my new meade telescope please comment

[DragonToko]

Woooow! So cool man! I love your scope! Cooool! Yaaaaaaa!

[homersimpson449]

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[nikbookworm]

nice take anywhere type of scope

[blacktears1978]

I have a Meade Polaris 114 and a Meade ETX 70, what do you see with your teleskop ?

[ttoyota]

Nice scope I'll keep an eye out for your future Astros posts

[vlada255]

nice.

[theflipking]

plz buy 1 for me :(

[frescavena2004]

As a big fan of refractors I must say GREAT CHOICE. Refractors are the best overall telescopes. Good for planets, nebulas and Galaxies but not so good for really deep sky objects with a Mag greater than 5.6 or so. So much more to tell but write me at the email here. And go see my refractor. I can teach you a ton of hints. stay in touch! Frescavena2004@yahoo.com

[ilborobli]

оч оч красивый телескоп! паздравляю! теперь паставь его на видное место!

[Neutrinoghost]

"when you looked through it you would either see nothing or you so would see something but it would be very blurry"

May I suggest A) remove the lens cap B) try focusing

But seriously, are you sure the eyepiece was in properly?

[taqyon]

Now you just need a better camera :)

Jokes - Congrats

[iBradapps]

Hello, for those who are wondering this telescope did not work because when you looked through it you would either see nothing or you so would see something but it would be very blurry. I tried looking at many different things and it still did not work. I bought this at Sharper Image for $200 but I ended up returning it a few weeks later. I might end up getting another telescope in the future.

[cp1699]

@iBradapps

join the yahoo user group for stellarvue there is much to learn but with the right small scope you would be amazed at what you can see or photograph.

[revgeorgemurray]

This type of mount wears out too fast, but for a beginner it is just fine.

[marcuelcajon]

Oh yeah I saw that tele for 45 bucks on Craigslist, but hey you gotta start somewhere. POst some pics of your views.

[reddog694uk]

Put another one next to it and you'll have a spankin' good pair of binoculars!!

[101mercenary]

i bought a different meade telescope at a garage sale and i dont know how to use it. when i look into it it is black so do i take part of the end off or can you tell me what i need to be able to actually see through it.

[YouSirAreNoob]

@101mercenary lol good joke

[hiian123]

i dont believe the telescope is at fault. What is the problem?

[MrAlvaro751]

kinda starter dont ya think?????

[v3lamaboy]

@MrAlvaro751 well it was my first telescope so yea lol

[zackswimz123]

i commented now what

[TheMrlock]

nic i have one like that

[nshabsfan4life]

I assume this was a Christmas gift.

[v3lamaboy]

@nshabsfan4life and you guessed right haha

[fijfelweg]

nice

[Angm0r]

nice telescope I like telescope and I going buy one. can I ask how much you bought it? from where and how much is the magnification?

[bradychessin]

I bought it from the Shaper Image. Im not sure how much i bought it for.. i think around 200 but Sharper Image is closed down now :(

[Angm0r]

thanks

[Astromic]

congrats,,,,

[Grabowski420]

now you can peep un noticed.....

[K2Tanner]

I wanted a telescope when I was 8 so my parents got me one. I never figured out how to make it work, but I think I finally figured it out so I am going to find somewhere dark to try it out tonight. I guess if I can get a good look at something it might be worth it.

[Angm0r]

are you kidding me you mean you didn't know you should go to a dark place!!!

[K2Tanner]

I knew I had to go to a dark place. I just didn't know how to put it together because I was 8 and gave up after 20 minutes. Read next time.

[bettythehalf]

i have a question ppl said when u look through space with them their no color is that true?

[AustinStudios]

It depends what you are looking at, the bright objects like the planets and the moon you will see in color. But the deep sky objects like galixes and nebula you will see in black and white.

[saddie15]

hello thats treu eerything is dark, i got also telescope 60mm x700 i got SR4mm oculair 12,5mm oculair hm20mm oculair 1,5x lens and barlow 3x lens i buy it but i need to work alot at night so i dont have much time but i think if you look good you can see nice stuuf in the space in you have your stars map with you

[epicenur]

Well that's a certain type of telescope they use to look at the sun for "hot spots". But like the other guy said, distant objects doesn't have colors

[jingram1981]

nice i just bought a ds-2114s my self

[Edsan91]

Why doesnt it work :(

[Glocksocoms]

Thats very nice, I have the etx 80 my self looking to move up to the etx 125

[JerrysTube]

Nice video. I own a few Meade Telescopes and find that somehow Meade has some pretty impressive Optics in them. I realize how very exspensive telescope lenses can get so I am impressed with the quality I have on my home scopes.

