I recommend several places on the Internet to buy a good telescope that won't break you at the bank. I personally recommend buying a reflector telescope. A reflector telescope uses two mirrors to obtain the image you want to see. I will post something a little later on reflectors and refractors and which and why I prefer them.
You can buy a good reflector telescope for about 350 dollars, if that is too much you can buy one for around 200-250 dollars,it all depends on what size telescope you want to buy.
I have an 8 inch Celestron dobsonian telescope that I paid 350 dollars for and I love it and it will last me a lifetime. The setup is easy and very quick, I can set it up in about 3 minutes. And the views are great.
Here are a few sites to check out telescope and telescope styles. http://www.telescope.com/ http://www.telescopes.com/
2 comments:
Thanks for your guidelines on buying a telescope. I would like to get one at some point in the future and will lean on your advice. The night sky, the window into the universe, is a wondrous place. One night on a canoe trip through Big Bend, a friend had night vision goggles. I was astounded by all the stars in what is usually dark sky between the stars we see with just our eyes.
Astronomy is such a great hobby. I really enjoy it. And I hope if you do buy a telescope you enjoy it as much as I do Ellen.
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