madras

Recommend me a telescope.

Requirements:

Easy to use/setup
Ideal for stargazing, nature watching, plane spotting
Robust enough for a 6 year old, quality enough for dad to use
Budget £100 ish

Any ideas, recommendation?

Thanks

madras

Nimbus

Stargazing and nature/birdwatching require different things from a telescope, so I'm not sure you are going to find one which does everything well. With astronomy, you need a large objective lens to get as much light as possible, and they usually don't bother re-inverting the image, so it will be upside down (not normally an issue when looking at starts/moon/planets, and the optics need means less light to the eye). For nature/bird watching, there's normally plenty of light so magnification is usually the thing to go for.

madras

Thanks for the reply.

So based on what Nimbus has said can recommend a scope for either job?

Thanks

madras

jef

iTrader: (13)

interested in this.

telescope for stars, binoculours for birds sound about right. you want the freedom of quick movement for birds id imagine?

Jamie

Should do the job cheap as chips

madras

Thanks for the replies and recommendation.

madras

Jamie

Yes please

RobsyUK

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Need to be able to move quickly when stalking... I know your game.