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Re: (meteorobs) Beginner telescope recommendation?
> You may want to consider the Edmund Astroscan. It's small, easily carried
> and has a unique "mounting" which is much more reliable than the usual shaky
> tripod.
It's also useable for telescopic meteor watching. (-:
A decent binocular beats department-store refractor and stopped down
reflectors any day. When I first used a binocular on the sky, the wide
field of view was a revelation after the tiny areas through a 60-mm
refractor bought for me at age 11. If you want to look at the moon and
planets, then a small refractor or Dobsonian is needed. I'd tend to go
for the latter. The Dobsoninans are competitively priced; in real terms
you can buy a 10-inch Dobsonian for less than my 60-mm refractor from
the 1960s cost.
Malcolm
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