Fuck me we’ve got telescope geeks on the Wrath

This is brilliant

Please advise a humble amateur on a good telescope for dual use - (a) looking at passing boats, typical range 1-2 miles, and (b) looking at the skies

TVM

Posted By: Old Git on September 27th 2018 at 20:30:40

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Saturn was amazing through the Questar last night. (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Sep 27, 16:52:57
- Nifty. (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 27, 18:17:54
  - Trust me, they are exquisite and give Apo refractor like views. Love it so much. (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Sep 27, 20:52:39
  - Fuck me we’ve got telescope geeks on the Wrath (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 27, 20:30:40
    - Yep, binoculars are nifty (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 28, 08:02:49
    - ^^^lives 1-2 miles from the window of someone he fancies^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 27, 21:25:51
    - Good pair of binoculars my friend (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Sep 27, 20:51:54
- Aren't they like 3 inches? (NCFC) - Timmy_Goat, Sep 27, 17:08:08
  - 3.5 but the 1/10th wave optics make them as good as any 4.5” frac I’ve used. (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Sep 27, 17:50:13
    - That’s cool (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, Sep 27, 20:50:49
    - I got to use the 28 inch at Greenwich once (NCFC) - Timmy_Goat, Sep 27, 18:20:53
  - You're thinking of Trump's toadstool (n/m) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Sep 27, 17:35:21

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