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Re:Ask HN: Which Telescope Should I Buy? by slowmotarget on Monday May 21, 2018 @03:27AM (#17116740)
There's a French company named Vaonis, they're releasing Stellina, a smart telescope ("smart" in a sense that it is interactive and works with a mobile app).

It's on sale at the MoMa design store for the time being : https://store.moma.org/tech/home-electronics/vaonis-stellina...

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Re:Ask HN: Which Telescope Should I Buy? by perilunar on Monday May 21, 2018 @07:37AM (#17117609)
It's a $3000 telescope you can't even look through.

Great idea if you want to look at pictures on an iPhone. Not so good if you actually want to look directly at the stars.

It's also not very good value: you can get a computerised scope with a much bigger aperture for much less.

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Re:Ask HN: Which Telescope Should I Buy? by slowmotarget on Monday May 21, 2018 @07:47AM (#17117657)
Looking directly at the stars will only show you white dots. Astrophotography requires long time exposures to reveal the colors and details of outer solar system objects. That's what Stellina is for :-)
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