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111110001011 t1_j1ntpax wrote

I'm going to draw your attention to something surprising.

Take a nice chair. Set it up outside next to the telescope.

Look at the moon.

For a while.

Like, an hour.

It gets more and more amazing the longer you look at it.

It doesn't look like a two dimensional photo. It looks like a sphere, in a huge void. You can see mountains. You can see craters. You can see how the sun hits and casts shadows.

Just sit and watch it for a while.

Then, for interest try to draw the landmarks you are seeing, by eye, without a reference book.

Its really quite something.

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hifiguy7 t1_j1lf26c wrote

It all depends where you point it….

I would start with the moon on a cloudless night and go from there. Seeing Saturn’s rings for the first time is a thrill. You are not going to see Deep Sky objects other than as smudges… Congrats on getting started into Astronomy. Find a local club and go to a star party. You’ll learn a lot.

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crewfish13 t1_j1omfa9 wrote

I’ll second this. My wife and kids are amazed by actually seeing Saturns rings and Jupiter with the Galilean moons, and that’s only with my 90mm refractor. Venus (a bright dot) and Mars (a reddish dot) don’t have a lot of additional excitement.

I tend to like naked eye observation and binoculars almost as much, because you start learning what to go look for with the higher magnification.

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NortWind t1_j1naonx wrote

This telescope has a 50mm aperture, so it will not collect a lot of light. The moon will be great, and you will easily see the Galilean moons of Jupiter, and the rings of Saturn. You won't be able to see any surface detail on Mars. You will be able to see some things like the Pleiades and some binary stars. You can see comets too when they are around. It is a nice starter 'scope, find out if you are interested in astronomy and if you want to invest in a more capable telescope.

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MathematicianSea5117 t1_j1nergg wrote

Could you recommend a more advanced model?

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NortWind t1_j1nogrv wrote

There are two ways to go, really. If you are interested in nebula, and faint objects like that, you need a lot of light gathering power but not as much magnification. If you are interested in the planets and higher resolution, the focal length of the primary is the most important. For nebula, a Dobsonian is a good way to go, also called "light buckets". For planets, a Maksutov (or "Mak") is a good way to go. For planets, you need a good quality tripod as well, motor driven is nice but not essential. If you can give your preferences and a budget, I would try to recommend some choices for you. You could step up a little to a larger refractor, like a 75mm achromat, that would be better for both uses.

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