tasco telescope luminova
Help with My telescope?
Hi, about 2 years ago I purchased a Tasco Luminova - 40-060660, and the results... at best were bad, so i put it away and left it till now, but my interest in telescopes has spiked again. But when I brought my telescope out again, I was saddened to find that I only had 3 of its magnifying items, the 1.5, the 2.0 and the 3.3 ones, not exactly the best magnification.
I life near an astronomy store and am willing to pay for new ones, but how should i go about it? My telescope isn't in the best of shape either, and needs to be realigned and such, the dust cleaned out and stuff. Should I just buy a new telescope? here's a couple of pics of it at the moment... http://img22.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=2009051046617.jpg Thanks
I'm sorry to say that your telescope is a very inexpensive one, with a very shaky mount, which will give you nothing but frustration. It also appears that you have lost a couple of the most important parts: the eyepieces and the diagonal. Without these, you won't be able to get an image to look at. I wouldn't recommend spending any money to upgrade or fix this telescope -- it would be better to start from scratch with a good telescope.
Here are a few web pages with good information on beginner's telescopes:
http://www.gaherty.ca/tme/TME0702_Buying_a_Telescope.pdf
http://www.scopereviews.com/begin.html
http://observers.org/beginner/j.r.f.beginner.html
For more advanced information, read Phil Harrington's Star Ware, 4th edition (Wiley).
You'll get the greatest value for your money with a Newtonian reflector on a Dobsonian mount, such as these:
http://www.telescope.com/control/category/~category_id=dobsonians/~pcategory=telescopes/~VIEW_INDEX=0/~VIEW_SIZE=1000000
http://www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/product.php?class1=1&class2=106
Buy from a store which specializes in telescopes and astronomy, either locally or online; don't buy from department stores, discount stores or eBay as mostly what they sell is junk. Find your local astronomy club and try out different telescopes at one of their star parties:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/organizations
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