Astromedia - Some questions

[spacegalaxy]

I have stumbled upon a very interesting site, upon seeing their products I searched them on SGL, and they seems to have a good reputation, even FLO sells it! I am interested on many of there products, some will be asked in a other thread, so here are some of those questions:

1. Can I see details on the sun with this kit, if not can I see a solar eclipse safely without solar filter? (Link: https://astromedia.de/Der-Sonnen-Projektor)

2. Is this a good, useable telescope? I am going to observe widefield stuff with this! (Link: https://astromedia.de/Das-Newton-Spiegelteleskop)

3. This is a really stupid question, but can I project a bright space object (Such as star clusters) to a screen with this kit? (Link: https://astromedia.de/Das-Kleine-Galileo-Teleskop) 

4. Can I create a eyepiece with these lens (specifically plossl's) Link: https://www.astromediashop.co.uk/Components.html, Look at the acrylic glass section)

Other questions will be asked in a other thread, thanks for reading!

Clear skies!

[Someblokius]

1. The sun projector is pretty good. It will let you see sunspots and works very well as an eclipse viewer. I have one and use it, despite having a solar telescope.

2 and 3. The telescopes aren't bad for educational kits. They work but they won't give you views that compare to a normal telescope. The refractors are tiny - the size of a finder-scope but with worse optics. The Newtonian is 70mm so it should give slightly better views than the refractor. I don't want to be too harsh on Astromedia since you can buy both the kits you mention for about the cost of a bargin eyepiece. Also I'm not sure how long a cardboard telescope would last in the damp night air. (Depends on conditions where you are, I guess.)

3.Projection won't work for night-time objects. The images are just too dim, even with a larger telescope.

If you're looking at something to learn about optics with then they're worth a try, and they are fun kits to play with. But if you're wanting something that you can actually use for observation for that kind of money then my advice would be to look for a used pair of binoculars, which would give a much better experience.

Sorry if that's a bit negative.

[spacegalaxy]

8 hours ago, Someblokius said:

1. The sun projector is pretty good. It will let you see sunspots and works very well as an eclipse viewer. I have one and use it, despite having a solar telescope.

Thanks for the answer! 

 

8 hours ago, Someblokius said:

2 and 3. The telescopes aren't bad for educational kits. They work but they won't give you views that compare to a normal telescope. The refractors are tiny - the size of a finder-scope but with worse optics. The Newtonian is 70mm so it should give slightly better views than the refractor. I don't want to be too harsh on Astromedia since you can buy both the kits you mention for about the cost of a bargin eyepiece. Also I'm not sure how long a cardboard telescope would last in the damp night air. (Depends on conditions where you are, I guess.)

Hmm, food for thought, it's really humid here, so I am looking at their mirror of the Newtonian kit (Link: http://www.astromediashop.co.uk/Components.html, Look at their mirror section, first product) with a second diagonal from another company, so will that work? (Main problem is oversized diagonal - 28mm)

 

8 hours ago, Someblokius said:

If you're looking at something to learn about optics with then they're worth a try, and they are fun kits to play with.

That's the goal of this, kind of,I want to get a scope as cheap as possible , for moon and star clusters, I was recently recommended(on a other forum) that I should buy a pre-made mirror? So are there any under 60$?