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the rings of Saturn. When Mars is in the sky, you’ll be able to
see its form, but surface details are likely too faint and small to
see in this telescope. If you take the GoScope III to a location
away from city lights (the darker, the better) a telescope of this
size can show you a lot! For example, most of the famous “M
objects,” or Messier objects, can be found with this telescope.
You’ll need a star map and patience, but this scope can show
you open star clusters, globular star clusters, gaseous nebu-
las, and even galaxies outside our own Milky Way galaxy.
Best Targets
Best targets for city users:
• Daytime, terrestrial views
• The Moon
• Venus
• Jupiter
• Saturn
Best targets for rural users (everything above, plus):
• The Great Nebula in Orion – a spectacular glowing cloud
of gas in Orion’s sword; this is a “stellar maternity ward,”
a place where new stars are forming.
• The Summer Milky Way – the GoScope is well suited
to scanning the Milky Way to “discover” dozens of star
clusters.
• The Pleiades (M45) – a bright open star cluster
• The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) – the brightest external
galaxy
• The Double Cluster in Perseus
• M11, M6 & M7 – three bright, summer star clusters
• The Beehive Cluster – A big, open star cluster in the spring
sky
• The Great Cluster in Hercules M13 – a wonderful globular
star cluster, spring & summer
• M22 – another grand globular star cluster in Sagittarius,
a summer constellation
Where Can I Use My GoScope?
Terrestrial viewing: Anywhere you can take it! The 70mm
GoScope III is a powerful “spotting” scope or terrestrial tele-
scope that is more powerful than binoculars to give you real
close-ups. For best results, DO NOT VIEW OUT WINDOWS.
The glass in a window is approximately 1000 times less accu-
rate than the optics of your GoScope – so it will soften your
views, and things will seem to be slightly out of focus. If you
must view through a window, use the lowest power available.
For nighttime, astronomical viewing: Again, use the GoScope
anywhere, but if you want to see objects outside our solar
system (“deep sky objects”) you’ll need to get away from city
lights. We know this isn’t practical for many people most of the
time, but that’s why the GoScope is made to be so portable –
take it with you on vacation or to a remote “star party.”
Figure 13.
Use
the crank handle to
move the geared
center column up or
down, making sure to
rst loosen the center
column lock knob a
bit.
Figure 14. The
GoScope optical
tube, tripod, and
accessories all t
conveniently and
securely in the
rugged backpack,
ready to travel to
your next adventure.
Figure 12.
Use the pan
handle to
smoothly move
the telescope
horizontally and
vertically.
Pan handle
Tilt lock knob
Center
column
lock knob
Center
column
Crank
handle
Azimuth lock knob
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