What kind of view would I get from this in a very small town with minimal light polution?
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I live in Kissimmee, FL ... south of Orlando. Not much light pollution. I don't look towards the local plaza where there is some light pollution. Great views every where else. Bought mine without the motorized system to follow what you are focused in on. Plan on purchasing it. Do to the rotation of the earth, you loose sight of stars that are close quickly. Bought the 2X Barlow lens which increases your views into deep space.
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The less light around you, obviously the better. No one can answer your question without a lot of additional information. What is a small town? 1000? 10,000? 30,000? Are you going to use it near street lights? Even your porch light and your neighbors lights can kill you. No better or worse than any other telescope. I actually bought mine for an astronomy class. I have seen the stripes on Jupiter and its four moons. I have seen Saturn, Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Orion Nebula.
496497
I live in a small town as well. No problem with the viewing with the scope, although your night vision would be altered if you are close.
496498
A very nice one.Im living in the city and able to see jupiter and its moons and saturn quite nicly
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A very nice one. Im living in the city and able to see jupiter and its moons and saturn quite nicly
807064
In lantern mode it would be more than adequate. Long as you are in a few feet of it.
638492
My guess is that you would want more light than this will provide. Out side at night there is normally not much around to reflect light back. A much more powerful light is normally desired.
415427
It would work just have to experiment with location to get the view you would want.
780668
Yeah, I think it sufficient in poorly lit area. I use it in my small office with small window, I wear glasses and I can see it just fine.
1596836
A bit if it's very bright, like direct sunlight. Enough to tell there's a light behind it.
1414041
I would have used it for that. It's not a super bright light, just enough to see by. When I use it on the porch, it throws enough light to read by up close to it. I love mine.
1372447
Mmmmaybe, I kind of doubt it though. It's f/8 so you'd probably need a very well-lit place if you were going to attempt high-speed photography.
1207710
It's not really bright. It almost looks like a shadow in reverse - there's more of a white haze.
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I agree with the previous answer, the light is minimal. If you had them on either side of you path and spaced pretty close, probably every foot or two you might have enough light. Cool idea, but no sure if these are the right choice.
44524
It will definitely not be enough light, IMO. Light does not penetrate very deep and the light itself is not very wide either.
276763
It is not very bright. i have focused the lights on a tree but the light hardly reaches the leaves. the max you might get is 2 feet
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I do not know, I placed light where there would be limited exposure to the elements.
489605
I would say a city block... but every city is different! So i'd say approximately as far as you would wanna see. I had mine to the point that I could start to have difficulty seeing it , and I do not have any vision issues...it was pretty far!
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Not extremely bright but bright enough to see what you need to see up close.
1688876
There are street lights around me so I can see far beyond the 40 foot mark. It is not high quality at distance for identifying offenders.
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I am amazed how clear and sharp the photos are at a distance of 100' plus during day light hours. At night it's a different story. The subject has to be fairly near to get a good picture. I would guess between 25 to 50 feet.