Is a 60x600 a good telescope or a bad one????

Question

im getting a new 60x600 telescope soon

Answer 1

thats awesome

600mm is very great, lets your scope gather a bunch of light, and 60x is great magnification.

EDIT : don't listen to Allen D. report spam abuse also

EDIT2 : dude you can't try to sell your stuff on yahoo answer

EDIT3 : hey Geoff, ''the numbers could mean anything'' are you sure?, i think its kinda standardized for instance, when you look for binoculars its always ''magnification''x''diameter''

Answer 2

i think 60x600 is an ok measurement for a starter scope. if you get into astronomy though, you will outgrow it pretty fast. With a quality low power eyepiece you should be able to get very nice pictures of the moon, and pretty good images of jupiter and saturn.  If it is a nice brand name 60x600 then it won't be too bad. if its a piece of junk then it might still give a good picture, but the mounts on cheap scopes usually are wobbly, and move jerkily. still though, any 60mm should be able to see the mountain ranges on the moon, maybe make out a band or two on juptier, and see the rings of saturn (though it might look like one ring... one ring to rule them all!) i just upgraded from an 80mm to a 102x1000 for $50 and i'm pretty happy with it. i also got a 60mm for free that has the autostar computer mount on it.

enjoy your 60x600, save up money and if you feel like it, get a bigger one. I personally like having my big scope and a little scope. my big scope i can drag outside and set up when i want to have an "astronomy session" but the like the little one for when i just wanna hang outside and look at stuff for 20 minutes or so

Answer 3

I've seen a few scopes where the 60 is the aperture - 60 mm.  And the 600 is the focal length of the scope - 600 mm.  This could be OK.  It then comes with 2 or 3 eyepieces that give you a variety of magnifications.  We'd need the model number.

It's probably the Zhumell Zenith 60x600 Telescope.  As i recall, it has a 5mm, 10mm, and a 20mm eyepiece, and a 3x barlow.  That gives you 120x, 60x and 30x magnification.  This isn't bad for a 60 mm scope.  With all due respect, the 3x barlow is useless.  I suppose you could use it with the 20mm eyepiece and get 90x magnification.  This eyepiece is probably the nicest to use.

If the focuser stays where you put it, and can be gotten where you want it, if the mount is sturdy and settles quickly after you touch the scope, and if the finder scope stays aligned with the main scope for an evening, then it should be pretty good.

Fortunately, magnification isn't important.  I seldom use more than 120x in my 254mm aperture telescope.

Unfortunately, i've not used one of these scopes personally, and can't say much about it from experience.

Answer 4

BAD-- probably. That is a 60mm telescope --- you will only get about 30-50 times aperture as a MAXIMUM magnification before the image starts to degrade-- under PERFECT conditions!. So about 100 power is probably the MAX magnification.

Aperture RULES-- the bigger the "hole in the telescope" the more you can resolve-- all other things being equal. NEVER buy a department store telescope or one advertised on TV-- try to attend a local star party put on by your local Astronomy club. Look through the scopes and ask lots of questions.

Answer 5

Any telescope which advertises itself as a "60x600" is probably junk. Good telescopes are advertised by their aperture (usually in millimetres), their mount type (altazimuth or equatorial) and, most important, their manufacturer (Orion, Celestron, Meade etc.) There is no standard for interpreting a "XXxXXX" designation; the numbers could be anything: aperture, magnification, focal length.

If you can give us more details, we can give you a more specific evaluation, but right now this doesn't sound like a good buy.

Answer 6

are the numbers aperture and focal length? if so, it's awfully small, and probably not very good. tiny scopes tend to be toys (at best) or junk (at worst).

Answer 7

What is the make and model??

HTH

Charles

Answer 8

The first 60 indicates its diameter in millimeters and second figure 600 magnification. Magnification is useless unless you collect more lioght by Aperture.60mm can not maginfy more than x 50!

It is a cheap trick to sell useless telescopes to people who dont have any idea about telescopes. Dont go for ikt.

Answer 9

Probably not, but it isn't actually clear what 60x600 even means.

If it was binoculars or a spotting 'scope it would mean 60 power and 600mm objective lenses. That would be insanely big for either binoculars or a spotting 'scope.

It might mean a 60mm objective lens with 600mm focal length. That is a pretty small telescope.

It might mean a 60mm objective lens with 600 power eyepiece. That would be very bad. No 60mm lens can give a clear image at 600 power, even though the right eyepiece can provide that power.

So overall, I very much doubt the telescope is any good.