Is this telescope good for terrestrial viewing also? Are the images upright? Thanks.
2067932
This telescope excels at what it was designed for e.g. observing faint, extended celestial objects. It does not perform very well in other areas like terestrial viewing. The image is reveresed left and right, but you can get a diagonal that will allow you to view objects as you would see them through a pair of binoculars.
2067933
I don't do terrestrial viewing other than to align the guide scope, so I can't say what qualifies for good. The image does look nice though. Magnification is great on this thing; on truly clear days I can get 250x. The images are upright.
283850
i use Orion Min-EQ Tabletop Equatorial Telescope Mount. that's enough for me
1755987
I thought this telescope for my husband and he loves it. He says that when you look up into the telescope you can see everything so close.
177101
You can see them fairly clear, i'll put a link at the bottom of my comment to a guy who takes photo's with his 4se. Keep in mind, when you're looking through the scope, the view is not as fuzzy as his photos and video. You can't magnify much more than 150x with the 4se but you can see Saturn with it's rings, and Jupiter very clearly. I'm not sure what the other person is talking about the motors jumping, mine tracks beautifully. This is a great starter scope, but, I also agree there are way better ones out there. For a first scope just to get you familiar with the sky and Astronomy, the 4se works great. If you're like me though, you'll probably want something bigger and faster within a year. I'm actually thinking about selling my 4se to step up to a much higher end scope for Astrophotography. May I ask where you're from? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7LIfGL0G50jj7sP_aktkHA
1341986
Depends on the size of what you're looking at. This telescope is certainly not purposed for land viewing, since it's a reflector, which inverts the image. There are things you can do to correct the inversion, but that would be too much trouble and not worth it. You'd be better off getting a refractor telescope, and something on a tripod, since you need the scope high up to look at things on the same plane.
776808
The image is inverted. This is a really amazing telescope, eapecially for the money!
2010274
I think a refractor telescope is hard to use and hard to see objects other than a bright moon. I would suggest looking into a reflector telescope instead. As far as the telescope itself, I think it is well built and good quality. It was just hard for our 9 yr old to use...and hard for me too.
1342700
I took it to the mountains at a friend's cabin. I was able to see stars better than his son's mounted telescope ($150 - 200 type). It didn't have the zoom of the telescope, but the field of view and sharpness of the binoculars was much better. I have not had the opportunity to try them on Jupiter's or Saturn's moons. One great feature is that you can focus in on your object and then use the zoom lever. I like the binoculars a lot. And solidly built.
2206772
I only used it for star gazing but I'm guessing it may be to strong. A refractor telescope would probably be of better use. a refractor telescope is definity easier to use.
1454107
This kind of mount is very convenient for simply hand tracking as you observe. The scope is not intended to be used for photography (which is a specialized task that is not for someone to just buy a telescope and start). The mount has teflon surfaces, and moves to your gentle pressures, fairly smoothly. If you know little about astronomy, but want a self-tracking telescope, try the Meade "lightswitch" series, which sees the stars and aligns itself, and even talks to you. it costs about 4 times as much of course. In bang for the buck, this Orion XT8 is terrific, but you will have to guide it. This kind of mount is very convenient for simply hand tracking as you observe. The scope is not intended to be used for photography (which is a specialized task that is not for someone to just buy a telescope and start). The mount has teflon surfaces, and moves to your gentle pressures, fairly smoothly. If you know little about astronomy, but want a self-tracking telescope, try the Meade "lightswitch" series, which sees the stars and aligns itself, and even talks to you. it costs about 4 times as much of course. In bang for the buck, this Orion XT8 is terrific, but you will have... » Read More This kind of mount is very convenient for simply hand tracking as you observe. The scope is not intended to be used for photography (which is a specialized task that is not for someone to just buy a telescope and start). The mount has teflon surfaces, and moves to your gentle pressures, fairly smoothly. If you know little about astronomy, but want a self-tracking telescope, try the Meade "lightswitch" series, which sees the stars and aligns itself, and even talks to you. it costs about 4 times as much of course. In bang for the buck, this Orion XT8 is terrific, but you will have to guide it. « Show Less
317434
The Nexstar series scopes have three rubber feet. They could sit on a table, but unless your table was stone on a concrete pier, it would probably not be stable enough to get much use out of a telescope.The level of the table has nothing to to with the GoTo function BTW. If you do a 2 star alignment, the telescope will perform goto just fine, even if the base is polar aligned (which by me would be inclined around 42 degrees).
438038
The tube is very light. Most of the weight is in the mount. You still can carry the assembled tube and mount with one hand and walk short distance from/to your backyard. This telescope is not table top because the eyepiece is at the top end of the tube about 1 meter above the mount bottom.
1844559
Though designed for terrestrial viewing, it would work fine for casual astronomical use. Astronomical scopes are typically of higher magnification (I wouldn't recommend the zoom as the image quality on this older design is simply not that good). BUT the fixed eyepieces are excellent. The SMC XW14 offers 37x and is sharp- probably best suited for astronomical use due to the higher magnification. The SMC XW10 gives 26x and has a really wide bright sharp field of view. As a multipurpose eyepiece this one is great but might be a bit low on magnification for your purpose (and even 37x isn't much for astronomical use). I loved the XW10 though- it's a joy to look through. Though designed for terrestrial viewing, it would work fine for casual astronomical use. Astronomical scopes are typically of higher magnification (I wouldn't recommend the zoom as the image quality on this older design is simply not that good). BUT the fixed eyepieces are excellent. The SMC XW14 offers 37x and is sharp- probably best suited for astronomical use due to the higher magnification. The SMC XW10 gives 26x and has a really wide bright sharp field of view. As a multipurpose eyepiece this one is great but might be a bit low on magnification for your purpose (and even 37x isn't much... » Read More Though designed for terrestrial viewing, it would work fine for casual astronomical use. Astronomical scopes are typically of higher magnification (I wouldn't recommend the zoom as the image quality on this older design is simply not that good). BUT the fixed eyepieces are excellent. The SMC XW14 offers 37x and is sharp- probably best suited for astronomical use due to the higher magnification. The SMC XW10 gives 26x and has a really wide bright sharp field of view. As a multipurpose eyepiece this one is great but might be a bit low on magnification for your purpose (and even 37x isn't much for astronomical use). I loved the XW10 though- it's a joy to look through. « Show Less
622876
If viewing relatively fixed objects at long distances is all you want to do, a telescope would be better. For general use and very basic star gazing, these would be fine.
1341987
No, this telescope is for astronomy purposes only. If you wish to do land viewing, get a pair of binoculars, or some smaller refractor telescopes can be equipped for land viewing. This telescope flips the images upside down, as is normal for telescopes. I have looked at airplanes with this telescope, but they zoom across the screen faster than I can manually track it.
1711121
Yes you see them great with this telescope, I've seen the moons of jupiter as well. Is it the clearest, no but in my opinion worth probably 150, so for the price it is excellent.
821502
It is best used for land gazing at night, not to be pointed at illuminated or lighted objects.A telescope would probably serve your purpose better.