Local astronomy club. They are always great people who meet at a park nearby to stargaze with telescopes.

Thanks.

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Thanks man. I'm sure we will figure something out. I could go as high as maybe $60 if anyone could tell me if they were the right kind for the job. There's just so many.

I am an absolute novice, but if you have the time and feel like it, I would love to know why having a lower power would be beneficial. It seems counter-intuitive, which is why it's interesting. No worries if you don't feel like it. You would likely have to r/explainlikeimfive/ anyway.

I hope she enjoys it, we will have to see. Got her head in a book all day, (which I ain't complaining), I just think she would find it interesting. I should get her a book but I'm not really sure where to start. I know it's probably pretty basic of me, but I read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson and liked it. But even though its been a while, and memory isn't great, I don't think she has the foundation for that even. They really haven't even started much, if any, science, so most of what she knows in that department has just comes from me watching documentaries and talking about stuff. Our education here in Oklahoma is absolutely pathetic, (and that way by design I suspect, but that's a whole nother conversation).

I was gonna ask where you were so I could loan you some binoculars.

Sadly I’m way far north, so I hope you can find another solution!

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OCA in Anza typically loves new people and are really friendly. https://ocastronomers.org/
I used to live directly below their site on the mountain in Anza (Aguanga)

tbh My biggest sin is Hubris, and if I have money the thing I'll be proudly showing to other people is how good my telescope is at seeing some astronomical object. I'm always tried to soothe it by thinking that hey, at least my hubris makes at least one more person interested in science, it could be worse.

I'd love to use this image, DMed you for details!

Comets are large so you need a low magnification. Big telescopes can only work at high magnification - and also, cheap amateur telescopes are designed only for high magnification, because most people just look at the Moon and Saturn and that's about it. Binoculars usually have reasonable low magnification, like 8x to 12x. (Don't buy zoom binoculars that go up to very high magnification like 30x, those are trash.)

Comets are also dim and diffuse, and we can see dim objects much better if we use 2 eyes rather than just 1.

I was also at a library in a pretty small town this weekend and they had a telescope and binocs to lend out. Library of Things. See if your local library system has any you can borrow.

This is true. Source: I am a person with a telescope who loves letting other people look through it.

Wow. It's been all over the internet (suggested articles and all) anytime I go online. I must have triggered whatever on the algorithm I guess 🤷

In order to get a true reduction recoil you would have to design a hollow tube gun such that the shell is projected backwards with the same momentum as the bullet traveling forward.

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Heh. I work at a university dept of Physics and Astronomy and this is the first I've heard of a green coment... thanks!

From what I understand, the comet can be seen with a pair of binoculars as well. Any sporting goods store would have a few decent types in stock.

Check with your local colleagues to see if they might be having a viewing

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-clubs-organizations/

You may be able to find some astronomy clubs here? There are other resources online where you could find groups who meet up in the area who have star parties. You’d be surprised how many groups are out there. Even in an area like yours, especially if you live in an area with dark skies.

You could also check with your local library. Some libraries have telescopes that people can sign out. If they don’t have any telescopes, then they may know of Astronomy Clubs?

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Thanks. I'm kinda computer dumb but I think I would need an iPhone and I have a Samsung, but I'm sure there is some sort of equivalent app for it. I will definitely look onto it because that's cool and I never thought about trying to see a satellite. Would be good practice because I figure you get many more chances with them, lol.

I appreciate the sentiment anyway. I don't even know how interesting my kid would find it. She has glasses but still has a hard time sometimes seeing stuff. Folks have been saying get binoculars instead of a telecope. Something about it being blurry? If I get some binoculars I'm going to get some sort of tripod or something, because there's no way I could find it, and then have her find it as well. I would have to set it up before hand.

She's 9, and she reads at nearly a 7th grade level, and she's smart but she also has adhd. Not so much with the hyperactivity, but her attention span and short term memory is bad (mine too). I think she may have some undiagnosed autism (we don't really live in a place with the best medical care.we had to dive like 3hr round trip just for a doctor to see her for 30 mins and tell us ADHD a few years back). Lots of reasons, trouble telling others emotions and tone of voice, other stuffx but the relevant thing is that issue where when you are trying to point to where a thing is and she can't figure out where you are pointing to. It's the weirdest thing, especially considering how smart she is ,(not just the parent in me talking. Her teacher says she's like, really smart.) Anyway, unnecessary tangent aside.....

I think I need to get a pair compatible with some sort of tripod like contraption that I can affix them to. I think I can find one for about 10 bucks, and it'd be small enough to move it around to see other things. More overshairing with internet strangers, but we definitely will be checking out the moon, as her name is Luna. 🌙 Hopefully we can find some decent enough to see other things 🪐 , if nothing else we can watch birds and stuff. 🐦

Friday nights. Google frosty drew observatory.

What day(s) are you doing this?