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Star Tracker 50mm Telescope $19.98 @ Dick Smith (in Store Only)

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Star Tracker 50mm Telescope $19.98 @ Dick Smith (in Store Only)
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check on 23/06/2013 - 16:54 dicksmith.com.au (596 clicks)
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Star Tracker 50mm Telescope

From website:
Discover the stars and become an astrophysicists or look across the horizon with the Star Tracker 50mm Telescope. This set up includes a full height Altazimuth tripod, moon map, solar system chart and a beginners intro to Astronomy CD.

Includes: Telescope, 2 Eyepieces (12mm & 20mm), Solar System Chart, Moon Map and Beginners into Astronomy CD
Magnification: 12mm - 50x. 20mm - 30x

Plenty of stock in Sydney. In-store only.

Bought one for $20. They were selling for much more than that.

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  • cminez on 23/06/2013 - 16:57
    +3

    I saw review from this site http://www.productreview.com.au/p/star-tracker-50mm.html. it has got 1 star. I found couple site rate this product at 2 for average. Don't think this is a good deal.

  • NosDan on 23/06/2013 - 17:00
    +5

    whats the range on these? could i say…. see into a window 1km away?

    • tonyjzx on 23/06/2013 - 17:02
      +17

      hmmm

      that sounds like a total legit use

      • cornbeef on 23/06/2013 - 22:51

        well something about mary is on the tv tonight…

    • lostn on 24/06/2013 - 19:35

      Unlikely. How much detail you see isn't dependent just on distance but on size. If it's too far away, all you're doing is magnifying it. You can't resolve something that small.

      The Hubble space telescope can't see into Pluto's surface for instance. Or detailed surface features of any planet really. Not because they're too far but because they're too small. If all they appear as is a dot, then even if you magnify that dot, you're not going to gain any more detail.

      The Andromeda galaxy on the other hand is very big in the sky. You can get a nice look at that, even though it's relatively very far away compared to anything in our galaxy.

  • dannyboi on 23/06/2013 - 17:05

    Ordered one. $20 is pretty cheap, even for a budget telescope. These will go nicely with my $10 binoculars from a few months back….

  • luka on 23/06/2013 - 17:07

    While cheap, it is simply too small to provide a good view of the night sky apart from looking at the moon.

    Unless you are planing to spy on your neighbours, save yourself $20.

    • nadan on 23/06/2013 - 17:21

      Unless you are planing to spy on your neighbours,

      That is what nosdan said :)

      • soupiejr on 23/06/2013 - 22:48

        His neighbour is 1km away from him?? I'm guessing his annual bath is coming soon?

        • cornbeef on 23/06/2013 - 22:52

          nosdan lives 950m away from luka apparently

  • Billygoat on 23/06/2013 - 17:20
    +3

    Super moon tonight folks.
    To late for this deal though.

    • aec on 23/06/2013 - 17:33
      +1

      it has rained a whole day in sydney.

  • GreyGargoyle on 23/06/2013 - 17:30

    Correct me if I'm wrong but telescopes aren't any good for looking at land objects due to them being upside down?

    • DarwinBoy on 23/06/2013 - 17:44

      yep. the piece to make land objects appear the right way up would cost more then the telescope

      • Pobman on 23/06/2013 - 18:18

        Must depend on the telescope as I had a Soviet one as a kid that was not upside down. That as far as my telescope knowledge goes though :)

        • zo1dberg on 23/06/2013 - 20:57
          +2

          In mother Russia, telescope look through you!

    • Russ on 23/06/2013 - 21:11

      No. A single lens will show the image upside down. Telescopes have two lenses typically, so the image is actually upside upside down.

      • suking on 23/06/2013 - 23:24

        Urgg, I don't know about this. My glasses are single lens but things still appear upright.

        • Russ on 24/06/2013 - 01:08

          So much for my attempt at humour.

          You are correct, it's a little more complex than my previous description. It takes a page or two of text to explain how lenses and combinations of lenses work, so I won't try it here.

          If you have access to a Physics textbook from high school, they always have an "Optics" chapter which explains how lenses do their magic.

          Here is a not-particularly-clear explanation on Wikipedia, read the section on Galileo's telescope:
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refracting_telescope#Galileo.27…

  • [Deactivated] on 23/06/2013 - 17:39
    +2

    I got similar one but a brand name for $13 from OW months ago.

    https://ugc.officeworks.com.au/0576/TA301051N/qx-tasco-100x5…

    Please save your hard-earned money.

    Mine already in the landfill.

    • cornbeef on 23/06/2013 - 22:53

      theearth - how ironic

  • Cheeper on 23/06/2013 - 18:23

    Scored a cheap dse telescope from a garage sale once… as "theearth" said… landfill. That's where mine went.

  • Sabric on 23/06/2013 - 18:36

    I got one, thanks… It is a cheap, pretty useless telescope.
    But, it is an excellent toy for children play. For 20 bucks who expects more.
    I am very happy, kids are happy, all waiting for tomorrow night (hoping a clear sky).
    At the end of holiday our telescope will join to others…

  • rompastompa on 23/06/2013 - 19:53

    Star trackers incorporated!

  • Windows7forever on 24/06/2013 - 12:31

    Gonna set one of these up at the beach to look at "beach whales" ;)

    • cornbeef on 24/06/2013 - 14:02

      fat chance of that this time of year wolfie

      • NosDan on 25/06/2013 - 09:36

        look at "beach whales" ;)

        *white pointers and bronzed whalers..

        • [Deactivated] on 25/06/2013 - 11:59

          I know what you did last summer (O)….hahaha

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