SingAstro

LOL!

btw, which scope is the squirrel using?



Jessie

Gary wrote:Sorry couldn't resist. Coffee corner anyway.


Image Credit: Scott Alan Johson - http://photographingsquirrels.com/page35.html

Hi bro Bergkamp thanks for your great advice. i am considering getting a 5" MCT or a 4" refractor. I like the refractor due to it's wider fov which i tink is fantastic for terrestial viewing. but my hubby also likes the mct as it has higher magnification. seems silly to buy both, scali can...

thanks for your kind advice :P Hi, If you are getting an Astronomical telescope (not a spotting scope) for terrestrial use, make sure you use a correct image prism diagonal... most diagonal come with an Astronomical telescope is not a correct image diagonal... meaning that the image produce by an As...

thanks to all seniors for your invaluable and detailed advice. will keep me busy for some time researching le :p [smilie=happy.gif] cheers! Jessie I second rlow's advice. A good quality 80mm ED is portable, easy to handle and will allow both wide views as well as close ups. The ED glass should reduc...

LOL

rlow wrote:I dont think it is practical or realistic to observe a squirrel at 15km away

Hi bro Davegn

can teach me wats invented image? and what are the things i should look out for?

thanks

Davegn wrote:Just a side note. Do Check out the design of a telescope first before using it for terrestrial. Some of it might cause invented images.

good morn! thanks to all seniors for your replies, i had a good laugh! :D initially i thot of getting a good bino. but if i can haf a good scope, i may venture into stargazing in future ;p am looking at this scope currently, need to do more research and find more info :) Orion StarMax 127mm Equatori...

Hi bros and sis I intend to buy a telescope but have absolutely no idea which one to buy. my requirements: - where we will be viewing: from the 39th floor of a hdb flat. - what we will be viewing: golf course, greenary, buildings in the vincinity. The nearest object is around 150m away, the golf cou...