using 60mm?

Hello I'm new to stargazing and my sister just gave me a tasco 60mm (900mm
focal length) that's right... sort of the lower end of telescopes, still I was
wondering if anyone has been in this for a while and is using the more simple
cheaper 60mm scopes rather than their fancier and more expensive alternate
choices.

Rabbidgerbal wrote:

Hello I'm new to stargazing and my sister just gave me a tasco 60mm (900mm
focal length) that's right... sort of the lower end of telescopes, still I was
wondering if anyone has been in this for a while and is using the more simple
cheaper 60mm scopes rather than their fancier and more expensive alternate
choices.

I have had a 60 mm Tasco for about a month. There is a lot you should be able to see with it. Mars is OK. Saturn is great. The Orion Nebula is pretty good. I've found the Andromeda galaxy and the Hercules cluster, but they aren't much more than a faint glow - but that's par for the course with any 60 mm telescope.

The one thing that makes a great difference with mine is the two-piece dust cap over the objective lens. For looking at planets or the moon, the image is much sharper if only the small cap is removed. That leaves only a 38 mm hole for light to enter, but the images are clear. With the large cap removed, the view gets blurry. Taking the large cap off is OK with the clusters and nebulae.




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Rabbidgerbal wrote:

Hello I'm new to stargazing and my sister just gave me a tasco 60mm (900mm
focal length) that's right... sort of the lower end of telescopes, still I was
wondering if anyone has been in this for a while and is using the more simple
cheaper 60mm scopes rather than their fancier and more expensive alternate
choices.

I have had a 60 mm Tasco for about a month. There is a lot you should be able to see with it. Mars is OK. Saturn is great. The Orion Nebula is pretty good. I've found the Andromeda galaxy and the Hercules cluster, but they aren't much more than a faint glow - but that's par for the course with any 60 mm telescope.

The one thing that makes a great difference with mine is the two-piece dust cap over the objective lens. For looking at planets or the moon, the image is much sharper if only the small cap is removed. That leaves only a 38 mm hole for light to enter, but the images are clear. With the large cap removed, the view gets blurry. Taking the large cap off is OK with the clusters and nebulae.




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(Rabbidgerbal) wrote in
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Hello I'm new to stargazing and my sister just gave me a tasco 60mm
(900mm focal length) that's right... sort of the lower end of
telescopes, still I was wondering if anyone has been in this for a
while and is using the more simple cheaper 60mm scopes rather than
their fancier and more expensive alternate choices.

Though I have a 6-inch reflector I used my 60mm more often because of the
convenience. I've observed all planets (bar Pluto). This includes the
phases of Mercury and Venus, polar cap and markings on Mars, Comet S-L9
impacts on Jupiter (1994), Cassini's division (barely) in Saturn's rings
and the disk of Uranus and the starlike point of Neptune. In addition I
have detected deep sky objects down to mag 9 and split countless binary
stars and tracked numerous asteroids and comets. And of course the moon
will keep you entertained for ages.

Though the views are not as spectacular as in bigger scopes, the 60mm
trained my eye to detect threshold definition in planets and averted vision
skills in deep sky as well as good star-hopping skills. All of which pays
off - you will see and get more out of a bigger scope later.

Marty

(Rabbidgerbal) wrote in
:

Hello I'm new to stargazing and my sister just gave me a tasco 60mm
(900mm focal length) that's right... sort of the lower end of
telescopes, still I was wondering if anyone has been in this for a
while and is using the more simple cheaper 60mm scopes rather than
their fancier and more expensive alternate choices.

Though I have a 6-inch reflector I used my 60mm more often because of the
convenience. I've observed all planets (bar Pluto). This includes the
phases of Mercury and Venus, polar cap and markings on Mars, Comet S-L9
impacts on Jupiter (1994), Cassini's division (barely) in Saturn's rings
and the disk of Uranus and the starlike point of Neptune. In addition I
have detected deep sky objects down to mag 9 and split countless binary
stars and tracked numerous asteroids and comets. And of course the moon
will keep you entertained for ages.

Though the views are not as spectacular as in bigger scopes, the 60mm
trained my eye to detect threshold definition in planets and averted vision
skills in deep sky as well as good star-hopping skills. All of which pays
off - you will see and get more out of a bigger scope later.

Marty