“I live overlooking The ocean. I want to use this to watch the boats and ships come in. Would this be a good choice? Thank you.”

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• The StarSense Explorer 114mm is a Newtonian Reflector, so the images will appear upside down which is acceptable for astronomical viewing but not for terrestrial viewing. A better choice would be the StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ or StarSense DX 102AZ models which are refractor models that come with an erect image diagonal that is perfect for right side up terrestrial viewing.

  Answered by Telescope 5 years ago

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• If you get this one land objects will be upside down. This is more for space I watced videos from you tube to compare the two types. I suggest doing that before you buy either one of them. This one is easy to setup and operate just pay attention to the instructions.

  Answered by Aaron 5 years ago

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• No, most telescopes meant for space often invert their images. This isn’t an issue for looking at stars or planets as orientation isn’t important but it is when looking at landscape.

  Answered by Bryan 4 years ago

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• Yes, once you have the laser scope zeroed in then it will be great for watching boats. However they will be inverted.

  Answered by Julf 5 years ago

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