No knowledge necessary!” the ads will say. Aside from the fact that most of us get into astronomy to learn stuff, that’s seldom true anyway. With a low-end Go To scope (which is what the computerized ones are called), you’re likely to learn quite a bit of computer debugging and maybe even mechanical repair skills before you even get your first look through one. Seriously, I have seen people spend their entire night fiddling with the electronics, trying in vain to get the computer to work properly, and never once getting to look at anything in the sky. Astrophotography combines looking at beautiful imagery millions of miles away, with creating lasting records of those striking images. If you are looking into astrophotography, you will be looking into the best piece of kit that you can possibly find – and you have found it! The Explore Scientific Apochromatic Refractor AP 80/480 Ed Aluminium OTA is what you have been searching for. The air spaced, triple optical design and diffraction limited optics gives you the sharpest shots you could wish for, and the high quality images produced reflect the quality of the scope. What I like about it: Some people are put down when they read these sort of things, how awful those tripods are and such, but a starter does not have the bias of how much better high end equipment is, thus cannot say in his mind "this is so bad and unusable", a newbie just goes and use it and tries to make the best out of it.

This Slokey telescope has a phone adapter that helps you to locate celestial bodies, eliminating the need to do so manually. Moreover, it has a red dot finder scope for the manual location of heavenly bodies. The SkyWays set likewise comes with a lightweight and fully adjustable alt-azimuth tripod that has a height range of 49cm to 132cm. The lower height option is a viable reason why it’s considered as one of the best telescopes for kids. Perhaps you already have a bit of experience and want to move up in terms of quality and stability so you can look at the objects out there in the vast universe a bit more clearly? Can’t get enough sharpness with your current telescope? Learning Tool: With its optical quality, the telescope becomes a valuable tool for beginners to explore and learn about the night sky. It helps identify constellations, star patterns, and familiarize themselves with the celestial objects visible to the naked eye.Using a Barlow lens will increase the magnification, but it will also reduce the image quality and also the effective aperture, so the image will not be as bright and contrasty. I would suggest forgetting about the Barlow lens (at least initially), and just work your way up from the 25mm eyepiece to the 6mm. There is no point in using the 25mm eyepiece with the Barlow, since that will only give you 60x magnification, and trying to use the 6mm eyepiece with the Barlow is likely to prove frustrating, if not unworkable. There are many styles of reflector telescopes but the most popular, and possibly the best reflector telescope, is the Newtonian reflector invented by Sir Isaac Newton. It features an eyepiece on the side of the scope which allows you to have a shorter mount. Are you looking for a telescope to get started with? When you want to get into stargazing, one of the most important – if not THE most important bit of kit is a telescope. Without a telescope you might just be gazing dreamily at the stars out of your bedroom window! The Slokey SkyWays 50080 is a bigger and better version of the SkyWays 40070 (see above). It’s aimed at beginner astronomers but is geared more towards adults than youngsters.

Stability: The tripod ensures a steady base, minimizing vibrations that can blur or distort the observed objects. This stability is crucial for observing at high magnifications or capturing astrophotography. The SloKey Skyways 40070 Telescope offers decent optical quality, especially considering its affordability. While not on par with high-end telescopes, it still provides clear and enjoyable views of celestial objects. It may be hard to believe, but some telescopes are worse than having no scope at all. When you want to enjoy a night out under the stars, you’re better off with a pair of binoculars or just with your naked eyes than with a telescope that can’t be aimed easily and doesn’t show a pleasing view of whatever you do manage to point it at. I’ve watched people spend all night trying to find something, anything, to look at, often spending their entire time fiddling with the scope rather than observing the sky. It only takes a couple of nights like that for a person to decide that astronomy isn’t any fun — thus the term “hobby killer.”

