Backgarden Astromony: The moon through a 60mm Refractor

Continuing our defence of the humble 60mm refractor we turn our attention to the Moon, for many amature astronomers its both a blessing and curse but there is little doubt that it the most spectacular object to view in a small telescope. Here we see video at the mid range of magnifacation with basic photographic equipment.

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Howto & Style

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• Backgarden
• Astromony
• Moon
• 60mm
• Refractor
• telescope

[kaleyne]

that isn't very shaky for hand held. but why can't you hold it screwed? the moon doesn't go out of FOV in a second.

[19raghu]

I have the same telescope n I get the same view.....but I m never able to find Saturn in the sky........

[1234qwerty09]

realy cool

what telescope did you use ?

[summmerboyyy]

great!

[sammylojax]

a dobsonian reflector from orion... youd be amazed how big a scope you can get for only 500 or less...

[taha65466]

@ selmag18, Wow ur so lucky!! lol i had like a budget from 100-200, but instead I bought one for 70! haha, it works great tho, I can see moon craters and saturn. I've only had it for a few days so i havent used it for anything else xD

[OntZ]

with 500$ you can buy a 100-120mm refractor from Skywatcher (if you're in europe) or Celestron (USA) and you'll have a great experience with the planets :) in that price range, they usually come with equatorial mounts, which are more stable i believe, and are good for deep space as well

if i had 500$ to buy one of those i would be sooooooooo happy........

[selmag18]

im in to buying a telescope its my first one and my budget is 500$ what is the best one i can get i just wan't one that will give me the closest look in to planets

[msdnvp]

go buy ur self 6000mm Refractor, you can see no american flag serious !

[pajamaninja367]

I commend you for putting up a vid

but why is it so shaky