I wish that someday I could afford say a 12" Meade Telescope. That would be so cool...!

[lair333]

Also, sometimes I hafta back my eye off the eyepiece or I cannot see anything. It doesnt happen on all of my eyepieces, but one of them it always happens. Its like a rifle scope that way.

[lair333]

90mm for a refractor is above the minimum,...which is 60mm. That one guy that says you need 10 inches obviously has a reflector

[lair333]

If that is a 90mm , then it is a nice refractor. That other person is thinking that all telescope types are the same, not true. For a refractor, 90mm is very nice. 60mm is considered beginner in refractors. He obviously has a reflector. A 10" refractor would cost thousands and thousands of dollars. But a 10" reflector is about $1000.00.

[y08y]

Stop pretending that 90mm is nice. A 90mm is only nice as ED or APO, a 90mm achro is just a piece of junk, planets are small with little details and it's crappy for most deep space objects.

[Pingletons]

The only advantage apos have over achros is reduced chromatic aberration. They usually have better optics though, because they are built to higher standards. 90mm is nice for a beginner achro, but if you buy a 90mm apo, you are in my opinion, a loser. Only rich people buy their tiny little apos because they are expensive, and usually for a "name".

[y08y]

Anyone who buys a 90mm APO is not a loser. An APO is the best quality you can get in telescopes, it's top notch glass, basically no aberration and the view is not limited by quality loss caused by bouncing off 2 mirrors or having the construction of the secondary mirror blocking the light. Because of this, the APO also allows much higher magnification. A 4" APO for example easily beats a 5" Catadioptric and 6" Newtonian telescope.

[y08y]

The APO can also be smaller than a similar achromat, which can be important for people who like travel a lot with their telescope to avoid light pollution.

To think that people only buy them because theyre expensive or for the name is a rather foolish comment and only shows how young an inexperienced you must be. Youre also jealous because you cant afford anything more than a cheap Wal-Mart scope or Dobsonian. Btw, I dont own an APO, I already have enough scopes hehe

[Pingletons]

Yes, I know that APOs are of better quality than a slightly larger cassegrain or reflector, but then again I would expect a $4000 scope to work better than a $600 one. It is just my opinion that you would be better of with big ole' Dob or a 10 plus inch cassegrain. If you're going to lay down money like that, unless your rich, and are a serious astronomer, don't whine because your scope is to big.

[y08y]

$4000? What the heck are you talking about? You can already buy an 80mm APO OTA for less than $500. You just need to add a diagonal and finderscope, nothing that makes you go bankrupt. Yeah, if you buying a new goto mount and 6 eye pieces when you already have that, then yes,then you're a complete moron.

[y08y]

Heck, you can buy a complete 100mm APO with steady GOTO mount plus diagonal, finder scope and eye piece for about $1300 dollar!

And do you know on which you spend most of that money when you buy it? Yes, the mount. So please, spare me the nonsense as if it has to cost $4000, a good 10" CAS costs a lot more, because not only the scope is expensive, it also needs a much more expensive mount. You seriously don't know what you're talking about...sigh

[y08y]

Now mind you, you are right that an APO costs more for the result you get, but thats just life, every day we pay things small and large that are not always worth their money, there are often cheaper solutions or products, but to exaggerate like you with your $4,000, Im sorry, then youre just making a fool of yourself hehe

[y08y]

It's like with achromatic refractors; people still buy them, even if a Dobsonian offers more bang for the buck, but c'mon...I can at least understand why people prefer a refractor over a Dob or the other way around. You're just very short minded when it comes to understanding the choices people make.

Anyway, have to go, have to take a plane tomorrow.

[Pingletons]

Well true, I would love to have an APO, just for the sake of saying I own one. I look at it this way; BMW makes extremely nice cars, more reliable, and better at being a "car" than Ferrari at a lower price. I would love to own a Ferrari, but the Germans make a better overall product. I think it is silly to buy a 90mm Apo when you could buy something much more practical. And Astro Physics APOs can be much more than $4000 USD. The only 90mm APOs for <1000 USD are usually made in China, like Orion.

[leapingreenlizards]

Boy, I sure would hate to be your kid. Is that the best you can do? Your a loser! Is that as hard as you can hit? Your a loser! What, you won first place but only by half a second, you a loser! But Daddy, I did my best for you. Your best isn't good enough and that's you are, and always will be a loser!

[anoldj]

You got the same telescope with me. Meade 90AZ is good choice for novice and simple operation is pros. But the Alt-AZ gave me a poor reliability.