Slokey Discover The World is a brand offering astronomical telescopes, binoculars, and rangefinders to customers. Our Slokey Discover The World review dives deep into the brand and its collection. We’ll provide the details on the quantity, price, and more to help you decide if these products are your new must-haves. You first need to find the general direction where it currently is. Use a sky map or star chart to find that location. You can also Google search ‘location of Saturn’ and Google will show you its current coordinates. Figuring out your surroundings is key – it’s no good getting a telescope that might not be suitable for your particular area, because you will only end up frustrated when you can’t see anything! The motorised function, once you get used to it, is a fantastic addition and once which makes the whole journey even more rewarding

While this scope may look pretty good, its equatorial mount, lousy finder, 60-mm aperture, 0.965-inch eyepiece, and 3× Barlow make it a hobby killer. It comes with 20mm and 4mm eyepieces and a 3x Barlow lens to let you see even more of the objects around us by tripling the eyepieces’ power.Point your telescope at the object you want to observe. Look through the finderscope attached to you telescope and adjust the telescope until the object is centered in the scope. Now, look through the telescope’s eyepiece. If you centered the object in the scope, it should also be centered in the eyepiece. 5. How to set up a telescope with an equatorial mount? Using an eyepiece with a shorter focal length will increase the magnification of your telescope. This is handy for observing the moon and planets. Attaching a Barlow lens to your eyepiece is another way to make your telescope more powerful (increase magnification). 4. How to aim a telescope? The Celestron NexStar 5 SE makes finding celestial objects easy and fun with its intuitive computerised finder. It can provide a tour of the night sky for you, using its 40,000 celestial object database which includes the Orion nebula, the moon, planets, and other solar system objects. It highlights the best viewable objects based on your location and also has a red dot finderscope.

The 1/2-wave scope was so obviously inferior to everyone, expert or beginner, that we eventually put it aside to save time. The big finding was that during times of fine seeing, *nearly everyone* -- experienced or not -- was able to see that the image shown by the 1/8-wave mirror was less good than with the 1/20-wave mirror. GoTo or computerised telescopes are the new generation of stargazing, and if you are into your gadgetry then you will definitely want to get one! The best one we have found is the Orion 27191 Starblast IntelliScope Reflector. Although it uses manual controls rather than computerised spotting, this does not detract from the overall performance. It is compact and light, making it a great choice to take out and about on stargazing trips, or even just a camping stay where you want to get some great shots of the night sky. What I like about it: It’s worth borrowing a friend’s telescope, or popping along to a local astronomy club to try before you buy, as it were. This way you can also get a feel of what you like and don’t like, and start to get an idea about the best telescope for you to invest in. Most hobby killers will come with a 4-mm eyepiece, which is nearly useless on its own, but it will also come with a Barlow lens, which increases the magnification of whatever eyepiece you put into it. Most Barlows multiply by 2×, so your 4-mm eyepiece plus Barlow on that 900-mm scope gives you a whopping 450×, or (900/4) ×2. Remembering our 50× per inch rule, you would need a 9″ diameter telescope to use 450× effectively.Nice to see articles like this regularly. So many get a trashy 60mm refractor with an equally trashy equatorial mount, and get turned off the whole hobby before they begin. Aperture is represented by the diameter of the objective lens or primary mirror but is actually measured by the total surface area. Keep this in mind when comparing aperture sizes because it means that a 100mm lens can see 50% more detail than a 70mm lens. For the most part, telescopes with an aperture of less than 70mm are viewed as more of a toy than a scientific instrument. However, they aren’t always a bad choice when searching for budget telescopes or a way to view terrestrial objects. As an avid amateur astronomer, I have had the pleasure of testing the SloKey Skyways 40070 Telescope, and I must say it is a fantastic instrument that can greatly benefit fellow stargazers. Let’s explore the features of this telescope in detail and discuss how each one can enhance the astronomical experience for amateur astronomers. The Galilean telescope goes by that name because it is the same design Galileo Galilei used to discover the four big moons of Jupiter and other astronomical objects. 7. How to find Saturn with my telescope? The Celestron Travel telescope features a 70mm aperture and comes with 10mm and 20mm eyepieces included, achieving either 20x or 40x magnification. Its highest theoretical magnification reaches 165x, its focal length is 400mm, and has a focal ratio of f/5.71. A 5×24 finder scope attaches to the side of the main scope. Plus, a top-rated astronomy software is also included to help you locate and view specific objects in the galaxy.