beam
08-24-2001, 11:02 PM
Anyone who knows something about telescopes...amateur astronomy...I have a question.
Now, I am no NASA scientist, Carl Sagan, Tom Kaye. I just love to look at the stars. I have 3 kids and one due in 2 weeks, and I am getting my oldest....who is 6, totally hooked on looking up at night. He can point out Mars, Big Dipper, and Cassiopia.
As a family Xmas present, I am considering getting a telescope. I saw an ad in the back of Popular Science for this one:
http://www.meade.com/catalog/etx60-70/index.html
I would be looking at the ETX-60AT. Now, is this overkill for a first time buyer or what. They run around $300 and here is what the ad says:
Let Meade ultra-high-resolution optics take you on an automatic guided tour of the heavens. The rings of Saturn, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, or any of 1400 other celestial wonders stored in the Autostar hand contoller's database. Select an object, press GO TO, and watch as the ETX-60AT moves to the object, places it in the field of view, and tracks it across the sky--automatically, first time, every time!
Anyone know if it is really that easy...any help would be great.
Thanks all.
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Intricate are you among the masses.... PAX217
Now, I am no NASA scientist, Carl Sagan, Tom Kaye. I just love to look at the stars. I have 3 kids and one due in 2 weeks, and I am getting my oldest....who is 6, totally hooked on looking up at night. He can point out Mars, Big Dipper, and Cassiopia.
As a family Xmas present, I am considering getting a telescope. I saw an ad in the back of Popular Science for this one:
http://www.meade.com/catalog/etx60-70/index.html
I would be looking at the ETX-60AT. Now, is this overkill for a first time buyer or what. They run around $300 and here is what the ad says:
Let Meade ultra-high-resolution optics take you on an automatic guided tour of the heavens. The rings of Saturn, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, or any of 1400 other celestial wonders stored in the Autostar hand contoller's database. Select an object, press GO TO, and watch as the ETX-60AT moves to the object, places it in the field of view, and tracks it across the sky--automatically, first time, every time!
Anyone know if it is really that easy...any help would be great.
Thanks all.
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Intricate are you among the masses.... PAX217