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Tuesday, October 02, 2007Choosing a telescope
Folks, understandably, get bogged down with equipment issues when shopping for a telescope. Not a day goes by without someone asking me what they can see with one model of telescope or another. Which telescope will see more? I can answer these questions on an "under ideal conditions" basis, but the problem is that few of us have ideal observing conditions, anymore.
Light pollution is a fact for many of us city-bound astronomers and, when searching for the faint stuff, light pollution, not the telescope, can be the limiting factor. If you are observing under city lights, what's the quickest and most effective way to upgrade the performance of your telescope? Load your telescope up in your vehicle and take it to a truly dark sky. If that isn't practical, even taking your telescope to even a somewhat darker site will pay dividends in what you will see. With this in mind, better to have a small or mid-sized telescope that you can transport than to be stuck in the city with a big telescope that is a hassle to get in the car. Bigger is not always better when choosing a telescope. Comments: |
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