derrick@mcc-db.UUCP (Dwayne Derrick) (02/06/85)
At the risk of rehashing a old topic, I would like some opinions on which type or brand of telescope is best for a novice stargazer... Local planets and possibly Halley are what I would like to view. I heard that anything afforable to a novice can cause eyestrain and that a good set of binoculars is better? Is this true? And one last question. Are there any kits available to build a decent telescope, If I do decide to buy I would think that a kit would afford a more powerful telescope than a preassembled unit. Thank you.
michaelm@bcsaic.UUCP (michael b maxwell) (09/02/85)
I'm looking for a small (portable, not transportable) telescope. Aperature is more important than magnification (no 2 1/2" lenses, please). Something like the Edmond Scientific telescope with the 4 1/4" mirror and red plastic tube... Price, under $200 (do I hear someone saying I want everything? :-)) I hope this is going out to the USA only--my apologies if not, but Pnews seems to do wierd things with newsgroups... I really wanted to restrict it to the Pacific Northwest, but there doesn't seem to be any way to do that (and I got no answer when I limited it to Seattle). -- Mike Maxwell When you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp.