Astronomy & Space - December 2006

Can someone who knows about telescopes look at this & give me their advice. This looks like a great telescope (5.1) goto for $159!?

It is a Meade, which is a good brand. Is it possible they made a cheapo version?? I mean if it's 5.1 and it's a Meade doesn't it mean it's a very good telescope? It does have a scratch or dent... do you think it is that that drove the price way down?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250058006838&rd=1&rd=1

It's not that "impressive" looking or pretty, however, it is a lot cheaper than the Starseeker I was going to pluck down $389 for the same 'stats' but is a bit "prettier".

Here's the StarSeeker... both are 130mm goto's, big difference in price... am I missing something? Maybe cuz it's discontinued?

https://www.oriontel.com/jump.jsp?itemID=256410&itemType=PRODUCT

Racking my brain here... I'm not sure my son is going to take this thing outside more than 4x a year.

2006-12-11 16:40:29 · 2 answers · asked by Genie♥Angel 5

2006-12-11 16:36:55 · 2 answers · asked by ferysurfboy 1

Using the following data:
The volume of a sphere = (4/3) (pi)R 3
Radius of the earth= 6.3×106 m.
Mass of earth= 5.9742 × 10 24 kilograms

2006-12-11 16:36:35 · 2 answers · asked by xyre_cool 1

The speed of light is 3 x 10 8 meters/second. If the sun is 1.5x 1011 meters from earth, how many seconds does it take light to reach the Earth. Express your answer in scientific notation

2006-12-11 16:35:48 · 5 answers · asked by xyre_cool 1

2006-12-11 16:31:59 · 8 answers · asked by steve m 1

2006-12-11 16:24:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like flying a supersonic airplane through the sound barrier.

2006-12-11 16:24:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-11 16:02:38 · 4 answers · asked by ferysurfboy 1

2006-12-11 15:46:50 · 10 answers · asked by lance c 1

2006-12-11 15:45:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-11 15:34:53 · 20 answers · asked by Christal 2

2006-12-11 15:26:33 · 11 answers · asked by russell H 1

2006-12-11 15:11:56 · 9 answers · asked by sylvia d 1

2006-12-11 15:04:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-11 15:02:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

answer be open for 7 days

2006-12-11 14:51:52 · 23 answers · asked by REALITY 2

2006-12-11 14:42:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

How will I use Keplers second and third laws to compare their motions around the earth?

2006-12-11 14:28:15 · 1 answers · asked by Mandy D 1

Even if it's a profound void, wouldn't that void require an area to occupy?
And if there IS such a thing as extra-Universal space, wouldn't that open up the possibility of multiple Universes existing in that extra-Universal space?

2006-12-11 14:17:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

A.beryllium
B.boron
C.lithium
D.carbon
E.iron

2006-12-11 14:13:01 · 2 answers · asked by Liz 1

2006-12-11 14:10:23 · 1 answers · asked by Liz 1

I read somewhere on here that the night sky is so dark because starlight has yet to reach us from alot of stars. If this is so, does this mean that eventually the night sky will be bright like it is during the day?

2006-12-11 14:02:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-11 13:40:35 · 3 answers · asked by pramod a 1

Night is caused by the Earth coming between the sun's focus and the outer extreme. Day and night alternate because of the axial motion of the Earth V 35, Ch 1, P 585, Bk of Cosmogeny and Prophecy.

2006-12-11 13:36:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Suppose that a binary star system consists of two stars of equal mass. They are observed to be separated by 330 million kilometers and take 7.0 Earth years to orbit about a point midway between them. What is the mass of each?

2006-12-11 13:35:31 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-11 13:14:07 · 5 answers · asked by dtshaff 3

2006-12-11 13:04:12 · 4 answers · asked by Sun 2

2006-12-11 13:01:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

how many earth years is = 2 29 saturn years? how many days or hours r 10 saturn hours? how many earth days r = 2 1 saturn day? thanks. pleez try 2 give me good answers. this is a major grade. i've looked on the internet for about 90 min. seriously. is there like a way 2 find out? like there's pi (3.14) is there something 2 find out dat? that's all i need 2 know.



BTW: did u know saturns rings are made of ice particles and snowballs. that's interesting!

2006-12-11 12:39:27 · 3 answers · asked by ♫♥chocol8roxღ♫ 3

i really want 2 know a good synonym for solar system,revolution,axis,rotation,space probe,coment,astroid,satellite help plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~*~♥ thanks

2006-12-11 12:32:47 · 6 answers · asked by -Rissa- 1