Advise to buy a telescope

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here are better ones,
http://www.meade.com/products/teles...7mm-german-equatorial-reflector.html?___SID=U
http://celestron.factoryoutletstore.com/details/147532/celestron-21049.html?category_id=0

my personal opinion, i prefer the celestron.

 

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The only thing I'll add regarding color is that you see very little color visually. You will see some color with Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn but if you are referring to photos you've seen of nebulas then you aren't going to see those colors without the time exposure that is involved with digital images.

 

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heh, i know exactly what you mean.
it only took one time, and i'm hopelessly addicted to motorcycles.
how is it again?
ah yes:
4 wheels moves the body, 2 wheels moves the soul.

 

Can celestron see pluto?

 

I am in Malaysia. I can't buy from overseas dealers/

 

I'm talking about manufacturing the telescope not using it. Even if it uses a tiny bit of material it still needs those natural resources to make it as well as millions of others.

I'm very excited that there are online FREE telescopes that anyone can use and be able to view much more of the universe than just by having a telescope at home. Many people live in cities where light pollution is located and many live in apartments where they can't even use a telescope so this online FREE telescope is only helping those that couldn't have a telescope but want to study the universe.

 

Yes, but why not use a free telescope that you can find online?

 

the scopes on post #62, you can even see galaxies.

 

here's a site i visit once in a while,
http://www.nightskiesnetwork.com/

 

on a side note, you can easily build one for less cost. the only difficult part is aligning the focal point. even then it's not really difficult.

 

Yes, but Pluto is difficult to find and looks like a dim dot like a star in an amateur telecope.

 

Part of the point of the hobby is doing things for yourself. And I will say that for people who have never seen the view through a telescope, their first look at an object like Jupiter is typically awe-inspiring. Photos in a magazine or on wiki page don't seem real to them, but seeing through a telescope does.

 

Note, that many galaxies are much easier to see than Pluto.

 

I also care about the environment. But there are many more concrete ways that can be done, and to far greater benefit then to suggest that backyard 'scopes should somehow be limited, considering the negligible impact it would have.
Secondly as I have already suggested, 'scopes are a means of self discovery and learning, with a personal needed touch.
You may as well suggest that computers, books, cars etc and the natural resources they use be eliminated.
Online free 'scopes are much used and appreciated, and will always be beneficial as you suggest, and for the reasons that you suggest.
The same with Astronomical programs like the one I already suggested, "Redshift 7"
In fact it was this program that was responsible in convincing me to get my own 'scope. I use them in tandem with each other.....I find something on Redshift that's Interesting....I note the bearings and search with my 'scope.
I find an Interesting unknown object with my 'scope, and I'm able to check it out on Redshift.

 

The photos are real, but there are some caveats:
1. The human eye's color perception is not very good compared to its brightness perception. So most things you see at night are colorless and only the brighter stars and planets are bright enough to trigger your color vision -- and not as well saturated as in photos.
2. Some photos use different color mapping from special filters. So the colors you see in a photo may not be exact matches for the way they appear to your eyes. Typically, such photos are clearly labeled though.

 

When I first discovered many years ago, the Galileon Satellites with my pair of 7x50's bino's, it was certainly as you describe...awe inspiring

 

For me, using binoculars, it was the Orion nebula and the Andromeda galaxy and probably the Pleiades as well.

 

• hsn answered 4 years ago

Yes there is an official international dealer for Celestron in Malaysia which is :

Infinity Infocus Co :

Address: 16-17 Lorong 4/49E
City: Petaling Jaya
Postal Code: 46050
Country: Malaysia
Phone Number: +60 3778-38569
Fax Number: +60 3778-38646

http://www.infinityinfocus.com
mail@infinityinfocus.com

The Celestron is a pretty good choice.