is this a good telescope for a beginner?

Hi all

Lidl have a £50 refractor telescope for sale, but I can't find any reviews
of it online. I'm thinking of buying it as a xmas present for a friend who I
think would be very interested in astronomy.

being clueless myself, I'd appreciate your opinions. is this a good
telescope for a beginner or is there another model (under £100) that you'd
recommend?

thanks for your help
alan

Lidl have a £50 refractor telescope for sale

sorry, i forgot the link :
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pa...ctor_Telescope

"Alan Bullock" wrote in message
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Hi all

Lidl have a £50 refractor telescope for sale, but I can't find any reviews
of it online. I'm thinking of buying it as a xmas present for a friend who
I think would be very interested in astronomy.

being clueless myself, I'd appreciate your opinions. is this a good
telescope for a beginner or is there another model (under £100) that you'd
recommend?


The telescope sells elsewhere for £99 Google for "Bresser Skylux" Apparently
the Lidls refractors in previous years have been cracking little scopes for
the money.

There is quite a cult following for these apparently, particularly in
Germany where similar models have been sold by Lidls under the name Optus.
There is quite a few pages, mainly in German, detailing DIY enhancements.

For less than £100 you won't get much better I reckon.

Henry

In article , Alan Bullock wrote:
Lidl have a £50 refractor telescope for sale

It was good enough to get me hooked when I bought my son one last
Christmas. This appears to be an updated version but there is a review
of the old one on www.cloudynight.com

The only weakness is the 4mm eyepiece which was pretty poor but the
26mm is fine and now we just use some cheap plossls I got on ebay.

BTW the same scope is 99UKP at www.telescopehouse.com


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Ian Newham

http://www.IanNewham.com

I posted details of the Meade scope selling at Asda a few weeks ago and the
Bresser at Lidl is of significantly better value. The Bresser has a 70mm
objective lens rather than Meade's 60mm. The Bresser has an equatorial mount
rather than Meade's alt-az. For a complete novice, an equatorial mount is
essential if you want to find and track objects and makes astronomy a tad
more interesting, in my humble opinion.

However, I am intrigued by the camera connection. Anyone know what this is
exactly?

Rich

In message , Ian Newham
writes
In article , Alan Bullock wrote:
Lidl have a £50 refractor telescope for sale

It was good enough to get me hooked when I bought my son one last
Christmas. This appears to be an updated version but there is a review
of the old one on www.cloudynight.com

The only weakness is the 4mm eyepiece which was pretty poor but the
26mm is fine and now we just use some cheap plossls I got on ebay.

BTW the same scope is 99UKP at www.telescopehouse.com



And they say it uses 1.25 inch eyepieces, which is the only bit of info
missing from the Lidl page.

"Alan Bullock" wrote in message
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Hi all

Lidl have a £50 refractor telescope for sale, but I can't find any reviews
of it online. I'm thinking of buying it as a xmas present for a friend who
I think would be very interested in astronomy.

being clueless myself, I'd appreciate your opinions. is this a good
telescope for a beginner or is there another model (under £100) that you'd
recommend?

thanks for your help
alan

Some positive reviews here, Alan:

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...47/Main/268241