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Not for noncery or voyerism before you heathens start.

For my lad. Anyone reccomend a decent one?

Never thought theyre worth bothering with, but suppose Ive never looked through a proper one.

Prepared to chuck a few quid at one like. 

 

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My nephew has one, coat about £250 I think but he can attach his phone to it and take pictures and time lapse images. It’s really good - on a clear night he’s taken pictures of a few planets and some great close ups of the moon.

He’s lucky as they live out in the countryside so there no light pollution, but even so they do get some great images of space.

Worth spending some money on but make sure you get the phone cradle for taking pics.

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1 minute ago, Spider said:

My nephew has one, coat about £250 I think but he can attach his phone to it and take pictures and time lapse images. It’s really good - on a clear night he’s taken pictures of a few planets and some great close ups of the moon.

He’s lucky as they live out in the countryside so there no light pollution, but even so they do get some great images of space.

Worth spending some money on but make sure you get the phone cradle for taking pics.

Cheers, try and get the model for me mate.

We are relatively out in the sticks here, ace view from his window so would be perfect.

 

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4 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Cheers, try and get the model for me mate.

We are relatively out in the sticks here, ace view from his window so would be perfect.

 

I’ll get it later on.

In the meantime, just have a look on peepingtom.com

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3 hours ago, gonzo said:

Cheers, try and get the model for me mate.

We are relatively out in the sticks here, ace view from his window so would be perfect.

 

Don’t be “relatively in the sticks” be totally in them. Get in the real countryside with the telescope, you see ten times more stuff.

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4 hours ago, gonzo said:

Not for noncery or voyerism before you heathens start.

For my lad. Anyone reccomend a decent one?

Never thought theyre worth bothering with, but suppose Ive never looked through a proper one.

Prepared to chuck a few quid at one like. 

 

My father in law is into his telescopes. I asked him if he could recommend one a few months ago, and he said there's not really much difference between all the different manufacturers - you basically get what you pay for, ie. the more you spend, the better the telescope.

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Just chatted to my brother- he got one for my niece a few years ago.

He went online to a British shop, and did a lot of research, refractive/reflective etc etc. They guide you through depending upon what you want to use it for.

He can't remember the name of the website, but reckoned googling would find it. Just had a quick look and there seems to be a few places and also someone offering guidance. 

Might be worth a browse first.

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6 hours ago, gonzo said:

Not for noncery or voyerism before you heathens start.

For my lad. Anyone reccomend a decent one?

Never thought theyre worth bothering with, but suppose Ive never looked through a proper one.

Prepared to chuck a few quid at one like. 

 

You’ve gone all Patrick Moore, you’ll be getting get a xylophone next and playing rave toons on it. 

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On 03/12/2020 at 07:58, gonzo said:

Not for noncery or voyerism before you heathens start.

For my lad. Anyone reccomend a decent one?

Never thought theyre worth bothering with, but suppose Ive never looked through a proper one.

Prepared to chuck a few quid at one like. 

 

they have them on the piers, you just pop 20p in for a close up of the turd laden sea

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