It is a refractor telescope (focal length 700mm), looks a bit like the one below. I don't know how they manage to retail them at such a low price as these scopes sell at normally 500 and more.
But it works so who cares.
I put the beast together last night, which was more difficult than i expected as it had about 50 parts and Jackson Opticals are definitely not a UK or USA outfit as the instrucions were a little bit dodgily translated....
example: "There lies a mistake conception that it will be better if the magnification is bigger"
The last part of the instruction was to align the viewfinder and the main telescope accurately. So I focused it on a nearby car number plate and used that to sychronise the two.
The car was about nearly a 100m away and I was shocked to be able to read the small lettering from the selling garage under the registration number. I tried taking a photograph to show it but unfortunately it is not as clear as what you could see.
Anyway I am now looking forward to the next full moon and seeing if I can see Armstrongs footprints.
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That's cool. You can get computer programs that tell you what you should be able to see. Or there's the BBC
The moon came out on sunday night and i managed to get a few quick glimpses when the clouds broke . Was very cool to be able to see individual craters and the shadows around the edges.
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