[jlberglu3369]

I agree with skyscraper, get the finderscope aligned. Pick something off in the distance during the day and center it in the telescope's field of view, then adjust the finderscope after. Even if the finderscope isn't aligned and you use it to point at a star, have you tried just scanning up/down and left/right while looking in the eyepiece? It could also be out of focus.

[skyscraperjim]

Use the largest focal length eyepiece you have (higher numbers are lower power) and try pointing it at the Moon. Or during the daytime, if you have long-range views from your yard, find a distant tree or utility pole, etc. Once you find an object with the lower power eyepiece, you can align the red dot finder and you should be able to more easily point it.

[robodarth]

i have a 10 inch dobsonian. orion is better than meade. my meade broke. report back to me for more info

[newbutton7]

All their main production has packed up and gone to Mexico so it figures

[ROMAN167]

i have a red dot finder. i love it.

[7145150]

Obsolete!!

[type4ic]

lense cap off align the finder use low power first then work your way up use star charts binos help too any scope scope will work fine then go big after your there!

[Zorack10]

Your scope is small in aperture,you will get decent views of Saturn and Jupiter,you might enjoy the Orion nebula and M45 and maybe a few globulars,and maybe a galaxy or two,but you won't have much luck for the deep DSO stuff(aperture rules!). I have a 10" telescope(LX200) and even at that I'm itching for more aperture.

[miniheli]

I have a etx 125 ec from mead. I think mead telescopes are going through some tough times there stocks are way way way down!

[KevinTechnology]

I have one of those red dot finders on my scope and hate it, I bought a new finderscope and added it on. Just get a new finderscope and align in the day time with something not so far away like a light post.

Good luck.

[sammylojax]

try aligning the finderscope...

have u tried to see anything through it?

[MetalGearSoild1991]

kit

[tarpano]

this is a toy!

[nikbookworm]

point it at something during the day and align your finder

[bstep13]

that sucks it didn't work. i have a Meade DS-2114 that didn't work at first had to get it fixed which sucks. It's good for planets but not galaxies.

[roidjuicer]

try taking the lens cap off

[MrFullService]

Are you actually finding the Moon through the scope but just "not seeing anything" in that the veiw is terrible, or, are you simply not able to even FIND the moon? If it is the former, send the scope back. If it the latter, you need to learn to find objects via the (properly aligned) finder scope.

[cocoazzz]

Maby the finder scope isnt perfectly aligned.

try aligning it at day time.

[699firiano]

i dont get it

[pintoa2000]

I bought a Meade ETX-105 a week ago. Last nite it was full moon and I tried for 2 long hours to see the moon thru the telescope and nothing..I could not see anything.. is there something i am missing.. its very frustrating..

[martialartsmaster5]

refractor or reflector?

[v3lamaboy]

refractor

[phreedle]

First, make sure your finder is aligned with the scope. Center your scope to a far away terrestrial object at daytime and adjust the finder so that it points to the same object. If you can only see black, maybe your scope is out of focus. Work the focus control and see if anything turns up... It's easier to try this with an easy-to-hit object like the moon first. Good luck! BTW: To see a moon video recorded through a Meade scope, just check my profile ;-)

[spudinater]

If you are trying to focus on something in the house that will not work. To close. Pic a night when the moon is out to get it focused. I have a Meade LX200 GPS 14". Also you do not have a goto mount and as the earth turns you will always have to adjust to keep idem in view finder.

[EMINEMKID911]

do you live in a mansion????

[v3lamaboy]

i thoroughly read the manual and i assembled it correctly. i did not buy this at walmart i bought it at sharper image for $200. the problem is when i point the telescope directly at a star its all black even when i use the red dot finder so i dont know what to do

[CommunistHunter]

the red dot finder scope is likely not aligned.

[kinggmofo]

@v3lamaboy The finder scope most likely needs to be aligned. Point the main tube at a distant object then align the finder scope to that object (Do this in the day time so you know what your looking at). You may still have to move around slightly to find what your looking for!

[Zorack10]

I hope that's not a walmart bought scope,I hope you have taken the time to read the manual since you might actually discover how to correctly use it. I own a LX200 10" Classic and when I bought it,it took me a while to learn actually how to use it,and I've seen many galaxies,nebulas,and planets since I first bought it in July 2006,You will too once you get the hang of it :)

[clubpenguinfun]

i mean whats wrong with ie

[clubpenguinfun]

why dosent work

[DGB454]

You said it doesn't work? What's wrong with it?