Astronomy & Telescopes : How to Care for Your Telescope

When taking care of a telescope, it's important to have covers that keep dust off of the optical surfaces. Keep the eye piece of a telescope in a case with help from an astrophotographer in this free video on astronomy and telescopes.

Expert: Billy Teets
Contact: www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/
Bio: Billy Teets is a third-year graduate student in physics, with an emphasis on astronomy, at Vanderbilt University.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• astronomy
• telescopes
• stars
• constellations
• big dipper
• little dipper
• lunar eclipse
• meteor showers
• star charts

[Jamesbodnaryk]

@ParaglidingManiac Star navigator 102, the company is meade, its a refracting telescope :P

[ParaglidingManiac]

@Jamesbodnaryk,

That's okay, I live in Lithuania and average temperature here now is -20 :)

So what telescope do you own?

[Jamesbodnaryk]

@ParaglidingManiac This sucks to be me living in central canada.. -22 celsius right now lol

[ParaglidingManiac]

@Jamesbodnaryk,

First of all - is your telescope a reflector or a refractor?

If it's a reflector, you shouldn't keep it outside. Although you can store it in a building, even if the temperature is only +10 Celsius.

Everything regarding storing outdoors and below 0 degrees Celsium - is bad for your telescope.

[Jamesbodnaryk]

could u give me advice as to whether i can keep my telescope outside or if i can alternate bringing it in and out?

I'm currently living in a place that is -10ish celsius so im curious if that will damage it.