Here is the manual: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ANsyqHrcy1UJ:www.tasco.com/products/manuals/Tasco56TN-57TN-301051N-301004N-301005N.pdf+tasco+56tn+telescope+manual&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiCAxnIsokVaYsESKffWHIqbDg7h3VF-AFm2iMHA2-oqpTo3PvVxpRjpalSqaBGlyl8BlkJZb049t8Ooz6AHNKb09ssXUCNiaRi4C2QND2EanE_73ROmmNcjC_KnD-RJOimbSpx&sig=AHIEtbT5bdFoxKc2OD1wUa-4xOHbz9fbqQ
This is a very small 50mm refractor telescope. The same aperture as a pair of 10x50mm binoculars, which would have been better for viewing sky objects. The maximum possible magnification is about 100 power (50 times aperture of 2 inches).
The field of view is very small you must be pointed directly at the sky object to see it. This is why we recommend a pair of binoculars as your first telescope. Binoculars have a wider field of view which makes finding things easier for the beginner.
Read my TIPS on my profile page, and read this: http://www.texasastro.org/telescope.php
What you may need to do is join a local Astronomy club and the members will show you how to use the telescope. Your next telescope should be something like this one: http://www.telescope.com/control/product...
What you may need to do is join a local Astronomy club and the members will show you how to use the telescope. Your next telescope should be something like this one: http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~category_id=classicdobs/~pcategory=dobsonians/~product_id=08942
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Here is the manual:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ANsyqHrcy1UJ:www.tasco.com/products/manuals/Tasco56TN-57TN-301051N-301004N-301005N.pdf+tasco+56tn+telescope+manual&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiCAxnIsokVaYsESKffWHIqbDg7h3VF-AFm2iMHA2-oqpTo3PvVxpRjpalSqaBGlyl8BlkJZb049t8Ooz6AHNKb09ssXUCNiaRi4C2QND2EanE_73ROmmNcjC_KnD-RJOimbSpx&sig=AHIEtbT5bdFoxKc2OD1wUa-4xOHbz9fbqQ
This is a very small 50mm refractor telescope. The same aperture as a pair of 10x50mm binoculars, which would have been better for viewing sky objects. The maximum possible magnification is about 100 power (50 times aperture of 2 inches).
The field of view is very small you must be pointed directly at the sky object to see it. This is why we recommend a pair of binoculars as your first telescope. Binoculars have a wider field of view which makes finding things easier for the beginner.
Read my TIPS on my profile page, and read this:
http://www.texasastro.org/telescope.php
What you may need to do is join a local Astronomy club and the members will show you how to use the telescope. Your next telescope should be something like this one:
http://www.telescope.com/control/product...
Need directions for a tasco 56t....can someone help and make it east too!