I am looking for a scope for school science project to help aiming direction at a distance between 9m to 12m. Would this scope work?
865037
Yes Like any scope of this type the parallax has to be adjusted to this distance. Also at this price the cross hairs are a little thick but something I expected.
837377
The size of the scope tube is not the only critical issue. The size of your objective lens also comes into play. If they are 40mm or less it will be fine. Even 42 mm should work out. If it is 44 to 52 mm, you will have a problem.
249513
Not trying to be glib, but actually both of the previous answers are correct. The really short answer is no, it won't, but that's really a qualified no. If you went to the trouble of acquiring, or more likely making, the appropriate probes for what you wanted to measure, then sure, this will display a waveform, but then you have to know how to interpret the waveforms, to know if what you measured is behaving correctly. In other words, you can probably make this work as an automotive scope, but by the time you're done, you'll have something cobbled together that ended up costing more and not working as well as just going out and buying an automotive scope. A purpose-built tool is ALWAYS better than a generic tool, easier to use for that purpose, and many times actually cheaper than cobbling something together.
551807
Good question. In my opinion the optics are certainly up to the task. The problem is that the scope is small and is prone to being bumped or moved inadvertently when being used to sight in a rifle at longer ranges. I have used mine up to 100 yards and it can be a bit frustrating to use as any disturbance of the scope pulls it off the target. I prefer to use a larger scope on a camera tripod for longer range work. This scope is excellent for small bore rifle and pistol shooting up to 50 yards. Beyond that it just isn't steady enough in my view.
378742
i use this to spot my targets at the range. it takes a little getting use to but i can spot targets at 200 yards. it's not the best compact scope but it works fine for me.
572211
In my opinion, No. This is a very cheap, although serviceable, telescope. It is not very big and is not conducive to precise settings. It is just not designed to be a top notch scope. Putting expensive eye pieces on it would not help appreciably, but they certainly would improve the view over the EP that come with the scope.
1372259
Yes you could. I find it too short for my taste and my 11 yr old likes the height. I am a 6 ft tall guy and find myself kneeling on the ground to look through it with its legs stretched out as high as it will go. You have to remember, the best viewing is straight up where you have less atmosphere to look through. Great job getting the family into astronomy! I have found that you should really start with a "manual" scope then transition into a goto type scope. I have issues with my scope as far as the alignment does not work. I have not been able to use the goto feature at all on mine. Just use it for looking at what I know. Wishing you the best of luck and clear skies!
1171832
It will focus out to as far as you can see. From 10yards to "infinity" but yeah few hundred yards is more like it. Unless you are putting it on a high power PCP Air gun then its really too much scope.
1879213
Yes. But you'd be better off using two old lenses from a pair of glasses than this thing. It would be more durable. Seriously though, this scope is garbage. Save a little more money and buy a Vortex.
2222446
It would only give you the distance from the device itself to the target, or direct line of sight distance. It doesn't calculate "drop" from a higher vantage point.
1666112
It'll work. Its a nice scope. Zero in at 50ft. And the detachable scope mounting is great. You'll enjoy it.
1431255
It is bright and clear enough but of course the larger objective lenses will gather more light although they tend to get heavier as they get bigger of course. It only focuses down to about 15 feet. So not good for very close range. In general Vortex optics are very good. I have 12x50 binocs. and a rifle scope that are all sharp, clear and bright. There is also an 8x25 Solo, or something like that. It is smaller and lighter and might be good for concerts as we;;/
1822250
The eye relief is short... about 3", so if your mount will work for that distance, that's fine. But, I've owned and returned FIVE of these' ALL of which had canted reticles. I personally can't tolerate canted reticles, so can't recommend this scope.
1356563
I used to own this scope and used it to look at trees, birds, etc. The close range is about 50'.
56736
Yes it will focus fine at 2 feet or even a little closer if need be. The field of view is appx 2-3 feet at that range.
1727936
I don't know, I looked up Maksutov collimation tool and couldn't find any, it worked in my cheap Newtonian Bushnell.
1559990
I bought the very same unit for the exact purpose you did, magnifer mount for an ELO scope. Worked perfectly for this purpose, it returned the magnifier to the exact position every time.