Who can reccomend:?

A good telescope? I'm looking around or below £100, so the ones like in the argos catalogue, what kind of view will they get me? Will they let me see clouded stars, planets, moon in detail?





http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/pa...





http://www.jellydeal.co.uk/national-geog...





http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.100-8014.asp...





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Who can reccomend:?
GET BINOCULORS.





Cheap telescopes are rubbish. The quality of the optics is so poor that even if they nominally have a good magnification you won't actually see much with them. Don't be fooled by what you can see in daylight. At night there's much less light coming in so all the problems show up.





Your best bet is to buy a decent pair of binoculors. 7x50 is best for astronomy, being a good compromise between being light enough to hold comfortably, but good enough to see well. Don't be tempted to get birdwatching binoculors that have small lens apertures - at night you need to get as much light in as possible.
Reply:The previous answers are true. However, I took a look at your choices and would say that the Argos is the best of the three. It looks heavier (more stable) and appears to provide ease of use. All this is relative of course to the small amount of money you plan to spend. Perhaps you should consider a good used telescope. Lots of folks are getting new "go-to" scopes and are selling their old ones. Good luck.
Reply:You're not going to get anything worth buying for that kind of money.





The usual advice holds: hook up with local astronomers and see what is possible. Don't spend a penny until you have also done some research with any of the classic references, like Nightwatch.





Consider binoculars: for your budget you can get very good ones, and they are a powerful tool for exploring the sky. The Orion StarBlast scope is highly recommended as well, but may be crowidng your budget.





Only buy from a telescope store.





Addendum: the Argos Celestron scope is indeed the least worst of the bunch, but it's no prize (undermounted, among other things). And any telescope sold by magnification, as this one is, is _a priori_ junk.
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Reply:You cannot get a good telescope for under £100 !!





Try getting a pair of 10 x 50 binoculars..
Reply:you wont be able to get a brand new one for under 100 pounds but you will be able to get a near brand new one of ebay.co.uk for under 100 pounds probably


happy stargazing mate