I admit sometimes I am very tempted to get the ones at Toys R Us just to try them out!
Kay Heem
Hey, me too ! I'm sure they will show at least Jupiter's bands and it's moons, Saturns rings, and maybe "awesome" views of our own moon heh...afterall, it's always said that the Refractors of our time (even the very basic ones...not sure if this extends to the "toy" ones though...) are superior to the one which Galileo used when he observed Jupiter and first discovered it's 4 largest moons !
It will serve as a great starter tool for your kids if you wanna step into this hobby at a young age and not risk spending lots of money for them in case they start using them as swords or cannons. Unless you are such a great dad like Jeremy Shears, a DOB for his kid. Darn, i wished i had a dad like him!
Hi,
I got one collecting dust and growing mold... seem like can be use as a guide scope, but have problem mount it on my scope or mount (too long)... next time may be...
Yang Weixing
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance."
I admit sometimes I am very tempted to get the ones at Toys R Us just to try them out!
Kay Heem
Hey, me too ! I'm sure they will show at least Jupiter's bands and it's moons, Saturns rings, and maybe "awesome" views of our own moon heh...afterall, it's always said that the Refractors of our time (even the very basic ones...not sure if this extends to the "toy" ones though...) are superior to the one which Galileo used when he observed Jupiter and first discovered it's 4 largest moons !
Eh, I started 18 years back with a toy telescope you know. But at that time, even a toy scope is much better quality that those we had now. I bought it for $20 from a friend, and I could see Saturn rings and stuff. Really trained me well when comes to star hopping.
Those Edu-science scope are crap, but they will make very good star-hopping training tools. If yours eyes can see that elusive nebula through that edu-science, you can certainly see and find it using the better scopes.
I have two toy scopes, one is about $50+ and the other one is $100+, brought many years ago. I can see the moon quite clearly with both of them but can't see any deep sky objects. Toy scope is not really that lousy as I can at least have a closeup view of the moon.
I bought a Toys R Us 75mm Edu-Science Refractor which showed me how Jupiter looks like --- a sotong ball!! :? $75 down the drain; huge sum for a primary 6 student.