what will be the best home telescope to look at moon with?

Question

what mm lens?

Answer 1

The Moon is fun to observe through just about any telescope, even a small one. Like everything else, though, it will show more detail with larger aperture, if the air is reasonably steady.

The best detail is seen along the terminator, the line between light and dark, because the long shadows bring out the features of the landscape. That means that right now, with the Moon being full, is not the best viewing. If you have a sturdy, smooth-tracking mount, you will find high power viewing is often very rewarding.

Answer 2

Any good quality Telescope will produce nice views of the Moon and Planets.
For these objects, the Refractor type of Telescope reigns supreme with it's sharp and contrasty images. This is due to the fact that, unlike other telescope types, the Refractor has no central obstruction in the light Path.
Any quality Telescope with a lens (Aperture)diameter of 80mm or more should give excellent results.
Larger Apertures allow you to see more detail and give a brighter image. But Refractor Telescopes get expensive very quickly with an increase in size.
One of the reasons I do not recommend smaller Telescopes is that telescopes of 60mm and 70mm Apertures which are available all over the place are often toys or plain out Junk. So stay away from them.
Also, do NOT buy any Telescope from places such as ebay, amazon, department stores or the shopping channel. Yes, you can find bargains there, but you need a lot of experience to find them amongst all of the junk sold at these places.
Take a look at the Orion Catalog at www.telescope.com.
They have very good quality equipment at reasonable prices and stand behind their products 100%
Read their "Learning" section. Lots of good info there.

Adolph

Answer 3

Best Home Telescope

Answer 4

You don't need a $2000 scope to get good views of the moon. I'm currently enjoying using a 3.5-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain (that's one of those short, stubby ones with a 3.5 inch aperture), to explore some of the areas described in Sky & Telescope. But a good pair of binocs will be rewarding.

Having said that, any good quality scope will do it (yes, including a $2000 Celestron), but a wider field is an advantage. Use high power with a narrower field when you know what you're looking at.

Answer 5

I had a good quality Bausch and Lomb. It was just a 20x spotting telescope but I thought it gave an amazing clear view of the moon. I am going to get one for my grandson some day and I think I'll get about the same thing but with the 20-60x variable power.

It has a wide field of view and that makes it easy to find stuff.

I always wanted to try some of those HUGE binoculars they have also.

Answer 6

Celestron 8 Inch CPC Schmidt-Cassegrain with StarBright XLT Coatings

$1,999.00