what about night viewing of the moon and stars, does it transmit light well?
757467
We use ours in the middle of the city and the moon is very bright and easy to see.
757468
So I'm not the seller of this item, but I am a consumer who has purchased it. That said, it does a fairly decent job of transmitting light at night, but realize it is a little shakey and I bought a different tripod other than the one that came with it. Yes if I was still looking, I'd buy it again
1106734
Magnification not very good.it is useful for children to wach moon only. Thank you
1585850
Yes on a good night, Jupiter is a clearly visible disc, and it's moons are very bright points of light with this telescope. You can even just get a make out the colored banding. Stars are still stars of course - to far away. But some objects like galaxies that look like a star to the naked eye are obviously larger more diffuse objects with this.
1844560
Absolutely, even with my very poor vision, I can see detail of the moons surface. Not huge but bright enough to make you wonder why you are not wearing sun glasses. LOL
1751039
The best way to get good shots of the moon is with manual focus. You can also try with night landscape option.
1434182
Pretty sure it is. But why would you want to use it in bright light anyway?Its nightvision.
1263029
If the planets are in the sky this telescope can see most of them - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The outer planets, Uranus and Neptune are more difficult to see, but at a dark site and under good seeing conditions you should be able to view them as well. The telescope will also let you see brighter Nebulae and galaxies, open clusters and globular clusters. It has a built in menu that will slew (point) the telescope to objects in the sky.
814096
I have input used these-so far-for viewing the night sky. The view of the moon was excellent. Of course it couldn't compare to viewing it with a telescope. I think these are a definitely a good value. I have no complaints with them. I also gave them as a gift and that person thinks the same. I hope this had helped you in some way.
821502
It is best used for land gazing at night, not to be pointed at illuminated or lighted objects.A telescope would probably serve your purpose better.
750881
I'm not.in to astronomy so I don't know how much light is too much for you. But I have used the red light mode to walk through a cabin and not wake anyone. So I think it would work for your needs.
2071749
Night vision works pretty well. It's a small screen. I would not use it to try to find my way in the dark, but you can see objects.
1221490
ye, no problem. The cross-hair wires are quite fine (but that is good when illuminated - doesn't cover up the target star/planet) but visible without illumination except against a really dark sky (and wht a nice problem to have that is!).
153637
Not unless you are taking the picture with the aid of a telescope. The moon will only take up a tiny part of the picture, even cropped in, your image may suffer from the ISO you will need to use to get the detail in the darkness. To get clear shots of the moon, you would need a SLR with a super telephoto lens.
2280955
there are many settings so yes it does take night pictures moon pictures it's fun to play with
678878
I do not have a great deal of xperience at star gazing, however when I look at the moon, I can see craters that I have never seen before. I hope this helps you in your decision.
64201
I suggest going to a planetarium if that is what you want to see. Great instrument for the moon and planets, but you won't get Observatory quality.
11302
depends on your definition of effective... it will work for a moon light but not nearly bright enough to use as a daytime light