Telescope Recommendations?

[Ed Anger]

Thank you everybody.

[Ed Anger]

For the record, I got this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Celestron-21061-AstroMaster-Refractor-Telescope/dp/B000MLHMAS/ref=sr_1_5/186-5221975-8041337?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1253227300&sr=1-5

I figure they will destroy it within 2 years.

[Tonitrus]

For the record, I got this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Celestron-21061-AstroMaster-Refractor-Telescope/dp/B000MLHMAS/ref=sr_1_5/186-5221975-8041337?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1253227300&sr=1-5

I figure they will destroy it within 2 years.

Nah, I predict it will be collecting dust in a closet inside 6 months. 

[Ed Anger]

For the record, I got this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Celestron-21061-AstroMaster-Refractor-Telescope/dp/B000MLHMAS/ref=sr_1_5/186-5221975-8041337?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1253227300&sr=1-5

I figure they will destroy it within 2 years.

Nah, I predict it will be collecting dust in a closet inside 6 months. 

Somebody has been in my closets.

[DGuller]

Somebody has been in my closets.

You don't have to be, that's the beauty of the telescope.

[Syt]

I'm thinking of getting a telescope for the kids (start 'em early on the science I say)

You go through all this effort to breed a new generation of Hamilcars? 

[DGuller]

I'm thinking of getting a telescope for the kids (start 'em early on the science I say)

You go through all this effort to breed a new generation of Hamilcars? 

[Ed Anger]

I'm thinking of getting a telescope for the kids (start 'em early on the science I say)

You go through all this effort to breed a new generation of Hamilcars? 

{dry}

yeah, that is what I'm doing.

{/dry}

[Jaron]

Ignore him. You don't need to take child rearing advice from someone whose favorite bed time story was Hansel and Gretel - he liked the part where the witch was about to cook the children.

[Ed Anger]

Ignore him. You don't need to take child rearing advice from someone whose favorite bed time story was Hansel and Gretel - he liked the part where the witch was about to cook the children.

I never take child rearing advice from non-parents.

Otherwise, I couldn't beat my kids.

[The Brain]

Will you see rocky planets?

[Ed Anger]

Will you see rocky planets?

the eye of terror.

[PDH]

Some telescope advice:

Don't look at the sun most times, it is very bright. Only look at the sun during night.
The universe is huge and mostly very boring.  Make it interesting by smudging the lens.
If you discover a comet, make sure when you phone in you say your name is "Ass-Master" because a comet names "Ass-Master 2009" would be awesome.

[Ed Anger]

Some telescope advice:

Don't look at the sun most times, it is very bright. Only look at the sun during night.
The universe is huge and mostly very boring.  Make it interesting by smudging the lens.
If you discover a comet, make sure when you phone in you say your name is "Ass-Master" because a comet names "Ass-Master 2009" would be awesome.

I would name a comet after George W Bush.

[Tonitrus]

They sell filters (that go over the front of the telescope) that let you look directly at the Sun.  I had one, it was pretty cool.