I have a Mead Telescop its about 700 power what can i see in it i am new to this?

Answer 1

You don't give the model of the Meade telescope or its aperture so it's difficult to tell you what you can see. I have an 8" Meade telescope and the highest useful magnification is around 400x. Notice I said "useful magnification" - anything much higher than 400x just degrades the view through the telescope. Unless you have a 12" or 16" scope, 700x will just give you a dim, grainy image of anything you observe. A rule of thumb used by amateur observers is that the useful magnification is about 50x the size in inches or 2x the size in millimeters of the aperture (the size of the light gathering lens or mirror of the telescope).

Answer 2

The correct spelling of that company's name is MEADE.

700 Power is entirely to much magnification to use for Astronomy if you have a 3 to 8 inch telescope. Most all of your real observations will be made at 80X, 125X, and 200X.

Next, learn to discuss your telescope in terms of the objective lens size if it is a refractor, or mirror size if it is a reflector. Then people can rapidly determine what you are working with, and make appropriate recommendations.

My telescope, for example, is a 6 Inch Meade Refractor which is seldom used at 300X. Probably the highest power I
attempt to use with it is 240X.

Get some Star Charts from your local book store. You will find one for this month inside almost any Astronomy magazine. With that chart, you can head out into the field
at night and with the chart positioned correctly in front of you, you may begin looking at anything shown there.

Use relatively (say a 25 mm EP) low power and a moon filter to observe the Moon. There is a wonder of things to look at there. If you purchase an Astronomy book with detailed maps and pictures of the Moon, you can go out into the field and try to locate those things for yourself.

Once totally comfortable with your scope, move off to looking at Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. From there on it is your pick of what you wish to see and study.

Go to Takahashi's Website and look at some of the fantastic telescope photos they have there in their gallery.

If you have never been there, try going to
www.telescopes.com
and looking at some of their hubbel pics.

Answer 3

Its a worry that so many people with little knowledge of astronomy or telescopes are buying telescopes.

The telescope manufacturers must be rubbing their hands with glee as they sip cocktails in their expensive Condos.

This goes out to anyone - GET SOME EXPERIENCE WITH ASTRONOMY before you buy an astro telescope.

It's like buying a Ferrari before you take your first driving lesson.

Answer 4

Not a whole lot. At 700x objects even as bright as the moon will appear dark and too fuzzy to see clearly.

Answer 5

"700 power" is meaningless. Can you be a bit more specific about what scope you have? Specifications or a model number?

Cheers.