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Amateur Aperture Comfort Go To Kid Mount Nebula Night Optic Power Sturdy

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$415.00 Est. at Amazon

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goto functions work well and for it to be accurate you need to use the 2 or 3 star sky align option.
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sky alignment can be a bit difficult, especially on nights with a bright moon or when a portion of the sky is blotted out.
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very easy to set up and to find objects in the sky.
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i was able to view approximately fifty different objects before the park (dark sky area) closed at 10:00 pm.
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still having alittle trouple with the sky align but im sure i will get that.

Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth

2 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for SKY

$220.00 Est. at Amazon

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xt4.5 for a year now, and even though i have since purchased the xt10, i still use the xt4.5 more frequently because you can just pick it up w/ one hand, carry it outside, and begin scanning the sky.
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we received the skyquest xt 4.5 about two weeks ago and we absolutely love it.
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i set mine up on a short table in my front yard or i bring out a folding chair for seated viewing and it's perfectly comfortable for long hours of watching the night sky.
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you will also need to buy a star atlas (sky & telescope's pocket sky atlas is the best available), a red flashlight to read it without blowing out your badly-needed night vision, and a guidebook to
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just last week, i completed the seasonal sky windows in the book - allowing me to see all 110 messier dso's all using this little 4.5" scope!

Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Altazimuth

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for SKY

$1,199.00 Est. at Amazon

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every now and then i like to view the night sky with a telescope.
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the goto system, called skyalign here, is easy enough to use.
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my major purpose for this scope is in the area of deep-sky astrophotography without spending multiple thousands of bucks.
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i was very excited about viewing the planets and hopefully some deep sky objects.
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with skyalign, you can have the scope aligned in no time.

Positives: Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

4 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for SKY

$135.00 Est. at Amazon

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it points out the location of any sky object from any location at any time, in both the past and future.
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it's easy to use and gives great views of th night sky, as well as a lot of additional information.
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really enjoy viewing the night sky real time.
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customizable interface allows for a variety of types of sky and celestial viewing.

Positives: Easy To Use

5 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for SKY

$100.00 Est. at Amazon

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i managed to see mars nad the orion nebula before the sky conditions worsened and it blew my mind.
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as seeing conditions were poor, clouds covering most the sky, i only saw jupiter.
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moscow) price of this scope 148$(5000 rubley).this my first scope.i buy omni 12 mm, eyepeace 4mm v komplekte have a bad quality.beginner,powerseeker -scope for you,watch great view of the deep sky!
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unfortunately, i'm only a beginner and my celestial tracking skills leave much to be desired, and i'm still waiting for the moon to get out of the way so i can do some deep sky viewing.
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saturn looks great, the moon looks great, the venus, jupiter sharing the same corner of the morning sky was great and the orion nebula looks much better than expected.

Positives: Optical Design: Newtonians, Finderscope: Optical, Mount Type: Equatorial

$511.00 Est. at Amazon

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sky align worked well, though sometimes the scope seemed to become less accurate as the hours went buy, and i tried to re-align to different stars but eventually i encountered the same alignment
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most telescopes out there, even if they are computerized, are still difficult to align to the night sky before beginning use.
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i have not had much luck with the sky align.

Positives: Easy To Use, Optical Design: Catadioptrics, Finderscope: Red-Dot, Mount Type: Altazimuth

$900.00 Est. at Amazon

from "None", www.bhphotovideo.com
great for locating and identifying any sky object and with the optional usb cable driving a meade go-to telescope to the object for viewing.
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john dobson's simple and portable but powerful scopes opened up the world of deep-sky observing to the average amateur astronomer.
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i also wanted something i could easily take with me in a standard passenger car to a deep sky site.
from "Dick", www.bhphotovideo.com
the second one i received the start button stuck and wouldn't work the second time i tried to use it with a clear sky.