so you want to buy a telescope!

SO YOU WANT TO BUY A TELESCOPE!

Presented by the Mahoning Valley

Astronomical Society

TELESCOPES

Everything you wanted to know …

but could not afford to ask!

Parts and Pieces

Telescope Tube with Optics

Parts and Pieces

Mount

Parts and Pieces

Finder Scope

Parts and Pieces

Eyepieces

Why use a telescope?

1. Magnify Nearby Objects

You can overdo magnification.

Morel of the story

Do not purchase a scope whose chief advertisement mentions magnification…

2. Resolving Power

3. Light Gathering Power

Basic Types of Telescope

1. Refractor

2. Reflectors

3. Cassegrain

Best Value For Your Money?

Reflectors

Most Compact?

Casssegrain

Best Contrast

Refractors But You Will Pay More

Bigger is better.Larger Lens or Mirror

Greater Light Gathering Power and Resolution

$$$$

Triple the mirror or lens size

Gather 9x as much light

Telescope Mounts

Equatorial

Easier for Amateur

Astrophotography

Alt-Az

Most Commonly Used

Cheaper

Motorized

Track Night Sky as Earth Rotates Adds to the cost

GoTo Mounts

Computerized Pointing

Easier for Beginners

More Costly

So what will this cost?

$200

So what will this cost?

$200

Check Out Telescopes- Columbiana Library

So what will this cost?

$280

Add this and have the equivalent of a computerized system.

So what will this cost?

$500

Intelliscope

So what will this cost?

$4000

So what will this cost?

$15,000

What will you get if you spend this?

$2 billion

Forget keeping up with the Joneses…

Buy what you can afford and will use!

Many of us haveMultiple scopes forMultiple purposes.

A good quality scopeAlways has a use.

Or you can build your own

Many MVAS club members have built telescopes.

So what can you do with a telescope?

Discover the Night Sky

Astroimaging

Jodi and Roy McCullough- MVAS Club Members

Mike Heim- MVAS Club Member

Lou DiNardo- MVAS Club Member

Don Cherry- MVAS Club Members

Scientific ResearchVariable star measurements

Phil Plante and Chris Stephan- MVAS Members

Recommended Retailers

Woodland Hills Camera and Telescope Orion Telescopes and Binocular Astromart- Used and New eBay- Used and New

Coming Soon

January 17 1:00 pm

SO YOU GOT A TELESCOPE!

Presented by the Mahoning Valley

Astronomical Society

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