Hard Boiled Eggs and Telescopes

[superduperwesman]

So I guess my finances nephew wants a telescope for Christmas... anyone know anything about them?

We bought him a Meade DS 2090 today:

http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/meade-ds2090-telescope.gif

http://www.meade.com/starterscopes/ds_series.html

It looks like the 2080 but is a 2090 (90mm optical diameter) Model. It's brand new and never used... I guess they use to sell this model at Costco but we got it on kijiji so I hope it's decent for a kid.. from the reviews I can find it seems like a good entry level scope

Something else I picked up this week for the office is a Boiley... lets you cook hard or soft boiled eggs in the microwave. If you follow the directions it works like a charm. $5 @ London Drugs

http://www.paramountzone.com/im/xmas07/big1/052.jpg

http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?pn=BE5023&bhcd2=1227254945

[superduperwesman]

Ok I get it... no one likes looking at the stars or eating eggs at work

[Shadow]

I have the Meade LX200.... its a good brand and give quality performance, so good choice... what optics came with it?

[superduperwesman]

I have the Meade LX200.... its a good brand and give quality performance, so good choice...

Thanks... that's comforting cause I don't know too much about them

what optics came with it?

Not totally sure? I picked it up late Thursday night and then went out of town on Friday... and I can't bust everything open because it's not for me but I'll have to look on the box and see what it says... I'm sure after looking at it some more I'll be forced to buy one as well ahah

I was thinking about buying one for my lil foster brothers and then I can use it too ahah

[Shadow]

Well the optics sometimes costs more than the telescope sometimes.... my telescope was $1200 used and the optics (depending on how much zoom you want) ended up costing almost another $1000.

You have the autostar system though and thats a great computer as it basically shows you a computerised guided tour of the sky at night and as a novice this is pretty good as i didnt know anything about it and this taught me alot.

I'm more than sure that this will be a good xmas present :biggrin:

[superduperwesman]

Well the optics sometimes costs more than the telescope sometimes.... my telescope was $1200 used and the optics (depending on how much zoom you want) ended up costing almost another $1000.

You have the autostar system though and thats a great computer as it basically shows you a computerised guided tour of the sky at night and as a novice this is pretty good as i didnt know anything about it and this taught me alot.

I'm more than sure that this will be a good xmas present :biggrin:

Yeah I've noticed that they can get pretty pricey... I guess I'll have to do more research before I buy one for myself... or maybe I'll should just try sicking to the hobbies I already have ahaha

But good to know it should be ok for her nehew (he's like 7ish)... probably use it for 5 min then run back to his Wii ahah