with that, anyone.
The problem with your idea is that the two mirrors would only be able to see mono level light and therefore; would not be able to magnify the intensity of the directed light. The principle of high powered telescopes is to magnify the intensity of the light so that dimmer objects come to view. This is done with the curvature of the lens systems. However, if you could created a mirror system like you are suggesting, you would have to reflect to image onto numerous image magnification devices.
This technique has already been concluded by Edmund Hubble in 1929.
Is it true that a man invented the telescope to see the glass ceiling?
Men passed the legislation that opened the doors to women in the workplace, the professions etc. Men developed, often at the cost of their lives, the principles of democracy and equality on which women ride so well these days. Can this not fairly be described as 'building the glass ceiling telescope' that allows some to actually even see that mythical 'glass ceiling' even when those same men, in many cases, will never even glimpse it?
Ah, Benino - you're a fruit cake, and obviously don't have the intelligence to respond to a question like a human being. Go Flick yourself - no-one else will.
The aim of this question is to point out that, despite the ravings of some, it was men who moved the deckchairs to start the ball rolling for womens' equality - therefore, all you ratbags out there, all men cannot possibly be the pigs you try to vilify them as. Grow up.
Uuum - Yellow Celestial - this is a metaphorical telescope - think outside the lens, lad, think outside the lens.
I strongly agreed with you,
Following up YAP's answer, if the men didn't went all out to fight the war do you think the women have a chance to works. it is in consequence of the men's contribution.
I'd steer clear of it. Only found one listing for it through a google search and it was for a used one for $99. For that type of money, get a decent set of new binoculars instead.
